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- From the Director, Summer 2026
From the Director, Summer 2026
It’s been a year of events for the Voice/Vision Archive! Normally, we aim to host at least one event per year and that is usually our Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day speaker featuring various scholars working in the field.
This year, however, the archive had the opportunity to host three wonderful events. Starting in October with the launch of Hank Greenspan’s new book REMNANTS and What Remains: Moments from a Life Among Holocaust Survivors. For the archive’s Annual Holocaust Remembrance day event, Professor Mark Celinscak presented “Allied Forces and the Liberation of Nazi Camps”, which was drawn from his book, Distance from the Belsen Heap: Allied Forces and the Liberation of a Nazi Conc... - Annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day Event
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, you are invited to a virtual talk by Professor Mark Celinscak.
Drawing from his book Distance from the Belsen Heap: Allied Forces and the Liberation of a Nazi Concentration Camp, Professor Celinscak will present, “Allied Forces and the Liberation of Nazi Camps” and discuss the experiences, reactions and narratives of liberators as they witnessed and tried to describe the aftermath of the camps.
Mark Celinscak is the Louis & Frances Blumkin Professor of Holocaust & Genocide Studies, and Executive Director of the Sam & Frances Fried Holocaust & Genocide Academy at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
This event is free and open to the public, but registratio... - From the Director, 2025
On October 5th, the Voice/Vision Archive hosted the launch of Hank Greenspan’s new book, Remnants and What Remains: Moments from a Life Among Holocaust Survivors (2025, WSU Press). This hybrid event brought together scholars from three countries—the USA, Sweden, and Great Britain—to discuss Hank’s vital contributions to interviewing and dialoguing with Holocaust survivors. Greenspan’s book, the culmination of nearly 50 years of conversations with survivors, has received high praise both within and beyond academia.
In addition to speaking about his work and reading passages from the book, Hank and the panelists highlighted the significance of the Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive and the work of its founder, S... - Let’s Do Launch! Book Launch Event
You are warmly invited to a book launch celebrating REMNANTS and What Remains: Moments from a Life Among Holocaust Survivors, the new book by Henry “Hank” Greenspan (Made in Michigan Writers series, Wayne State University Press, 2025). This event honors the memory of Professor Sidney Bolkosky, founder of the Voice/Vision Archive at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, to whom the book is dedicated.
Event Details:
Date and Time: Sunday, October 5, 2025, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EST.Location: Renick University Center, Kochoff Hall C, University of Michigan-Dearborn campus(A virtual option is also available via Zoom.)The event will be hosted by Dr. Jamie L. Wraight, Director of the Voice/Vision Archive. The program features br...
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