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Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur
All Day
General
Sep 28, 2020 (All Day) It is possible that THGAAC staff who observe Yom Kippur will be out of the office. Click for more info |
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El Holocausto en la Alemania nazi: deportaciones inhumanas
El Holocausto en la Alemania nazi: deportaciones inhumanas
2:00pm - 3:50pm
(1h 50m)
Workshops
Starts Sep 29, 2020 at 2:00pm Ends Sep 29, 2020 at 3:50pm Este mes de septiembre el Museo Memoria y Tolerancia transmitirá el curso “El Holocausto en la Alemania nazi: deportaciones inhumanas” en el que se describirá y reflexionará sobre la situación de los judíos en Europa durante el régimen nazi antes de la creación de los campos de exterminio. Click for more info
Locating Women in the Revolt: Gender and Spaces of Resistance at Treblinka
Locating Women in the Revolt: Gender and Spaces of Resistance at Treblinka
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Sep 29, 2020 at 2:00pm Ends Sep 29, 2020 at 3:00pm In this lecture, Chad Gibbs (PhD Candidate in History at University of Wisconsin-Madison) discusses his research on the famous uprising staged by inmates of the Treblinka II extermination camp in late summer of 1943. Click for more info |
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Relevance and Sustainability: The Future of Holocaust Museums
Relevance and Sustainability: The Future of Holocaust Museums
12:30pm - 1:30pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Sep 30, 2020 at 12:30pm Ends Sep 30, 2020 at 1:30pm Liberation 75 and Museum of Eternal Faith & Resilience present "Relevance and Sustainability: The Future of Holocaust Museums". Join world experts for a FREE online discussion about the future of Holocaust museums!. Click for more info
New Holocaust Education Activities in ADL's No Place for Hate® Activity Library
New Holocaust Education Activities in ADL's No Place for Hate® Activity Library
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Sep 30, 2020 at 3:00pm Ends Sep 30, 2020 at 4:00pm With hate on the rise, it is important that schools have a framework to help students challenge bias. During this webinar, learn more about ADL’s equitable school climate program, No Place for Hate®, and the new Echoes & Reflections activities it will be adding in its online library to explore Holocaust education themes with students. Click for more info
Holocaust Museum Houston: Film Screening of "Adio Kerida" and Q&A with Dr. Ruth Behar
Holocaust Museum Houston: Film Screening of "Adio Kerida" and Q&A with Dr. Ruth Behar
6:00pm - 8:00pm
(2h)
Films
Starts Sep 30, 2020 at 6:00pm Ends Sep 30, 2020 at 8:00pm Join Holocaust Museum Houston for the third event in their 2020 Latinx Heritage Month Virtual Lecture and Film Series. Click for more info |
Civil Discourse Series: Social Media and Society
Civil Discourse Series: Social Media and Society
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 1, 2020 at 7:00pm Ends Oct 1, 2020 at 8:00pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a conversation addressing the critical issues around social media. Click for more info |
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Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students - 3 Part Program
Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students - 3 Part Program
All Day
Workshops
Oct 5, 2020 (All Day) Join Echoes & Reflections' October Online Course to gain the knowledge and tools to teach the lessons of the Holocaust and make a difference in your students' lives and guide them to build a better future. Click for more info |
Spaniards in Mauthausen: Representations of a Nazi Concentration Camp, 1940-2015
Spaniards in Mauthausen: Representations of a Nazi Concentration Camp, 1940-2015
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 6, 2020 at 12:00pm Ends Oct 6, 2020 at 1:00pm Presented by the University of Minnesota's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Center for Austrian Studies, and Department of Spanish and Portuguese, author Sara J. Brenneis provides a historical, critical, and chronological analysis of a virtually unknown body of work by examining narratives about Spanish Mauthausen victims over the past seventy years. Click for more info
Who Speaks: Poetry, Performance & the Parsley Massacre of 1937 with Jasminne Méndez
Who Speaks: Poetry, Performance & the Parsley Massacre of 1937 with Jasminne Méndez
