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October 2022

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Holocaust Speaker Series: Helen Marks
Holocaust Speaker Series: Helen Marks 10:00am - 11:00am (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 28, 2022 at 10:00am
Ends Sep 28, 2022 at 11:00am
The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 10:00AM (Central), features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Join Holocaust & Humanity Center on Wednesday, September 28 at 10:00AM via Zoom with Helen Marks.
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The Digitization of Genocide Memory: Consequences and Contestation
The Digitization of Genocide Memory: Consequences and Contestation 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 28, 2022 at 11:00am
Ends Sep 28, 2022 at 12:00pm
Join the Kupferberg Holocaust Center as Dr. David J. Simon, Director of the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University, discusses the memorialization of mass atrocities and genocide across a vast array of digital technologies, including both academic settings and unexpected virtual spaces like Minecraft, YouTube, and TikTok.
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The Enduring Legacy of Chaim Gross
The Enduring Legacy of Chaim Gross 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 28, 2022 at 11:00am
Ends Sep 28, 2022 at 12:00pm
This program delves into Gross’s biography, work, and the legacy that the Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation continues to preserve for the public benefit. Featuring Mimi Gross, President of the Foundation and daughter of Renee and Chaim Gross, and Sasha Davis, Executive Director of the Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation.
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"Forgotten, Ignored, and Distorted Histories of Romani People: Past and Present"
"Forgotten, Ignored, and Distorted Histories of Romani People: Past and Present" 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 29, 2022 at 11:00am
Ends Sep 29, 2022 at 12:00pm
Groundbreaking scholars Ethel Brooks, Ioanida Costache, and László Csősz move between past and present and draw upon testimonies and documents as they plumb the history of anti-Roma racist violence, and the erasure of that history even as the violence persists.
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Latino Americans Sacrificing to Serve Their Country
Latino Americans Sacrificing to Serve Their Country 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 3, 2022 at 6:00pm
Ends Oct 3, 2022 at 7:00pm
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.
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Live Conversation with Holocaust Survivor Susan (Hilsenrath) Warsinger & Filmmaker Lynn Novick
Live Conversation with Holocaust Survivor Susan (Hilsenrath) Warsinger & Filmmaker Lynn Novick 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 11, 2022 at 6:00pm
Ends Oct 11, 2022 at 7:00pm
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.
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A Reason for Survival: To Understand, To Educate, To Heal
A Reason for Survival: To Understand, To Educate, To Heal 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 12, 2022 at 6:00pm
Ends Oct 12, 2022 at 7:00pm
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.
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Mapping the Holocaust by Bullets
Mapping the Holocaust by Bullets 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 13, 2022 at 11:00am
Ends Oct 13, 2022 at 12:00pm
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.
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Confronting Rising Antisemitism and Right Wing Hate Groups in Germany
Confronting Rising Antisemitism and Right Wing Hate Groups in Germany 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 13, 2022 at 11:00am
Ends Oct 13, 2022 at 12:00pm
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.
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2022 First Person Series: Frank Cohn
2022 First Person Series: Frank Cohn 12:00pm - 1:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 19, 2022 at 12:00pm
Ends Oct 19, 2022 at 1:00pm
2022 First Person Series: Frank Cohn Conversations with Holocaust survivors
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Author Speaker Series featuring HMMSA: A Conversation with Dan Grunfeld
Author Speaker Series featuring HMMSA: A Conversation with Dan Grunfeld 7:00pm - 8:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 20, 2022 at 7:00pm
Ends Oct 20, 2022 at 8:00pm
Author Speaker Series Co-presented with Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio: "By The Grace of The Game" by Dan Grunfeld
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PATCHES: The White Rose Society
PATCHES: The White Rose Society 1:00pm - 4:00pm (3h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 23, 2022 at 1:00pm
Ends Oct 23, 2022 at 4:00pm
Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio annually hosts its PATCHES – Others Deemed Dangerous or Inferior program, which highlights other groups outside of the Jewish people victimized by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
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The Inextinguishable Symphony
The Inextinguishable Symphony 4:00pm - 5:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 23, 2022 at 4:00pm
Ends Oct 23, 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.
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Studying Zionism and Israel in the PLO
Studying Zionism and Israel in the PLO 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 24, 2022 at 6:00pm
Ends Oct 24, 2022 at 7:00pm
In 1965, the PLO established a Research Center in Beirut dedicated to carefully analyzing what it referred to as "the Palestine Problem," a crucial element of which was "knowing the enemy." This meant researching the Jews, Judaism, Zionism, and Israel. In this lecture, Professor Jonathan Gribetz will introduce you to the PLO Research Center, upon which he is currently completing a new book, and discuss the importance of this group of activist researchers and intellectuals on the history of the PLO.
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White Supremacy in 2022: The Landmark Charlottesville Trial & The Path Forward
White Supremacy in 2022: The Landmark Charlottesville Trial & The Path Forward 7:00pm - 8:30pm (1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 25, 2022 at 7:00pm
Ends Oct 25, 2022 at 8:30pm
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"Race" and Racism: Roots of Atrocity Crimes
"Race" and Racism: Roots of Atrocity Crimes 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 26, 2022 at 11:00am
Ends Oct 26, 2022 at 12:00pm
Join the United Nations Outreach Programme on the Holocaust for a discussion that focuses on the relationship of so-called “race theory” and racism to the committing of atrocity crimes and genocide, and how the belief in “race” shaped the history and the legacy of the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans, the Holocaust and the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
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Betrayal and Justice in Jewish Courts after the Holocaust
Betrayal and Justice in Jewish Courts after the Holocaust 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 26, 2022 at 6:00pm
Ends Oct 26, 2022 at 7:00pm
Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for a discussion about who was tried and how some Jews cleared their names.
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Chroniclers and Smugglers: Documenting History and Preserving Culture as Resistance in the Warsaw and Vilna Ghettos
Chroniclers and Smugglers: Documenting History and Preserving Culture as Resistance in the Warsaw and Vilna Ghettos 4:00pm - 5:30pm (1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 27, 2022 at 4:00pm
Ends Oct 27, 2022 at 5:30pm
Please join The Defiant Requiem Foundation on Thursday, October 27, 2022, from 4:00-5:30PM (CT) for a special online event focusing on two bold and meaningful acts of defiance carried out by Jews during the Holocaust.
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The Einsatzgruppen Trial: The Biggest Murder Trial in History
The Einsatzgruppen Trial: The Biggest Murder Trial in History 6:30pm - 8:00pm (1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 27, 2022 at 6:30pm
Ends Oct 27, 2022 at 8:00pm
Join the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center with John Geiringer, a partner at Barack Ferrazzano law firm and a Co-Director of the Center for National Security and Human Rights Law at Chicago-Kent School of Law, as he delivers a compelling account of how the prosecution and defense responded to the challenge of prosecuting mass murder in a world where the concept of “genocide” was still in flux.
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Dissemination of Holocaust Education in India
Dissemination of Holocaust Education in India 7:00pm - 8:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Nov 1, 2022 at 7:00pm
Ends Nov 1, 2022 at 8:00pm
This talk will also address the need of creating awareness regarding the Holocaust in India through relevant examples, which would serve as the appropriate entry wedges to create awareness regarding Holocaust education in India.
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Legacies of Genocide: Mauthausen and its Memorialization
Legacies of Genocide: Mauthausen and its Memorialization 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Nov 2, 2022 at 11:00am
Ends Nov 2, 2022 at 12:00pm
Do we have an ethical responsibility toward “violated spaces” like those of a former concentration camp? What legacy do such spaces create for us? And how might cultural differences alter our perceptions of the memorial in our 21st-century?
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Out of Exile. The Photography of Fred Stein (1909-1967)
Out of Exile. The Photography of Fred Stein (1909-1967) 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Nov 2, 2022 at 11:00am
Ends Nov 2, 2022 at 12:00pm
Fred Stein lived through some of the greatest upheavals of the 20th century. He escaped Nazi Germany; he mingled with Chagall and Brecht in Paris; and he debated with Einstein in New York.
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Hate Speech and the Return of Antisemitism
Hate Speech and the Return of Antisemitism 7:00pm - 8:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Nov 3, 2022 at 7:00pm
Ends Nov 3, 2022 at 8:00pm
The Boniuk Charitable Foundation announces the first in a series of summits addressing Hate Speech. HMH Associate Director of Education Amy Frake will serve on this panel discussion.
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October 2022

