Auschwitz Survivor to Discuss Role as Teacher

 (540) 365-4302/ dhailey@ferrum.edu

           Dr. Susan Cernyak-Spatz will present "The Survivor's Role as Teacher” on Tuesday,
April 9, 7:30 p.m., in Vaughn Chapel at Ferrum College. April 9, is Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Her address is free and is open to the public.

           Cernyak-Spatz was born in Vienna, Austria, and later lived in Berlin, Vienna, and Prague from 1929-42. In May 1942, she was deported from Prague to Theresienstadt; in January 1943, from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz-Birkenau; and in January 1945, from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Ravensbruek. After she came to the U.S. she earned a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 1973. She has been a professor in the Department of Foreign Languages at UNC Charlotte.

           As an author of numerous publications, she has also translated a narration of a documentary film, Die Begegnung. Cernyak -Spatz has also held a Fulbright Teaching Award, having taught a semester of Holocaust studies in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

           Cernyak-Spatz’ visit is being sponsored by the Ferrum College Chaplain's office and by the Roanoke Jewish Community Council. For further information, please contact Dr. Marcia Horn at 365-4328 or at mhorn@ferrum.edu.

           Ferrum College is a four-year, private, co-educational, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Ferrum offers a choice of nationally recognized bachelor’s degree programs at a cost well below the national average for private colleges. To learn more about the College, call 1-800-868-9797 or visit www.ferrum.edu.
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