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What is the Holocaust Today? Contemporary Explorations: A Series   View Event

  • Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  The Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Yeshiva University is proud to announce the launch of their new series What is the Holocaust Today? Their first installment features Dr. Katarzyna Person who will discuss her new book Warsaw Ghetto Police. The book talk is followed by a panel discussion with world leading historians of Polish-Jewish history Dr. Glenn Dynner, Dr. Natalia Aleksiun, and Dr. Joshua Zimmerman. They invite you to join them live via Zoom here.

The Power of Love   View Event

  • Monday, February 14, 2022 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Can love be a form of resistance? Did it help people survive during the Holocaust? Especially conceived of for Valentine’s Day, this Echoes & Reflections webinar open to students and their teachers, led by Sheryl Ochayon - Echoes & Reflections Director at Yad Vashem, will shine a light on the human story behind the statistics of the Holocaust. Love often allowed the victims to attempt to retain their humanity in the face of dehumanization and hopeless circumstances, and often led to some very brave decisions. We will tell love stories and find lessons in them about resilience and the human spirit. Educators register here. Please do not submit this form if you are a K-12 student. This webinar should be viewed in a classroom with your teacher.

Banning Art Spiegelman's "Maus": The Politics of Holocaust Memory and Education in 2022   View Event

  • Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  A panel discussion on Maus, featuring:Prof. Susan Herbst, Political Science/President Emeritus (UConn)Prof. Cora Lynn Deibler, Art and Art History (UConn)Prof. Daniel Magilow, German Studies/Holocaust Studies (Univ. of Tennessee)Moderated by Prof. Avinoam Patt, Center for Judaic Studies, UConn Register here. Co-sponsored by the Center for Judaic Studies & Contemporary Jewish Life and Dodd Human Rights Impact at the University of Connecticut.

From Liberators to Leaders: Stories from African American GIs in WWI and the Civil Rights Movement   View Event

  • Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  African Americans who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II helped to liberate Survivors of the Holocaust and Nazi-occupied Europe. Many experienced racism and prejudice from their fellow soldiers and leaders. Upon their return to the United States, some veterans were determined to continue the fight against intolerance, this time targeting the racism and prejudice that permeated American society. Join the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education’s Executive Director Dr. Sara E. Brown, as she examines the testimonies of African American veterans of World War II and the ways in which they applied lessons learned from the Holocaust to the Civil Rights Movement. Register here. Suggested $10 donation with admission. Free to Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education (Chhange) members, Brookdale Faculty, Staff & Students Sara E. Brown is the Executive Director of Chhange, the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education. Brown holds the first Ph.D. in comparative genocide studies from Clark University's Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. She has presented at an array of professional conferences around the world, is the author of Gender and the Genocide in Rwanda and the co-editor of the Routledge Handbook on Religion, Mass Atrocity, and Genocide, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Girls Scouts of Jersey Shore.

2022 First Person Series: Halina Peabody   View Event

  • Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  YouTube
  • Description:  Halina was about nine years old when the Nazis carried out their first mass execution against the Jewish people in her town of Zaleszczyki in German-occupied Poland (today, Zalishchyky, Ukraine). As the situation for Jews worsened, Halina’s mother, Olga, tried hard to keep Halina and her younger sister safe. She scrambled to hide with the girls and obtained false papers identifying them as Catholic. Learn about their harrowing journey to the town of Jarosław, close brush with a Nazi sympathizer, and reliance on the kindness of strangers to hide in plain sight. SpeakerHalina Peabody, Holocaust Survivor and Museum Volunteer ModeratorBill Benson, Journalist and Host, First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors Watch live at youtube.com/ushmm. You do not need a YouTube account to view USHMM's program. After the live broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on USHMM's YouTube page. First Person is a monthly hour-long discussion with a Holocaust survivor and is made possible through generous support from the Louis Franklin Smith Foundation, with additional funding from the Arlene and Daniel Fisher Foundation.