Holocaust Speaker Series: Helen Marks

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  • Wed, Sep 28, 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

The Digitization of Genocide Memory: Consequences and Contestation

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  • Wed, Sep 28, 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

The Enduring Legacy of Chaim Gross

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  • Wed, Sep 28, 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

"Forgotten, Ignored, and Distorted Histories of Romani People: Past and Present"

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  • Thu, Sep 29, 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Latino Americans Sacrificing to Serve Their Country

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  • Mon, Oct 3, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

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

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  • Tue, Oct 11, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtual

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

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  • Wed, Oct 12, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Mapping the Holocaust by Bullets

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  • Thu, Oct 13, 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Confronting Rising Antisemitism and Right Wing Hate Groups in Germany

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  • Thu, Oct 13, 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

2022 First Person Series: Frank Cohn

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  • Wed, Oct 19, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  YouTube

Author Speaker Series featuring HMMSA: A Conversation with Dan Grunfeld

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  • Thu, Oct 20, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Barshop Jewish Community Center 12500 NW Military Hwy San Antonio, TX 78231

PATCHES: The White Rose Society

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  • Sun, Oct 23, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio

The Inextinguishable Symphony

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  • Sun, Oct 23, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Studying Zionism and Israel in the PLO

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  • Mon, Oct 24, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

White Supremacy in 2022: The Landmark Charlottesville Trial & The Path Forward

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  • Tue, Oct 25, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston

"Race" and Racism: Roots of Atrocity Crimes

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  • Wed, Oct 26, 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Betrayal and Justice in Jewish Courts after the Holocaust

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  • Wed, Oct 26, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtual

Chroniclers and Smugglers: Documenting History and Preserving Culture as Resistance in the Warsaw and Vilna Ghettos

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  • Thu, Oct 27, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtual

The Einsatzgruppen Trial: The Biggest Murder Trial in History

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  • Thu, Oct 27, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtual

Dissemination of Holocaust Education in India

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  • Tue, Nov 1, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  UT Dallas Campus Erik Jonsson Academic Center, JO 4.102

Legacies of Genocide: Mauthausen and its Memorialization

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  • Wed, Nov 2, 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Out of Exile. The Photography of Fred Stein (1909-1967)

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  • Wed, Nov 2, 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Hate Speech and the Return of Antisemitism

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  • Thu, Nov 3, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtual

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