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30	1 Echoes & Reflections- The Last Goodbye: A Study Into Parting Letters Written by French Jewish Deportees Forced Apart From Their Loved Ones Echoes & Reflections- The Last Goodbye: A Study Into Parting Letters Written by French Jewish Deportees Forced Apart From Their Loved Ones 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Jul 1, 2024 at 2:00pm Ends Jul 1, 2024 at 3:00pm Summer 1942 marked the beginning of mass deportations of Jews from French soil to Auschwitz-Birkenau. For the first time, women and children were arrested in large numbers. By the end of July, the need to fill quotas led the authorities to deport parents from the internment camps without their children. Left alone to fend for themselves for a few more weeks, the children were ultimately deported as well. Click for more info	2	3	4 Independence Day (Office Closed) Independence Day (Office Closed) All Day General Jul 4, 2024 (All Day) The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed. Click for more info	5	6
7	8 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info	9 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflection- A Rare Glimpse of Life in the Ghettos Through Photographs Taken by Jewish Victims Echoes & Reflection- A Rare Glimpse of Life in the Ghettos Through Photographs Taken by Jewish Victims 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Jul 9, 2024 at 2:00pm Ends Jul 9, 2024 at 3:00pm It is rare to see photographs taken by Jewish victims in the ghettos. In most cases, the Jews did not have cameras and the photographs we have were taken by the perpetrators. Click for more info MJH- “Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial” Discussion MJH- “Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial” Discussion 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h) General Starts Jul 9, 2024 at 6:00pm Ends Jul 9, 2024 at 7:00pm Museum of Jewish Heritage presents "Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial" Discussion--The Third Reich was one of the bloodiest regimes in history, but are the atrocities committed during World War II being lost to modern memory? Through the framing of the Nuremberg trials and eyewitness testimony of American journalist William L. Shirer, this six-part documentary series from filmmaker Joe Berlinger explores the shocking rise and fall of Hitler and his enablers who were fueled through propaganda, censorship and a campaign of antisemitism. Click for more info	10 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Fritz!: “My verses are like dynamite” Curt Bloch’s Het Onderwater Cabaret Presentation by Aubrey Pomerance, Berlin (Germany) Fritz!: “My verses are like dynamite” Curt Bloch’s Het Onderwater Cabaret Presentation by Aubrey Pomerance, Berlin (Germany) 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Jul 10, 2024 at 11:00am Ends Jul 10, 2024 at 12:00pm Under threat from Nazi antisemitism, the young Jewish lawyer Curt Bloch (1908–1975) fled Dortmund for the Netherlands in 1933. He went into hiding there in 1942 and emigrated to the United States after the war. In his hiding place, from August 1943 to April 1945 Bloch produced a magazine with the telling title Het Onderwater Cabaret – “The Underwater Cabaret.” Click for more info USHMM: State of Deception USHMM: State of Deception 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Jul 10, 2024 at 11:00am Ends Jul 10, 2024 at 12:00pm In Nazi Germany, there was no escaping the steady drumbeat of lies and misinformation to build German pride and blame the Jews for society’s problems. Nazi propaganda was pervasive—from radio broadcasts and blockbuster movies to billboards and children’s books. Join us to find out how Hitler and the Nazi party deployed a sweeping campaign to win support, manipulate a nation, and eventually commit mass murder. Click for more info	11 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info HMH: “Facing Survival \| David Kassan” Exhibition Opening HMH: “Facing Survival \| David Kassan” Exhibition Opening 6:00pm - 8:00pm (2h) Speaking Engagements Starts Jul 11, 2024 at 6:00pm Ends Jul 11, 2024 at 8:00pm Please join us for the opening of this compelling and transformative exhibition featuring the masterful paintings and drawings of acclaimed artist David Kassan, capturing the poignant stories and portraits of Holocaust survivors. Click for more info	12 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info DHHRM Professional Development DHHRM Professional Development 9:00am - 3:30pm (6h 30m) Workshops Starts Jul 12, 2024 at 9:00am Ends Jul 12, 2024 at 3:30pm At the Museum. This is a joint session with Region 8 ESC. Featuring a virtual tour of our Holocaust/Shoah wing and a discussion of resources offered by the Museum. Click for more info DHHRM Summer Survivor Speaker Series- Hannah Schrob DHHRM Summer Survivor Speaker Series- Hannah Schrob 1:00pm - 2:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Jul 12, 2024 at 1:00pm Ends Jul 12, 2024 at 2:00pm DHHRM on Fridays this summer will showcase testimonies of Holocaust survivors, refugees, and hidden children, as well as second-generation survivors. Click for more info	13 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info
14 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info	15 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024 Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024 All Day (15 days) Workshops Starts Jul 15, 2024 Ends Jul 29, 2024 In this dynamic online course, offered in partnership between Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation, educators will explore how Jews continued to live creative and artistic lives against the backdrop of the Holocaust. By exploring the experience of Jews forcibly interned in the Terezin/Theresienstadt ghetto, participants will learn how these individuals used music, art, and other forms of creative expression as cultural and spiritual resistance in defiance of the Nazis who sought to dehumanize them. How did the Jews resist oppression in the Terezin ghetto? What can we learn from their perseverance under these circumstances? In this asynchronous online course, educators examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. This facilitator-led course also includes an exploration of Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation's resources that support your teaching strategies and enhance understanding for your students. Click for more info MJH-Stories Survive- Imagining Jewish Futures in World War II Labor Camps: A Gendered Perspective MJH-Stories Survive- Imagining Jewish Futures in World War II Labor Camps: A Gendered Perspective 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Jul 15, 2024 at 6:00pm Ends Jul 15, 2024 at 7:00pm Beginning in late 1940, over three thousand Jewish girls and young women were forced from their family homes in Sosnowiec, Poland and its surrounding towns to worksites in Germany. Believing that they were helping their families to survive, these young people were thrust into a world where they labored at textile work for twelve hours a day, lived in barracks with little food, and received only periodic news of events back home. By late 1943, their barracks had been transformed into concentration camps, where they were held until liberation in 1945. Click for more info	16 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024 All Day (15 days) Workshops Starts Jul 15, 2024 Ends Jul 29, 2024 In this dynamic online course, offered in partnership between Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation, educators will explore how Jews continued to live creative and artistic lives against the backdrop of the Holocaust. By exploring the experience of Jews forcibly interned in the Terezin/Theresienstadt ghetto, participants will learn how these individuals used music, art, and other forms of creative expression as cultural and spiritual resistance in defiance of the Nazis who sought to dehumanize them. How did the Jews resist oppression in the Terezin ghetto? What can we learn from their perseverance under these circumstances? In this asynchronous online course, educators examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. This facilitator-led course also includes an exploration of Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation's resources that support your teaching strategies and enhance understanding for your students. Click for more info Holocaust Museum Houston: Introduction to Teaching the Holocaust: Lessons and Resources for Educators Holocaust Museum Houston: Introduction to Teaching the Holocaust: Lessons and Resources for Educators 9:00am - 4:00pm (7h) Workshops Starts Jul 16, 2024 at 9:00am Ends Jul 16, 2024 at 4:00pm Free workshop for educators 6th-12th grades containing lesson plans, primary resources & student worksheets. Click for more info	17 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024 All Day (15 days) Workshops Starts Jul 15, 2024 Ends Jul 29, 2024 In this dynamic online course, offered in partnership between Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation, educators will explore how Jews continued to live creative and artistic lives against the backdrop of the Holocaust. By exploring the experience of Jews forcibly interned in the Terezin/Theresienstadt ghetto, participants will learn how these individuals used music, art, and other forms of creative expression as cultural and spiritual resistance in defiance of the Nazis who sought to dehumanize them. How did the Jews resist oppression in the Terezin ghetto? What can we learn from their perseverance under these circumstances? In this asynchronous online course, educators examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. This facilitator-led course also includes an exploration of Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation's resources that support your teaching strategies and enhance understanding for your students. Click for more info Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators All Day (3 days) Workshops Starts Jul 17, 2024 Ends Jul 19, 2024 The program is directed toward educators on a secondary or higher level, but university students and educators of all levels who have a specific interest in, and background knowledge of genocide and the Holocaust, are invited to apply. Click for more info DHHRM- History Highlights: Investigating Babyn Yar DHHRM- History Highlights: Investigating Babyn Yar 7:00pm - 8:00pm (1h) General Starts Jul 17, 2024 at 7:00pm Ends Jul 17, 2024 at 8:00pm Using aerial photographs, ground photographs, and extensive eye-witness testimony, author and historical consultant Dr. Martin C. Dean examined the topography of Babyn Yar, located in modern-day Ukraine, to shed new light on one the largest mass shootings of Jews in German-occupied Europe. Click for more info	18 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024 All Day (15 days) Workshops Starts Jul 15, 2024 Ends Jul 29, 2024 In this dynamic online course, offered in partnership between Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation, educators will explore how Jews continued to live creative and artistic lives against the backdrop of the Holocaust. By exploring the experience of Jews forcibly interned in the Terezin/Theresienstadt ghetto, participants will learn how these individuals used music, art, and other forms of creative expression as cultural and spiritual resistance in defiance of the Nazis who sought to dehumanize them. How did the Jews resist oppression in the Terezin ghetto? What can we learn from their perseverance under these circumstances? In this asynchronous online course, educators examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. This facilitator-led course also includes an exploration of Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation's resources that support your teaching strategies and enhance understanding for your students. Click for more info Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators All Day (3 days) Workshops