Film commemorating 'Kristallnacht' airs tonight
By Jonah Bookstein
Emerald Contributor
The second of two films de
picting Jewish resistance to the
Nazis will be shown tonight, in
138 Gilbert beginning at 5 p.m,
in commemoration of the 50th
anniversary of Kristallnacht.
On Nov. 9, 1938, mobs led
by Nazi storm troopers rioted
against the Jews of Germany
and Austria while public safety
officers stood by.
By the end of the violence,
termed “the night of broken
glass,” by the Nazis, over
20,000 Jews had been arrested,
almost 200 synagogues de
stroyed, nearly 7,500 Jewish
owned stores looted, and scores
of Jews murdered. Bonfires of
sacred Jewish Torah scrolls and
volumes of Jewish books of
learning also were ignited.
Kristallnacht illustrated the
agenda of the Nazis, and Histo
rians agree that international si
lence to the events, and strict
U.S. immigration quotas, led tr
the systematic killing of at least
six million European Jews over
the next seven years.
The Department of Germanic
Languages and Literatures is
presenting these films, which
were recently produced by GDR
Television of Geramny, to por
tray German resistance to fas
cism.
The second film, “Die erste
Reihe,” without English subti
tles, is a suspenseful portrayal
of the fate of six members of the
resistance: an intellectual, a
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student, an editor, a commu
nist and one with a secret iden
tity.
The producers of the film, in
cluding the screenwriter,
Ebhard Corner, will be on hand
to present and discuss the film.
The discussion, like the film,
will be in German.
The first film, "Do Not Sleep
at Home/Schlaft nicht
daheim,” was shown Monday
evening. It depicts the little
known band of young resistors
in Berlin who tried to persuade
their fellow Jews of the im
pending danger. The sole sur
vivor of this resistance group,
Fred Manela. a long time resi
dent of Eugene, earlier this year
went back to Germany to assist
in the filming. The film is ex
pected to be shown on public
television in the near future,
according to its producers.
During the anniversary of the
event, virtually all of this coun
try’s :t,500 synagogues will
keep their lights burning; Holo
caust survivors and their rela
tives will march in silent can
dlelight processions; and peo
ple of many denominations
across tho nation will vow to
fight crimes of hate and racism.
United Jewish Appeal, a
philanthropic organization
founded 50 years ago as a re
sponse to Kristallnacht, has led
the campaign to keeps lights
burning on the night of Nov. 9,
"to dispel the night of dark
ness" of 1938.
The events planned could
represent the largest memorial
service ever hold in the United
States, and individuals also
may light a candle in their
homes.
Two new documentaries also
will 1m: broadcast next week on
public television that are eye
witness accounts of the horrors
of Kristallnacht. Quoting Elie
Wiesel, the writer most Jews re
gard as the conscience of Holo
caust remembrance: "Only the
story itself remains. And the
story must suffice.”
Dylan
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“I caught a lot of flak,”
Strange said. *‘I know some
people went to complain to the
(English) depirtment chair
about this. 1 went in and
showed the chair that no, this
isn’t Finger Poppin’ 101. I
showed that during that term
we were working with Nietz
sche, and we were doing some
Rimbaud, and things that even
my colleagues could find as lit
erary. That seemed to put the
quash on it.
”1 don’t have so much trou
ble anymore, because the latest
fashion in literary studies is to
quite grandly consider any
thing and everything in the
world a ‘text,’ and therefore
suitable for English professor
attention. So I’ve been in the
'80s ail my life and didn’t
know it.”
Strange, who also has taught
Shakespeare and specializes in
Romantic literature, said the
works of recent rock and folk
song lyricists prove that there
is audience for poetry.
“If you don’t narrow poetry
down — if you look at poems
wherever they happen." he
said, "there’s an immense au
dience for poetry' in this coun
try. My gosh, what’s Spring
steen doing? What’s Dylan do
ing? What were The Doors do
ing? What were The Kinks do
ing? These were all ’texts’ that
attracted massive audiences."
Required reading for
Strange's current class is the
current edition of ‘Writings and
Drawings,' which ranges from
Dylan’s first songs recorded in
1961 to songs on his 1985 LP
"Empire Burlesque.”
Three films featuring Dylan
are also being shown during
the term — the 1960s documen
taries “Don’t Look Back" and
“Eat The Document,” as well
as Dylan's 1978 semi-autobio
graphical art movie, "Kenaldo
and Clara."
Strange said that he focuses
much on Dylan's changes from
folk to electric to country music
in the 1960s, and also gives
mention to his more recent
works, which have ranged from
'70s introspection to '80s mod
ern love angst, with a spell of
Grant
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Shipman commented. “It is go
ing to be of great help to us."
Besides the Campaign for Or
egon, the University Alumni
Association is involved in other
fund-raising activities, includ
ing the marketing of University
monogrammed tennis shoes.
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Funds from these activities will
be used to finance other Uni
versity programs.
A $1,000 gift was made to a
College of Business Adminis
tration professorship in the
name of Jeanne Johnson to hon
or her late husband. Johnson's
husband, Charles Johnson, was
a University accounting profes
sor and the dean of the College
of Liberal Arts.
Johnson, who is the assistant
alumni director, served as exec
utive director for five months
while a permanent replacement
could be found to fill the post.
The one-time gift was the asso
ciation’s way of thanking her,
according to Rodriguez.
The alumni association has
also implemented a scholarship
matching program that will
match scholarships of amounts
up to $1,000 given out for each
of the seven chapter areas.
gospel albums in between.
One of the things that sets
Dylan apart from his peers.
Strange added, is his willing
ness to change and grow with
time.
"The public remembrances.”
he said, "in his last three al
bums (‘Empire Burlesque,'
'Knocked Out Loaded,' and
'Down In The Groove') just get
richer and richer as Dylan
knows more and more of Amer
ican music, and is able to do
his songs in a way that involve
a deep and rich popular Ameri
can tradition."
Spending
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Democrats in our campaign,”
he said. ”1 think people gave to
Jeff because they felt in their
hearts that he was more reflec
tive of the values that they
have. 1 don't know if you can
categorize it as Democrat or Re
publican.”
The Miller campaign has sur
passed the Schue campaign in
receiving contributions of over
$50 each. In October, Miller re
ceived til separate donations of
over $50. compared to Schue's
24.
Schue campaign treasurer Pat
Hocken said Schue’s support
may be greater than the number
of contributors listed on the
campaign finance report would
seem to indicate.
“She (Schue) has a very wide
range of support,” she said. "It
could be that we have just as
many contributors as Miller if
you include smaller dona
tions.”
This claim is substantiated
by the two campaigns’ contri
butions and expenditures re
ports for the month of October.
Out of a total of $7,281 re
ceived by the Schue campaign,
over $3,500 came in donations
of less than $50, which don't
have to be included on the re
ports. Of the $15,835 collected
by the Miller campaign, $2,185
came in donations of less than
$50.
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