Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl’s influential book postulates there is no meaning without hope and no hope without meaning.
To mark Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, the public is invited to attend the launch of the Uyghur language translation of Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl’s influential book Man’s Search for Meaning.
The event, to be held at the Montreal Holocaust Museum, 5151 Côte-St-Catherine Rd., starts at 7 p.m.
It’s a partnership of the museum, the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project, Temple Emanu-El–Beth Sholom and the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival.
Kayum Masimov, Canadian representative to the World Uyghur Congress and the person who spearheaded the translation project, will be in conversation with Rabbi Lisa Grushcow, senior rabbi of Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom.
More than 16 million copies of Frankl’s 1946 book have sold and it has been translated into more than 50 languages. In it, the Austrian neurologist, psychologist and philosopher postulated there is no meaning without hope and no hope without meaning.
“Sadly, genocide did not begin or end with the Holocaust and a crucial element of prevention through education is allyship,” said Daniel Amar, executive director of the Montreal Holocaust Museum.
“Our valued partnership with the Uyghur community speaks to our shared ambition of creating a world free of violence and fear.”
Dec. 10 marks the day in 1948 on which the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.