2–9 November The Future of Memory

curated programs
Image courtesy of USC Shoah Foundation.
The Neuberger Centre is proud to partner
with USC Shoah Foundation for a threemonth
installation of New Dimensions in
Testimony in our facility. Students and members
of the public will have the opportunity
to interact with a test version of the groundbreaking
technology, experiencing a “virtual
conversation” with Holocaust survivor
speaker, Pinchas Gutter. Complete information
will be available on holocaustcentre.com.
Legacy Symposium for Young Professionals
The seventh annual symposium features engaging workshops that invite participants in their 20s and 30s to explore the future
of Holocaust memory from different perspectives. Sessions will address this theme through survivor engagement, interactive technologies,
and thought-provoking discussions. Special guests include HEW 2016 Educator-in-Residence Dr. Michael Gray, Holocaust
survivors and Azrieli Foundation authors Nate Leipciger, Claire Baum and Leslie Meisels, HEW closing night speaker Hannah
Lessing, PhD candidate Amir Lavie, and more. The program concludes with a keynote presentation from Holocaust survivor Pinchas
Gutter and Stephen Smith, executive director of USC Shoah Foundation, who will discuss New Dimensions in Testimony—an
initiative that enables people to have “virtual conversations” with Holocaust survivors long into the future.
Envisioned by concept developer Conscience Display, New Dimensions in Testimony was created with the technical expertise from USC’s Institute for Creative
Technologies. Using state-of-the-art technology, New Dimensions in Testimony provides the opportunity to ask questions that instantly answered by the recorded
image of the survivor. This allows users to walk down their own path of curiosity to learn about this important part of history. To create the lifelike exchange,
advanced language-recognition software understands the questions being asked and instantly plays back one of the thousands of questions answered by the
survivor. The presentation will be moderated by Ramona Pringle, Director, Transmedia Zone, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Communication and Design, Ryerson
University, and CBC technology columnist.
Pinchas Gutter and his twin sister were born in Lodz, Poland, in 1933, to a Hasidic family. In 1939, his family was forced into the Warsaw Ghetto. In April 1943,
they were deported to the Majdanek death camp, where Pinchas’ family was murdered on arrival. He was sent to a work camp, then to Buchenwald, and then on
a death march from Germany to Theresienstadt. He was liberated by the Soviet Army in May 1945 and was taken to Britain with other children for rehabilitation.
He immigrated to Canada in 1985 from South Africa.
A symposium for people in their 20s and 30s. The program is free of charge. Light lunch will be served; Kashruth observed. Copies of the memoirs published by
the Azrieli Foundation authors will be provided. Register online at www.holocaustcentre.com/YPs.
Generously co-sponsored by Pinchas & Dorothy Gutter, in memory of his twin sister, Sabina; by Martin & Eleanor Maxwell, in memory of his sisters, Josephine
and Erna Meisels who died in the Holocaust; by Jeff & Annalee Wagman, Echelon Wealth Partners; and by Jewish War Veterans of Canada. Co-presented by the
Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Toronto.
Sunday, 6 November | 11:00 am
Ryerson University | Oakham House | 55 Gould Street | Toronto | 416–631–5689
Neuberger Holocaust Education Week 19