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 6, 2020 at 6:00pm Ends Oct 6, 2020 at 7:00pm Join Holocaust Museum Houston for the fourth lecture in their 2020 Latinx Heritage Month Virtual Lecture and Film Series. Click for more info |
Bold Actions That Led to Refuge in Latin America
Bold Actions That Led to Refuge in Latin America
8:30am - 9:00am
(30m)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2020 at 8:30am Ends Oct 7, 2020 at 9:00am In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for a discussion about individuals who sought or provided refuge in Latin America during and after the Holocaust. Click for more info
Exploring Migration before and after the Holocaust
Exploring Migration before and after the Holocaust
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2020 at 3:00pm Ends Oct 7, 2020 at 4:00pm Why do people leave their homes? What is the meaning of borders? The organization Re-Imagining Migration, which seeks to advance the education and well-being of immigrant-origin youth, joins this Echoes & Reflections webinar to introduce how their Learning Framework along with Echoes & Reflections principles of pedagogy can support teachers discuss the theme of migration before and after the Holocaust. Click for more info |
Part 1: Analyzing Propaganda and Teaching Media Literacy: The Holocaust as a Case Study
Part 1: Analyzing Propaganda and Teaching Media Literacy: The Holocaust as a Case Study
2:30pm - 4:00pm
(1h 30m)
Workshops
Starts Oct 8, 2020 at 2:30pm Ends Oct 8, 2020 at 4:00pm The Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Raritan Valley Community College, with facilitation by Echoes & Reflections, will present a FREE two-part workshop on propaganda and media literacy, utilizing the Holocaust as a case study. Click for more info |
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Nazi Persecution of Non-Jewish Groups: Sinti and Roma
Nazi Persecution of Non-Jewish Groups: Sinti and Roma
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 12, 2020 at 2:00pm Ends Oct 12, 2020 at 3:00pm This Echoes & Reflections webinar, presented by Dr. David Deutsch, a Yad Vashem educator, will focus on the persecution of the Sinti and Roma groups by the Nazis. Click for more info
Holocaust Museum Houston: An Evening with Dr. Gabriela González
Holocaust Museum Houston: An Evening with Dr. Gabriela González
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 12, 2020 at 6:00pm Ends Oct 12, 2020 at 7:00pm Join Holocaust Museum Houston for the fifth and final lecture in their 2020 Latinx Heritage Month Virtual Lecture and Film Series. Click for more info |
History Highlights: The Holodomor - The Forgotten Genocide
History Highlights: The Holodomor - The Forgotten Genocide
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 13, 2020 at 7:00pm Ends Oct 13, 2020 at 8:00pm Select Tuesdays at 7:00 P.M. C.D.T. the History Highlights lecture series features Holocaust and human rights topics presented by Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum historians and educators. Click for more info |
From Ordinary German to Mass Murderer
From Ordinary German to Mass Murderer
8:30am - 9:00am
(30m)
Workshops
Starts Oct 14, 2020 at 8:30am Ends Oct 14, 2020 at 9:00am Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on the anniversary of the prisoner uprising at Sobibor to learn how an “ordinary German” so quickly became a professional killer and died at the hands of those he sought to obliterate. Click for more info
Islamophobia and Antisemitism: Challenges and Bridges
Islamophobia and Antisemitism: Challenges and Bridges
10:30am - 11:30am
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 14, 2020 at 10:30am Ends Oct 14, 2020 at 11:30am The Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education's (chhange) October Virtual Lunch & Learn, "Islamophobia and Antisemitism: Challenges and Bridges", will be led by Dr. Mehnaz Afridi of Manhattan College. Click for more info
3GNY Stories Live: WEDU Wednesdays featuring Emily Greenspan
3GNY Stories Live: WEDU Wednesdays featuring Emily Greenspan
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 14, 2020 at 7:00pm Ends Oct 14, 2020 at 8:00pm Join 3GNY as Emily Greenspan shares her personal experience with inter-generational trauma and how it has impacted her life. Emily is currently working on a book about her grandmother's story and her own identity as a third generation Holocaust survivor. Click for more info |
Part 2: Analyzing Propaganda and Teaching Media Literacy: The Holocaust as a Case Study
