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Karen Frostig
I am writing as the Founding Director of the Locker of Memory project, dedicated to recovering the history and memory of Latvia’s first Nazi concentration camp. The Jungfernhof Concentration Camp, established in December 1941, has been neglected for 80 years. My leadership brought international attention to the camp where 3985 German and Austrian Jews, including my grandparents, were deported, tortured, starved, and ultimately murdered at the camp or in nearby forests. 149 victims survived. In 2017, the Latvian authorities converted this abandoned site into a bucolic public recreation park. I am now transitioning the focus of my work from research to creating a permanent memorial at the camp site. Please join a panel of four experts representing three disciplines--history, science, art--for a stimulating discussion about memorialization, as we enter a new era of international instability and conflict.
Online panel presentation, February 22nd 1:00-2:30, sponsored by Temple Israel of Boston. Register here. Please visit www.lockerofmemory.com for more information and sign up for our newsletter.
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