Events List
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List of Events
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Zoom Conversations hosted by the Martin-Springer Institute of
Northern Arizona University will feature four speakers over the course
of October - December focusing on the theme "Representing Past Evils and
Trauma: Four Perspectives on Holocaust Museums".
Topography of Terror: Representing Nazism and the Holocaust in Germany, BerlinThomas LutzDirector of Topography of Terror, Berlin
Events are free and open to the public. Preregistration is required and access here.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join Yahad-in Unum for their sixth installment of their Autumn Online Conference Program as they have a discussion with THGAAC Commissioner Edward B. Westermann, PhD about his latest book, Drunk on Genocide: Alcohol and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany.
During the Third Reich, alcohol served as both a literal and metaphorical lubricant for acts of violence and atrocity by the men of the Storm Troopers (SA), the SS, and the police, and its use and abuse was widespread among the perpetrators. Among the SA, the SS, and the police, the consumption of alcohol was part of a ritual that bound the perpetrators together and became a facilitator of acts of “performative masculinity,” a type of masculinity expressly linked to physical or sexual violence. Over the course of the Third Reich, scenes involving alcohol consumption and revelry among the SS and police would become a routine part of rituals of humiliation in the camps, ghettos, and killing fields of Eastern Europe. Such celebrations were not anomalous events and extended from meetings of top SS and police leaders to the rank and file celebrating at the grave sites of the victims. The role of alcohol and celebratory ritual in the Nazi genocide of European Jews offers an important perspective on the intersection between masculinity, drinking ritual, and mass murder and it provides an important insight for evaluating the mindset, motivation, mentality of the killers as they prepared for and participated in acts of mass murder and ultimately genocide.
This event is free and open to the public. It will take place on the platform Zoom.
Register here.
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Thursday, December 3, 2020
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
Stories of freedom, perseverance, resilience, and agency can be seen throughout history, and are particularly powerful narratives in Holocaust and African American history. The pedagogy for teaching each unique history is intertwined, with the need to focus on the human story, cultivate empathy, and promote civic engagement. During this Echoes & Reflections webinar, special guest Christopher Miller, Senior Director of Education at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, will highlight learning resources and online exhibits available to support classroom instruction and increase student understanding of African American history in the U.S., and will engage in conversation with Echoes & Reflections Deputy Director Melissa Mott about practical connections to Holocaust education.
Register here.
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Thursday, December 3, 2020
at 5:30pm -
6:30pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio (HMMSA) invites you to join them on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. for their HMMSA Reads Book Club featuring author Rhonda Fink-Whitman. The book, 94 Maidens, can be purchased on Amazon. This event is co-sponsored with Hadassah. *Pre-reading not necessary!
Register here.
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Sunday, December 6, 2020
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Susan Neiman is Director of the Einstein Forum. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Neiman studied philosophy at Harvard and the Freie Universität Berlin, and was professor of philosophy at Yale and Tel Aviv University. Her most recent book is Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil. Among many other books, she also authored Slow Fire: Jewish Notes from Berlin and Evil in Modern Thought.
Register here to receive zoom link and password 2 days before event.
This discussion is part of the larger Race, Rights, Resilience: Four Perspectives by Jewish and Black Women speaker series. If you've missed any of the past events, the Martin-Springer Institute will be posting them to their new YouTube page.
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Sunday, December 6, 2020
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
Join Dr. Nils Roemer from the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas for a discussion about "Sephardic Jews and the Third Reich".
Dr. Nils RoemerStan and Barbara Rabin Professor in Holocaust StudiesDirector of the Ackerman Center for Holocaust StudiesInterim Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, The University of Texas at Dallas
Register here.
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Monday, December 7, 2020
(all day)
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Grants & Contests
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Location:
N/A
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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.
Learn about the THGAAC Non-Profit Grant.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020
at 3:00pm -
5:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio with special guest Christina E. Chavarría, Program Coordinator for the William Levine Family Institute for Holocaust Education at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, as they explore Night by Elie Wiesel and Some Were Neighbors, a USHMM Exhibit.
What you will receive:
Lessons and ideas for teaching the Holocaust to grades 6-12 during Texas Holocaust Remembrance WeekAn education care package following the workshop that will include a free book of local survivors' stories2 State of Texas CPE hours
Cost is $10 per registrant. Register here.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
During World War II, Iran gave shelter to thousands of Polish Jews fleeing the Nazis. Within this group who traversed vast parts of the Soviet Union to Iran, there were 1,000 young people who became known as the Tehran Children. This history is less familiar in Iran, where the regime has become known for anti-Zionism, antisemitism, Holocaust denial, and the suppression of access to Holocaust history.
This is a free event, and reservations are required through Chautauqua Institution.
During this two-part digital program, join experts to learn about Iran's lesser-known connection to the Holocaust, hear about a daughter’s decade-long journey in the footsteps of her “Tehran Child” father, and examine why retracing this history is relevant today, not only to Iranians, but all of humanity.
Part One: Why was Iran’s wartime rescue of Jewish orphans obscured?
Speakers
Dr. Mikhal Dekel, Author, Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey, and Director, Rifkind Center, City College of New York
Arash Azizi, Author, The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the US, and Iran's Global Ambitions
Moderator
Dr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Part Two: How did this history impact one descendent of Jewish refugees?
Speaker
Dr. Mikhal Dekel, Author, Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey, and Director, Rifkind Center, City College of New York
Moderator
Sony Ton-Aime, Director, Literary Arts, Chautauqua Institution
Co-presenterChautaugua Institution
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
The conversation will take place on the online platform Zoom. A link to join will be sent to registered guests via email one hour before the start of the program.
