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Anne Frank: A History for Today
The Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities, in partnership with the Putnam Museum, are bringing the exhibit, Anne Frank: A History for Today, to the Putnam Museum from
March 31-May 28, 2012, as the cornerstone of over 2 months of programming throughout the Quad Cities promoting the lessons learned from Anne Frank and the Holocaust.
The Jewish Federation and the Putnam Museum recognize that even 10 years after the events of 9/11, as well as continued acts of terrorism and injustice throughout
the world, prejudice and bigotry are as common today as they were when Anne Frank and her family were forced to hide from the Nazis. For the residents of
Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois, the project, Anne Frank: A History for Today, and related programming, are ways to counter indifference, prejudice, and racism,
as well as to promote the dignity, democratic beliefs, and human rights that are critical in our diverse society today.
The audience for the project, Anne Frank: A History for Today, is the general public, 10 years old and above. Since 1985, over five million children and adults in
more than 200 communities have seen the Anne Frank exhibits. The book, The Diary of Anne Frank, has been published in more than 66 languages, and more than 40 million
copies have been sold.
All the events of this project will target the involvement of area citizens, especially those families with children. We anticipate that schoolchildren will be bused
to see this exhibit from a 100-mile radius of the Quad Cities, and that the Putnam Museum and the other programming events will be “must-stop” locations and events
for tourists and tour groups.
Participating Organizations and programs so far include:
- January 8 – February 24, 2012. The German American Heritage Center will host the White Rose Exhibit. This exhibit is about heroic, German college student
resistance to Hitler.
- February 25 - April 15, 2012. The Figge Art Museum will host the War & Remembrance Art Exhibit, featuring the Erwin Eisch Kristallnacht prints.
- March 3, 2012. Ballet Quad Cities will re-perform their locally written Anne Frank Ballet: From the Pages of a Young Girl’s Life, on Saturday at 2:00 pm
and 8:00 pm at the Holzworth Performing Arts Center at North High School, 626 West 53rd Street, Davenport. Adults $20, Seniors $15, Students $10.
Tickets available at www.midwestix.com or at the door.
- March 31 - May 28, 2012. The “Paintings Created in Hiding by Erich and Heinz Geiringer” exhibit by Eva Geiringer Schloss, stepdaughter of Otto Frank, will be a complimentary exhibit to the Anne Frank exhibit at the
Putnam Museum
- April 9 - June 8, 2012. The exhibit ”A Tribute to the Children of the Holocaust: Portrait Collages that Bridge the Gap Between Then and Now” by educator and author Barbara Powers
will be at the Rock Island Downtown Public Library.
- April 10, 2012. In conjunction with the exhibit, A Tribute to the Children of the Holocaust," Mrs. Powers will discuss the exhibit and experiences of the children it honors at
two public events on Tuesday at the library:
- A Public Art Reception from 4:00-5:30 pm
- Book Talk at 5:30 pm on "The Promise: The moving story of a family in the Holocaust" by Barbara Powers and Eva Schloss.
- April 14, 2012. A Journal and Diary Making program will be held on Saturday at the Fairmount Branch of the Davenport Public Library, 3000 N. Fairmount Street.
- April 15, 2012. The movie “The Rescuers” will be shown at the Putnam Museum Theater on Sunday at 4:00 pm. This movie is the true and largely unknown story of
13 heroic and courageous diplomats who, at tremendous personal cost, saved tens of thousands of Jews during World War II. Adults $5, Students free.
- April 19, 2012. Holocaust Remembrance Day films at the Fairmount Branch of the Davenport Public Library on Thursday from 12:30 pm-8:00 pm.
- Fiddler on the Roof, 12:30 pm
- The Boy on the Striped Pajamas, 4:00 pm
- Life is Beautiful, 6:00 pm
- April 22, 2012. The annual Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance, event with speaker, Agnes Schwartz, Holocaust survivor originally from Hungary, will be held on
Sunday, 7:00 pm, at the Tri-City Jewish Center in Rock Island. Free admission.
- April 23, 2012. The annual Geifman Endowment in Holocaust Studies will present their public lecture featuring Agnes Schwartz, Holocaust survivor originally from Hungary, will be
held on Monday at 7:00 pm in Wallenberg Hall at Augustana College. Free admission.
- May 6, 2012. The movie, “Nicky’s Family”, will be shown at the Putnam Museum Theater on Sunday at 4:00 pm. This movie tells the nearly forgotten story of
Nicholas Winton, an Englishman who organized the rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children just before the outbreak of World War II. Adults $5, Students free.
- The play, And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank, will be performed by the Augustana Theater Department to area high schools.
For more information, contact (309) 793-1300.
Sponsors:
-Riverboat Development Authority (RDA) is the Exhibit Sponsor
-Scott County Regional Authority (SCRA) is the Programming Sponsor
-Doris and Victor Day Foundation
-Rauch Family Foundation II, Inc.
-Stanley and Bernice Harris Memorial Endowment Fund
-Rock Island Community Foundation
-Doctors Amir and Lisa Arbisser (Ballet QC Sponsor)
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