Archived Documents
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The 35,000 documents used to
research The Transfer Agreement have been donated to the archive at the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago, Illinois.
The Annual Commemoration of
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1998 MEMORIAL SERVICE & PROGRAM Edwin Black, a native Chicagoan and
son of Polish Holocaust survivors, is an award-winning writer and
journalist. He is the author of The Transfer Agreement, The Untold Story
of the Secret Pact Between the Third Reich and Jewish Palestine, which won
the 1984 Carl Sandburg Award for best non-fiction and was nominated for a
Pulitzer Prize. Mr. Black will relate his experiences in writing this
best-selling historical account, and will also present his collection of
research material for this project to Spertus Institute's Chicago Jewish
Archives. Armin Mueller-Stahl is an internationally renowned German actor whose films include Music Box (1989); Avalon (1990); Shine (1996), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor; and Conversations with a Beast (1996), a character study of Adolf Hitler, which he also wrote and directed. In recognition of his insightful portrayals of victims, perpetrators and witnesses of the Holocaust, Mr. Mueller-Stahl will receive the Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree from Spertus. In accepting this degree, he will reflect on the personal experiences and perspectives that have impacted his life and work. |
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