Part 2: Analyzing Propaganda and Teaching Media Literacy: The Holocaust as a Case Study
2:30pm - 4:00pm
(1h 30m)
Workshops
Starts Oct 15, 2020 at 2:30pm Ends Oct 15, 2020 at 4:00pm The Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Raritan Valley Community College, with facilitation by Echoes & Reflections, will present a FREE two-part workshop on propaganda and media literacy, utilizing the Holocaust as a case study. Click for more info |
Holocaust, Civil Rights, and Digital Literacy in the Global Classroom
Holocaust, Civil Rights, and Digital Literacy in the Global Classroom
8:30am - 11:30am
(3h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 17, 2020 at 8:30am Ends Oct 17, 2020 at 11:30am Join Holocaust Museum Houston as they invite Centropa to introduce who they are and the resources they offer. Click for more info |
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Movie Monday Film Discussion: First They Killed My Father
Movie Monday Film Discussion: First They Killed My Father
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Films
Starts Oct 19, 2020 at 7:00pm Ends Oct 19, 2020 at 8:00pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum every third Monday of the month for a discussion on Holocaust and human rights films moderated by Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum historians, film professionals, and other experts. Click for more info |
Nazi Concentration Camps: 75 Years Later with Roger Cohen of The NY Times
Nazi Concentration Camps: 75 Years Later with Roger Cohen of The NY Times
4:00pm - 5:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 20, 2020 at 4:00pm Ends Oct 20, 2020 at 5:00pm 3 Generations is launching a 75th Anniversary commemoration initiative that will start with a livestream conversation. The focus will be on the iconic film German Concentration Camps Factual Survey (GCCFS) and its relevance today. It will be hosted by award-winning New York Times Columnist, Roger Cohen. Click for more info |
American Audiences and the Holocaust
American Audiences and the Holocaust
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 21, 2020 at 1:00pm Ends Oct 21, 2020 at 2:00pm Zoom Conversations hosted by the Martin-Springer Institute of Northern Arizona University will feature four speakers over the course of October - December focusing on the theme "Representing Past Evils and Trauma: Four Perspectives on Holocaust Museums". Click for more info |
From Swastika to Jim Crow
From Swastika to Jim Crow
3:00pm - 6:00pm
(3h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 22, 2020 at 3:00pm Ends Oct 22, 2020 at 6:00pm Join Florida Atlantic University's Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education (CHHRE) for its 2020 Fall Virtual Event series. The second of two workshops, "From Swastika to Jim Crow" will highlight the journey of Jewish intellectuals who escaped Nazi Germany to the US in the 1930s. Click for more info
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum 2020 Hope for Humanity
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum 2020 Hope for Humanity
7:00pm - 9:00pm
(2h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 22, 2020 at 7:00pm Ends Oct 22, 2020 at 9:00pm This is a fundraiser event benefiting the annual operating budget of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Click for more info |
British Fascist Women, the Anti-War Campagin, and Antisemitism
British Fascist Women, the Anti-War Campagin, and Antisemitism
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 23, 2020 at 1:00pm Ends Oct 23, 2020 at 2:00pm The Gross Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies invites you to a discussion: British Fascist Women, the Anti-War Campaign, and Antisemitism, presented by Julie Gottlieb, Professor of Modern History, University of Sheffield - UK. Click for more info
ARTIVISM: The First Exhibition of Its Kind, Located at the Intersection of Art, Human Rights, and the Prevention of Genocide
ARTIVISM: The First Exhibition of Its Kind, Located at the Intersection of Art, Human Rights, and the Prevention of Genocide
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Exhibits
Starts Oct 23, 2020 at 2:00pm Ends Oct 23, 2020 at 3:00pm The Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Raritan Valley Community College invites you to ARTIVISM, which introduces the personal, emotional, and historical realities of mass atrocities, inviting attendees to learn about the essential role played by the arts as a grassroots tool for social transformation and a deterrent to systematic violence. Click for more info
