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Disability Awareness Month: “Science” That Maimed   View Event

  • Monday, October 3, 2022 at 8:30am - 9:00am
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Facebook Live
  • Description:  In 1942, Nazi doctors subjected Jadwiga Dzido to barbaric “medical” experiments at the Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany. She was among more than 70 female prisoners, mostly Polish, treated as human guinea pigs. Survivors resisted in a number of ways, including using a camera smuggled into the camp to document their abuse. The secret photos and trial testimony from Jadwiga and others helped bring some of the perpetrators to justice. Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum during Disability Awareness Month to learn about the innocent women subjected to experiments in the name of science. GuestsDr. Patricia Heberer Rice, Senior Historian, United States Holocuast 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 USHMM's program. After the live broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on the USHMM’s Facebook and YouTube pages.

Fighting Back: Commemorating the Jewish Uprisings at Sobibór and Auschwitz   View Event

  • Monday, October 3, 2022 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  The month of October marks the anniversaries of the uprisings that Jewish prisoners carried out at two Nazi death camps. In commemoration of these stunning acts of bravery, Echoes & Reflections will discuss these events, and resistance more broadly. Yad Vashem educator Lori Gerson will explore stories of profound courage that reveal the essence of the human spirit. Register here. Echoes & Reflections' webinars are designed to increase participants’ knowledge of Holocaust history, explore and access classroom-ready content, and support instructional practice to promote student learning and understanding of this complex history and its lasting effect on the world.

HMMSA Workshop: Choices Matter: Complicity and Action During the Holocaust   View Event

  • Monday, October 3, 2022 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Virtual
  • Description:  Examine the consequences of inaction and the courage and difficult choices of those who rescued and resisted during the Holocaust. Educators also learn how to support students to implement an action-oriented project influenced by the lessons of this history. Learn more and register here. Earn 2 Hours CPE Credit. For more information on upcoming workshops and HMMSA Educator Resources contact Dr. Jessica Hanshaw, Education and Curations Manager at education@hmmsa.org Presented by Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio and Echoes & Reflections

Latino Americans Sacrificing to Serve Their Country   View Event

  • Monday, October 3, 2022 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a special presentation by Christina Chavarría, Program Coordinator, Education Initiatives, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, on the experience of Tony Acevedo, a devoted American despite his Mexican heritage discrimination. He was among more than 500,000 Latino men and women who served in the United States military during World War II. Even after he was captured and tortured by the Germans, Tony’s dedication to his fellow soldiers never wavered. He tended to their medical and spiritual needs and risked his life to record their experiences in captivity in a secret diary. Chavarría will also discuss the roles of Mexican American women in the role of the defense industry and on the home front. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Register here. Special thanks to Amigos Meat Distributors, LP for generously supporting Holocaust Museum Houston’s Latinx Heritage Month Lecture Series.

Yom Kippur   View Event

  • Wednesday, October 5, 2022 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  N/A
  • Description:  It is possible that Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission staff who observe Yom Kippur will be out of the office.

Holocaust by Bullets in Central and Eastern Europe (Part 2 of 3)   View Event

  • Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Day 2: Holocaust by Bullets in Central and Eastern Europe, led by Yahad-In Unum This is the second session of a three-part program sponsored by Yahad-In Unum and Echoes & Reflections. Registration and attendance for all sessions is required, and sessions will not be recorded. Registration is limited to in-classroom teachers only. To register for all three, please click here.

Hidden Children in Catholic France: Between Trauma and Normalcy   View Event

  • Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  During the Holocaust, Jewish children of all ages were at times hidden among other students within Catholic institutions as seen in films such as Au Revoir Les Enfants. Their lives were completely uprooted as they were placed in a religious environment completely different from what they knew. Eliot Nidam Orvieto, Yad Vashem researcher, will discuss the challenges and coping strategies of these children and their rescuers living under the threat of discovery.Register here.Echoes & Reflections' webinars are designed to increase participants’ knowledge of Holocaust history, explore and access classroom-ready content, and support instructional practice to promote student learning and understanding of this complex history and its lasting effect on the world.

Live Conversation with Holocaust Survivor Susan (Hilsenrath) Warsinger & Filmmaker Lynn Novick   View Event

  • Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtual
  • Description:  With the international debut of The U.S. and the Holocaust, filmmaker Lynn Novick will be joined by featured Holocaust survivor Susan (Hilsenrath) Warsinger to discuss the importance of first-person testimony in teaching about Holocaust history, as well as American history. Susan will also share her perspective as a former middle school teacher, why she hopes educators will use the film, and what she believes students can learn from it.  Participants will receive a collection of instructional resources that use survivor testimony to prompt student examination of this history and its relevance to the world today. This event will be the second in a series of programs designed for teachers in conjunction with this new documentary. Register here. About the film:Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein’s three-part, six-hour documentary series, The U.S. and the Holocaust, examines how the American people and our leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the 20th century, and how this catastrophe challenged our identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of our democracy. The film aired September 18–21 on PBS stations nationwide and is available for streaming at no cost for one month. Find lesson plans and activity suggestions incorporating clips from the film. Corporate funding for The U.S. and the Holocaust was provided by: Bank of America.Major Funding was provided by: David M. Rubenstein; the Park Foundation; the Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation; Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; and by the following members of The Better Angels Society: Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine; Jan and Rick Cohen; Allan and Shelley Holt; the Koret Foundation; David and Susan Kreisman; Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder; Blavatnik Family Foundation; Crown Family Philanthropies, honoring the Crown and Goodman Families; the Fullerton Family Charitable Fund; Dr. Georgette Bennett and Dr. Leonard Polonsky; The Russell Berrie Foundation; Diane and Hal Brierley; John and Catherine Debs; and Leah Joy Zell and the Joy Foundation. Funding was also provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by public television viewers.

