Audio-Visual Conservation and Restoration
A Personal and Technical Memoir

This farewell event will mark Reto Kromer’s retirement as audio-visual conservator and restorer, after more than forty years of research and work in this field. He will devote the last part of his life to study and teach Medieval and Western Yiddish as well as other rare Jewish languages, including some varieties of northern Judeo-Italian such as Judeo-Venetian, Judeo-Lombard and Judeo-Piedmontese.

What and How

Michal Cohen leads the meeting, which consists in a personal and technical lecture by Reto, followed by an informal Q&A session and light refreshments.

When and Where

The plan is to offer an in-person event with webcasting, possibly hosted by the Lichtspiel in Bern, probably on Tuesday the 30^th of March 2027, starting at 5 o’clock sharp here in Switzerland (that’s 15:00 UTC). Of course, this may change by then.

Note

• Peter Z. Adelstein (1924–2019) was both a friend and a mentor. And Reto stole the subtitle from Peter’s book.

2024-03-23