Cathy Mansfield
Cathy Mansfield has been engaged in archival research on the Holocaust over a number of years, and has composed a musical drama (The Sparks Fly Upward) that chronicles the fate of three Berlin families during the Holocaust. Cathy’s lecture presentation will examine how a seemingly civilized society degenerated into genocide in a few short years and the difference that a single individual can make to the survival of another in the midst of genocide. The presentation features historical photographs of Berlin and Germany from the years before and during the Holocaust, a short film about a rescuer from the Holocaust and from Rwanda, and musical selections from The Sparks Fly Upward.
