Events List
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List of Events
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Saturday, June 12, 2021
at 10:00am -
5:00pm
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Calendar:
Exhibits
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
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Description:
Enjoy free admission and visit Holocaust Museum Houston’s special juried exhibition, Withstand: Latinx Art in Times of Conflict, which explores themes of social justice and human rights through 100 artworks of Houston Latinx artists. Throughout the day, guests are invited to join us for special performances, storytimes in English and Spanish, curator-led tours of Withstand, and more!
Free admission also includes entry to the museum’s Holocaust, Human Rights, Diaries and Samuel Bak galleries. Special thanks to United Airlines and H-E-B for generously supporting this event.
Summer Free Days presented by United Airlines are open to the public but ticket reservations are required. Register here.
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Sunday, June 13, 2021
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Commemorations
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
The Holocaust Teacher Institute at the University of Miami, School of
Education & Human Development and The Leslie and Susan Gonda
(Goldschmied) Foundation, together with The Miami-Dade County Public
Schools, Division of Academics, Department of Social Sciences present
the 20th Anniversary Holocaust Teacher Institute Opening
Reception Sunday, June 13th 3PM-6PM. The Holocaust Institute continues
Monday, June 14th, and Tuesday, June 15th, 7:30AM - 2:30PM.
Keynote SpeakerElisha Wiesel
is the only child of Holocaust survivor, professor, author, and Nobel
Laureate, Elie Wiesel and Marion Wiesel. In this program, Elisha will
reflect on the legacy passed onto him by his father, Elie Wiesel who is
often referred to as "the witness for the 6-million murdered Jews." A
successful American businessman, Elisha has organized fundraisers for
Good Shepherd Services, an after-school program charity in Brooklyn,
since 2013. He has spoken to the participants of the March of the Living
at Auschwitz and also has spoken at many relevant venues including the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Museum of Jewish Heritage;
and he frequently speaks out against various global human rights
violations.
Register here.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
at 1:00pm -
2:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum on Tuesday afternoons this summer to hear the testimonies of
Holocaust survivors, refugees, and hidden children, as well as second generation survivors.
Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. Register here. The program will take place on the online platform Zoom. A link to join will be sent to registered guests one hour before the start of the program.
Rosian Zerner was born in Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania. When Germany
invaded Lithuania in 1941, Rosian and her family were confined to the
Kovno Ghetto. When she was six years old, her parents helped her escape
through a hole they had dug under the ghetto fence, where she was met by
her father's secretary. She was hidden by several rescuers over the
next three years before being liberated by the Soviet troops in 1944.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2021
at 11:00am -
2:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Webcast
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Description:
Join Sara E. Brown, PhD, the Executive Director of Chhange; Zachary D. Kaufman, JD, PhD, Associate Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Houston Law Center; and Doug Cervi, the Executive Director of the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, as they present a CLE course in partnership with the New Jersey State Bar Association.
Legislating Atrocity will examine the legacy of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, including the history of its original author, Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin, the politics behind the drafting process, and the Convention's lasting impact. It will also include discussion of Dr. Kaufaman's Harvard Journal on Legislation
article, Legislating Atrocity Prevention, about the US approach to preventing genocide and other atrocities, including through ratifying the Genocide Convention.
Register here.
This program is open to the public and has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 3.3 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 1.2 qualify as hours of credit for diversity and inclusion.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2021
at 8:00pm -
9:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
2021 Linda and Tony Rubin Lecture
As she fled certain death by scaling a remote Pyrenees mountain pass,
the secret agent worried and planned: Would the network of spies and
saboteurs she built in France survive Nazi occupation? Would those who
had been arrested—including several Jews—survive the torture of Klaus
Barbie, the infamous “butcher of Lyon”? With her cover blown by a double
agent, would she be able to return and coordinate attacks on the
Germans before an Allied invasion? The agent was American Virginia Hall,
who changed espionage forever, escaped with her life, and did it all
with just one leg.
The public is only beginning to know her full story. Those who know
it best—members of Virginia Hall’s family and the deputy director of the
CIA Museum—will join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for this live virtual program.
Linda and Tony Rubin have been deeply involved with
and strong supporters of the Museum since 1994. Through the annual Rubin
Lecture, they bring thought-provoking discussions of Holocaust history
to the western region audience.
RemarksLinda and Tony Rubin
SpeakersDeputy Director, CIA Museum
Lorna Catling and Brad Catling, members of Virginia Hall’s family
ModeratorNadia Ficara, Director, International Travel Programs and VIP Speakers, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Register to receive a link to the program.
For more information, please contact the Western Regional Office at western@ushmm.org or 323.207.0671.
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Thursday, June 17, 2021
at 1:00pm -
2:15pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
In this Special Pride Summer Learning Series session, the Jewish Family and Children's Services Holocaust Center
honors the history, memory, and legacy of Jerry Rosenstein.
Dr.
