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Virtual Tour: Museum of Jewish Heritage
Virtual Tour: Museum of Jewish Heritage
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Mar 30, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends Mar 30, 2021 at 1:00pm Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust for a virtual tour of the groundbreaking exhibition "Auschwitz: Not long ago." Click for more info |
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César Chávez Day
César Chávez Day
All Day
General
Mar 31, 2021 (All Day) It is possible that THGC staff who observe César Chávez Day will be out of the office. Click for more info
Language and Trauma: Yiddish in Post-Dictatorship Argentina
Language and Trauma: Yiddish in Post-Dictatorship Argentina
4:00pm - 5:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Mar 31, 2021 at 4:00pm Ends Mar 31, 2021 at 5:00pm Please join the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas for the first of three speakers in their annual Spring Lecture Series: Jewish and National Memory of Dictatorships in Latin America. Click for more info |
Genocide Awareness Month Begins
Genocide Awareness Month Begins
All Day
Commemorations
Apr 1, 2021 (All Day) |
Good Friday Holiday
Good Friday Holiday
All Day
General
Apr 2, 2021 (All Day) It is possible that THGC staff who observe Good Friday will be out of the office. Click for more info |
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Passover Ends
Passover Ends
All Day
General
Apr 4, 2021 (All Day) It is possible that THGC staff who observe Passover will be out of the office. Click for more info |
Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students - 3 Part Program
Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students - 3 Part Program
All Day
Workshops
Apr 5, 2021 (All Day) To honor Genocide Awareness Month and Yom HaShoah in April, participate in Echoes & Reflections' 3-Part Online Course to increase your knowledge of the Holocaust and guide students with the lessons from this history to prevent future atrocities from occurring. Click for more info
Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred – Antisemitism Today
Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred – Antisemitism Today
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 5, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends Apr 5, 2021 at 1:00pm The goal of Holocaust Museum Houston's Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred Program is to cultivate upstanders who are aware of the power of hatred in human decision making and to provide community members an opportunity to learn important concepts of history, civic awareness, and social justice. Click for more info
Latin American Responses to the Holocaust
Latin American Responses to the Holocaust
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 5, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Apr 5, 2021 at 4:00pm Join Bristol Community College Holocaust & Genocide Center and Christina Chavarría for a discussion on the Latin American response to the Holocaust. Click for more info |
Remembering Olga Lengyel and “Five Chimneys”
Remembering Olga Lengyel and “Five Chimneys”
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 6, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Apr 6, 2021 at 4:00pm Twenty years after Lengyel’s death in April 2001, join the Museum of Jewish Heritage and The Olga Lengyel Institute for a program exploring her remarkable life and legacy. Click for more info
Answering Students' Toughest Questions
Answering Students' Toughest Questions
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 6, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Apr 6, 2021 at 4:00pm This webinar, led by an Echoes & Reflections staff member and former classroom teacher, will address questions submitted by students upon registration, with supporting primary sources and video testimony, and serve as a springboard to open up important conversations between teachers and their students that are vital to Holocaust education. Click for more info |
International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
8:00am - 9:30am
(1h 30m)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 7, 2021 at 8:00am Ends Apr 7, 2021 at 9:30am Join UNESCO for "From hate speech to genocide: Lessons from the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda - Panel Discussion" Click for more info
The Importance of Memory: A Yom HaShoah Webinar
The Importance of Memory: A Yom HaShoah Webinar
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 7, 2021 at 11:00am Ends Apr 7, 2021 at 12:00pm In honor of Yom HaShoah—Israel’s Day of Holocaust Remembrance—this webinar, led by a Yad Vashem educator, will highlight survivor testimony from Echoes & Reflections, and pages of testimony from Yad Vashem’s archive, to examine the importance of memory and how it serves us and future generations, to create a better world. Click for more info
Lessons Learned, Lessons Missed, & Their Application to Contemporary Manifestations of Antisemitism
Lessons Learned, Lessons Missed, & Their Application to Contemporary Manifestations of Antisemitism
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 7, 2021 at 11:00am Ends Apr 7, 2021 at 12:00pm American Zionist Movement (AZM), Anti-Zionism and Holocaust Denial Project present a special pre-Yom HaShoah program entitled "Holocaust Education: Lesson Learned, Lessons Missed, and Their Application to Contemporary Manifestations of Antisemitism." Click for more info