The Holocaust has been remembered in countless ways – from museums
and memorial sites to books and films – but much of this memorialization
has occurred in recent decades. What did Holocaust memory look like in
the immediate aftermath of liberation? Join Dr. Beth Cohen, Lecturer in Religious Studies and Jewish Studies at California State University Northridge, and Dr. Atina Grossmann, Professor of History at The Cooper Union, for a conversation about postwar Holocaust memory in the United States and Germany.
This program is part of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum's Permanent Exhibition Highlight Series. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used.
About the SpeakersDr. Beth Cohen is a Lecturer in Religious Studies
and Jewish Studies at California State University Northridge. Her
focuses include the Holocaust and its aftermath, including the
intersection of the Holocaust and American Jewry and the appearance of
the Holocaust in public consciousness and memory from post-war until
today. Her current research focuses on child survivors’ post-war
experiences. She is the author of Case Closed: Holocaust Survivors in Postwar America and
has served as a consultant for The March of the Living, PBS Frontline's
“Memory of the Camps," the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, and
other film and educational projects.
Dr. Atina Grossmann is Professor of History in the
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at The Cooper Union in New
York City. She has numerous publications, including Jews, Germans, and Allies: Close Encounters in Occupied Germany, which
was awarded the George L. Mosse Prize of the American Historical
Association and the Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History from the
Wiener Library, London. She is working, together with Dorota Glowacka,
on a brief summary volume on Women and the Holocaust: Rewriting Gender in History and Memory,
and her current research focuses on “Remapping Survival: Jewish
Refugees and Lost Memories of Displacement, Trauma, and Rescue in the
Soviet Union, Iran, and India,” as well as the entanglements of family
memoir and historical scholarship.
Register here.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
at 1:00pm -
2:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Mass Media in Genocide Prevention: The Promise and Peril of the Digital AgeThe Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United NationsFeaturing The Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education Executive Director, Dr. Sara E. Brown
On the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime and the International Human Rights Day, The Permanent Mission of Armenia to the UN presents a virtual discussion entitled “Mass Media in Genocide Prevention: The Promise and Peril of the Digital Age”.
Despite continuous efforts of the international community to prevent genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, mass atrocities continue to persist, often preceded by a range of early warning signs. The role of mass media, in its various forms, is central to shaping public discourse around the risk of atrocity crimes and contributing to genocide prevention. The presence of a strong and representative civil society and a free and independent media can be crucial factors supporting timely intervention against and prevention of mass violence.
Whether print, broadcast or digital, various forms of media are vehicles of mass communication that can influence attitudes and actions. The United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech launched in 2019 seeks to address the spread of discriminatory messages, incitement to hostility or violence and various forms of hate speech and intolerance as precursors to atrocity crimes, while recognizing the challenges of the digital age and the new media.
Bridging human rights, communications, innovation and humanitarian agendas, the event will focus on the role of mass media in preventing and addressing atrocities and the crime of genocide. Panelists will examine the impact of mass media, in its traditional and new forms, in steering public discourse and compelling response, or, to the contrary, in contributing to passivity and inaction in the processes of atrocity crimes.
Join on Zoom.
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Thursday, December 10, 2020
(all day)
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Calendar:
General
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N/A
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Thursday, December 10, 2020
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
The final installment of Yahad-in Unum's autumn conference program #BeyondMemory will be taking place Thursday, December 10th at 12:00 PM. The conference will be chaired by Yahad-in Unum's very own Ewa Schaller of American Friends of Yahad-in Unum and Todd Hennessy of Yahad Colorado and is entitled People, Places, Purpose: From Holocaust Investigation to Holocaust Education.
This event is free and open to the public.
Register here.
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Thursday, December 10, 2020
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
Discover ways to teach Elie Wiesel’s Night within the larger historical framework of the Holocaust. Led by a facilitator from Anti-Defamation League (ADL), this webinar guides participants through classroom-ready materials and instructional strategies from Echoes & Reflections to build confidence and capacity for teaching this powerful memoir. This webinar will focus on Elie Wiesel's experiences at liberation.
Echoes & Reflections delivers value to both experienced Holocaust educators and for teachers new to Holocaust education.
Register here.
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Thursday, December 10, 2020
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
The fourth installment of The Defiant Requiem Foundation’s new online series, Survivor Recollections, will feature a one-on-one discussion between Foundation President and Artistic Director Murry Sidlin and Terezín Survivor Vera Schiff. This intimate conversation will span from recollections of Vera’s time in Terezín, to her post-retirement writing career, to her friendship with fellow Czech, Madeleine Albright. As always, because music is central to The Defiant Requiem Foundation’s mission, the event will include music of Ilse Weber and Carlo Taube – art that was created within the walls of Terezín.
Vera Schiff (née Katz) was born on May 17, 1926, in Prague. In addition to her parents Elsie and Siegfried, and her older sister Eva, 50 members of her extended family lived nearby, all of whom perished in the Holocaust. Vera survived three years at the Terezín Concentration Camp. She documented her experiences, and the experiences of those near to her, in five books including Theresienstadt: The Town the Nazis Gave to the Jews.
Vera was recently awarded the prestigious Order of Canada appointment for her illustrious career as an author, historian and public speaker who is nationally recognized for sharing her moving experiences of the Holocaust. One of Canada’s highest civilian honors, the Order of Canada recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation.
Registration is required. Suggested donation $10. Please click here to donate.
Register here.
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