Yedida Kanfer and guests Ingrid Lobet, Cantor Sharon Bernstein, Sha'ar
Zahav, and Martin Tannenbaum, JFCS, will guide you towards a deeper
understanding of Jerry's unique experience as a gay man and Holocaust
survivor in San Francisco. This Pride Month, they focus on the beauty
within intersecting queer and Jewish identity and we celebrate the
vibrant life of Jerry Rosenstein.
This program will be hosted on Zoom and is not recommended for children under 13.
To learn more about the JFCS Holocaust Center, please visit our website.
Register here.
The
Summer Learning Series is a part of the JFCS Holocaust Center's Simon
Preisler Learning Series and a program of the JFCS Preisler Shorenstein
Institute for Holocaust Education. The JFCS Holocaust Center is funded
through the generous support of individuals, foundation grants, and
program fees.
Presented by the JFCS Holocaust Center in partnership with Keshet and Sha'ar Zahav.
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Friday, June 18, 2021
at 8:30am -
9:00am
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Facebook Live
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Description:
While posted in Berlin, American diplomat Raymond Geist worked within a restrictive immigration system to help save as many victims of Nazi persecution as he could, including Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud. Another diplomat, Colonel José Arturo Castellanos of El Salvador and his first secretary, Jewish businessman George Mandel-Mantello, defied government instructions by providing citizenship certificates to thousands of European Jews who had no connection to El Salvador—most didn’t even speak Spanish. Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as they commemorate World Refugee Day and honor diplomats who dared to take great risks to offer refuge and save lives.
SpeakerDr. Lisa Leff, Director of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
HostDr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Watch live at facebook.com/holocaustmuseum.
You do not need a Facebook account to view their program. After the
live broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on
the USHMM's Facebook page.
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Saturday, June 19, 2021
(all day)
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
N/A
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Description:
N/A
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Saturday, June 19, 2021
at 2:00pm -
5:00pm
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Calendar:
Commemorations
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Location:
Estancia del Norte-Tapestry by Hilton
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Description:
San Antonio, Houston, and Austin Rwandan communities kindly invite you to commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and fight the genocide denial ideology.
Join the event through Zoom.
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Monday, June 21, 2021
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
On 22 June 1941, Nazi Germany launched a surprise attack on the Soviet Union known as "Operation Barbarossa". This was a turning point in World War II and in the fate of the Jews, as it signified the beginning of mass murder. Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartman, author and lecturer at the Hebrew University will present this Echoes & Reflections webinar to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa.
Register here.
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021
at 6:00am -
12:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
Antisemitism has been deeply rooted in the Central European
societies for decades, and various forms and stereotypes of it have been
influencing our societal perceptions towards Jews, and other minorities
in our societies. This world view is closely related to rising
tendencies of radicalization of societies and authoritarian politics in
Central European region.
The aim of the online conference is to
contribute to the understanding of modern antisemitism in theoretical
and practical area in the Central European region. The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) would like to
focus on modern manifestation of antisemitism, on various types of
antisemitism, their impacts, and their level of intensiveness in the
online environment. All panels are designed to cover all the crucial
areas related to the modern manifestation of antisemitism in the online
sphere, as: current manifestation of antisemitism in Central European
region, antisemitic online hate/violence speech and other online forms
of antisemitic manifestation, methodological limit of definition of
antisemitism in the online sphere, targetization of antisemitic speech,
fight and prevention.
Register here.
SCHEDULEPANEL 1, 6:00AM - 7:00AM CST
Karina Veltzé, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, PolandManifestations of Contemporary Antisemitic Hate Speech in Poland - An analysis of the Linguistic and Cultural BackgroundProfessor Radomir Sztwiertnia, Palacký University, Czech RepublicA Cesspit of Hatred and Lies - Online Antisemitic Hate Speech in Czech FacebookDr. Viera Zúborová, Executive Director, Bratislava Policy Institute, Slovakia; Research Fellow, ISGAPIrony, Epithets and Silent Antisemitism in the Online Environment - Contemporary Warriors against the Concept of Open SocietyPANEL 2, 7:15AM - 8:45AM CST
Professor Zbyněk Tarant, Deputy Chairman, Department of Middle-Eastern Studies, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech RepublicEsotericism and Antisemitism - From Protocols to QAnonTill Wagner, Center for Research on Antisemitism, GermanyInterdependencies between the Media Transformation in the Digital Society and the Shape of AntisemitismBence Laszlo Gonda, Antisemitism in Eastern-Central Europe and the Online Sphere - Changing Definition and Personal ExperienceDr. Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias, Assistant Professor, Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland; Research Fellow, ISGAPGood Old-Fashioned Antisemitism in Poland its Online Presence
PANEL 3, 9:00AM - 10:00AM CST
Marton Gera, University of Amsterdam, Belgium'Show Do Not Tell' - The Different Forms of Antisemitism in the Pro-Government Media Outlets in HungaryIngrid Borárosová, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava; Senior Researcher, Bratislava Policy Institute, SlovakiaThe Women Behind the Nose - Antisemitic Narratives during the Presidential Campaign in SlovakiaMaria Bartakhanova, Online Antisemitism in Latvia and Estonia over the Last Decade
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS PANEL, 10:30AM - 12:00PM CST
Dr. Charles Asher Small, Executive Director, ISGAP; Research Scholar, St. Antony's College, Oxford, United KingdomGlobalisation and Antisemitism - Understanding the Reemergence of Populism and Reactionary Social MovementsDr. Michal Vašečka, Associate Professor, Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts; Pan-European University, Slovakia; Research Fellow, ISGAPThe World of Antisemites - their know-how in Slovakia
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021
at 8:00am -
9:30am
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Archives play a crucial role in genocide remembrance and education and have been essential for legal procedures and conflict transformation processes in the aftermath of genocide. The virtual panel discussion is organized by UNESCO and the United Nations Department of Global Communications to reflect on the role of archives during the 100 days of Kwibuka remembrance.