Gestures of Reacceptance in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Welcoming Former Prisoners Home
Gestures of Reacceptance in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Welcoming Former Prisoners Home
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 7, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends Apr 7, 2021 at 1:00pm Join the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education (Chhange) as they honor and remember survivors and victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Click for more info
Virtual Book Talk: Drunk on Genocide - Alcohol and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany
Virtual Book Talk: Drunk on Genocide - Alcohol and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 7, 2021 at 1:00pm Ends Apr 7, 2021 at 2:00pm Join The Wiener Holocaust Library for a virtual discussion with Dan Stone & Edward B. Westermann, author of "Drunk on Genocide: Alcohol and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany." Click for more info
HMMSA Yom HaShoah Commemoration
HMMSA Yom HaShoah Commemoration
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 7, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends Apr 7, 2021 at 7:00pm This observance uses Jewish traditions to remember the victims of the Holocaust, Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio invites all San Antonio Community members to join in remembering those whose lives were lost during the Holocaust at this virtual presentation. Click for more info
Protestants and Ethno-Nationalism in Nazi Germany
Protestants and Ethno-Nationalism in Nazi Germany
7:30pm - 9:00pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 7, 2021 at 7:30pm Ends Apr 7, 2021 at 9:00pm Northern Arizona University's Martin-Springer Institute presents "Unholy Alliance: Nationalism and Christianity a Martin-Springer Institute Zoom Series" comprised of four different speaker events. Join Victoria Barnett as the first speaker of this series. Click for more info
Yom HaShoah & Dr. Jonathan Brent on Stalin and the Birth of Contemporary Antisemitism
Yom HaShoah & Dr. Jonathan Brent on Stalin and the Birth of Contemporary Antisemitism
8:00pm - 9:30pm
(1h 30m)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 7, 2021 at 8:00pm Ends Apr 7, 2021 at 9:30pm Join Congregation Tiferet Israel for a Yom HaShoah lecture by Dr. Jonathan Brent. Dr. Brent's subject will be Stalin and the birth of contemporary antisemitism. Click for more info |
Yom HaShoah
Yom HaShoah
All Day
General
Apr 8, 2021 (All Day) Yom HaShoah is observed as a day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust as a result of the actions carried out by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. Click for more info
Ackerman Center's Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration
Ackerman Center's Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration
All Day
Commemorations
Apr 8, 2021 (All Day) The Ackerman Center's annual Holocaust Remembrance Day event will be held virtually on April 8, 2021 in two parts. Click for more info
Yom HaShoah Special Programme with Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Yom HaShoah Special Programme with Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
6:30am - 7:30am
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 8, 2021 at 6:30am Ends Apr 8, 2021 at 7:30am In honour of Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre's 10th Anniversary, they are presenting Dimension: Insights to the Past, Present and Future of Lessons from the Holocaust webinar series. Click for more info
The State of Romani Human Rights in the Balkans
The State of Romani Human Rights in the Balkans
8:00am - 12:40pm
(4h 40m)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2021 at 8:00am Ends Apr 8, 2021 at 12:40pm Please join the Harriman Institute and the Roma Peoples Project at Columbia University and the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center for a conference on the state of Romani human rights in the Balkans. Click for more info
Rescuers during the Holocaust featuring Dr. Debórah Dwork
Rescuers during the Holocaust featuring Dr. Debórah Dwork
9:00am - 10:00am
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 8, 2021 at 9:00am Ends Apr 8, 2021 at 10:00am The Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education's annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration will be available via Facebook Live and will feature Dr. Debórah Dwork. Click for more info
Days of Remembrance Commemoration 2021
Days of Remembrance Commemoration 2021
10:00am - 10:30am
(30m)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 8, 2021 at 10:00am Ends Apr 8, 2021 at 10:30am The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum leads the nation in observing Days of Remembrance, established by the US Congress as the country’s annual Holocaust commemoration. Join the nation and a global community to honor Holocaust survivors, remember the six million Jews murdered, and pay tribute to American soldiers who liberated victims. Click for more info
Women, Theater, and the Holocaust for Yom HaShoah
Women, Theater, and the Holocaust for Yom HaShoah
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 8, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Apr 8, 2021 at 4:00pm Remember the Women Institute presents a special "Women, Theater, and the Holocaust" commemorative event for Yom HaShoah. Click for more info
