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Kuldiga Seminar

KuldĪgas ebreju kopienas vēsture un likteņi holokausta laika
The Kuldiga Jewish Community during the Shoah.

From 25th to 31st of July 2008 in Kuldiga, Latvia.

timetable

16th of July,
at 4 p.m. interview with Heinrihs Freimanis (*1927)

17th of July,
at 1 p.m. interview with Ērika Doniņa (*1921)

19th of July,
12 a.m. interview with Zigurds Kilēvics (*1928)

21st of July,
interview with Arturs Višņevskis (*1923)

21st of July,
interview with Heinrihs Freimanis

22nd of July,
interview with Roberts Reimanis (*1931)

23rd of July,
interview with Freds Celms (*1931)

23rd of July,
interview with Alfrēds Jēkabsons (*1928)

25th of July,
10.00 Interview with Arvīds Skude (*1921)
12.00 techniques of interviewing, from Pierre Bourdieu to Claude Lanzmann, critique of oral history
Lecture by Sven Eggers. Cultural Centre Zabadaks
14.00 Excursion to Rēzekne synagogye

25th of July,
10.00 Excursion to the mass murder sites around Kuldiga
14.00 Memorialsation: John Hejduk's Mask of Medusa
Lecture by Sven Eggers. Cultural Centre Zabadaks
16.00 Questioning the image, the representation, the unpresentable
Lecture by Sven Eggers. Cultural Centre Zabadaks
19.00-24.00 “Shoah” of Claude Lanzmann
Open air movie screening in front of the former Synagogue of Kuldiga

26th of July,
12.00 Documents, archives, memory and institutionalizing of perception
Lecture by Sven Eggers. Cultural Centre Zabadaks
14.00 Excursion: Through the streets of Kuldiga: Traces of former Jewish life
20.00-01.00 “Shoah”of Claude Lanzmann
Open air movie screening in front of the former Synagogue of Kuldiga

26th of July,
10.00 Excursion to Šķēde memorial
16.00 The Shoah in Kuldiga
Lecture by Agnese Kusmane. Cultural Centre Zabadaks

27th of July,
11.00 interview with anonymous (*1931) and her husband
12.00 a map of the Jewish Life of Kuldiga
Lecture in Cultural Centre Zabadaks
14.00 Excursion to Aizpute Synagogue and former Jewish places

28th of July,
10.00 interview with Heinrihs Freimanis,
12.00 works on the interviews
18.00 The History of the Jewish Heritage of Applied Arts and Architecture in Kuldiga
Lecture by Agnese Kusmane. Cultural Centre Zabadaks

29th of July,
10.00 interview with Leo and Hannah May, (*1919) in Jurmala
12.00 works on the interviews
17.00 a first resumee on the interviews

30th of July,
10.00 interview with Eva Vatere in Riga
12.00 Excursion to Biķernieki forest
14.00 Excursion to Rumbula forest
16.00 Excursion to Salaspils memorial: What is shown, felt, and hidden

31st of July,
10.00 finishing the projects
16.00 summary
18.00 good-bye dinner



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