Isaacs Speaks on Music of the Holocaust Wednesday, July 10, at SU
Tuesday July 9, 2013
SALISBURY, MD---Music played a powerful role during the Holocaust as a means of survival, communication, lamentation, celebration and protest.
Dr. Miriam Isaacs, fellow at the Unites States Holocaust Museum Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, is cataloging a collection of 1948 field recordings of Holocaust survivors sharing songs from concentration camps. She speaks about this music and its importance 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, in Room 378 of Salisbury University’s Teacher Education and Technology Center.
Sponsored by the Education Specialties Department, admission is free and the public is invited. For more information call 410-543-6030 or visit the SU Web site at www.salisbury.edu.