Remembering the Town Known as Auschwitz
Remembering the Town Known as Auschwitz
5:00pm - 6:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 8, 2021 at 5:00pm Ends Apr 8, 2021 at 6:00pm In commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, join The Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center for a discussion about the complexities of educating people about the Holocaust in a town that is synonymous with the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination and concentration camp in what was formerly Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. Click for more info
Yom HaShoah Commemoration: Journey of Conscience
Yom HaShoah Commemoration: Journey of Conscience
5:00pm - 6:30pm
(1h 30m)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 8, 2021 at 5:00pm Ends Apr 8, 2021 at 6:30pm Join Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida on April 8th as they commemorate Yom HaShoah. Click for more info
Playing for Time, Playing with Fire
Playing for Time, Playing with Fire
6:00pm - 6:45pm
(45m)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends Apr 8, 2021 at 6:45pm Join THGC Director of Education Dr. J.E. Wolfson as he presents "Playing for Time, Playing with Fire" during Shalom Austin's Yom HaShoah Educational Electives to commemorate Yom HaShoah 2021. Click for more info
Shalom Austin Community Holocaust Remembrance Event 2021
Shalom Austin Community Holocaust Remembrance Event 2021
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 8, 2021 at 7:00pm Ends Apr 8, 2021 at 8:00pm Join Shalom Austin online for this special community Yom HaShoah event. Click for more info
DHHRM Virtual Yom HaShoah Commemoration 2021
DHHRM Virtual Yom HaShoah Commemoration 2021
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 8, 2021 at 7:00pm Ends Apr 8, 2021 at 8:00pm Yom Hashoah, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorates the six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust and celebrates the lives of those who survived. Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum to reflect upon this tragedy, remember those who perished, and honor our survivors. Click for more info
HMH Yom HaShoah Commemoration
HMH Yom HaShoah Commemoration
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 8, 2021 at 7:00pm Ends Apr 8, 2021 at 8:00pm Please join Holocaust Museum Houston online where they will come together as a community in observance of Yom HaShoah, a day of remembrance for the 6,000,000 Jewish people who lost their lives during the Holocaust. Click for more info |
Commemorating Yom HaShoah with The Defiant Requiem Foundation & Maestro Murry Sidlin
Commemorating Yom HaShoah with The Defiant Requiem Foundation & Maestro Murry Sidlin
9:00am - 10:00am
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 9, 2021 at 9:00am Ends Apr 9, 2021 at 10:00am This Yom HaShoah commemoration sponsored by the Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Raritan Valley Community College will feature a viewing of the documentary film, "Defiant Requiem", followed by a discussion with Maestro Murry Sidlin, the President and Creative Director of the Foundation. Click for more info |
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Sunday Salon Series: Secret Survivors - The Hidden Child
Sunday Salon Series: Secret Survivors - The Hidden Child
4:00pm - 5:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 11, 2021 at 4:00pm Ends Apr 11, 2021 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 |
THGC Non-Profit Grant Spring Cycle Closes
THGC Non-Profit Grant Spring Cycle Closes
All Day
Grants & Contests
Apr 12, 2021 (All Day)
Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred – Hatred and Their Histories
Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred – Hatred and Their Histories
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 12, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends Apr 12, 2021 at 1:00pm The goal of Holocaust Museum Houston's Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred Program is to cultivate upstanders who are aware of the power of hatred in human decision making and to provide community members an opportunity to learn important concepts of history, civic awareness, and social justice. Click for more info
The Netherlands in the Global Second World War
The Netherlands in the Global Second World War
1:30pm - 2:30pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 12, 2021 at 1:30pm Ends Apr 12, 2021 at 2:30pm Join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota and Dr. Ethan Mark, associate professor of Modern History at Leiden University, for a discussion seeking to highlight the alternative color palate that emerges when we envision and remember the Netherlands as an empire in the Second World War Click for more info |
Vanishing Vienna: Reflections on Absence after Genocide
Vanishing Vienna: Reflections on Absence after Genocide
3:30pm - 4:30pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 13, 2021 at 3:30pm Ends Apr 13, 2021 at 4:30pm Join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota and Frances Tanzer, Rose Professor of Holocaust Studies and Modern Jewish History at Clark University, for a discussion on reflecting on Vienna after World War II. Click for more info
Recognizing Hate Speech and Symbols
Recognizing Hate Speech and Symbols
