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Hans and Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Anti-Nazi Resistance Movement
Hans and Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Anti-Nazi Resistance Movement
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 30, 2022 at 3:00pm Ends Jan 30, 2022 at 4:00pm Meet Holocaust historian and anthropologist Dr. Jud Newborn, the world’s leading authority on Hans and Sophie Scholl, who will inspire you and motivate you to speak truth to power. Click for more info
The Legacy of Resilience
The Legacy of Resilience
4:00pm - 5:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 30, 2022 at 4:00pm Ends Jan 30, 2022 at 5:00pm Join this USC Shoah Foundation webinar to learn about the trauma, legacy and impact of being a descendant of a Holocaust refugee or survivor. Click for more info
Voices of Hope: 12th Annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Voices of Hope: 12th Annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 30, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Jan 30, 2022 at 7:00pm Voices of Hope invites you to attend their 12th Annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day program. Click for more info |
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Planning the Holocaust: The Impact of the Wannsee Conference
Planning the Holocaust: The Impact of the Wannsee Conference
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 1, 2022 at 12:00pm Ends Feb 1, 2022 at 1:00pm Join Matthias Hass, head of the education and research department and the deputy director of the House of the Wannsee Conference Memorial Site and Education Center, for a discussion of the impact of this conference on the course of the Holocaust. Click for more info |
Avraham Groll, Using JewishGen to Research Your Roots - Including Holocaust Related Information
Avraham Groll, Using JewishGen to Research Your Roots - Including Holocaust Related Information
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 2, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Feb 2, 2022 at 7:00pm The Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Ramapo College will be presenting a free webinar entitled "Genealogy in Researching Holocaust History to be Unpacked." Click for more info |
The Nazi's Granddaughter: How I Discovered My Grandfather Was a War Criminal
The Nazi's Granddaughter: How I Discovered My Grandfather Was a War Criminal
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 3, 2022 at 2:00pm Ends Feb 3, 2022 at 3:00pm This is a story about perpetrators, collaborators, Holocaust distortion and justice. While writing a book about her famous World War II hero grandfather, Sylvia Foti, a high school teacher, discovered that her grandfather, Jonas Noreika, was actually a Lithuanian war criminal. Click for more info
Civil Society Briefing “The Future of Memory: Holocaust Remembrance, History and New Media”
Civil Society Briefing “The Future of Memory: Holocaust Remembrance, History and New Media”
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 3, 2022 at 3:00pm Ends Feb 3, 2022 at 4:00pm The briefing will examine how memories of the Holocaust are kept and discussed through new media, and the implications for Holocaust history. Click for more info |
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Bełżec Death Camp - Genesis of Genocide
Bełżec Death Camp - Genesis of Genocide
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 6, 2022 at 1:00pm Ends Feb 6, 2022 at 2:00pm The Ghetto Fighters' House invites you to the second program in the series "Rethinking the 'Final Solution' and the Wannsee Conference 80 Years Later." Click for more info |
Examining and Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture and Society - Mini Course
Examining and Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture and Society - Mini Course
All Day
Workshops
Feb 7, 2022 (All Day) Explore Echoes & Reflections resources to support teaching about the historical roots of antisemitism, its unique history in the United States, and gain the tools to help students become agents of change and allyship in their schools and communities. Click for more info
Antizionism: An Ideology That Makes Israel Symbolic of, and Central to, All that is Bad in the World
Antizionism: An Ideology That Makes Israel Symbolic of, and Central to, All that is Bad in the World
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 7, 2022 at 11:00am Ends Feb 7, 2022 at 12:00pm ISGAP is pleased to announce the launch of the ISGAP-Woolf Institute Contemporary Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective International Seminar Series. Click for more info
2022 Holocaust Educators Conference Series - Music
2022 Holocaust Educators Conference Series - Music
3:30pm - 4:30pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 7, 2022 at 3:30pm Ends Feb 7, 2022 at 4:30pm Consider joining the 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. Click for more info |
Black Artists under Nazi Persecution
Black Artists under Nazi Persecution
8:30am - 9:00am
(30m)
Workshops
Starts Feb 9, 2022 at 8:30am Ends Feb 9, 2022 at 9:00am Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum during Black History Month to learn about artists’ experiences in Nazi Germany. Click for more info
The Nazi Camp Universe, 1933-1945: Landscapes of Suffering and Paths of Persecution
The Nazi Camp Universe, 1933-1945: Landscapes of Suffering and Paths of Persecution
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 9, 2022 at 11:00am Ends Feb 9, 2022 at 12:00pm Join Dr. Alexandra Lohse for a brief overview of the Nazi concentration camp universe consisting of more than 40,000 sites operated by the Nazi regime and its allies, an almost incomprehensible number that challenges our understanding of the nature, ubiquity, and visibility of Nazi persecution. Click for more info
National History Day 2022: Integrating Echoes & Reflections Resources
National History Day 2022: Integrating Echoes & Reflections Resources
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 9, 2022 at 3:00pm Ends Feb 9, 2022 at 4:00pm Join Echoes & Reflections, a national leader in Holocaust education, to explore Debate & Diplomacy in History, the 2022 National History Day Theme. Click for more info
Dr. Elizabeth R Baer author of "The Genocidal Gaze from German Southwest Africa to the Third Reich"
Dr. Elizabeth R Baer author of "The Genocidal Gaze from German Southwest Africa to the Third Reich"
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 9, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Feb 9, 2022 at 7:00pm "The Genocidal Gaze" is an original and challenging discussion of such contemporary issues as colonial practices, European and African race relations, definitions of genocide, and postcolonial theory. Click for more info
A Live Conversation with Holocaust Survivor Irene Weiss
A Live Conversation with Holocaust Survivor Irene Weiss
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 9, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Feb 9, 2022 at 7:00pm During this live conversation, hear Irene Fogel Weiss' personal story of survival as a teen in Hungary and what happened to her large family during the Holocaust. Click for more info
HMMSA Reads "Man's Search for Meaning"
HMMSA Reads "Man's Search for Meaning"
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 9, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Feb 9, 2022 at 7:00pm Join Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio virtually as they discuss Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankel. Click for more info |
Virtual Film Discussion "The Last Survivors"
Virtual Film Discussion "The Last Survivors"
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Films
Starts Feb 10, 2022 at 11:00am Ends Feb 10, 2022 at 12:00pm Join the United Nations Outreach Programme on the Holocaust for a conversation about the film The Last Survivors directed by Arthur Cary. Click for more info |
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What is the Holocaust Today? Contemporary Explorations: A Series
What is the Holocaust Today? Contemporary Explorations: A Series
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 13, 2022 at 3:00pm Ends Feb 13, 2022 at 4:00pm 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?" Click for more info |
The Power of Love
The Power of Love
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 14, 2022 at 12:00pm Ends Feb 14, 2022 at 1:00pm 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. Click for more info |
Banning Art Spiegelman's "Maus": The Politics of Holocaust Memory and Education in 2022
Banning Art Spiegelman's "Maus": The Politics of Holocaust Memory and Education in 2022
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 15, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Feb 15, 2022 at 7:00pm Join Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College for a panel discussion on "Maus". Click for more info |
From Liberators to Leaders: Stories from African American GIs in WWI and the Civil Rights Movement
From Liberators to Leaders: Stories from African American GIs in WWI and the Civil Rights Movement
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 16, 2022 at 11:00am Ends Feb 16, 2022 at 12:00pm 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. Click for more info
2022 First Person Series: Halina Peabody
2022 First Person Series: Halina Peabody
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 16, 2022 at 12:00pm Ends Feb 16, 2022 at 1:00pm Learn about Halina Peabody's 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. Click for more info |
Antisemitism in Chile Local Perspective of a Global Phenomenon
Antisemitism in Chile Local Perspective of a Global Phenomenon
10:00am - 11:00am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 17, 2022 at 10:00am Ends Feb 17, 2022 at 11:00am Join the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) & Valeria Navarro Rosenblatt for a conversation about antisemitism in Chile. Click for more info
Where Do I Belong? Holocaust Survivors Return to Vienna
Where Do I Belong? Holocaust Survivors Return to Vienna
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 17, 2022 at 11:00am Ends Feb 17, 2022 at 12:00pm In this conversation with historian Professor Albert Lichtblau, Dr. Elizabeth Anthony draws upon her new book, The Compromise of Return, to plumb survivors’ experiences of re-rooting in a post-Nazi society. Click for more info |
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The Enduring Legacy of Elie Wiesel
The Enduring Legacy of Elie Wiesel
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 20, 2022 at 1:00pm Ends Feb 20, 2022 at 2:00pm 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. Click for more info
The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War
The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War
4:00pm - 5:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 20, 2022 at 4:00pm Ends Feb 20, 2022 at 5:00pm 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. Click for more info |
Presidents' Day (Office Closed)
Presidents' Day (Office Closed)
All Day
General
Feb 21, 2022 (All Day) The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed. Click for more info |
The White Rose: Young Germans Who Took on the Nazis
The White Rose: Young Germans Who Took on the Nazis
8:30am - 9:00am
(30m)
Workshops
Starts Feb 22, 2022 at 8:30am Ends Feb 22, 2022 at 9:00am 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. Click for more info
Remembering Resistance: Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
Remembering Resistance: Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 22, 2022 at 1:00pm Ends Feb 22, 2022 at 2:00pm Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage for a program examining Sophie Scholl and the White Rose. Click for more info
2022 Holocaust Educators Conference Series - Memoirs
2022 Holocaust Educators Conference Series - Memoirs
3:30pm - 4:30pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 22, 2022 at 3:30pm Ends Feb 22, 2022 at 4:30pm Consider joining the 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. Click for more info |
Bringing "Maus" to the Classroom
Bringing "Maus" to the Classroom
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 23, 2022 at 2:00pm Ends Feb 23, 2022 at 3:00pm In this Echoes & Reflections webinar, Sheryl Ochayon - Program Director of Echoes & Reflections at Yad Vashem will show you how "Maus" can be used to teach the Holocaust in today's classroom. Click for more info
Virtual Special Exhibition Opening: Courage and Compassion
Virtual Special Exhibition Opening: Courage and Compassion
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Exhibits
Starts Feb 23, 2022 at 7:00pm Ends Feb 23, 2022 at 8:00pm 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 musuem through June 12, 2022. Click for more info |
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Inside the Middle East: Entering a New Era
Inside the Middle East: Entering a New Era
1:30pm - 2:30pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 27, 2022 at 1:30pm Ends Feb 27, 2022 at 2:30pm In this lecture the world renowned Middle East analyst Avi Melamed assesses the ever-shifting landscape of conflict in the Middle East and what it means for the Jewish State. He offers insights into the implications for Israeli policy and for an Israeli future. Click for more info
Identity and Migration: Artists and Composers who Fled Persecution
Identity and Migration: Artists and Composers who Fled Persecution
2:00pm - 3:30pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 27, 2022 at 2:00pm Ends Feb 27, 2022 at 3:30pm Presentations by distinguished speakers are followed by a discussion and complimented by music composed by refugees to the United States and Israel. Click for more info |
Connecting the Past with Today: Jewish Refugees and the Holocaust - Mini Course
Connecting the Past with Today: Jewish Refugees and the Holocaust - Mini Course
All Day
Workshops
Feb 28, 2022 (All Day) Explore Echoes & Reflections resources to support teaching about the experiences of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust how to connect the lessons of this history to today’s refugee situation. Click for more info |
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Discourses of Politicized Antisemitism: A View from Latin America
Discourses of Politicized Antisemitism: A View from Latin America
10:00am - 11:00am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Mar 1, 2022 at 10:00am Ends Mar 1, 2022 at 11:00am Join the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) & Professor Leonardo Senkman of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Click for more info
Heroines of the Holocaust
Heroines of the Holocaust
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Mar 1, 2022 at 2:00pm Ends Mar 1, 2022 at 3:00pm In honor of International Women's Day (March 8th, 2022), Sheryl Ochayon, Program Director at Yad Vashem, will share the inspiring stories of some great women of valor. Click for more info
The Danger of Extremism in America - And How to Stop It
The Danger of Extremism in America - And How to Stop It
5:00pm - 6:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
Starts Mar 1, 2022 at 5:00pm Ends Mar 1, 2022 at 6:00pm Join The Olga Lengyel Institute (TOLI) on March 22, for a timely conversation with Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), on his new book, "It Could Happen Here: Why America is Tipping from Hate to the Unthinkable - And How We Can Stop It. Click for more info |
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Texas Independence Day (Office Closed)
Texas Independence Day (Office Closed)
All Day
General
Mar 2, 2022 (All Day) The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed. Click for more info |
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