Starts Jul 17, 2024 Ends Jul 19, 2024 The program is directed toward educators on a secondary or higher level, but university students and educators of all levels who have a specific interest in, and background knowledge of genocide and the Holocaust, are invited to apply. Click for more info	19 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024 All Day (15 days) Workshops Starts Jul 15, 2024 Ends Jul 29, 2024 In this dynamic online course, offered in partnership between Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation, educators will explore how Jews continued to live creative and artistic lives against the backdrop of the Holocaust. By exploring the experience of Jews forcibly interned in the Terezin/Theresienstadt ghetto, participants will learn how these individuals used music, art, and other forms of creative expression as cultural and spiritual resistance in defiance of the Nazis who sought to dehumanize them. How did the Jews resist oppression in the Terezin ghetto? What can we learn from their perseverance under these circumstances? In this asynchronous online course, educators examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. This facilitator-led course also includes an exploration of Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation's resources that support your teaching strategies and enhance understanding for your students. Click for more info Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators All Day (3 days) Workshops Starts Jul 17, 2024 Ends Jul 19, 2024 The program is directed toward educators on a secondary or higher level, but university students and educators of all levels who have a specific interest in, and background knowledge of genocide and the Holocaust, are invited to apply. Click for more info DHHRM Professional Development DHHRM Professional Development 9:45am - 4:30pm (6h 45m) Workshops Starts Jul 19, 2024 at 9:45am Ends Jul 19, 2024 at 4:30pm At the Museum. This is a joint session with Region 7 ESC. Featuring a virtual tour of our Holocaust/Shoah wing and a discussion of resources offered by the museum Click for more info	20 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024 All Day (15 days) Workshops Starts Jul 15, 2024 Ends Jul 29, 2024 In this dynamic online course, offered in partnership between Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation, educators will explore how Jews continued to live creative and artistic lives against the backdrop of the Holocaust. By exploring the experience of Jews forcibly interned in the Terezin/Theresienstadt ghetto, participants will learn how these individuals used music, art, and other forms of creative expression as cultural and spiritual resistance in defiance of the Nazis who sought to dehumanize them. How did the Jews resist oppression in the Terezin ghetto? What can we learn from their perseverance under these circumstances? In this asynchronous online course, educators examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. This facilitator-led course also includes an exploration of Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation's resources that support your teaching strategies and enhance understanding for your students. Click for more info
21 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024 All Day (15 days) Workshops Starts Jul 15, 2024 Ends Jul 29, 2024 In this dynamic online course, offered in partnership between Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation, educators will explore how Jews continued to live creative and artistic lives against the backdrop of the Holocaust. By exploring the experience of Jews forcibly interned in the Terezin/Theresienstadt ghetto, participants will learn how these individuals used music, art, and other forms of creative expression as cultural and spiritual resistance in defiance of the Nazis who sought to dehumanize them. How did the Jews resist oppression in the Terezin ghetto? What can we learn from their perseverance under these circumstances? In this asynchronous online course, educators examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. This facilitator-led course also includes an exploration of Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation's resources that support your teaching strategies and enhance understanding for your students. Click for more info	22 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024 All Day (15 days) Workshops Starts Jul 15, 2024 Ends Jul 29, 2024 In this dynamic online course, offered in partnership between Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation, educators will explore how Jews continued to live creative and artistic lives against the backdrop of the Holocaust. By exploring the experience of Jews forcibly interned in the Terezin/Theresienstadt ghetto, participants will learn how these individuals used music, art, and other forms of creative expression as cultural and spiritual resistance in defiance of the Nazis who sought to dehumanize them. How did the Jews resist oppression in the Terezin ghetto? What can we learn from their perseverance under these circumstances? In this asynchronous online course, educators examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. This facilitator-led course also includes an exploration of Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation's resources that support your teaching strategies and enhance understanding for your students. Click for more info	23 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024 All Day (15 days) Workshops Starts Jul 15, 2024 Ends Jul 29, 2024 In this dynamic online course, offered in partnership between Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation, educators will explore how Jews continued to live creative and artistic lives against the backdrop of the Holocaust. By exploring the experience of Jews forcibly interned in the Terezin/Theresienstadt ghetto, participants will learn how these individuals used music, art, and other forms of creative expression as cultural and spiritual resistance in defiance of the Nazis who sought to dehumanize them. How did the Jews resist oppression in the Terezin ghetto? What can we learn from their perseverance under these circumstances? In this asynchronous online course, educators examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. This facilitator-led course also includes an exploration of Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation's resources that support your teaching strategies and enhance understanding for your students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections: What Made Germany Vulnerable to Nazism? Echoes & Reflections: What Made Germany Vulnerable to Nazism? 