Western New England College presented in February a staged reading of "Words Born in Darkness"

 

Western New England College presented in February a staged reading of "Words Born in Darkness". Students, staff and faculty of the College participated in the readings. The event was held in conjunction with this year's lecture day theme: "The Many Faces of Evil: Legacies and Lessons." The reading, directed by Hillary Haft Bucs, senior drama lecturer, focused on the writings of both children and adults who have been victims of the Holocaust and other forms of genocide and oppression - including poetry written by children imprisoned in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp in Czechoslovakia during World War II, a dramatic reading, with slides and music, of the children's book "Brundibar" by Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak, and a selection of poems and prose written by victims of oppression around the world, both past and present, from the Armenian genocide to domestic violence. The staged reading is part of the "Reflections on the Holocaust" series sponsored by the Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield.