Tuesday night BC held a reception for Max Kammer who documented WWII with his camera. Kammer is a Bluefield, WV resident who was just a teenager when he captured the cold truth of the Holocaust and can share his story to this day. The display in Landsdell Hall depicts grim, brutal scenes of the Orduf and Buchenwald Concentration Camps.
In the Science center the Virginia Holocaust Museum brought their “Dame Mary Baracco: Torchbearer of Freedom” display from Richmond. Mary Baracco was born an U.S. citizen but later moved to Europe to be a Freedom Fighter. She was betrayed and then captured by the Gestapo. Mary, at the age of 19 was sent to four different prisons and then to the Breendouck Concentration Camp where she endured torture and sterilization. Mary survived the holocaust and documented her ordeal through painting and scrapbooking artifacts from her life.
Thursday, the Bluefield College Theatre Department opened the Diary of Anne Frank. The production depicts the true story of Anne, who was a Jewish, happy-go-lucky 13 year old who documented her life in hiding. Freshman, Caleigh Keith, who portrays Anne, had the audience laughing at one moment then in tears the next. Historic videos and pictures from the War were shown on screens during the production, which punctuated the reality of the horrors. As photographs of Anne streamed on the screens at the end of the production, the audience in respect remained silent.
“Despite of everything, I believe that people are really good at heart” ~ Anne Frank
In the Science center the Virginia Holocaust Museum brought their “Dame Mary Baracco: Torchbearer of Freedom” display from Richmond. Mary Baracco was born an U.S. citizen but later moved to Europe to be a Freedom Fighter. She was betrayed and then captured by the Gestapo. Mary, at the age of 19 was sent to four different prisons and then to the Breendouck Concentration Camp where she endured torture and sterilization. Mary survived the holocaust and documented her ordeal through painting and scrapbooking artifacts from her life.
Thursday, the Bluefield College Theatre Department opened the Diary of Anne Frank. The production depicts the true story of Anne, who was a Jewish, happy-go-lucky 13 year old who documented her life in hiding. Freshman, Caleigh Keith, who portrays Anne, had the audience laughing at one moment then in tears the next. Historic videos and pictures from the War were shown on screens during the production, which punctuated the reality of the horrors. As photographs of Anne streamed on the screens at the end of the production, the audience in respect remained silent.
“Despite of everything, I believe that people are really good at heart” ~ Anne Frank
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