Oskar and Emilie Schindler Exhibit Coming to Motlow State Community College

By Anthony Czelusniak

Motlow Buzz Reporter

         SMYRNA, Tenn. – Motlow’s Smyrna campus will host the Oskar and Emilie Schindler Exhibit for four days in October, giving students a chance to learn more about their lives.

         Wall panels for the exhibit will display previously unpublished photographs, maps and narratives that describe the heroics the Schindlers showed during World War II. The display will show more than what director Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film “Schindler’s List” starring Liam Neeson was able to. Students can look forward to an in-depth look at the lives of the Schindler family as they risked their lives to save thousands of Jews from Nazi concentration camps.

         The exhibit will be on display during regular campus hours from Oct. 23-27 (Monday-Friday) inside the lobby of the Marylou Apple Science – Technology – Allied Health Building. Admission is free. 

         Dr. Lucy Craig, professor of Criminal Justice Studies and director of the International Education and Study Abroad program, led the efforts to bring the exhibit to Motlow's four campuses. Co-sponsoring the event is the Tennessee Consortium for International Studies, which is working to make international studies a core program for higher education throughout the state.

         "This is such an exciting way for our students, staff and faculty to learn more about an important part of world history," said Associate Professor of History Heather Koller. "I am excited and happy that this has been provided for the Smyrna Campus and encourage everyone to take advantage of this opportunity!"

         The exhibit follows the story of the Shindlers' lives as they outsmarted overpowering might to save more than 1,000 Jews from peril. Their story was made famous by Spielberg's black-and-white film. 

 

         Motlow students, faculty, administrators and staff can also see the exhibit in McMinnville (Oct. 9-12), Fayetteville (Oct. 18-20), and Moore County (Oct. 30-Nov. 1).

         Motlow will host the 11 annual TnCIS Conference on International Education from Nov. 2-3 in Eoff Hall on the Moore County campus. The keynote speaker will be Professor Erika Rosenberg, personal biographer for the Schindlers. Harald Zintl, head of the Bayern Academy and the Regensburg Regional Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Germany, will present the keynote address, "Learning from History for Democracy and Human Rights, The Oskar and Emilie Schindler Exhibit."

        

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