Teaching About Americans and the Holocaust Using Historical Newspapers   View Event

  • Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University in partnership with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to learn about how to utilize historical newspapers to teach about the American response to the Holocaust. Keynote by Eric Schmalz of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum History Unfolded program. Register here. PD hours and co-curricular credits will be provided. "While participating in the project, students will be engaged in critical thinking and primary source research. They will be riveted by readings—newspapers from the 1930s and 1940s—so different from their usual assignments. Just ask Lisa Henry, an English teacher in Lexington, Kentucky, who told us “history came alive” for her students as they searched for articles about the Holocaust in their local newspaper archives." - History Unfolded For more information, please contact Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director via e-mail.

A Reason for Survival: To Understand, To Educate, To Heal   View Event

  • Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Holocaust & Genocide Education Network (HGEN), formerly the Ohio Council on Holocaust & Genocide Education (OCHGE), is offering a monthly dialogue series in 2022-2023. Named for Ohio Holocaust educator Renate Frydman—a founding member of HGEN, the Director of the Dayton Holocaust Resource Center, and the author of Anschel’s Story—the Frydman dialogue series brings a range of topics to educators seeking to develop their knowledge around the teaching of the Holocaust and genocide. Register here. “My husband and I were supposed to be part of the million and a half children who were killed. Instead, we found each other—I think it was meant to be—and we started a family. I don’t say it’s a victory, but it is a story of survival.” And it’s much more than that. It is a tale of remembrance and healing and especially love. “I know there are some worse stories of people being treated horrifically, but this story is one of hope in the end. You can’t just focus on the worst of us. You always want to end it with some hope.” All presentations/discussions will be held on Zoom and will be one hour in length. Professional Development contact hours are available to teachers upon request.

Mapping the Holocaust by Bullets   View Event

  • Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join Dr. Ewa Schaller, Senior Program Officer, Educator and Education Coordinator at American Friends of Yahad-In Unum, for a discussion about investigations into the fate of the Jewish communities in the former Soviet Union. Schaller will explore the new interactive map that documents execution sites with archival documentation and witness interviews. Register here. The event is organized by the (KHC) at Queensborough Community College and is co-sponsored by the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center; the Ray Wolpow Institute at Western Washington University; the Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Ramapo College; the Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College; the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at Saint Elizabeth University; and the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University.

Confronting Rising Antisemitism and Right Wing Hate Groups in Germany   View Event

  • Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Confronting Rising Antisemitism and Right Wing Hate Groups in Germany with Stephan Kramer, President of the State Domestic Intelligence Service, Thuringia. Join Arizona State University's Center on the Future of War and Northern Arizona University's Martin-Springer Institute for a discussion on the rise of antisemitism and right wing hate groups in Germany with Stephan Kramer, the President of the State Domestic Intelligence Service in Thuringia. Register here. Stephan Kramer is responsible for collecting and analyzing information on extremist, terrorist, and antisemitic activity and has played a key role in multiple investigations and prosecutions. As he has explained, "Right-wing extremism is the most vital threat that we face at the moment in the Federal Republic of Germany." Previously he served as the Director of the European Office on Anti-Semitism of the American Jewish Committee and Secretary General of the Central Council of Jews in Germany. This event is part of the Fall Speaker Series hosted by the Center on the Future of War, a partnership between ASU and New America, a DC-based think tank, exploring the future of conflict and working to address global security challenges.

It Happened in a Village in Eastern Europe - A Case Study (Part 3 of 3)   View Event

  • Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Day 3: It Happened in a Village in Eastern Europe - A Case Study, led by Echoes & Reflections This is the final session of a three-part program sponsored by Yahad-In Unum and Echoes & Reflections. Registration and attendance for all sessions is required, and sessions will not be recorded. Registration is limited to in-classroom teachers only. To register for all three, please click here.

Home-school Day   View Event

  • Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 9:00am - 12:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
  • Description:  This is an in-person program. Please Note: All students must be 6th grade and above. All students must be accompanied by an adult chaperone. Join the Education Staff of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a day of learning for home-school students! Activities include a tour of the museum's permanent exhibition, a Dimensions in Testimony experience, and an interactive classroom program. SCHEDULE9:30 AM: Arrival and Welcome 10:00 AM: Permanent Exhibition Tours and Dimensions in Testimony Experience 11:30 AM: Classroom Program 12:30 PM: (Optional) Self-Guided Exploration of the museum Learn more & register here.

2022 First Person Series: Frank Cohn   View Event

  • Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  YouTube
  • Description:  Frank Cohn was nine years old when his favorite teacher began wearing a Nazi uniform, classmates sang Nazi songs, and he was chased by a gang of Hitler Youth. Frank outran them. It was 1934 in Germany. Frank’s father went to New York City to secure an affidavit and the family reunited there on October 30, 1938—ten days before Germany’s night of nation-wide violence known as Kristallnacht. “The timing of our escape was indeed a miracle,” said Frank. After the US entered World War II, Frank was drafted, sworn in as an American citizen, and served in an Intelligence unit after the Army learned he could speak German. SpeakerFrank Cohn, Holocaust Survivor and USHMM 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.