Recent photographic portraits by Ilka Hartmann of North Bay residents who survived the Holocaust or escaped from it will be exhibited at Sonoma State
University from May 1-28 in the Gallery of the Center for Culture, Gender and Sexuality in the Sonoma Student Union.
A reception will be held on Thursday, May 3, from 4-6 p.m. in the gallery to celebrate the survivors. The video entitled "Honoring the Survivors- 18 years of the Holocaust Lecture Series at Sonoma State University" by Hartmann
and Joel Braverman will be screened. A model of the Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Grove planned by the University will be on display.
The event is co- sponsored by The Alliance for the Study of the Holocaust, the Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide and the Center for Culture, Gender and Sexuality at Sonoma State University.
Ilka Hartmann, a native of Germany, is a photographer who has concentrated on human rights since she began photographing 30 years ago. For a list of her topics and publications, visit ilkahartmann.com.
She taught Holocaust Studies at Sonoma State University for 14 years and Photography as an Art Form at the renowned Graduate School of Art (Hochschule der Kuenste ) in Berlin.
ABOVE, Ruth Arndt Gumpel in 2006 with a picture of herself and her family, taken in Berlin at the end of 1945. Photo by Ilka Hartmann 2007
