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The Role of Media Literacy in Understanding Today
The Role of Media Literacy in Understanding Today
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 31, 2022 at 3:00pm Ends Aug 31, 2022 at 4:00pm Build understanding of the role media plays in shaping narratives around representations and stereotypes in this special session with the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) and Echoes & Reflections. Click for more info |
Lunch & Learn - Highlights from the Archives: Maxey Liberator Collection
Lunch & Learn - Highlights from the Archives: Maxey Liberator Collection
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Sep 1, 2022 at 12:00pm Ends Sep 1, 2022 at 1:00pm Join Felicia Williamson, Director of Library and Archives, to learn more about Henry Lee Maxey through selected artifacts from the Maxey Liberator Collection in the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum’s archives, including a 42nd Infantry Division Campaign Map, Service Record Book, U.S. Army Combat Medical Badge, and Bronze Star medal. Click for more info |
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Labor Day Holiday (Office Closed)
Labor Day Holiday (Office Closed)
All Day
General
Sep 5, 2022 (All Day) The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed. Click for more info |
THGAAC September 2022 Quarterly Meeting
THGAAC September 2022 Quarterly Meeting
8:30am - 4:00pm
(7h 30m)
Commission Meetings
Starts Sep 7, 2022 at 8:30am Ends Sep 7, 2022 at 4:00pm The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission (THGAAC) is holding its quarterly meeting on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 beginning at 1:00 P.M. Click for more info |
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The Fate of Jewish Children Under Nazi Control
The Fate of Jewish Children Under Nazi Control
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Sep 12, 2022 at 2:00pm Ends Sep 12, 2022 at 3:00pm Dr. Sharon Kangisser Cohen of Yad Vashem, will present some of the experiences of Jewish children under Nazi rule. Based on primary sources and post-war testimonies, this presentation will explore some of the challenges children faced and ways in which they attempted to cope with their increasingly violent reality. Click for more info |
Exploring Antisemitism and Holocaust Survivor Itka Zygmuntowicz’s Story
Exploring Antisemitism and Holocaust Survivor Itka Zygmuntowicz’s Story
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Sep 14, 2022 at 3:00pm Ends Sep 14, 2022 at 4:00pm In Echoes & Reflections' new online activities for students, Explore the Past, Shape the Future, they highlight the story of a single survivor, Itka, and take a virtual ‘field trip’ through her hometown of Ciechanow, Poland, to explore early experiences with antisemitism and Nazi terror, to her time in Auschwitz. Click for more info |
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The Establishment of Ghettos
The Establishment of Ghettos
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Sep 19, 2022 at 2:00pm Ends Sep 19, 2022 at 3:00pm Why did the Germans create ghettos throughout Eastern Europe? What functions did they fulfill for the Germans? For two-and-a-half years, Jews from all over Poland were herded into ghettos and forced to live in terrible conditions of overcrowding, hunger and disease. Click for more info |
Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death
Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death
6:00pm - 8:30pm
(2h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 21, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Sep 21, 2022 at 8:30pm Join Dr. David Marwell, author of Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death, for an in-depth look at Mengele’s life and his role in the Holocaust. Click for more info |
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Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah
All Day
General
Sep 26, 2022 (All Day) Shana tova! Click for more info |
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah
All Day
General
Sep 27, 2022 (All Day) Shana tova! Click for more info |
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Senate Bill 1828 charges the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission with developing or approving materials for a statewide Holocaust Remembrance Week. Provided is information on best practices and various lists of approved resources.
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