TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF MEDIA RELEASE
Contact: Keena Miller – Texas School for the Deaf
512-462-5328, cell: 512-658-4444
[email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A Special Screening of Ingelore
The Chronicles of a Young Woman Growing Up Deaf and Jewish in
Nazi-controlled Germany and Her Escape to America
Followed by a discussion with Ingelore Herz Honigstein and her son Frank
Stiefel, Director/Producer
WHEN: Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Free and Open to the Community
WHAT: Ingelore Herz Honigstein was born in Kuppenheim, Germany in 1924. Deaf
and Jewish, she was considered a double outcast. Embarrassed by her
disability, Ingelore’s parents made no attempts to communicate with her,
resulting in delayed speech, completing her first sentence at age 12. She
entered first grade at age 13, but her education was cut short by
Kristallnacht, after which Ingelore was thrown out of school. Told by
Ingelore herself, the film chronicles her trials and tribulations in
Nazi-controlled Germany and her escape to America. Her story includes a
brutal rape by Nazi cadets, a kind New York doctor who performs an illegal
abortion in 1940 and her lessons of personal freedom.
Followed by a discussion with Ingelore Herz Honigstein and her son Frank
Stiefel, Director and Producer
Free and Open to the Community
WHERE: R.L. Davis Auditorium
Texas School for the Deaf
1102 South Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78704
MORE: The Texas School for the Deaf is the oldest continuously operating
public school in Texas. Educating deaf and hard of hearing students of
Texas since 1856, the campus also provides outreach and educational
resources for students, their families and professionals in the field
throughout the state of Texas. With educational excellence and a strong
belief in a culture and community at TSD, students form a unique identity
based on their individual strengths and talents. TSD is an environment where
students learn, grow, and belong. For more information about the Texas
School for the Deaf, visit http://www.tsd.state.tx.us