Name: “She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots” Documentary Screening & Talkback
Start: 2024-07-11T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Living Learning Center

$\u201cShe Wouldn\u2019t Take Off Her Boots\u201d Documentary Screening & Talkback$

Title: “She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots” Documentary Screening & Talkback with Artist Victoria Milstein
Date: Thursday, July 11, 2024
Time: 5-7 p.m.
Format: Hybrid
Location: Living Learning Academic Center Room 205 (The Great Hall) at Appalachian State University's Boone Campus
Zoom: https://appstate.zoom.us/j/8282626118?pwd=RkFMUk4vdmgwMi9rNmxiVENNK2FLZz09&omn=96100602228 (Passcode: 000000)
Description: What would you do to save your children? How would you act in the face of defeat? How would you make sure the stories of bravery are passed down to the next generation? Our story shows one woman’s determination to sculpt the first Holocaust Memorial Monument in North Carolina commemorating the women and children of the Holocaust. The film “She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots” shows her motivation, her drive and the people that helped her dream become a reality. The film puts faces, names and stories to what the monument represents. Survivors of the Holocaust do not live far away. They live in Greensboro, NC, where the monument stands. They work with us. They are our neighbors. The film gives three of them an opportunity to tell their stories. One is the story of a boy who survived multiple concentration camps and the other is of two cousins hidden during the war by their brave and courageous mothers. The monument is named in honor of the cousins’ mothers. Join us as we start a movement to educate the next generation of the dangers when people are marked as "other."
Details: This event is free and open to the public. For a disability accommodation, visit odr.appstate.edu.
Host: This event is organized by the Center for Judaic, Holocaust & Peace Studies at Appalachian State University as part of the 22nd Annual Martin & Doris Rosen Symposium. The Symposium is supported by the Claims Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, the Martin & Doris Rosen Symposium Endowment & the local Jewish community.
Questions? Please contact the Appalachian State University Center for Judaic, Holocaust & Peace Studies at [email protected] or (828) 262-2311.
For more information about the 22nd Annual Martin & Doris Rosen Symposium, visit holocaust.appstate.edu/symposiums/2024-symposium.