Fascism, Racism, and Historical Analogy: A Max Kade Institute Symposium
Fascism, Racism, and Historical Analogy: A Max Kade Institute Symposium
2:00pm - 4:00pm
(2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 23, 2020 at 2:00pm Ends Oct 23, 2020 at 4:00pm The USC Max Kade Institute presents a symposium entitled "Fascism, Racism, and Historical Analogy: Perspectives from the Past and Present". Click for more info |
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Burton C. Einspruch Holocaust Lecture
Burton C. Einspruch Holocaust Lecture
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 25, 2020 at 2:00pm Ends Oct 25, 2020 at 3:00pm Join the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas for the Burton C. Einspruch Lecture commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials. Click for more info |
THGC October 2020 Quarterly Meeting
THGC October 2020 Quarterly Meeting
8:30am - 12:00pm
(3h 30m)
Commission Meetings
Starts Oct 26, 2020 at 8:30am Ends Oct 26, 2020 at 12:00pm The Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission (THGC) is holding its quarterly meeting on Monday, October 26, 2020 beginning at 8:30 A.M. Every quarter the THGC holds a meeting, open to the public, in order to review its current projects and initiatives. The Commission invites any member of the public who might be interested in its mission to this meeting. Click for more info |
History Highlights: Holocaust Forgiveness
History Highlights: Holocaust Forgiveness
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 27, 2020 at 7:00pm Ends Oct 27, 2020 at 8:00pm Select Tuesdays at 7:00 P.M. C.D.T. the History Highlights lecture series features Holocaust and human rights topics presented by Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum historians and educators. Click for more info |
Disability Awareness Month: The Nazis’ Nameless Victims
Disability Awareness Month: The Nazis’ Nameless Victims
8:30am - 9:00am
(30m)
Workshops
Starts Oct 28, 2020 at 8:30am Ends Oct 28, 2020 at 9:00am As the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum recognizese #DisabilityAwarenessMonth, learn the stories of some of the victims whose names a German doctor has brought to light in order to confront the past sins of his profession. Click for more info
Holocaust Museum Houston: Today's Antisemitism & Its Relationship to Holocaust Denial and Distortion
Holocaust Museum Houston: Today's Antisemitism & Its Relationship to Holocaust Denial and Distortion
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 28, 2020 at 6:00pm Ends Oct 28, 2020 at 7:00pm Led by renowned historians, authors, and activists, the Dismantling Bias Virtual Lecture Series confronts the devastating consequences of racial bias while encouraging viewers to access and challenge their own bias. Through critical conversations and open dialogue, participants will consider their role in the anti-racism movement and everyday actions they can take to dismantle inequality. Click for more info
3GNY Stories Live: WEDU Wednesdays featuring Guest Speaker Elizabeth Kamens
3GNY Stories Live: WEDU Wednesdays featuring Guest Speaker Elizabeth Kamens
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 28, 2020 at 7:00pm Ends Oct 28, 2020 at 8:00pm Join 3GNY as they invite Elizabeth Kamens to speak and share the story of her maternal grandfather, Rudolph (Rudy) Herz. Click for more info |
The Holocaust, Antisemitism and the Memory of the Jewish Past in the Arab World
The Holocaust, Antisemitism and the Memory of the Jewish Past in the Arab World
10:20am - 11:35am
(1h 15m)
Workshops
Starts Oct 29, 2020 at 10:20am Ends Oct 29, 2020 at 11:35am Please join American University's Jewish Studies Program and Center for Israel Studies for a virtual series on antisemitism since 1945. Click for more info
Holocaust Museum Houston: In Conversation with David Marwell, author of 'Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death'
Holocaust Museum Houston: In Conversation with David Marwell, author of 'Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death'
6:30pm - 8:00pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 29, 2020 at 6:30pm Ends Oct 29, 2020 at 8:00pm Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a lecture entitled "In Conversation with David Marwell, author of 'Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death'". Click for more info |
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