Join the IHRC for the opening of "Siberian Estonians" collection in the 2nd and 3rd floor Gallery of the Elmer L. Andersen Library on Friday, January 27th at 3:30pm. The collection explores the thriving diaspora communities constructed by those who chose to stay in new lands of promise, documenting people as warm as the winter of Siberia is cold.
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"Siberian Estonians"
January 9-March 7, 2012
2nd/3rd Floor Gallery, Elmer L. Andersen Library
In the minds of many people, Siberia is a forbidding environment and the harsh destination for deportees. Most Estonian prison camp survivors from the 1940s returned to their homeland, but some built new lives in Siberia or in the United States. "Siberian Estonians" explores the thriving diaspora communities constructed by those who chose to stay in new lands of promise, documenting people as warm as the winter of Siberia is cold.
IHRC Program Director Haven Hawley will provide a guided tour of the exhibition and discuss IHRC archival collections documenting Siberian experiences. Refreshments will be provided.
For a full list of upcoming spring 2012 IHRC events, click here.