5:00pm - 6:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 13, 2021 at 5:00pm Ends Apr 13, 2021 at 6:00pm Co-presented by the Holocaust Resource Center, Human Rights Institute, and the School of Communication, Media and Journalism at Kean University, join Dr. Eric English for a program focusing on recognizing hate speech and symbols. Click for more info |
First Person Conversations with Holocaust Survivors
First Person Conversations with Holocaust Survivors
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 14, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends Apr 14, 2021 at 1:00pm The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's "First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors" is a monthly hour-long discussion with a survivor and journalist Bill Benson. Click for more info
Memories of Social Engineering: State-Sponsored Violence in Mexico and Argentina
Memories of Social Engineering: State-Sponsored Violence in Mexico and Argentina
4:00pm - 5:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 14, 2021 at 4:00pm Ends Apr 14, 2021 at 5:00pm Please join the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas for the second of three speakers in their annual Spring Lecture Series: Jewish and National Memory of Dictatorships in Latin America. Click for more info
From Romania to Auschwitz to New York: The Hecht Family
From Romania to Auschwitz to New York: The Hecht Family
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 14, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends Apr 14, 2021 at 7:00pm Wagner College Holocaust Center invites you to join a distinguished group of panelists for a discussion about one woman's journey from Romania to Auschwitz to New York. Click for more info
The Rise of Christian Nationalism among American White Evangelicals
The Rise of Christian Nationalism among American White Evangelicals
7:30pm - 9:00pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 14, 2021 at 7:30pm Ends Apr 14, 2021 at 9:00pm Northern Arizona University's Martin-Springer Institute presents "Unholy Alliance: Nationalism and Christianity a Martin-Springer Institute Zoom Series" comprised of four different speaker events. Join Sarah Posner as the second speaker of this series. Click for more info |
Voices from Srebrenica: Survivor Narratives of the Bosnian Genocide
Voices from Srebrenica: Survivor Narratives of the Bosnian Genocide
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 15, 2021 at 11:00am Ends Apr 15, 2021 at 12:00pm In honor of Genocide Awareness Month, join the Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College for a special conversation with the authors of "Voices from Srebrenica: Survivor Narratives of the Bosnian Genocide." Click for more info
Teaching with Testimony: Exploring the Legacy of the Armenian Genocide Virtual Field Trip
Teaching with Testimony: Exploring the Legacy of the Armenian Genocide Virtual Field Trip
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 15, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends Apr 15, 2021 at 1:00pm You’re invited to join Teaching with Testimony for a powerful NEW Virtual Field Trip uncovering an important and often overlooked chapter of history. "Identity, Belonging, Legacy: How Testimony Makes Us Stronger Than Hate" introduces students to the story of the Armenian Genocide by exploring the ways its legacy is still felt today Click for more info
Teaching About Genocide: An Interactive Lesson for Students
Teaching About Genocide: An Interactive Lesson for Students
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 15, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Apr 15, 2021 at 4:00pm To honor Genocide Awareness Month, teachers and their students are invited to participate in this interactive webinar, and engage in activities from the Echoes & Reflections Teaching about Genocide Resource, which includes video testimonies from witnesses to genocide, and other primary sources. Click for more info
Preventing Genocide through Personal Narratives: Lessons Learned from the Armenian Genocide
Preventing Genocide through Personal Narratives: Lessons Learned from the Armenian Genocide
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 15, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends Apr 15, 2021 at 7:00pm Co-presented by the Holocaust Resource Center and Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of Kean University, join Harry Milian for a discussion on lessons learned from the Armenian Genocide. Click for more info |
The Mitzvah Project
The Mitzvah Project
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 16, 2021 at 1:00pm Ends Apr 16, 2021 at 2:00pm The Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University, in partnership with the Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation, present "The Mitzvah Project," a one-person drama, lecture and talkback examining one of the most astonishing stories of the Holocaust. Click for more info
Resilience During Challenging Times Panel - One Year Later
Resilience During Challenging Times Panel - One Year Later
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 16, 2021 at 2:00pm Ends Apr 16, 2021 at 3:00pm Looking back one year later, the Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Raritan Valley Community College will gather online to hear from the speakers, Holocaust survivors, authors, and members of the second and third generations who provided hope and inspired resilience during their 2020 Resilience lecture series. Click for more info |
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The Eichmann Trial – 60 years on
The Eichmann Trial – 60 years on
