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Event: Albion Collee Yinger Lecture, Film, Focus on Jews, China, and the Cultural Revolution
Date: Wednesday, September 26th, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM
Organization: Albion College
Location: Bohm Theatre
Cost: Free
Contact: Albion College history department
Phone: (517)629-0396
Description: A participant in the little-

known relationship of
Jewish
migration to
China shares
this
remarkable history for

Albion College’s 2018
Yinger
Lecture on
Tuesday,
September 25,
at 4:30 p.m.
in the
Bobbitt Visual Arts

Center. A documentary
about
China’s role in
helping
Jewish families
escape Nazi
Germany,
will be screened at
7
pm. on Wednesday,

September 26, at the
Bohm
Theatre.


Presenter Liliane
Willens
was born to
Russian Jewish
immigrant
parents in China,
grew
up in Shanghai before

and during the Second
World
War (witnessing
the Japanese
military
occupation of the
city),
and remained in the

country into the early
years
of the People's
Republic.
Eventually
emigrating to the
U.S.,
Willens earned a

doctorate in French
language
and literature.
and taught
these
subjects at Boston

College and
Massachusetts
Institute
of Technology.
While in
academia, she
published
a book on Voltaire
and a
number of articles on

18th century France.
Willens
later worked for
the U.S.
Agency for
International

Development and the
Peace
Corps.


Willens will take
questions
following the
Wednesday
screening of
“Above the
Drowning
Sea,” a documentary

sharing the experiences
of
Jewish refugees in
Shanghai
and the Chinese
diplomat who
assisted
their escape from
Nazi-
controlled Europe. The

film is narrated by
Julianna
Margulies and
was produced
by Rene
Balcer (writer and

executive producer for
Law &
Order).


The annual Yinger
lecture is
given in
honor of the many

members of the Yinger
family
who are graduates
of Albion
College. The
Rev. Emma
Bancroft
(class of 1904) and

George Daniel Yinger
(class
of 1904) were the
parents of
six Albion
College alumni.
The
lectureship was

established by families
and
friends, to sponsor

distinguished lecturers
in
religion, drama,
English
literature,
history, and
sociology.


This presentation is
free
and open to the
public. For
more
information, contact
the
Albion College history

department at (517)629-
0396.

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