Antisemitism in Chile Local Perspective of a Global Phenomenon   View Event

  • Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) & Valeria Navarro Rosenblatt for a conversation about antisemitism in Chile. Valeria Navarro Rosenblatt, Universidad Diego Portales and Universidad Autonoma de ChileConvenerProfessor Judit Bokser Liwerant, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoJoin ISGAP's seminar series in Spanish (featuring simultaneous English translation) Register here.

Where Do I Belong? Holocaust Survivors Return to Vienna   View Event

  • Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  What prompted Viennese Jews to return to their home city after the devastation of the Holocaust? What were their hopes, and what did they find? You are invited to join a conversation between historians Professor Albert Lichtblau and Dr. Elizabeth Anthony. Dr. Anthony will discuss her new book The Compromise of Return: Viennese Jews after the Holocaust. The book explores the motivations and expectations that inspired Viennese Jews to re-establish lives in their hometown after the devastation and trauma of the Holocaust. Ms. Tracey Petersen, the Manager of the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme, will deliver brief welcoming remarks. Register here. The Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity, The Graduate Center - CUNY Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, NYU In association with the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme, Outreach Division, Department of Global Communications, United Nations

The Enduring Legacy of Elie Wiesel   View Event

  • Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Congregation Nishmat Am of Plano, Texas presents their 2022 Premier Speaker Series with co-sponsors Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas and the Institute for the Global Study of Antisemitism and Policy. In this presentation, Dr. Alan Rosen and Dr. David Patterson engage in a discussion of the extensive archive of Elie Wiesel's lectures at the 92nd Street Y in New York. They explore the legacy of those lectures as a treasure for the Jewish people for generations to come.Dr. Avraham (Alan) Rosen write and teaches on Holocaust literature, testimony, and history. He presently serves as the Project Director and Scholar for The Elie Wiesel Living Archive at the 92Y.Dr. David Patterson holds the Hillel A. Feinberg Distinguished Chair in Holocaust Studies at the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, University of Texas at Dallas and is a Senior Research Fellow for the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy.Join on Zoom.Meeting ID: 851 1091 9634Passcode: NMAPS1

The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War   View Event

  • Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  The Holocaust Teacher Institute at the University of Miami, School of Education & Human Development is proud to announce the Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Foundation Holocaust/Jewish themed Sunday Salon Series. Don’t miss this riveting visual presentation as the author shows the actual art pieces looted and stolen by the Nazis from family Jewish homes during the Holocaust and updates us on where many of these treasures are today! Register here. After registering, you will receive an immediate confirmation email with your ZOOM link. A reminder will be sent as well. Lynn H. Nicholas is an independent researcher in the area of Nazi-era social and cultural history. She has testified before Congress on restitution issues and was a presenter at the Washington Conference on Holocaust Era Assets in 1998 and a member of the US delegation to the Prague Conference in 2009. She has lectured at museums and universities both here and abroad and participated in many international symposia related to the wartime fate of works of art. Mrs. Nicholas holds the Legion d’Honneur from France and the Amicus Poloniae from Poland.

Presidents' Day (Office Closed)   View Event

  • Monday, February 21, 2022 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  N/A
  • Description:  The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed.

The White Rose: Young Germans Who Took on the Nazis   View Event

  • Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 8:30am - 9:00am
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Facebook Live
  • Description:  In a matter of hours, they were tried, convicted, and beheaded for the crime of treason. These young friends had dared to oppose the Nazi regime—and were caught in a crucial moment, when the Germans feared their grip on the public was slipping. In urgent, pleading messages, copied and mailed to thousands of Germans, the members of the “White Rose” resistance group begged their fellow citizens to rise up. Their voices went unheard then, but today the group is a symbol of righteous rebellion. On this anniversary of the first execution, learn their story. GuestRebecca Erbelding, Historian, 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 and YouTube pages.

