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DHHRM Summer Survivor Speaker Series- Dr. Andras Lacko   View Event

  • Friday, June 14, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum - In-person & virtually
  • Description:  About the Speaker Dr. Andras Lacko was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1936. In a twist of fate, Lacko contracted scarlet fever in 1944 and was saved from ghettoization and subsequent deportation to Poland. He survived the Holocaust in a military hospital and was later reunited with his mother and father after the Soviet liberation of Budapest. There is no cost to attend this event, but registration is required. To register, click the "buy" button. If you would like to tour the Museum, normal admission fees apply. To virtually attend this event, register here. To attend this event in person, click here.

DHHRM Professional Development   View Event

  • Monday, June 17, 2024 at 9:00am - 4:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  University of Texas-Schusterman Center (within Robert L. Patton Hall) Suite 2.402 305 E. 23rd Austin, TX 78712
  • Description:  Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum and the University of Texas Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies for a comprehensive Holocaust teacher workshop to learn more about the Holocaust and its impact on history. This TEKS aligned workshop provides the necessary resources and tools for middle and high school educators to teach a unit on the Holocaust and inspire students to be Upstanders. A light continental breakfast and lunch will be served. Teachers will receive resource bags and free access to the Upstander Education Database To find out more, click here.

Emancipation Day (Juneteenth) (Office Closed)   View Event

  • Wednesday, June 19, 2024 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  N/A
  • Description:  The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed.

USHMM- 2024 Belfer National Conference for Educators   View Event

  • Monday, June 24, 2024 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Virtual
  • Description:  This free, virtual conference supports accurate, meaningful teaching of the Holocaust and explores current historical research and instructional best practices. Educators discover how to use classroom resources, find inspiration in new ideas, and connect with peers engaged in similar work. It is designed for secondary school educators with limited experience teaching about the Holocaust, alumni of past Belfer conferences, school administrators, and curriculum leaders. We will offer expanded live sessions in 2024. (Full schedule will be available in March.) And you may join us for any of these live sessions or access recorded sessions, on-demand at your own pace, post-conference. Participants will receive more details about Whova, the virtual platform used to host the conference, in June. Participants with a US mailing address will also receive a free resource bundle. Deadline to register is June 15, 2024.

Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre- In Conversation with Providence Nkurnziza   View Event

  • Monday, June 24, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online via Zoom
  • Description:  Five of her siblings and her parents, along with the rest of her extended family members were murdered during the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda in a span of about 100 days. She was only 11. She published her story in her memoir, Next Couple Hours. As a survivor, Providence considers it her responsibility to bear witness to the atrocities of genocide. She wants to save the next generation from falling into the same trap of experiencing such sinister events, as nobody is immune to genocide. She considers it a privilege to share the stories of the well lived lives of her entire family, as well as all those families, who were completely wiped out with no one to remember them. She does all with a thankful heart to preserve their memory and restore their values. She believes silence is complicity in the face of such atrocities and terror. As an advocate, she is also proud to be a voice for women survivors living with HIV/AIDS and other long-term illnesses contracted through rape and other violence during the genocide. Providence has spoken at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, New York, and Vienna, the Swedish parliament, three of the four Holocaust museums in Texas, Universities, Holocaust centres and Synagogues in New Jersey and New York. She was recently one of the 4 honourees at the Wagner College for leadership in Holocaust, Genocide and Anti Bias Education for the 81st anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the 30th Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. She is attending an intensive program on fighting antisemitism in Oxford, UK starting in July 2024. To register for this event, click here. 

DHHRM- "Remember This": Film Screening   View Event

  • Monday, June 24, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum
  • Description:  Remember This Academy Award nominee David Strathairn portrays Jan Karski, reluctant World War II hero and Holocaust witness. Karski joined the Polish Underground and risked his life to carry the first eyewitness reports of war-torn Poland, including the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto to the Western world. In Remember This, Strathairn captures the complexity and legacy of this self-described “insignificant, little man” whose timely story of moral courage and individual responsibility can still shake the conscience of the world. There is no cost to attend this event, but registration is required. To register, click the "buy" button. To register, click here. 

UTD Teacher Institute: Representing Evil- The Holocaust, Nuremberg, and Nathan-Ism   View Event

  • Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 9:00am - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management (JSOM), Executive Dining Room 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021
  • Description:  EVENT DETAILS The annual Teacher Institute, presented by the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at UT Dallas, is a comprehensive exploration into teaching strategies for middle and high school educators. Bringing together experts in the field, this unique learning experience affords teachers the opportunity to gain innovative classroom tools and skills for teaching the Holocaust through the Humanities, English, Social Studies, History, and Geography, as well as providing an opportunity to interface with area educators who are currently implementing these strategies with their students. The Teacher Institute offers continuing education credit, which is provided to educators in the greater Dallas area free of charge thanks to a generous endowment to the Ackerman Center. This year, Rabbi Jessica Mates will be screening the film Nathan-Ism. You can view the film's trailer online. This event is being presented free of charge, but please pre-register online.

