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How the Warsaw Zookeepers Risked Their Lives to Shelter Jews (Live Digital Program)   View Event

  • Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 8:30am - 9:30am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Facebook Live
  • Description:  Join Museum historians Edna Friedberg and Patricia Heberer Rice live on Facebook to learn about the true story behind the book and movie, The Zookeeper’s Wife. You do not need a Facebook account to watch our Facebook Live videos.Inspiration can be found even in the most challenging times. During World War II, the Warsaw Zoo director, Jan Żabińska, and his wife, Antonina, endangered their own lives to smuggle hundreds of Jews out of the Warsaw ghetto—hiding them in their home and on zoo grounds. SpeakerPatricia Heberer Rice, Senior Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumModeratorEdna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumWatch live on the USHMM's Facebook page and join in the conversation using #USHMM and #AskWhy

Understanding Holocaust History: Child Rescue During the Holocaust   View Event

  • Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a virtual lecture from Dr. Charlotte Decoster, our Director of Education. This week, Dr. Decoster will discuss the rescue of children during the Holocaust. The conversation will take place on the online platform Zoom. After you register, the link to join will be available on the PDF version of your ticket (attached to your email confirmation). We will also resend the link via email 30 minutes before the start of the program. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. This program is recommended for high school students and adults.More information and registration can be found here.

Carl Wilkens: Finding the Good -- Rwanda's Pathways Back to Trust   View Event

  • Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Committee is excited to partner with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for their upcoming virtual event featuring Carl Wilkens! As a humanitarian aid worker, Carl Wilkens moved his family to Rwanda in the spring of 1990. When the genocide began in April 1994, Carl refused to leave, and continued to work to bring food, water, and medicine to groups of orphans trapped around the city. This free program will take place on the online platform Zoom. The link to join will be sent to all registered guests via email 24 hours before the event, and again 30 minutes before the event. Register for event.

Virtual Family-Friendly iRead Book Club: "Number the Stars"   View Event

  • Friday, April 3, 2020 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a virtual book discussion led by its Museum Educators. This week, they will discuss Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. In Number the Stars, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen watches as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population of Denmark, nearly seven thousand people, across the sea to Sweden. The heroism of an entire nation reminds us that there was compassion and human decency in the world even during a time of terror and war. The conversation will take place on the online platform Zoom. After you register, the link to join will be available on the PDF version of your ticket (attached to your email confirmation). We will also resend the link via email 30 minutes before the start of the program. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. This program is recommended for students in 6th – 12th grade and adults. More information and registration can be found here.

Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students - 3 Part Program   View Event

  • Monday, April 6, 2020 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  Three interactive learning modules released over three weeks. Module I: First Week of the CourseModule II: Second Week of the CourseModule III: Third Week of the CourseOptional Final Project due the Fourth Week of the Course This program introduces learners to: Classroom-ready comprehensive print and online resourcesSound pedagogy for teaching about the HolocaustInstructional pathways to help students learn about the complex history of the HolocaustBackground information on the history of antisemitismStrategies to incorporate a range of primary sources, including visual history testimony, to classroom instruction All the Details: Program includes three interactive modules released over three weeksApproximately 6 hours to complete in total – at no costProceed at your own pace each week, be supported by an instructor, and enjoy interaction with other educatorsReceive a certificate of completion and join a network of educators teaching about the Holocaust and genocideFinal module includes additional time to complete optional project for a 10-hour certificateUpon completion (6 or 10 hours), option to earn graduate-level credit through the University of the Pacific. Echoes & Reflections delivers value to both experienced Holocaust educators who are supplementing their curricula and for teachers new to Holocaust education.Register here.

Virtual iRead Book Club for Adults: "Defiance" by Nechama Tec   View Event

  • Monday, April 6, 2020 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a virtual book discussion led by Dr. Charlotte Decoster, Director of Education. In Defiance, Nechama Tec tells the story of the Bielski Brigade, the largest armed Jewish partisan resistance group in World War II. Tec offers penetrating insight into the group's commander, Tuvia Bielski. The conversation will take place on the online platform Zoom. After you register, the link to join will be available on the PDF version of your ticket (attached to your email confirmation). We will also resend the link via email 30 minutes before the start of the program. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. This program is recommended for adults More information and registration can be found here.

"Searching for God" during the Holocaust   View Event

  • Monday, April 6, 2020 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  Jewish observance expressed by victims during the Holocaust has received limited academic or educational attention. In this webinar, a scholar from Yad Vashem will share and discuss the practices and beliefs of informal Jewish observance in the ghettos and camps. As we enter Genocide Awareness Month, register for one of Echoes & Reflections' upcoming webinars to increase students' knowledge of the Holocaust, genocide, and way to prevent antisemitism and other forms of societal hate. Register here.

