Join us on April 18 for a conversation with Manuel Herz, architect and Robert Jan van Pelt, curator.
The Synagogue at Babyn Yar is both a place of worship and a monument at a place with both a horrifying past and present. The site of the Holocaust’s first large-scale massacre, on 29 and 30 September 1941, is now also under threat of bomb and missile attack by the Russian Federation.
To mark the 80th commemoration of the massacre at Babyn Yar, Swiss architect Manuel Herz designed a magnificent, jewel-like synagogue that opened in April 2021. As one writer observed, “It is extraordinary to think that a synagogue was chosen to break the agonizingly silent legacy Babyn Yar held for so long.”
During
this
In
Conversation,
hear
from
Manuel
Herz
and
exhibition
curator
Robert
Jan
van
Pelt.
The
programme
will
be
moderated
by
Josh
Heuman,
the
Koffler’s
Interim
Head
of
Public
Engagement,
and
will
focus
on
the
history
of
Babyn
Yar,
the
synagogue,
and
future
plans
for
the
site.
Questions
will
be
taken
from
the
audience.
Seats
are
limited!
Save
your
spot
here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/in-conversation-manuel-herz-and-robert-jan-van-pelt-tickets-615360488787
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