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COMMEMORATION OF THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INFAMOUS NAZI “KRISTALLNACHT” 1938 AND PREMIERE OF THE HELNWEIN DOCUMENTARYSURVIVORS, ACTIVISTS, DIPLOMATS AND CELEBRITIES JOIN AT MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE TO COMMEMORATEMuseum of Tolerance / Simon Wiesenthal Center (Los Angeles) 10. November 2003 |
| On Sunday, November 9, at 7:00 p.m. the Museum of Tolerance commemorated the 65th anniversary of the infamous 1938 Nazi “Night of Broken Glass” (Kristallnacht) pogrom. The Wiesenthal Center's observance of the 65th anniversary of "Kristallnacht" was highlighted by the presentation of the work of Gottfried Helnwein and the screening of "Ninth November Night," a documentary about the artist's commitment to remind the world of the Holocaust. |
 | Ninth November Night 1988
400 cm x 1000 cm Installation between Ludwig Museum and the Dome of Cologne |
 | Rabbi Marvin Hier - Dean and Founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Gottfried Helnwein Commemoration of "Kristallnacht" and premiere of the Helnwein-documentary at the Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles |
| Rabbi Marvin Hier, the Museum of Tolerance's founder and dean, addressed participants. The program culminated with a candlelight vigil in the Museum's Memorial Plaza. |
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Attendants Rabbi Marvin Hier - Dean and Founder of the Simon Wiesenthal CenterLiebe Geft, Director, Museum of Tolerance Lorraine Sais, Coordinator, Arts and Lectures, Museum of Tolerance Avra Shapiro, Public Relations, Museum of Tolerance Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, Consul General of Austria Bita Rasoulian, Deputy Consul General of Austria Josef Beck, Deputy Consul General of Germany |
| Gottfried and Renate Helnwein Jason Lee, actor, his wife, Beth Riesgraf and their son Pilot Robert Davi, actor Bruce Davison, actor Deborah Oppenheimer, Academy Award winner for the documentary "Into the Arms of Strangers" Ben Foster, actor Joan Steiger, wife of the late Hollywood actor Rod Steiger Gisela and Dick Guttman Henning Lohner, composer, director Stephen Joihn Kalinich, poet Bryten Goss, painter Mercedes Helnwein, artist, writer Ali Helnwein, composer Cyril Helnwein, photographer Sascha Panov, artist Robert Reynolds, artist Morris P. Kagan, photographer Cesare Bonanza, photographer Jessica Shokrian, photographer Alex Prager, photographer Edward Goldman, art talk, KCRW radio |
 | Helnwein speaking at the Commemoration of Kristallnacht 2003
Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, November 9, 2003 |
 | Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, Consul General of Austria, Rabbi Marvin Hier - Dean and Founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Liebe Geft, Director, Museum of Tolerance and Gottfried Helnwein. Commemoration of the 65th annyversary of "Kristallnacht" |
 | Liebe Geft, director Museum of Tolerance, Helnwein and Robert Davi 2003
Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles Commemoration of Kristallnacht and premiere of the Helnwein-documentary "Ninth November Night" |
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=> http://kristallnacht.helnwein.com/en_US/kristallnacht/kristallnacht/home.html |
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