Not For Students Only

MJI program seeks to add insight into the Holocaust and its aftermath.

A

n intergenerational group
attending the third annual
Michigan Jewish Institute
Holocaust Symposium were able to
listen to and question a panel with
unique perspectives on the. Holocaust.
The symposium, held May 5 at the
Shul-Chabad Lubavitch, was titled
"Lights in the Darkness", and was
attended by MJI students, their par-
ents and the community.
It included a retrospective view of
trauma faced by the survivors, pre-
sented by Dr. Henry Krystal, profes-
sor emeritus of psychiatry at
Michigan State University. Dr.
Krystal, a survivor himself, shared

coping strategies that enabled people
to adapt and survive in the camps.
He noted that in the concentration
camps, those who had grown up with
a good and supportive parent-child
relationship had a better chance at
survival. Often, the positive attach-
ment to memories of one's mother or
a focus on a goal such as turning the
doorknob upon returning to one's
house could keep a victim from suc-
cumbing to an emotionless near-dead
state.
Survivor Paula Marks-Bolton told
her personal story that included the
loss of her home and family in
Poland. She spoke of being held in an

orphanage, ghettos and being trans-
ported to Auschwitz, Ravensbruck
and Muehlhausen camps, encounter-
ing Dr. Josef Mengele while at
Auschwitz and surviving a death
march to Buchenwald, where she was
ultimately liberated. Her vivid
imagery and personal reflections
heightened awareness of the inexplica-
ble cruelty and the need for kindness
and understanding.
Margot Parr, executive director of
Jewish Home & Aging Services in
West Bloomfield, talked of Christian
Europeans who put their lives and the
lives of their loved ones at risk during
the_Holocaust. She spoke of her own

mother, Jenny van der Kamp, who
worked with the Dutch underground,
sheltering and hiding Jews and Allied
soldiers.
A student-created museum was also
on display.
MJI's 2004-2005 courses will
include "Exploring the Holocaust,"
"Encountering Jewish Civilization"
and "Modern Hebrew Language"
series. Courses are open to adults and
high school juniors and seniors, who
may qualify for dual-enrollment. For
information, call Paul Levine, director
of MJI's dual program courses, (248)
414-6900, ext. 16, or access the Web
site at: vvvvw.mji.edu n

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