Choices Matter: Complicity & Action during the Holocaust   View Event

  • Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  In this webinar, examine the consequences of inaction and difficult choices of those who rescued and resisted during the Holocaust. Educators will also gain the tools to support students to implement an action-oriented project influenced by the lessons of this history. As we enter Genocide Awareness Month, register for one of Echoes & Reflections' upcoming webinars to increase students' knowledge of the Holocaust, genocide, and way to prevent antisemitism and other forms of societal hate. Register here.

Courageous Acts Inspired by Faith (Live Digital Program)   View Event

  • Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 8:30am - 9:30am
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Facebook Live
  • Description:  As millions around the world prepare to celebrate Easter, Passover, and Ramadan this month, we’re inviting you to explore how faith motivated acts of courage and networks of interfaith activists emerged to rescue European Jews. Courageous acts of kindness exist even in the most dire situations. During the Holocaust, some individuals boldly went against the grain and acted on behalf of European Jews. Learn how these people worked to make a difference. SpeakerRebecca Carter-Chand, Acting Director, Programs on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ModeratorEdna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Watch live on USHMM's Facebook page and join in the conversation using #USHMM and #AskWhy

Virtual Butterfly Workshop   View Event

  • Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Facebook Live
  • Description:  In 1996, “The Butterfly,” a poem written by Pavel Friedmann in the Terezín Concentration Camp, inspired Museum staff and supporters to create the Butterfly Project, facilitating a connection between a new generation of children with the children who perished in World War II.During this virtual workshop, we will guide you and your child through the story of “The Butterfly” and encourage them to make your own butterfly creation. This workshop is suitable for all ages.Join the Facebook Live Event on Wednesday, April 8thDownload free coloring sheets

Understanding Holocaust History: Getting the Message Out   View Event

  • Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a virtual lecture from Dr. Charlotte Decoster, Director of Education. This week, Dr. Decoster will discuss efforts to spread word about the Holocaust as it was unfolding. The conversation will take place on the online platform Zoom. After you register, the link to join will be available on the PDF version of your ticket (attached to your email confirmation). We will also resend the link via email 30 minutes before the start of the program. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. This program is recommended for high school students and adults More information and registration can be found here.

Good Friday Holiday   View Event

  • Friday, April 10, 2020 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  N/A
  • Description:  It is possible that THGAAC staff who observe Good Friday will be out of the office.

Virtual Family-Friendly iRead Book Club: "The Book Thief"   View Event

  • Friday, April 10, 2020 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a virtual book discussion led by their Museum Educators. This week, they will discuss The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. In The Book Thief, Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. The conversation will take place on the online platform Zoom. After you register, the link to join will be available on the PDF version of your ticket (attached to your email confirmation). We will also resend the link via email 30 minutes before the start of the program. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used.. This program is recommended for students in 6th – 12th grade and adults. More information and registration can be found here.

Continuity, Escalation, and Local Actors: Hamidian Massacres and the Armenian Genocide   View Event

  • Monday, April 13, 2020 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  In the 1890s, Armenians in the Ottoman Empire became the targets of a  wave of massacres, leading to the deaths of more than 100,000 people and the uprooting of many more. This process also brought about a massive process of property transfer from the Armenians to local powerholders and the state. About two decades later, during the Armenian genocide, around one million Armenians were killed by various techniques, including on-site massacres participated by local forces in different regions.In this talk, Mehmet Polatel (2019-2020 Center Junior Postdoctoral Research Fellow) explores the relationship between these two events by tracing people and groups who were directly involved in both of these episodes as perpetrators and usurpers. Scrutinizing the escalation effect created by the Hamidian massacres in the 1890s and changes in local structures, he underscores the importance of this historical context in shaping the unfolding of the genocide. Drawing on archival documents and video and audio testimonies of survivors from the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive he argues that these earlier massacres and the processes that accompanied them led to the emergence of a large interest group whose wealth and power depended on the protection of the post-massacre status-quo, and people from this group played crucial roles in the genocide by directly participating in on-site massacres. This will be an online lecture. Please join us via Zoom at this link. Co-sponsored by USC Institute of Armenian Studies. Please RSVP to cagr@usc.edu.

Virtual iRead Book Club for Adults: "The Sunflower" by Simon Wiesenthal   View Event

  • Monday, April 13, 2020 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a virtual book discussion led by Dr. Charlotte Decoster, Director of Education. Written by Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal, The Sunflower is a philosophical narrative about moral responsibility and the possibility--and limits--of forgiveness of genocide. The conversation will take place on the online platform Zoom. After you register, the link to join will be available on the PDF version of your ticket (attached to your email confirmation). We will also resend the link via email 30 minutes before the start of the program. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. This program is recommended for adults. More information and registration can be found here.