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From Segregation to Liberation: African American Soldiers and the Holocaust   View Event

  • Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 2:15pm - 3:15pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  In recognition of Black History Month, join the Holocaust Resource Center of Keane University for a conversation about Dr. Leon Bass, an American liberator of the Buchenwald concentration camp, and the history of segregated military units during World War II.The Holocaust Resource Center is proud to feature Dr. Bass' testimony in our oral history collection. To view his testimony, visit here.Register here. For more information, please contact:Dr. Adara Goldberg, Director, Holocaust Resource Centeragoldber@kean.edu | 908.737.4633 Kean University1000 Morris AvenueUnion, NJ 07083www.kean.edu

“Working through the Past”: German Efforts to Face Their Nazi History   View Event

  • Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  2021 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture “Working through the Past”: German Efforts to Face Their Nazi History Dr. Susan Neiman, director of the Einstein Forum, addresses how the German government and its citizens reckoned with its Nazi past and the Holocaust. She chronicles the struggles Germany experienced as its population grappled with their own belief in German victimhood at the close of World War II, along with the realization that the Nazis had systematically victimized, persecuted, and murdered Jews, Sinti-Roma, Germans with disabilities, and Eastern Europeans. Examining the process of reconciliation and compensation over five decades, Dr. Neiman will discuss how cultural shifts, memorialization efforts, and educational changes brought the Holocaust to the forefront of national conversations in Germany. SpeakerDr. Susan Neiman, Director, Einstein Forum, Potsdam, Germany ModeratorDr. Ray Sun, Associate Professor of History, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington This program is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. Register here. For more information, please contact calendar@ushmm.org. Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff were active philanthropists, focusing especially on Jewish learning and scholarship, as well as music, the arts, and humanitarian causes. Their children, Eleanor Katz and Harvey M. Meyerhoff, who is a Chairman Emeritus of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, have endowed this lecture, which is organized by the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies.

Oppression and Resistance in America’s World War II Concentration Camps   View Event

  • Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Many historians and Japanese Americans cite the loss of US citizenship rights as the biggest injustice of the camps, and many believe cooperation and not resistance was the norm. Join Dr. Gary Okihiro, Professor Emeritus of international and public affairs at Columbia University and a Visiting Professor of American studies at Yale University, as he outlines the nature of the oppression in that historical experience, and the resistance posed to those oppressive acts. This lecture is part of the 2020-2021 Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) and National Endowment for the Humanities Colloquium entitled, "Internment & Resistance: Confronting Mass Detention and Dehumanization," and is presented in partnership with the Asian American / Asian Research Institute-CUNY and the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center, Cincinnati. Register here.

A Study of the Holocaust & Social Emotional Learning   View Event

  • Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  The updated Echoes & Reflections Units now support connections to Social-Emotional Learning and Standards. In this webinar, gain access to recommended strategies from the Units that can support students to engage respectfully and thoughtfully with diverse ideas, histories, and people as they study the Holocaust. With a focus on the individual story and student-led learning, the updated and enhanced Echoes & Reflections Units now explicitly support connections to Social-Emotional Learning and Standards. During this webinar, Jesse Tannetta, Echoes & Reflections Operations and Outreach Manager, will model recommended strategies from the Units to show how a study of the Holocaust can support students to engage respectfully and thoughtfully with diverse ideas, histories, and people from different cultures and backgrounds. Register here.

Film Discussion with Dr. David A. Patterson   View Event

  • Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  The Ackerman Center is proud to present the incredible film "Who Will Write Our History," which will be screened online for two weeks. The link to watch the film will be posted on the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies' website on February 8th and will be available through February 22nd. The trailer for this film can be viewed by clicking here. The full film can be screened here until February 22nd. Dr. David Patterson, the Hillel A. Feinberg Distinguished Chair of Holocaust Studies & THGAAC Commissioner, will host a discussion and Q&A about the film on Wednesday, February 24th at 4pm CST. (This program was rescheduled from Wednesday, February 17th.)

Shoah through Muslim Eyes: What Is at Stake and What Do We Need to Know   View Event

  • Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Northern Arizona University's Martin-Springer Institute presents "Muslims and the Shoah: A Martin-Springer Institute Zoom Series" comprised of four different speaker events. Join Mehnaz Afridi as the first speaker of this series. Mehnaz Afridi, Manhattan College, New York. Author of Shoah through Muslim Eyes This event is free and open to the public, but you need to preregister by sending an email to Melissa Cohen. 

The Politics of Memory: Holocaust Distortion in Poland with Dr. Jan Grabowski   View Event

  • Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Poland has long struggled to come to grips with its role in the Holocaust. Its 2018 law banning statements that accuse the Polish state and nation of complicity in Nazi crimes was just one act of many in its history of obscuring the participation of Polish collaborators in the murder of Jews. Dr. Jan Grabowski, a distinguished Holocaust historian, has been an outspoken critic of Poland’s distortion of history, subsequently facing harassment and even death threats. Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a discussion of the politics of Holocaust memory in Poland and the consequences of burying the past.Jan Grabowski is a Professor of History at the University of Ottawa and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His interests focus on the Holocaust in Poland and, more specifically, on the relations between Jews and Poles during the war. Professor Grabowski’s book, Hunt for the Jews. Betrayal and Murder in German-Occupied Poland was awarded the Yad Vashem International Book Prize for 2014. In 2020, Grabowski was appointed a Distinguished Fellow at the Institut für Zeitgeschichte in Munich, Germany. His most recent book, On Duty: The Role of the Polish “Blue” Police in the Holocaust, was published in Poland in March 2020.Generously supported by Julie Meetal Berman and Dr. Joseph M. Berman, MD, in memory of Les and Magda Mittelman.Register here. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used.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.