Ms. Floriane Azoulay, Director, Arolsen Archives International Center on Nazi Persecution, Germany
Mr. Jean Damascène Bizimana, Executive Secretary, National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG), Rwanda
Mr. Vincent Duclert, Historian and head of the French historical commission on "France, Rwanda, and the genocide against the Tutsi", France
Mr. Hang Nisay, Director, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Cambodia
Mr. Abid Shamdeen, Executive Director, Nadia's Initiative, United States
Register here.
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021
at 9:30am -
11:30am
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Yahad – In Unum (“Together in One” in Hebrew and Latin), a
Paris-based non-profit organization established in 2004 by Father
Patrick Desbois, is dedicated to systematically identifying and
documenting sites of those mass executions committed against the Jews
and Roma in Eastern Europe. To this day, through its research, the
association has conducted 185 research trips in eleven Eastern European
countries, collected 7,250 testimonies of eyewitnesses to the mass
shootings, and identified more than 3,000 extermination sites. YIU’s
unique collection of testimonies has been made available to educate the
world.
Through this 2 hour Holocaust Museum Houston-sponsored webinar, Yahad-In Unum aims at
providing teachers and educators with a condensed overview of this
little-known chapter of the Holocaust history, an outline of our
research methodology and a number of educational tools to be used in an
online or face-to-face classroom setting.
Program of the webinar:
Short overview of the Holocaust by Bullets as a mobile and public crimeShort overview of Yahad – In Unum’s investigative methodologyViewing and analysis of an excerpt from an eyewitness testimonyAnalysis
of the five steps of the crime typical of nearly every mass-shooting
perpetrated by the Einsatzgruppen in the former Soviet UnionPresentation
of In Evidence, the interactive map of the killing sites identified by
Yahad – In Unum and of different ways for its pedagogical usePresentation
of Yahad – In Unum’s Study Guide for Educators and its various
activities to be used in a virtual or face-to-face classroom settingQ&A
Register here.
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021
at 1:00pm -
2:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum on Tuesday afternoons this summer to hear the testimonies of
Holocaust survivors, refugees, and hidden children, as well as second generation survivors.
Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. Register here.
The program will take place on the online platform Zoom. A link to join
will be sent to registered guests one hour before the start of the
program.
Ron Schwarz is the son of Holocaust Survivor Charles Schwarz, Z"L. A child during the Holocaust, Charles was hidden in France by the Oueuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE), a Jewish aid organization based in Paris. After a very risky border crossing, Charles ultimately escaped to Switzerland before finally being reunited with his parents in England after the war.
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021
at 6:30pm -
7:30pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
The Defiant Requiem Foundation invites you to a special presentation with board member Menachem Z. Rosensaft: Poems Born in Bergen-Belsen
The son of two survivors of the Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, Menachem Z. Rosensaft has long been a leader in Holocaust remembrance activities. He is the founding chairman of the International Network of Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, and a member of the Beirat der Stiftung niedersächsische Gedenkstätten (Advisory Council of the Foundation for Memorial Sites in Lower Saxony, Germany, including Bergen-Belsen). Mr. Rosensaft is associate executive vice president and general counsel of the World Jewish Congress, and teaches about the law of genocide at the law schools of Columbia and Cornell Universities. Of his poems, Mr. Rosensaft says, “My poems emerge, more often than not uninvited, insisting that I listen and give them life, insisting, often relentlessly, that I forge them into an autonomous existence outside myself” and “My poems allow me to at least try to confront God in the aftermath of the Holocaust.”
Please join us on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at 6:30pm for a powerful and inspiring evening as Mr. Rosensaft presents selections from Poems Born in Bergen-Belsen with an introduction by Foundation Board Chair, Stuart E. Eizenstat.
This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Register here.
The work of The Defiant Requiem Foundation is funded by the support of generous donors. Please consider making a gift to the Foundation by clicking here.
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