BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:rOdp-GZ0J-ncrXFrSqpAO SUMMARY:Lecture by prof. Jay Winter: 'The Odyssey of the Mir Yeshiva from V ilna to Singapore and Beyond' DTSTAMP:20241122T025932Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240419 DESCRIPTION:We're thrilled to announce that Prof. Jay Winter will be joinin g us next week\, 19 April\, to deliver an insightful lecture titled 'The O dyssey of the Mir Yeshiva from Vilna to Singapore and Beyond'.\n\nThis lec ture marks the opening of our exhibition 'Between Life and Death: Stories of Rescue during the Holocaust' in Kaunas\, Lithuania.\nThe Mir Yeshiva fl ed to Kaunas during World War II in 1941 before finding refuge in Shanghai .\n\nTheir journey to safety\, alongside thousands of other Jewish refugee s\, owes much to the brave efforts of individuals like the Dutch consul Ja n Zwartendijk and the Japanese consul-general to Lithuania\, Chiune Sugiha ra. URL:https://enrs.eu/edition/between-life-and-death-2024-exhibition-in-kauna s LOCATION:offline ORGANIZER;CN=European Network Remembrance and Solidarity END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR