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Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students   View Event

  • Monday, May 4, 2020 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students As the landscape of teaching and learning continues to change, our need to connect and engage with colleagues remains vital. Echoes & Reflections has added a May course on teaching about the Holocaust to give you an opportunity to continue learning with like-minded educators during this time of social distancing and virtual learning. Through this course: Learn from colleagues and an expert facilitatorCollaborate with educators from across the US on best practices and tools for Holocaust education.Discover ways to deliver Holocaust instruction virtually. Course opens May 4th. Register here.

Teaching with Holocaust Films   View Event

  • Monday, May 4, 2020 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  Join Echoes & Reflections to learn which films are best to use when discussing the Holocaust, which are not recommended, and skills for sharing and assigning Holocaust films in a virtual environment with students.Movies can make your lessons more dynamic, visual, and interesting. Learn which films are best to use in your classroom when discussing the Holocaust, which are not recommended, and skills for sharing Holocaust films in your classroom. This webinar, led by an expert from Yad Vashem, will guide you in thinking about how to incorporate films such as Schindler’s List, The Pianist, and many others.Register here.

A Look into the Museum: "New Homes, New World" Film & Discussion   View Event

  • Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum for a virtual lecture by museum historians. After liberation, many Holocaust survivors had to rebuild their lives, often traveling to new places for a fresh start. Join DHHRM for a screening of the short film “New Homes, New World” from their permanent exhibition, followed by a discussion of its content. The lecture will take place on the online platform Zoom. Registered guests will receive the link to join via email the day of the program. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. This program is recommended for high school students and adults.Register here.

Virtual Program: German Propaganda in Children's Books   View Event

  • Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  PLEASE NOTE: While this topic focuses on children's books, this program is recommended for high school students and adults. The books discussed contain some images that are not appropriate for children. The Nazi propaganda machine did not stop at the indoctrination of adults. Join Dr. Sara Abosch-Jacobson, Chief Education Officer, and Felicia Williamson, Director of Library & Archives, for an inside look at two children’s books published in Nazi Germany in 1936 to teach children about the Aryan ideal and its Jewish counterpart. These books and their illustrations were rooted in a unique brand of Nazi antisemitism and a key part of the Nazis’ propaganda plan. The conversation will take place on the online platform Zoom. A link to join will be sent to registered guests via email the day of the program. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used.Register here.

Understanding Holocaust History: Artifact Interaction - The Kuchler Collection   View Event

  • Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Lena Kuchler ran an orphanage and worked to rescue more than a hundred Polish-Jewish children after the Holocaust. She eventually smuggled many of them into France and then Palestine, after the orphanage was subjected to antisemitic violence. Join Felicia Williamson, Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum Director of Library & Archives, for a discussion of this important artifact. The conversation will take place on the online platform Zoom. A link to join will be sent to registered guests via email the day of the program. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. This program is recommended for high school students and adults.Register here.

Conversations with Holocaust Survivor Irving Roth   View Event

  • Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  This Echoes & Reflections webinar is open to educators and their students, Holocaust survivor Irving Roth will share his powerful story. Born in Czechoslovakia, Irving Roth has devoted his life to sharing his experience during the Holocaust with students and educating them about the history of this tragedy and its lessons for today.Register here.

Ambassador Samantha Power: Upstanding in a Time of Crisis   View Event

  • Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 7:00pm - 8:15pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  ON24
  • Description:  Samantha Power joins Echoes & Reflections for our last conversation in this series. Power is a Professor of Practice at the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Law School. From 2013-2017, Power served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and a member of President Obama’s cabinet. From 2009-2013, Power served on the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights. Power’s book, “A Problem from Hell”: America and the Age of Genocide won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003. She is also the author of the New York Times bestsellers Chasing the Flame: One Man’s Fight to Save the World (2008) and The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir (2019), which was named one of the best books of 2019 by the New York Times, Washington Post, Economist, NPR, and TIME. Register here.

THGAAC Non-Profit Grant Summer 2020 Cycle Opens   View Event

  • Friday, May 8, 2020 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Grants & Contests
  • Location:  N/A
  • Description:  The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Committee offers to fund a variety of programs through its THGAAC Grant program. These grant funds may be used for projects related to classroom education, workshops, recording of oral histories, and memorials or exhibits, as well as other purposes. This grant is open to all permanent, non-profit institutions that are headquartered in the State of Texas. Amounts up to $10,000.00 may be granted per project. All funds may require one-to-one matches, but in-kind services may be counted toward the 50% total match. Learn about the THGAAC Non-Profit Grant.

Virtual Family-Friendly iRead Book Club: "Salvaged Pages" by Alexandra Zapruder   View Event

  • Friday, May 8, 2020 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  This week's book club will feature a special look at author Alexandra Zapruder's newest project, Dispatches from Quarantine. Join the Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum for a virtual book discussion led by their museum educators. This week, they will discuss "Salvaged Pages" by Alexandra Zapruder. "Salvaged Pages" is a stirring collection of diaries written by young people, ages 12 to 22, during the Holocaust. Some of the writers were refugees, others were in hiding or passing as non-Jews, some were imprisoned in ghettos, and nearly all perished before liberation. This collection preserves the impressions, emotions, and eyewitness reportage of young people whose accounts of daily events and often unexpected thoughts, ideas, and feelings serve to deepen and complicate our understanding of life during the Holocaust. The conversation will take place on the online platform Zoom. The link to join will be sent to all registered guests the day of the program. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. This program is recommended for students in 6th – 12th grade and adults.Register here.

Virtual iRead Book Club for Adults: "Holocaust by Bullets" by Patrick Desbois   View Event

  • Monday, May 11, 2020 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum for a virtual book discussion led by DHHRM historians. In "Holocaust by Bullets," Father Patrick Desbois documents the daunting task of identifying and examining all the sites where Jews were exterminated by Nazi mobile killing units in Eastern Europe during World War II. The conversation will take place on the online platform Zoom. All registered guests will receive the link to join via email the day of the program. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. This program is recommended for adults. Register here.

Holocaust Education and Remembrance with the iWalk App   View Event

  • Monday, May 11, 2020 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  Echoes & Reflections invites families, teachers, students, and community members from around the country to take a virtual visit to the Horwitz-Wasserman Memorial Plaza located in Philadelphia with the support of the new iWalk app from USC Shoah Foundation. The app connects visitors of all ages to the memorial elements with personal testimonies from Holocaust survivors and witnesses.This webinar is dedicated to Anneliese Nossbaum, Philadelphia resident and Holocaust survivor, featured in the IWalk app. Prior to her passing in March, Anneliese spoke candidly about concerns with rising antisemitism in the United States. This webinar will explore the app’s learning pathway dedicated to examining contemporary antisemitism and the historical connections to the Holocaust.Register here.

A Look into the Museum: Beyond Tolerance - Understanding Unconscious Bias   View Event

  • Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum for a virtual lecture by museum historians. This week, learn about the concept of unconscious bias, the feature of the Beyond Tolerance theater in DHHRM's permanent exhibition. The lecture will take place on the online platform Zoom. Registered guests will receive the link to join via email the day of the program. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. This program is recommended for high school students and adults.Register here.

The Power of the Human Story   View Event

  • Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  Echoes & Reflections invites you to learn how to incorporate Holocaust testimony from Echoes & Reflections and new iWitness testimony-based activities into your virtual instruction to help students gain a deeper understanding of the human story behind this challenging topic.How can testimony from Holocaust survivors and other witnesses support student learning, and help them gain a better understanding of this challenging topic? During this webinar, led by a facilitator from the USC Shoah Foundation, participants will access classroom-ready strategies for incorporating eyewitness testimony from Echoes & Reflections into their Holocaust instruction. New testimony-based activities in iWitness will also be highlighted.Register here.

NEXTGen's Virtual Tacos & Tours   View Event

  • Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Holocaust Museum Houston's young professionals group, NEXTGen, invites you to Tacos & Tours featuring an virtual exhibition tour of the Museum’s Samuel Bak Gallery and Learning Center, In Loving Memory of Hope Silber Kaplan. NEXTGen encourages guests to support their favorite local restaurant by ordering tacos and joining us on Zoom for the virtual tour of the Bak Gallery. During the event, guests will learn about artist and Holocaust Survivor Samuel Bak and be guided through the gallery by Laurie García, Associate Director of Education – Outreach at Holocaust Museum Houston. This virtual event is free for NEXTGen members. Guests from the general public may also attend the virtual event by making a donation of their choice. Guests will receive a private Zoom link so advance registration is required. If you are not currently a NEXTGen member but would like to join or learn more, please visit our website at hmh.org/NEXTGen For more information, please contact Rocio Rubio, Corporate Relations Officer, at rrubio@hmh.org. Register here.

New Discoveries from the Film "Shoah"   View Event

  • Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 8:30am - 9:30am
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Facebook Live
  • Description:  Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) during this live digital program centered around the film "Shoah." In his landmark 9½-hour film, Shoah, Claude Lanzmann used just a small fraction of the 230 hours of known footage, leaving out some of the most poignant insights from Holocaust survivors, witnesses, and perpetrators. For more than two decades the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has pursued an ambitious project to preserve the outtakes, digitize them, and put them online. With that project complete, historians are making new discoveries about survivors' optimism and extraordinary will to survive. Join a conversation with USHMM experts about the film, Lanzmann's motivations, and the new insights on this history. This program will be conducted through the USHMM's Facebook page.