Remembering Resistance: Sophie Scholl and the White Rose   View Event

  • Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtual
  • Description:  The White Rose was founded in 1942 by several students at the University of Munich, including Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans. The members were united against Nazi policies and began writing and distributing leaflets calling on the German people to take action to stop injustice and genocide. In 1943, Hans and Sophie Scholl were arrested by the Gestapo after they distributed leaflets to students at their university. Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst, another member of the group, were executed on February 22, 1943. Since then, the White Rose, and Sophie Scholl specifically, have become a symbol of resistance during WWII. Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage for a program examining Sophie Scholl and the White Rose. The program will feature a conversation between Wolfgang Huber, the son of White Rose member Kurt Huber and Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstad; Frank McDonough, author of Sophie Scholl: The Real Story of the Woman Who Defied Hitler; and Nathan Stoltzfus, the Dorothy and Jonathan Rintels Professor of Holocaust Studies at Florida State University. The conversation will be moderated by Lori Weintrob, Professor of History at Wagner College and founding director of the Wagner College Holocaust Center. The program will be accompanied by a virtual screening of the Academy Award nominated film Sophie Scholl: The Final Days. Attendees will receive a private link to stream the film one week before the program. A $10 suggested donation enables them to present programs like this one. The Museum of Jewish Heritage thanks you for your support. Register here. Public programming at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy C. Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Battery Park City Authority; The Goldie and David Blanksteen Foundation; Marcia Horowitz Educational Fund for Cross-Cultural Awareness; and other generous donors.

2022 Holocaust Educators Conference Series - Memoirs   View Event

  • Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Please visit here to fill out the registration form for the virtual Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University's 2022 Holocaust Educators Conference Series featuring Amanda Coven, Amanda Greenbacker-Mitchell, and the Azrieli Foundation's Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Project. Within 1-2 days of the program(s), you will receive an email with a link which you can use to join the Zoom meeting. January 24 at 3:30pm - ArtIn this session with teacher and museum professional Amanda Coven, participants will be introduced to and examine three educational resources where people have used art to cope with crisis or trauma as well as document and educate about an injustice. February 7 at 3:30pm - MusicIn this session with musician Amanda Greenbacher-Mitchell,attendees will engage in activities designed to demonstrate how musical resistance by victims of the Holocaust connects to modern iterations of musical defiance and exhibit similar themes across history. February 22 at 3:30pm - MemoirsIn this session, Michelle Sadowski, an Ontario teacher and educator with the Azrieli Foundation Holocaust Survivors Memoir Project, will present on Re: Collection and strategies for bringing memoirs and eyewitness accounts into the classroom. Professional Development Hours Provided!For more information, e-mail Dr. Adara Goldberg via e-mail.

Bringing "Maus" to the Classroom   View Event

  • Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Art Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus won a Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1992. Through stunning illustrations and powerful dialogue, Spiegelman skillfully tells his Holocaust-survivor father's story weaving the past with the present and touching on many different themes. How can this masterpiece be used to teach the Holocaust in today's classroom? In this Echoes & Reflections webinar, Sheryl Ochayon - Program Director of Echoes & Reflections at Yad Vashem - will show us how. Register here.

Virtual Special Exhibition Opening: Courage and Compassion   View Event

  • Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Exhibits
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a program presented in conjunction with their current special exhibition, Courage and Compassion: The Japanese American World War II Experience, on view at the museum through June 12, 2022. Mitchell T. Maki, president and CEO of Go For Broke National Education Center, will discuss the Center’s work, the creation of this exhibition, and the incredible personal stories that inspired it. Courage and Compassion chronicles the stories of Japanese Americans during and immediately after WWII, highlighting the U.S. government’s curtailing of their civil rights, the bravery of Japanese American soldiers who fought for the freedom of millions while being denied their own, and the integrity of Americans who stood up for their friends and neighbors.  Register here. Courage and Compassion was created by the Go For Broke National Education Center, which aims to educate and inspire through the virtue and valor of World War II American veterans of Japanese ancestry.