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 18, 2021 at 11:00am Ends Apr 18, 2021 at 12:00pm The AJR in partnership with 3GNY and ANU, Museum of the Jewish People, bring together a leading panel of experts - Tamar Hausner-Raveh, Eli Rosenbaum, Avner Avraham and Shula Bahat - to discuss the landmark Eichmann trial, on its 60th anniversary. The panel will be chaired by James Libson. Click for more info
Kwibuka and Yom HaShoah: A Joint Remembrance
Kwibuka and Yom HaShoah: A Joint Remembrance
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 18, 2021 at 1:00pm Ends Apr 18, 2021 at 2:00pm Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage as they gather with survivors of the Holocaust and the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda to commemorate Yom HaShoah and Kwibuka 27. Click for more info |
Confronting the Challenging Landscape of Holocaust Research in Poland
Confronting the Challenging Landscape of Holocaust Research in Poland
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 19, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends Apr 19, 2021 at 7:00pm Please join the Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Raritan Valley Community College and the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean Univeristy in welcoming Dr. Monika Rice (Gratz College) and Dr. Joanna Sliwa (Claims Conference) for a virtual discussion on the charges facing historians of the Holocaust in Poland, the ramifications of these attacks on their own research, and public understanding of this history moving forward. Click for more info |
Chutz Pow! The Power of Graphic Novels in Holocaust Education
Chutz Pow! The Power of Graphic Novels in Holocaust Education
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 20, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Apr 20, 2021 at 4:00pm In this Echoes & Reflections webinar, Marcel Walker, the project coordinator, and lead project artist of CHUTZ-POW! will discuss how comic book heroes and illustration can be used to teach the Holocaust in the classroom. Click for more info
World Outside My Shoes: Sharing Stories from Rwanda
World Outside My Shoes: Sharing Stories from Rwanda
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 20, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends Apr 20, 2021 at 7:00pm The Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University & Kean Center for Interdisciplinary Studies present author and keynote speaker Carl Wilkens, the last American to remain in Rwanda during the genocide against the Tutsis. Click for more info |
San Jacinto Day (Office Closed)
San Jacinto Day (Office Closed)
All Day
General
Apr 21, 2021 (All Day) The THGC office will be closed. Click for more info
The Fight Against Anti-Semitism in Germany and Europe Today
The Fight Against Anti-Semitism in Germany and Europe Today
6:30am - 7:30am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 21, 2021 at 6:30am Ends Apr 21, 2021 at 7:30am In honour of Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre's 10th Anniversary, they are presenting Dimension: Insights to the Past, Present and Future of Lessons from the Holocaust webinar series. Click for more info
The Unanswered Letter: One Holocaust Family's Desperate Plea for Help
The Unanswered Letter: One Holocaust Family's Desperate Plea for Help
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 21, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Apr 21, 2021 at 4:00pm Join Bristol Community College Holocaust & Genocide Center and Faris Cassell for a discussion about a Holocaust family's desperate plea for help. Click for more info |
Exploring Neuroscience and the Legacy of the Holocaust
Exploring Neuroscience and the Legacy of the Holocaust
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 22, 2021 at 1:00pm Ends Apr 22, 2021 at 2:00pm Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage as they invite Daniela Schiller, Liron Unreich, and Roy Wol for a discussion exploring Dr. Schiller’s personal story and the dynamic nature of traumatic emotional memories. Click for more info
Armenian Genocide Remembrance
Armenian Genocide Remembrance
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 22, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends Apr 22, 2021 at 7:00pm Join the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide Education as they remember the survivors and victims of the Armenian Genocide. Click for more info
The Enduring Genocide against the Armenians
The Enduring Genocide against the Armenians
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 22, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends Apr 22, 2021 at 7:00pm Presented in partnership with the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, join Keene State College for a Cohen Center online event featuring Dr. Elisa von Joeden-Forgey. Click for more info
Civil Discourse Series: Conspiracy Theories: Past, Present, and Future
Civil Discourse Series: Conspiracy Theories: Past, Present, and Future
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 22, 2021 at 7:00pm Ends Apr 22, 2021 at 8:00pm Conspiracy theories have existed for thousands of years, but recently have become an increasingly pervasive part of society. Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a conversation addressing the critical issues around this phenomenon. Click for more info |
Third Generation Voices of the Holocaust
Third Generation Voices of the Holocaust