Echoes & Reflections- Forgotten Voices: Uncovering Nazi Persecution of the LGBTQ+ Community   View Event

  • Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtually via Zoom
  • Description:  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. How can we bring out the stories of LGBTQ+ victims of Nazi persecution, and what can they tell us about Nazi ideology and antisemitism? Melissa Mott, Director of Antisemitism, Holocaust, and Genocide Education, will delve into this topic in a webinar, focusing on bringing out this often-erased history via Echoes & Reflections Timeline of the Holocaust. The campaign against LGBTQ people, spanning 1933 to 1945, involved shutting down gay establishments and enforcing Paragraph 175 of the German criminal code, leading to tens of thousands of arrests and imprisonment. Dive into best practices for teaching this subject, utilizing the best terminology, and exploring resources to support sound instruction, including connections to contemporary antisemitism and historical erasure. This webinar connects to the Timeline of the Holocaust on the Echoes & Reflections website. To register, click here. 

USHMM 2024 First Person Series: Susan Warsinger   View Event

  • Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtual Event
  • Description:  A brick smashing through the bedroom window jolted nine-year-old Susan Warsinger awake on the night of November 9, 1938. As her brother Joseph peered out the window, he turned and said, “Susi, it is our neighbors!” That night of orchestrated violence against Jews—known as Kristallnact (or “Night of Broken Glass”)—changed their lives forever. Susan’s parents used their life savings to smuggle the children out of Nazi Germany—sending them to live in France. Watch to learn how Susan and Joseph managed to outrun danger as war erupted in Europe, and discover if they ever saw their parents or baby brother again. SpeakerSusan Warsinger, Holocaust Survivor and Museum Volunteer ModeratorBill Benson, Journalist and Host, First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors Watch live at youtube.com/ushmm. You don’t need a YouTube account to view our program. After the live broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on the Museum's YouTube page. First Person is a monthly, hour-long discussion with a Holocaust survivor that is made possible through generous support from the Louis Franklin Smith Foundation. To sign up for the first-person email reminder request, click here. 

Echoes & Reflections- A Race Against Time: Roosevelt, Liberation, and the Holocaust   View Event

  • Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtually via Zoom
  • Description:  When the Allies invaded mainland Europe on D-Day, June 6, 1944, five million Jews had already been murdered in the Holocaust. Join Program Manager Jennifer Goss to explore the options, decisions, and actions taken by the Allies to defeat Nazi Germany and liberate Europe. Investigate the priorities of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the attempts to save Jewish lives in the war effort and through other operations, such as the War Refugee Board. Utilizing primary resources, including visual history testimony from American soldiers, explore the impact that confronting the Nazi atrocities had on the American soldiers who participated in the liberation of the camps. By adding nuance and complexity to the American war effort, educators will be better equipped to challenge their students to think critically about the decisions made by the Allies during World War II. This webinar connects to the Units 5 and 6 on the Echoes & Reflections website. To register, click here. 

DHHRM Professional Development   View Event

  • Friday, June 28, 2024 at 9:00am - 4:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  ESC Region 12 2101 W Loop 340, Waco, 76712
  • Description:  Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for an engaging session that will give teachers the tools to cover a tough topic through student-centered activities. During the session, participants will learn best practices for age appropriate teaching about the Holocaust, receive an introduction to online resources and lessons, and have the opportunity to experience a virtual tour of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. This learning is paired with FREE access to the Upstander Education Database and learning tools, along with complimentary breakfast and lunch! To find out more, click here.

DHHRM Summer Survivor Speaker Series- Lisa Kanarek   View Event

  • Friday, June 28, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum - In-person & virtually
  • Description:  About the Speaker Lisa Kanarek is the daughter of Holocaust survivor Joseph Kanarek, M.D. Joseph was born in Plonsk, Poland in 1926. He and his family were confined to the Plonsk Ghetto after the Nazis invaded Poland. They were deported in 1942 to Auschwitz-Birkenau where he was conscripted into forced labor at Buna Concentration Camp. In January 1945, Joseph was forced on a death march to Dora-Mittelbau Concentration Camp. From there, he was liberated by the 101st American Army. There is no cost to attend this event, but registration is required. To register, click the "buy" button. If you would like to tour the Museum, normal admission fees apply. To virtually attend this event, register here. To attend this event in person, click here.