A 5-part film and lecture series on World War II in the North will take place from May 15 to September 10 at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle.
The Nordic Heritage Museum and the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center present: Lecture and Film Series on World War II in the North and the Annual Raoul Wallenberg Dinner with special guest speaker Manli Ho. For reservations, please contact Sharmon Cooper (206) 789-5707 ext. 10. Tickets can be reserved by contacting Sharmon Cooper at 206-789-5707 ext 10 from April 8 to May 23, 2008. Package your Wallenberg Dinner tickets with tickets that include the 5-part film and lecture series! Member price for Dinner and Film/Lecture Series: $50. Non-member price for Dinner and Film/Lecture Series: $70. Tickets are $35 per person for the May 29 Wallenberg Dinner only. A suggested donation for individual films and lectures: $5 for members, $10 for non-members. Join the Museum today and get the discounted price. The series includes the following events:
Thursday, May 15, 2008, 7pm: A lecture on the resettlement of Norwegian Jews after WWII. Seattle’s Dr. Eugene Normand will speak about this little known historical event which describes the resettlement of close to 600 Jewish refugees from war-torn Europe in Norway in 1946. This lecture is closely connected to the panel exhibit of the same name that will be on display at the Museum from May 6 through June 29, 2008.
Thursday, May 22, 2008, 7pm: Film and Lecture: The Rescue of the Danish Jews. A lecture by University of Washington’s Professor Marianne Stecher Hansen entitled “A Moment in History, The Rescue of the Danish Jews in 1943” will precede a screening of the film “The Danish Solution – The Rescue of the Jews in Denmark”. In October 1943 during the Nazi occupation of Denmark nearly all Jewish citizens, numbering over 7,000, were ferried at night to neutral Sweden with the widespread cooperation of ordinary Danish citizens, local fishermen, and Resistance members. Professor Stecher Hansen will tell this well documented story interwoven with memories of her father who took part in the rescue operation.
Thursday, May 29, 2008, 5:30pm: The museum is proud to host the annual Raoul Wallenberg Dinner. This annual event was initiated by State Senator Ken Jacobsen in honor of Swedish Diplomat Raoul Wallenberg and to celebrate the connection between Jewish and Scandinavian communities. Wallenberg’s humanitarian work inspired many acts of heroism and decency.Reception and exhibits will be open from 5:30 to 6:30. Dinner will be served from 6:30 to 6:45pm followed by the keynote speaker, Manli Ho. Seating is limited. This year’s keynote speaker is Manli Ho, the daughter of Consul General Feng Shan Ho. Like Wallenberg did in Budapest, Feng Shan Ho helped thousands of Jews escape from Vienna during the Second World War. For the past ten years, Manli Ho has been researching and documenting her late father's humanitarian work in Vienna, Austria, and is working on a book. She lectures on her fathers work around the globe.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 7pm: Film and Lecture: Finland During WWII. Join University of Washington’s Associate Professor Andrew Nestingen at this introductory lecture on Finland during WWII. He will also explain why children were sent to Sweden during Finland’s WWII experience. The film scheduled is “Mother of Mine – The Story of Finnish Children Refugees” that tells the story of a small Finnish boy struggling to adapt into a Swedish family.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 7pm: Film titled “Kampf um Norwegen – Feldzug 1940”. A newly recovered German propaganda film about the invasion of Norway with introductory lecture by Professor Terje Leiren. “Kampf un Norwegen” is the German invasion film that Dr. Martin Rikli was asked to make by the Oberkommando der Wermacht and was never shown in Germany.
Wednesday, September 10, 7pm: Film: “Djoflaeyjan” or “Devil’s Island”. A film about postwar Iceland based on the novel of the same name. Djoflaeyjan takes place in Reykjavik in the years following World War II. The British and American occupation army has left their bunkers behind. They became homes to hundreds of lower-class people who were pouring into the capital during those years. Djoflaeyjan tells the story of the struggle and of the humorous life of people in the bunkers in those difficult times.
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