2008 Woodie Awards
Walking Theater Project concludes awareness week with presentation
Kristin Rudibaugh
Issue date: 4/17/07 Section: Campus
"Their lives and the lives of their clients illustrate how a diverse group of people were persecuted as Hitler rose to power," Brown-Manrique said.
Brown-Manrique first read from a poem by Thomans Berman, a Jewish man who fought to survive in Nazi-controlled Europe. He then discussed the lives of Fürth and Fränkel, whose struggles mirrored those in the Berman's poem.
"As these two men were practicing (architecture) in Europe, large events were happening all around them," Brown-Manrique said.
Personal anecdotes colored the lecture, especially Brown-Manrique's experiences with Fürth and Fränkel. Brown-Manrique said he has spent the past 40 years researching the lives of Fürth and Fränkel.
"Both had successful practices in their respective cities (Fürth in Prague, Fränkel in Berlin) yet their world collapsed under them," Brown-Manrique said.
For his class, Film and Architecture in the Metropolis, Brown-Manrique led a group of Miami students to Berlin during spring break, where they visited Fränkel's first architectural commission, the Gartenstadt Atlantic in Berlin-Wedding.
Miami's Holocaust Awareness and Remembrance Program was the brainchild of Miami junior, Jenny Jacob. Shocked at the lack of knowledge about the Holocaust she saw among many of her classmates, Jacob was also motivated by reports of anti-Semitism from
first-year students.
"Some people at Miami are very intolerant, not wanting to know about issues," Jacob said. "This week is about Holocaust remembrance, but it's also about getting to know Jewish student issues."
Three of Jacob's living grandparents are Holocaust survivors, with two from Romania and one from the former Czechoslovakia.
Jacob said that her grandparents had spent time in Theresienstadt (often referred to as TerezĂn), Auschwitz, and a forced labor camp in Romania.
Jacob said that while she felt the entire event was a success, Miami still has a long a way to go concerning issues of diversity. Disappointed with the lack of attendance by non-Jewish students, she was pleased for how many she was able to reach. Jacob said that the she hopes to put on remembrance week again next year.
The event is co-sponsored by Associated Student Government (ASG), Hillel International, the Honors and Scholars Program and The Center for American and World Cultures, among other organziations.
Brown-Manrique first read from a poem by Thomans Berman, a Jewish man who fought to survive in Nazi-controlled Europe. He then discussed the lives of Fürth and Fränkel, whose struggles mirrored those in the Berman's poem.
"As these two men were practicing (architecture) in Europe, large events were happening all around them," Brown-Manrique said.
Personal anecdotes colored the lecture, especially Brown-Manrique's experiences with Fürth and Fränkel. Brown-Manrique said he has spent the past 40 years researching the lives of Fürth and Fränkel.
"Both had successful practices in their respective cities (Fürth in Prague, Fränkel in Berlin) yet their world collapsed under them," Brown-Manrique said.
For his class, Film and Architecture in the Metropolis, Brown-Manrique led a group of Miami students to Berlin during spring break, where they visited Fränkel's first architectural commission, the Gartenstadt Atlantic in Berlin-Wedding.
Miami's Holocaust Awareness and Remembrance Program was the brainchild of Miami junior, Jenny Jacob. Shocked at the lack of knowledge about the Holocaust she saw among many of her classmates, Jacob was also motivated by reports of anti-Semitism from
first-year students.
"Some people at Miami are very intolerant, not wanting to know about issues," Jacob said. "This week is about Holocaust remembrance, but it's also about getting to know Jewish student issues."
Three of Jacob's living grandparents are Holocaust survivors, with two from Romania and one from the former Czechoslovakia.
Jacob said that her grandparents had spent time in Theresienstadt (often referred to as TerezĂn), Auschwitz, and a forced labor camp in Romania.
Jacob said that while she felt the entire event was a success, Miami still has a long a way to go concerning issues of diversity. Disappointed with the lack of attendance by non-Jewish students, she was pleased for how many she was able to reach. Jacob said that the she hopes to put on remembrance week again next year.
The event is co-sponsored by Associated Student Government (ASG), Hillel International, the Honors and Scholars Program and The Center for American and World Cultures, among other organziations.
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