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Jul 23, 2024 at 3:00pm Ends Jul 23, 2024 at 4:00pm From the defeat of World War I, a weak and fledgling democracy, and thousands of years of antisemitism, there were many factors that made Germany particularly vulnerable to the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Click for more info	24 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024 All Day (15 days) Workshops Starts Jul 15, 2024 Ends Jul 29, 2024 In this dynamic online course, offered in partnership between Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation, educators will explore how Jews continued to live creative and artistic lives against the backdrop of the Holocaust. By exploring the experience of Jews forcibly interned in the Terezin/Theresienstadt ghetto, participants will learn how these individuals used music, art, and other forms of creative expression as cultural and spiritual resistance in defiance of the Nazis who sought to dehumanize them. How did the Jews resist oppression in the Terezin ghetto? What can we learn from their perseverance under these circumstances? In this asynchronous online course, educators examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. This facilitator-led course also includes an exploration of Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation's resources that support your teaching strategies and enhance understanding for your students. Click for more info George Grosz (1893-1959): The Stick Men Presentation by Karli Wurzelbacher, PhD, Huntington (New York) George Grosz (1893-1959): The Stick Men Presentation by Karli Wurzelbacher, PhD, Huntington (New York) 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Jul 24, 2024 at 11:00am Ends Jul 24, 2024 at 12:00pm George Grosz (American, b. Germany, 1893–1959) created the “Stick Men” series in Huntington, where he lived from 1947 until shortly before his death. Featuring hollow figures in an apocalyptic landscape, this group of watercolors offers a searing indictment of humanity following World War II, the Holocaust, and the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Click for more info	25 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024 All Day (15 days) Workshops Starts Jul 15, 2024 Ends Jul 29, 2024 In this dynamic online course, offered in partnership between Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation, educators will explore how Jews continued to live creative and artistic lives against the backdrop of the Holocaust. By exploring the experience of Jews forcibly interned in the Terezin/Theresienstadt ghetto, participants will learn how these individuals used music, art, and other forms of creative expression as cultural and spiritual resistance in defiance of the Nazis who sought to dehumanize them. How did the Jews resist oppression in the Terezin ghetto? What can we learn from their perseverance under these circumstances? In this asynchronous online course, educators examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. This facilitator-led course also includes an exploration of Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation's resources that support your teaching strategies and enhance understanding for your students. Click for more info	26 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024 All Day (15 days) Workshops Starts Jul 15, 2024 Ends Jul 29, 2024 In this dynamic online course, offered in partnership between Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation, educators will explore how Jews continued to live creative and artistic lives against the backdrop of the Holocaust. By exploring the experience of Jews forcibly interned in the Terezin/Theresienstadt ghetto, participants will learn how these individuals used music, art, and other forms of creative expression as cultural and spiritual resistance in defiance of the Nazis who sought to dehumanize them. How did the Jews resist oppression in the Terezin ghetto? What can we learn from their perseverance under these circumstances? In this asynchronous online course, educators examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. This facilitator-led course also includes an exploration of Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation's resources that support your teaching strategies and enhance understanding for your students. Click for more info DHHRM Professional Development DHHRM Professional Development 9:00am - 3:30pm (6h 30m) Workshops Starts Jul 26, 2024 at 9:00am Ends Jul 26, 2024 at 3:30pm Friday, July 26, at Region 8 ESC. Featuring a virtual tour of our Holocaust/Shoah wing and a discussion of resources offered by the Museum. Click for more info DHHRM- Summer Survivor Speaker Series- Phil Glauben DHHRM- Summer Survivor Speaker Series- Phil Glauben 1:00pm - 3:00pm (2h) Speaking Engagements Starts Jul 26, 2024 at 1:00pm Ends Jul 26, 2024 at 3:00pm Phil Glauben is the son of Holocaust survivor Max Glauben, Z”L. In 1939, Max was 11 when the Nazis invaded Poland. Max and his family were confined to the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940. Max smuggled food and supplies into the ghetto. He was deported to Majdanek Death Camp and then to other concentration camps. He was liberated by the U.S. Army. Click for more info	27 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024 All Day (15 days) Workshops Starts Jul 15, 2024 Ends Jul 29, 2024 In this dynamic online course, offered in partnership between Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation, educators will explore how Jews continued to live creative and artistic lives against the backdrop of the Holocaust. By exploring the experience of Jews forcibly interned in the Terezin/Theresienstadt ghetto, participants will learn how these individuals used music, art, and other forms of creative expression as cultural and spiritual resistance in defiance of the Nazis who sought to dehumanize them. How did the Jews resist oppression in the Terezin ghetto? What can we learn from their perseverance under these circumstances? In this asynchronous online course, educators examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. This facilitator-led course also includes an exploration of Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation's resources that support your teaching strategies and enhance understanding for your students. Click for more info
28 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024 All Day (15 days) Workshops Starts Jul 15, 2024 Ends Jul 29, 2024 In this dynamic online course, offered in partnership between Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation, educators will explore how Jews continued to live creative and artistic lives against the backdrop of the Holocaust. By exploring the experience of Jews forcibly interned in the Terezin/Theresienstadt ghetto, participants will learn how these individuals used music, art, and other forms of creative expression as cultural and spiritual resistance in defiance of the Nazis who sought to dehumanize them. How did the Jews resist oppression in the Terezin ghetto? What can we learn from their perseverance under these circumstances? In this asynchronous online course, educators examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. This facilitator-led course also includes an exploration of Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation's resources that support your teaching strategies and enhance understanding for your students. Click for more info	29 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024 All Day (15 days) Workshops Starts Jul 15, 2024 Ends Jul 29, 2024 In this dynamic online course, offered in partnership between Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation, educators will explore how Jews continued to live creative and artistic lives against the backdrop of the Holocaust. By exploring the experience of Jews forcibly interned in the Terezin/Theresienstadt ghetto, participants will learn how these individuals used music, art, and other forms of creative expression as cultural and spiritual resistance in defiance of the Nazis who sought to dehumanize them. How did the Jews resist oppression in the Terezin ghetto? What can we learn from their perseverance under these circumstances? In this asynchronous online course, educators examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. This facilitator-led course also includes an exploration of Echoes & Reflections and The Defiant Requiem Foundation's resources that support your teaching strategies and enhance understanding for your students. Click for more info	30 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info MJH- The History of Antisemitism- "Dark Mirror: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Jewish Iconography" MJH- The History of Antisemitism- "Dark Mirror: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Jewish Iconography" 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Jul 30, 2024 at 6:00pm Ends Jul 30, 2024 at 7:00pm In "Dark Mirror", Sara Lipton offers a fascinating examination of the emergence of antisemitic iconography in the Middle Ages. Click for more info	31 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info USHMM \| 2024 First Person Series: Irene Fogel Weiss USHMM \| 2024 First Person Series: Irene Fogel Weiss 12:00pm - 1:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Jul 31, 2024 at 12:00pm Ends Jul 31, 2024 at 1:00pm After Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Hungary in 1944, authorities forced 13-year-old Irene Fogel Weiss and her family to leave their home and live in a crowded ghetto under horrible conditions. Just weeks later, the family found themselves packed in a freight car bound for Auschwitz. When they arrived at the camp, Irene clung to her little sister’s hand—until a Nazi official broke them apart with a baton. Irene froze in terror as her sister disappeared into the crowd. Watch to learn what happened next. Click for more info	1 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Echoes & Reflections \| Games of the XI Summer Olympiad: The Nazi Olympic Games Echoes & Reflections \| Games of the XI Summer Olympiad: The Nazi Olympic Games 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Aug 1, 2024 at 6:00pm Ends Aug 1, 2024 at 7:00pm The August 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, were held in a world on the brink of war. Germany's role in hosting both winter and summer games just before the outbreak of World War II offered the international community a unique look into a fascist society where Jewish freedom and safety were increasingly at risk. Click for more info	2 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Voices of Resilience 2024 Voices of Resilience 2024 All Day (3 days) General Starts Aug 2, 2024 Ends Aug 4, 2024 Voices of Resilience is a 3-day conference focused on healing from trauma for survivors of genocide and their children. Click for more info	3 Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024 All Day (29 days) Workshops Starts Jul 8, 2024 Ends Aug 5, 2024 Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students. Click for more info Voices of Resilience 2024 All Day (3 days) General Starts Aug 2, 2024 Ends Aug 4, 2024 Voices of Resilience is a 3-day conference focused on healing from trauma for survivors of genocide and their children. Click for more info