ASU Center Lecture -- Prof. Havi Dreifuss on "The Warsaw Ghetto - The End (April 1942 - June 1943)"   View Event

  • Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 10:00am - 11:30am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Appalachian State's Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies, North Carolina, NC, proudly invites the public to an online lecture by Professor Havi Dreifuss (Tel Aviv University/Yad Vashem) live from Israel. Professor Dreifuss' talk will center on the Warsaw Ghetto - The End (April 1942 - June 1943). A professor of Jewish history and the Head of the Institute for the History of Polish Jewry and Israel-Poland Relations at Tel Aviv University, Dr. Dreifuss also serves as the Director of the Center for Research on the Holocaust in Poland at the International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem, Israel. Her path-breaking research deals with various aspects of everyday life during the Holocaust, including the relationship between Jews and Poles, religious life in light of the Holocaust, and Jewish existence in the face of extermination. Dr. Dreifuss' "We Polish Jews"? The Relations between Jews and Poles during the Holocaust – The Jewish Perspective (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2009) made a critically important contribution to the ongoing public and scholarly debates over the Shoah in German-occupied Poland. Her latest book, on which the talk will be based, The Warsaw Ghetto - The End (April 1942 - June 1943), just won the Shazar Prize for the Study of Jewish History. Organized by the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies, the program is co-sponsored by Appalachian State University Departments of History, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Religion and Philosophy. Like all Center events, this online program is free of charge and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Center at 828.262.2311 or by e-mail. holocaust@appstate.edu. To attend, please register here.

Jewish and African American Relations in a Time of Rising Racism and Antisemitism   View Event

  • Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  In honor of Black History Month, this panel discussion, sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, will highlight the shared experiences amongst the Jewish and African American communities, as shown in the film, Shared Legacies. Keynote SpeakerNatan Sharansky, Chair, ISGAP PanelistsDr. Shari Rogers, President, Spill the Honey; Director, Shared LegaciesSherry Frank, Former Southeast Area Director, American Jewish CommitteeDr. Charles Asher Small, Executive Director, ISGAP; Research Scholar, St. Antony's College, OxfordProfessor Sunni Ali, Assistant Professor of Educational Inquiry and Curriculum Studies, Northeastern Illinois UniversityDr. Ansel Brown, Associate Professor, School of Law, North Carolina Central UniversityDr. Carlton Long, Chief Executive Officer, Lawrence, Long and Co., Educational Consulting Register here.

The History of Genocide in Cinema   View Event

  • Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join Dr. William Hewitt, Professor Emeritus of West Chester University and Co-Editor of "The History of Genocide in Cinema," for a look at how genocide is portrayed on the big screen. Professor Michael Griffith, Adjunct Professor of the Mercer County Community College Communications Department will serve as moderator. RSVP to HGHRCenter@mccc.edu

Through Their Eyes with Sandy Lessig   View Event

  • Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Through Their Eyes is a project that Sandy has been very instrumental in creating. It involves the second generation and/or others who knew the survivor in the telling of their parents' or friend's survival stories. Using excerpts of her father's recorded testimony, together they will tell his story of growing up in Germany under the rise of Nazism & Hitler. The hatred, prejudice and apathy that each survivor endured during the Holocaust forged a legacy that is embodied in the lives of the second generation and in their children. This legacy is a valuable lesson for the rest of humankind. This project teaches and encourages the second generation to continue telling the survivor stories of their parents, including the historical background and their personal observations and viewpoints, thus continuing the legacy into the future. It has been presented to scores of school & public groups as well as at international conferences. There will be time for questions. Sandy Lessig is a 2nd Generation Holocaust Survivor and a Commissioner at the Texas Holocaust & Genocide Commission. Admission is free and open to the public. Guests will receive a private Zoom link so advance registration is required. Register here. All Holocaust Museum Houston programs and education initiatives are dependent upon philanthropic support. Please consider making a gift today to ensure the Museum can continue offering quality educational experiences.

Pre-Service Teacher Conference: Holocaust Refugees & Contemporary Perspectives   View Event

  • Friday, February 26, 2021 at 7:45am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Using the cases of Holocaust refugees in the 1930s-1940s and the current refugee crises, students will learn human migration terminology and develop strategies for introducing this complex topic in the classroom. Participants will receive access and guidance on Facing History and Ourselves' (FHAO) resources, strategies, and teaching activities.Register here. Professional development and co-curricular credits will be provided. For more information, please contact:Dr. Adara Goldberg, Director, Holocaust Resource Centeragoldber@kean.edu | 908.737.4633 Kean University1000 Morris AvenueUnion, NJ 07083www.kean.edu