The Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv, in collaboration with The "Elie Wiesel" National Institute for the Study of Holocaust in Romania, is organizing, between September 21 – October 21, 2014, a series of events dedicated to commemorating 70 years since the deportation of Jews from Northern Transylvania. The events will take place at the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv (8 Shaul Hamelech Blvd, 6th floor).
Round table entitled “70 years since the deportation of Jews from Northern Transylvania”, September 21, 2014, at 14:00
Program:
Moderator: Prof. Raphael Vago, Tel Aviv University
Introduction: Dr. Gina Pana, director RCI Tel Aviv
Prof. Raphael Vago, Tel Aviv University: The Jews from Transylvania and the return of the Hungarian administration (1940-1944);
Prof. Dr. Zvi Hartmann, Haifa University: Transylvanian Jews after 1940 between North and South: historic fate or a game of chess with reality;
Prof. Dr. Alexandru Florian, general director of The "Elie Wiesel" National Institute for the Study of Holocaust in Romania: 70 years since the deportation of Jews from Northern Transylvania. A project of the memory;
Dr. Miriam Caloianu, the Center for the Study of the History of the Romanian Jews – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: The drama of the Transylvanian Jews recalled in the memories of the survivors;
Dr. Nagy Mihály Zoltán, vicepresident of RCI Bucharest: Bishop Marton Aron’s stand against the deportation of Jews from Transylvania;
Q&A
Screening: fragments from the documentary „Marton Aron: a bishop of the way of the cross” (2012, directed by Cristian Amza)
Opening of the exhibition „The Memory of the Holocaust- Sighetu Marmatiei 1944-2014”
Free entrance, the number of seats is limited.
The event will take place in Romanian language.