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Echoes & Reflections- The Last Goodbye: A Study Into Parting Letters Written by French Jewish Deportees Forced Apart From Their Loved Ones

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Independence Day (Office Closed)

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Echoes & Reflections Course - Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, July 2024

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Echoes & Reflection- A Rare Glimpse of Life in the Ghettos Through Photographs Taken by Jewish Victims

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Tue, Jul 9, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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MJH- “Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial” Discussion

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Tue, Jul 9, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Fritz!: “My verses are like dynamite” Curt Bloch’s Het Onderwater Cabaret Presentation by Aubrey Pomerance, Berlin (Germany)

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Wed, Jul 10, 11:00am - 12:00pm
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USHMM: State of Deception

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Wed, Jul 10, 11:00am - 12:00pm
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HMH: “Facing Survival | David Kassan” Exhibition Opening

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Thu, Jul 11, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
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DHHRM Professional Development

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Fri, Jul 12, 9:00am - 3:30pm
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DHHRM Summer Survivor Speaker Series- Hannah Schrob

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Echoes & Reflections Course - Defiant Requiem: Cultural Resistance in the Terezín Ghetto, July 2024

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Mon, Jul 15 - Mon, Jul 29, 2024
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MJH-Stories Survive- Imagining Jewish Futures in World War II Labor Camps: A Gendered Perspective

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Mon, Jul 15, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Holocaust Museum Houston: Introduction to Teaching the Holocaust: Lessons and Resources for Educators

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Tue, Jul 16, 9:00am - 4:00pm
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Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators

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Wed, Jul 17 - Fri, Jul 19, 2024
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DHHRM- History Highlights: Investigating Babyn Yar

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Wed, Jul 17, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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DHHRM Professional Development

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Fri, Jul 19, 9:45am - 4:30pm
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Echoes & Reflections: What Made Germany Vulnerable to Nazism?

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Tue, Jul 23, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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George Grosz (1893-1959): The Stick Men Presentation by Karli Wurzelbacher, PhD, Huntington (New York)

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Wed, Jul 24, 11:00am - 12:00pm
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DHHRM Professional Development

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Fri, Jul 26, 9:00am - 3:30pm
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Location: Region 08 ESC - 118 - Camp 4845 US Highway 271 N, Pittsburg, 75686

DHHRM- Summer Survivor Speaker Series- Phil Glauben

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Fri, Jul 26, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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MJH- The History of Antisemitism- "Dark Mirror: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Jewish Iconography"

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Tue, Jul 30, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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USHMM | 2024 First Person Series: Irene Fogel Weiss

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Wed, Jul 31, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Echoes & Reflections | Games of the XI Summer Olympiad: The Nazi Olympic Games

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Thu, Aug 1, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Voices of Resilience 2024

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