TLRH and the Herzog Centre | Remembering Kristallnacht: Why Talk About The Holocaust?

Recorded November 9, 2020. A public event on the anniversary of
Kristallnacht organized by the Herzog Centre at Trinity College
Dublin, in association with the Trinity Long Room Hub. "Why Talk
About The Holocaust?" will feature Lenny Abrahamson and Oliver
Sears in conversation, and the event will be moderated by Sarah
Carey. Lenny Abrahamson Lenny is the director of the
critically-acclaimed Room. The film was nominated for four Academy
Awards, including Best Picture. His latest TV series, Normal
People, adapted by and based on Sally Rooney’s Man Booker
long-listed novel of the same name, was released in 2020. Other
work includes: Garage, Adam And Paul, What Richard Did, Frank and
The Little Stranger. He is also in development on a number of
projects. Oliver Sears Oliver a London-born Dublin-based art
dealer. He is the son of a Holocaust survivor & a former
trustee​ of Holocaust Education Trust Ireland. ​He is a frequent
contributor to radio and newspapers including RTE and The Irish
Times. He gave ​his lecture ​'The Objects of Love' ​for the 2019
annual Kristallnacht lecture at Trinity College Dublin​.​ Sarah
Carey Sarah Carey is a writer, broadcaster and communications
consultant. She writes a column for the Irish Independent on a
Saturday and has previously written for The Sunday Independent, The
Sunday Times and The Irish Times. She hosted the award winning and
critically acclaimed Talking Point with Sarah Carey on Newstalk for
6 years and continues to contribute to national and international
television and radio current affairs programmes. Learn more at:
https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/