The Program in Holocaust and
Human Rights Studies

As Part III of its IV part series on
Stories and the Holocaust

Proudly presents the US premiere of the play

Lemkin’s House
At 78th Street Theatre Lab (236 West. 78th Street)

Lemkin’s house is set in the afterlife of Raphael Lemkin, the Polish-American lawyer whose family died in the Holocaust and who invented the word “genocide.” He dedicated his life to fighting to have genocide declared an international crime. Lemkin is bombarded by people bursting into his home with complaints of more recent genocides in Rwanda and Bosnia. The play is written by Catherine Filloux.

Followed the play there will be a panel discussion with: Jim Fussell
Executive Director of Prevent Genocide International
And author of forthcoming Lemkin biography

Prof. Sheri Rosenberg
Deputy Director, Program in Holocaust and
Human Rights Studies

Prof. Eric Freedman
Research Consultant at the Wiesenthal Center and Visiting Law
Professor at Cardozo

Sunday, February 19, 2006
3:00 p.m.

There are a limited number of $15 reserved tickets.
For tickets please RSVP by February 5, 2006 to (212) 790-0258. Tickets will be held at will-call. For more information (212) 790-0455