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Thursday, May 2, 2019South Light CourtSan Francisco City Hall 11:30 a.m. Reception12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Program1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Opportunity to Visit the Exhibition
In conjunction with the photographic exhibition LEST WE FORGET at Civic Center Plaza, the German Consulate General San Francisco and the Goethe-Institut San Francisco cordially invite you on May 2, 2019 at noon at City Hall to commemorate Yom Hashoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day. German Consul General Hans-Ulrich Südbeck, the Director of the Goethe-Institut Sigrid Savelsberg, as well the artist Luigi Toscano himself and a number of the portrayed survivors will gather with many other partners and supporters of this project in order to acknowledge this important day and honor the victims of the Holocaust. Guests will have the opportunity to visit Lest We Forget at Civic Center Plaza after the program.
LEST WE FORGET features 78 large-scale portraits of Holocaust survivors, including 15 from San Francisco. Luigi Toscano has visited and taken portraits of almost 300 Holocaust survivors in the United States, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Belarus, Austria and the Netherlands so far. In April 2018, LEST WE FORGET was shown in Washington, DC where more than 120 portraits were placed along the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Please visit goethe.de/sf/lestweforget for the full program of events and more information.
The exhibition is presented by the Goethe-Institut San Francisco and the German Consulate General San Francisco, with heartfelt gratitude to Barbro and Bernard Osher for their generosity. With appreciation for the support of the Consulate General of Israel, the Consulate General of Italy, and the Italian Cultural Center. Special thanks to the San Francisco Arts Commission and San Francisco Recreation and Parks and numerous community partners.
Due to security screening at the San Francisco's City Hall, guests are advised not to bring backpacks or large totes.
Please click here to register through eventbrite to attend the event on May 2.
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Thursday, May 2, 2019South Light CourtSan Francisco City Hall 11:30 a.m. Reception12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Program1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Opportunity to Visit the Exhibition
In conjunction with the photographic exhibition LEST WE FORGET at Civic Center Plaza, the German Consulate General San Francisco and the Goethe-Institut San Francisco cordially invite you on May 2, 2019 at noon at City Hall to commemorate Yom Hashoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day. German Consul General Hans-Ulrich Südbeck, the Director of the Goethe-Institut Sigrid Savelsberg, as well the artist Luigi Toscano himself and a number of the portrayed survivors will gather with many other partners and supporters of this project in order to acknowledge this important day and honor the victims of the Holocaust. Guests will have the opportunity to visit Lest We Forget at Civic Center Plaza after the program.
LEST WE FORGET features 78 large-scale portraits of Holocaust survivors, including 15 from San Francisco. Luigi Toscano has visited and taken portraits of almost 300 Holocaust survivors in the United States, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Belarus, Austria and the Netherlands so far. In April 2018, LEST WE FORGET was shown in Washington, DC where more than 120 portraits were placed along the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Please visit goethe.de/sf/lestweforget for the full program of events and more information.
The exhibition is presented by the Goethe-Institut San Francisco and the German Consulate General San Francisco, with heartfelt gratitude to Barbro and Bernard Osher for their generosity. With appreciation for the support of the Consulate General of Israel, the Consulate General of Italy, and the Italian Cultural Center. Special thanks to the San Francisco Arts Commission and San Francisco Recreation and Parks and numerous community partners.
Due to security screening at the San Francisco's City Hall, guests are advised not to bring backpacks or large totes.
Please click here to register through eventbrite to attend the event on May 2.
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Thursday, May 2, 2019South Light CourtSan Francisco City Hall 11:30 a.m. Reception12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Program1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Opportunity to Visit the Exhibition
In conjunction with the photographic exhibition LEST WE FORGET at Civic Center Plaza, the German Consulate General San Francisco and the Goethe-Institut San Francisco cordially invite you on May 2, 2019 at noon at City Hall to commemorate Yom Hashoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day. German Consul General Hans-Ulrich Südbeck, the Director of the Goethe-Institut Sigrid Savelsberg, as well the artist Luigi Toscano himself and a number of the portrayed survivors will gather with many other partners and supporters of this project in order to acknowledge this important day and honor the victims of the Holocaust. Guests will have the opportunity to visit Lest We Forget at Civic Center Plaza after the program.
LEST WE FORGET features 78 large-scale portraits of Holocaust survivors, including 15 from San Francisco. Luigi Toscano has visited and taken portraits of almost 300 Holocaust survivors in the United States, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Belarus, Austria and the Netherlands so far. In April 2018, LEST WE FORGET was shown in Washington, DC where more than 120 portraits were placed along the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Please visit goethe.de/sf/lestweforget for the full program of events and more information.
The exhibition is presented by the Goethe-Institut San Francisco and the German Consulate General San Francisco, with heartfelt gratitude to Barbro and Bernard Osher for their generosity. With appreciation for the support of the Consulate General of Israel, the Consulate General of Italy, and the Italian Cultural Center. Special thanks to the San Francisco Arts Commission and San Francisco Recreation and Parks and numerous community partners.
Due to security screening at the San Francisco's City Hall, guests are advised not to bring backpacks or large totes.
Please click here to register through eventbrite to attend the event on May 2.
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Thursday, May 2, 2019South Light CourtSan Francisco City Hall 11:30 a.m. Reception12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Program1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Opportunity to Visit the Exhibition
In conjunction with the photographic exhibition LEST WE FORGET at Civic Center Plaza, the German Consulate General San Francisco and the Goethe-Institut San Francisco cordially invite you on May 2, 2019 at noon at City Hall to commemorate Yom Hashoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day. German Consul General Hans-Ulrich Südbeck, the Director of the Goethe-Institut Sigrid Savelsberg, as well the artist Luigi Toscano himself and a number of the portrayed survivors will gather with many other partners and supporters of this project in order to acknowledge this important day and honor the victims of the Holocaust. Guests will have the opportunity to visit Lest We Forget at Civic Center Plaza after the program.
LEST WE FORGET features 78 large-scale portraits of Holocaust survivors, including 15 from San Francisco. Luigi Toscano has visited and taken portraits of almost 300 Holocaust survivors in the United States, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Belarus, Austria and the Netherlands so far. In April 2018, LEST WE FORGET was shown in Washington, DC where more than 120 portraits were placed along the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Please visit goethe.de/sf/lestweforget for the full program of events and more information.
The exhibition is presented by the Goethe-Institut San Francisco and the German Consulate General San Francisco, with heartfelt gratitude to Barbro and Bernard Osher for their generosity. With appreciation for the support of the Consulate General of Israel, the Consulate General of Italy, and the Italian Cultural Center. Special thanks to the San Francisco Arts Commission and San Francisco Recreation and Parks and numerous community partners.
Due to security screening at the San Francisco's City Hall, guests are advised not to bring backpacks or large totes.
Please click here to register through eventbrite to attend the event on May 2.
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