Genocide: In The Shadow Of The Holocaust June 29, 2010

Continuing its monthly series of informative discussions about the history of torture and its effect on modern culture, the Miami Dade College (MDC) Art Gallery System will host a free community forum titled Genocide: In the Shadow of the Holocaust, on Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at the Freedom Tower in downtown Miami.

Representatives from the academic, medical and foreign affairs communities will make up the forum’s panel. Among those from MDC participating in the forum: Magdalena Lamarre, a social sciences professor, as moderator; as panelists, German Munoz, Ph.D., social sciences department chair, and social sciences instructor Jeff Demsky, Ph.D.

Other panelists will include Dr. Peter Tarjan, Hungarian Holocaust survivor and professor emeritus at the University of Miami; Klaus Ranner, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany; and Bernd Wollschlaeger, M.D., an Aventura-based family physician who described his experience growing up in Germany as the son of a highly-decorated World War II Tank Commander and Nazi officer in the book, A German Life: Against All Odds Change is Possible.

Genocide: In the Shadow of the Holocaust is one of several monthly events being held throughout the summer to coincide with the powerful Instruments of Torture through the Ages exhibition currently on display at MDC’s Freedom Tower until August 29, 2010.

The exhibition features nearly a hundred instruments designed for torturing and executing and is on loan from the Museo Toscana in Italy. Organizers hope the exhibition draws attention to contemporary human rights issues around the world.



Genocide: In the Shadow of the Holocaust
•WHEN: Tuesday, Jun. 29, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
•WHERE: The Freedom Tower at Miami Dade College, 600 Biscayne Blvd., downtown Miami
•COST: Free admission to the program. There is a $10 admission fee to visit the exhibition. PARKING: Free parking is available in the parking garage, Building 7, behind the Freedom Tower (corner of NE Fifth Street and Second Avenue).

For more information about the exhibition, contact the MDC Art Gallery System at 305-237-7700 or galleries@