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October 2024

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Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Erika Fabian
Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Erika Fabian 5:00pm - 6:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 29, 2024 at 5:00pm
Ends Sep 29, 2024 at 6:00pm
Erika was born in Budapest, Hungary. In 1944, Erika's mother managed to secure false papers for her family, and they lived under Christian identities in Budapest for the rest of the war.
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Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Sami Steigmann
Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Sami Steigmann 5:00pm - 6:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 6, 2024 at 5:00pm
Ends Oct 6, 2024 at 6:00pm
Sami was born in 1939 in Czernowitz, a city in the region of Bukovina. Between 1941 and 1944, he and his family were interned in the Mogilev-Podolsky labor camp in Transnistria.
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Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Ralph Preiss
Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Ralph Preiss 5:00pm - 6:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 13, 2024 at 5:00pm
Ends Oct 13, 2024 at 6:00pm
Ralph was born in Breslau, Germany in 1930. After struggling to obtain visas, he and his family left Germany for the Philippines in 1939.
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HMH | Holocaust Survivor Talk featuring Commissioner Lucy Katz
HMH | Holocaust Survivor Talk featuring Commissioner Lucy Katz All Day
Speaking Engagements
Oct 14, 2024 (All Day)
THGAAC Commissioner Lucy Katz presents at HMH in an effort to educate students, their parents, and the greater community about the Holocaust and genocide. She strives to inspire everyone with a sense of responsibility to uphold human value and to prevent future atrocities.
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Holocaust Museum LA | Medical Ethics: Lessons from the Past
Holocaust Museum LA | Medical Ethics: Lessons from the Past All Day
Speaking Engagements
Oct 14, 2024 (All Day)
Join Holocaust Museum LA for this online talk by Dr. Raul Artal-Mittelmark, who will explore the role of physicians and nurses during the Holocaust, as well as the origins of informed consent. Dr. Artal-Mittelmark was born in a Nazi concentration camp, and his own birth experience inspired him to become an OB-GYN.
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Echoes & Reflections - Humanizing History at Sites of Memory
Echoes & Reflections - Humanizing History at Sites of Memory 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 15, 2024 at 3:00pm
Ends Oct 15, 2024 at 4:00pm
In this webinar, Sedda Antekelian, Senior Learning and Development from the USC Shoah Foundation and Jennifer Goss, Program Manager at Echoes & Reflections will present examples of Virtual IWalks and strategies for how they can be used to further student understanding of the power of memory, place and space.
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Heroes of a Hidden Child: One Survivor's Story of Gratitude with Commissioner Lucy Katz
Heroes of a Hidden Child: One Survivor's Story of Gratitude with Commissioner Lucy Katz 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 15, 2024 at 6:00pm
Ends Oct 15, 2024 at 7:00pm
Commissioner Lucy Katz relates her history as a Hidden Child during the Holocaust by highlighting the courage of the individuals who worked to save her.
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HMMSA | Survivor Speakers Series: The Stories of Holocaust Survivors told by their Descendants
HMMSA | Survivor Speakers Series: The Stories of Holocaust Survivors told by their Descendants 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 20, 2024 at 2:00pm
Ends Oct 20, 2024 at 3:00pm
RUTH FUKS REIF Born in Pabiance, Poland to Auschwitz, plus a daring train escape. Hear Ruth’s story of survival shared by her granddaughter, Eleanor Gossen.
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Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Ben Lesser
Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Ben Lesser 5:00pm - 6:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 20, 2024 at 5:00pm
Ends Oct 20, 2024 at 6:00pm
Ben was born in Krakow, Poland in 1928. He survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald and was liberated in Dachau in 1945.
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USHMM | 2024 First Person Series: Rose-Helene Spreiregen
USHMM | 2024 First Person Series: Rose-Helene Spreiregen 12:00pm - 3:00pm (3h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 23, 2024 at 12:00pm
Ends Oct 23, 2024 at 3:00pm
Rose-Helene Spreiregen was just a child waiting in line for rations when she overheard adults call her a “dirty Jew.” Naive and vulnerable, she thought, “Maybe they had a point. Maybe I was no good.” Rose-Helene had been fending for herself and her grandmother in German-occupied Paris ever since authorities had deported her mother in July 1942.
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Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Monika White & Gitta Morris
Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Monika White & Gitta Morris 5:00pm - 6:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 27, 2024 at 5:00pm
Ends Oct 27, 2024 at 6:00pm
Monika and Gitta are twin sisters who were born in the Shanghai Jewish Ghetto. They lived there until they were eight years old in 1948, when they immigrated to the United States.
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DHHRM | Enemies of the State: Nazi Persecution of LGBTQ+ People
DHHRM | Enemies of the State: Nazi Persecution of LGBTQ+ People 7:00pm - 9:00pm (2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 28, 2024 at 7:00pm
Ends Oct 28, 2024 at 9:00pm
In commemoration of LGBTQ+ History Month, Dr. Jake Newsome, founder and director of the Pink Triangle Legacies Project, joins us to share survivor testimonies and untangle the complex motivations of Nazi leaders to combat homosexuality.
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October 2024

Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Erika Fabian

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  • Sun, Sep 29, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Sami Steigmann

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  • Sun, Oct 6, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Ralph Preiss

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  • Sun, Oct 13, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

HMH | Holocaust Survivor Talk featuring Commissioner Lucy Katz

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  • Mon, Oct 14 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston Lester and Sue Smith Campus 5401 Caroline Houston, TX, 77004

Holocaust Museum LA | Medical Ethics: Lessons from the Past

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  • Mon, Oct 14 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

Echoes & Reflections - Humanizing History at Sites of Memory

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  • Tue, Oct 15, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

Heroes of a Hidden Child: One Survivor's Story of Gratitude with Commissioner Lucy Katz

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  • Tue, Oct 15, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Rosenberg Library 2310 Sealy Avenue Galveston, TX 77550

HMMSA | Survivor Speakers Series: The Stories of Holocaust Survivors told by their Descendants

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  • Sun, Oct 20, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio 12500 Northwest Military HighwaySan Antonio, TX, 78231

Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Ben Lesser

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  • Sun, Oct 20, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

USHMM | 2024 First Person Series: Rose-Helene Spreiregen

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  • Wed, Oct 23, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Monika White & Gitta Morris

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  • Sun, Oct 27, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

DHHRM | Enemies of the State: Nazi Persecution of LGBTQ+ People

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  • Mon, Oct 28, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum 300 N. Houston Street Dallas, Texas 75202

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