11:30am - 12:30pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 23, 2021 at 11:30am Ends Apr 23, 2021 at 12:30pm In honor of Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Month, join Rachel Fishman and Jessica Wang, grandchildren of survivors, to hear their family members’ stories of wartime survival and rebuilding after the Holocaust. Click for more info
Roman Catholicism, the Church, and Polishness in Contemporary Poland
Roman Catholicism, the Church, and Polishness in Contemporary Poland
1:00pm - 2:30pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 23, 2021 at 1:00pm Ends Apr 23, 2021 at 2:30pm Northern Arizona University's Martin-Springer Institute presents "Unholy Alliance: Nationalism and Christianity a Martin-Springer Institute Zoom Series" comprised of four different speaker events. Join Annamaria Orla-Bukowska as the third speaker of this series. Click for more info |
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Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred – Antisemitism: Its History and Legacy
Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred – Antisemitism: Its History and Legacy
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 26, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends Apr 26, 2021 at 1:00pm The goal of Holocaust Museum Houston's Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred Program is to cultivate upstanders who are aware of the power of hatred in human decision making and to provide community members an opportunity to learn important concepts of history, civic awareness, and social justice. Click for more info
Greek Jewry and the Holocaust
Greek Jewry and the Holocaust
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 26, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Apr 26, 2021 at 4:00pm Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage for a workshop designed for teachers featuring Dr. Devin Naar & Jane Elias. Click for more info
2021 Voices of Hope Virtual Speaker Series: Jeffrey Cymbler: Jewish Genealogy in Poland
2021 Voices of Hope Virtual Speaker Series: Jeffrey Cymbler: Jewish Genealogy in Poland
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 26, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends Apr 26, 2021 at 7:00pm Join Voices of Hope for a discussion with Jeffrey Cymbler. Click for more info |
Curating a Centennial Exhibit on the Armenian Genocide in Paris: History, Images, and the Context of the Shoah Memorial
Curating a Centennial Exhibit on the Armenian Genocide in Paris: History, Images, and the Context of the Shoah Memorial
12:30pm - 2:00pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 27, 2021 at 12:30pm Ends Apr 27, 2021 at 2:00pm Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota for this year's Ohanessian Chair Lecture featuring Claire Mouradian, Professor Emerita of History, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris. Click for more info |
The Holocaust & Dictatorship in Brazilian Literature
The Holocaust & Dictatorship in Brazilian Literature
4:00pm - 5:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 28, 2021 at 4:00pm Ends Apr 28, 2021 at 5:00pm Please join the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas for the last of three speakers in their annual Spring Lecture Series: Jewish and National Memory of Dictatorships in Latin America. Click for more info
France Divided: Understanding the WWII Occupation of France
France Divided: Understanding the WWII Occupation of France
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 28, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends Apr 28, 2021 at 7:00pm Join Dr. Eileen M. Angelini as she discusses the occupation of France during World War II. Click for more info |
Holocaust Education on Social Media
Holocaust Education on Social Media
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 29, 2021 at 2:00pm Ends Apr 29, 2021 at 3:00pm During this Echoes & Reflections webinar, Yad Vashem educator, Yoni Berrous will discuss recent social media offerings on this subject and present Yad Vashem digital tools that have been created specifically for students. Click for more info |
Genocide Awareness Month Ends
Genocide Awareness Month Ends
All Day
Commemorations
Apr 30, 2021 (All Day)
2021 Friends of THGC Student Contests in Poetry & Visual Arts Submission Deadline
2021 Friends of THGC Student Contests in Poetry & Visual Arts Submission Deadline
All Day
Grants & Contests
Apr 30, 2021 (All Day) Every student participating must submit their application, parent/guardian permission form, and honesty clause form by 4:00 P.M. C.D.T. Click for more info
2021 Dr. Steinberger Outstanding Educator Award of $1,000 Submission Deadline
2021 Dr. Steinberger Outstanding Educator Award of $1,000 Submission Deadline
All Day
Grants & Contests
Apr 30, 2021 (All Day) All Steinberger Award applications and supporting documents must be submitted electronically by 4:00 P.M. C.D.T. Click for more info
Post-Soviet Patriotism, Nationalism, and Russian Orthodoxy
Post-Soviet Patriotism, Nationalism, and Russian Orthodoxy
1:00pm - 2:30pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 30, 2021 at 1:00pm Ends Apr 30, 2021 at 2:30pm Northern Arizona University's Martin-Springer Institute presents "Unholy Alliance: Nationalism and Christianity a Martin-Springer Institute Zoom Series" comprised of four different speaker events. Join Katya Tolstaya as the fourth, and final, speaker of this series. Click for more info |
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