Widening the Lens: The Most Dangerous Animal: Anderson Cooper with Irene Weiss
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The Broadway show “Here There Are Blueberries” is proud to present “Widening the Lens,” a series of postshow conversations throughout its engagement.
Anderson Cooper, the acclaimed CNN anchor and award-winning journalist, reunites with Irene Weiss, the Auschwitz survivor he first interviewed for his 2024 60 Minutes story on “Here There Are Blueberries.” Weiss, a longtime Museum volunteer, and her family arrived at Auschwitz on the very day many of the photographs in the Lili Jacob album were taken—and she can be identified in them. Together, Cooper and Weiss confront what it means to look at photographic evidence of humanity at its most extreme: the persistence of memory, the inheritance of trauma, and what these haunting images reveal about our capacity for cruelty and survival.
This conversation will take place immediately following the Thursday, November 12, matinee. A ticket to this performance is required for attendance.
“Widening the Lens” is curated by Tectonic Theater Project in collaboration with the “Here There Are Blueberries” content and conversation partner, FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics), and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
https://www.herethereareblueberries.com/widening-the-lens
Photo: Holocaust survivor Irene Fogel Weiss circa 1938–1941 (courtesy of Irene Weiss) and as an adult today. US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Anderson Cooper, the acclaimed CNN anchor and award-winning journalist, reunites with Irene Weiss, the Auschwitz survivor he first interviewed for his 2024 60 Minutes story on “Here There Are Blueberries.” Weiss, a longtime Museum volunteer, and her family arrived at Auschwitz on the very day many of the photographs in the Lili Jacob album were taken—and she can be identified in them. Together, Cooper and Weiss confront what it means to look at photographic evidence of humanity at its most extreme: the persistence of memory, the inheritance of trauma, and what these haunting images reveal about our capacity for cruelty and survival.
This conversation will take place immediately following the Thursday, November 12, matinee. A ticket to this performance is required for attendance.
“Widening the Lens” is curated by Tectonic Theater Project in collaboration with the “Here There Are Blueberries” content and conversation partner, FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics), and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
https://www.herethereareblueberries.com/widening-the-lens
Photo: Holocaust survivor Irene Fogel Weiss circa 1938–1941 (courtesy of Irene Weiss) and as an adult today. US Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Host or PublisherUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum
