Conference Schedule
Sunday, March 1, 2026 | UNH Roski
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2:15–4:15 PM – Session III
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Playwright and Scholar Anna Hájková in Discussion on the Filmed Version of The Amazing Life of Margot Heuman (directed by Erika Hughes)
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Moderator: Sofya Levitsky-Weitz
Anna Hájková is a scholar of modern European and Holocaust history whose work focuses on everyday life, gender, and sexuality during the Nazi era. She is also the playwright of The Amazing Life of Margot Heuman, based on the true story of Margot Heuman, a young Jewish woman and lesbian who survived Auschwitz, Groß-Rosen, and a death march. The play (and filmed version) explores survival, identity, friendship, and moral complexity through Margot’s remarkable life story.
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4:15–4:45 PM – Break
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Coffee and refreshments in UNH Roski
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4:45–6:15 PM – Session IV (Public Event)
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Keynote with Historian Doris Bergen
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Moderator: Margarete Feinstein
Doris Bergen is the author of the critically acclaimed War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust. The keynote title is still in development, but will be along the lines of: “‘I Am Not a Museum Exhibition’: Survivors, Victims, Scholars, and Their Changing Relations.”
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