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Hidden Child: A Conversation with Survivor Sally Frishberg   View Event

  • Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  In 1942, on the run from the Nazis, 8-year old Sally and her family knocked on the door of a Polish farmer they knew and asked him to shelter them. The farmer agreed, ultimately hiding 15 family members in his cramped attic in rural Poland. Here they existed in silence for two years in constant fear of being discovered by the Nazis and their sympathizers. During this Echoes & Reflections webinar, you will hear from Sally Frishberg as she shares her incredible story of rescue. **This webinar is also open to students. Teachers, please ask your students to register here.** Register here.

Jeanne Mammen (1890-1976) - A Life Dedicated to Art   View Event

  • Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  For 70 of her 86 years, the Berlin artist Jeanne Mammen (1890-1976) worked with her hands and created unique sketches, paintings and sculptures. With the beginning of the Nazi era in 1933, many of their buyers had to leave Germany. Jeanne Mammen emigrated from within and created her works in secret for the next 12 years. Her artwork shows her critical view to the circumstances in which she has to live. Her studio, which she moved into in 1920, still exists today Ku'damm 29 almost unchanged and allows us to come very close to this artist and her work.Lecture by Dr. Martina Weinland, Commissioner for Cultural  Heritage at the Museum of the City of Berlin in Berlin (Germany). She is a Berlin art historian, who is responsible for nine dependent artist foundations at the museum, including Fritz Ascher and Jeanne Mammen. She has been a research assistant at the Stadtmuseum Berlin since 1992. So far she has published numerous books on the urban history of Berlin, including a monograph on the Märkisches Museum and the water bridges in Berlin. She also curated several exhibitions, including the 2016 exhibition Berlin – City of Women. The event is part of the monthly series Flight or Fight: Stories of Artists under Repression. Register here. This Zoom lecture series, hosted by the Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized, and Banned Art, New York, investigates artists whose life and art were impacted by the German Nazi terror regime 1933-1945.

Heroines of the Holocaust   View Event

  • Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Leading international scholars of the Holocaust and genocide will highlight women rescuers and resisters in daily life, in ghettos, forests, labor and death camps, including Jewish and non-Jewish women professionals and partisans. Often overlooked, women were critical to the Jewish underground and other resistance networks as armed fighters and strategists, as couriers of intelligence and false papers and in operating educational, cultural and humanitarian initiatives. This symposium hopes to create a new narrative around agency in the Shoah and other genocides and to promote a rethinking of leadership in Holocaust resistance and rescue, which may inspire transformative activism today. PresentersWolf Gruner, USC Shoah Foundation, Center for Advance Genocide ResearchKhatchig Mouradian, Columbia UniversityHanna Abakunova, University of Sheffield, UKAvihu Ronan, Univ. of HaifaDaniella Ozacky-Stern, Bar-Ilan UniversityHannah Wilson, Nottingham Trent University IntroductionHeiko Schwarz, Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany Welcome RemarksLaura Morowitz and Lori Weintrob, Wagner College Register here.

Teachers with Testimony: Focus on Rescuers   View Event

  • Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  This Echoes & Reflections webinar, focused on the topic of rescuers, provides educators with key instructional strategies and tips to promote student learning. The webinar will highlight the audiovisual testimony and aligned IWitness multimedia activities found in Echoes & Reflections that engage students more critically with the topic. This webinar will be delivered by Jennifer Goss, Senior Echoes & Reflections facilitator and classroom teacher. Register here.

Crucial Conversations: Confronting Antisemitism - Antisemitism in the United States   View Event

  • Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a four-part series on antisemitism. Through these public programs, the museum aims to foster an increased understanding of the origins and history of antisemitism, to discuss the recent increase in antisemitism globally and in the United States, and to identify concrete steps that can be taken to confront and disrupt antisemitism. For these sessions, the museum will convene a diverse group of experts to share their knowledge, experiences, and ideas. In the second session of this series, the museum will assemble a panel of experts to discuss antisemitism in the United States: what it looks like, where it comes from, and its increasing presence. The conversation will focus on antisemitic speech and action from the political right, from the political left, and on college campuses. Registration coming soon.

For Survivors the Holocaust Is Personal: Why Comparisons Can Be Dangerous   View Event

  • Friday, June 4, 2021 at 8:30am - 9:00am
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Facebook Live
  • Description:  Have you noticed how often people call someone they disagree with a Nazi? Or compare controversial rules and laws to the Nazi persecution of Jews? For Holocaust survivors, these comparisons are not casual references. They evoke the most traumatic moments of their lives: friends who turned on them, a cherished sibling murdered, constant fear because of their identity. The Holocaust is human history. From it we can learn how societies fail to protect their own and the dangers of unchecked antisemitism and hate. Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to hear survivors describe their personal experiences in video testimony, and explore how careless comparisons can be both painful and dangerous. SpeakerDr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum HostDr. Lisa Leff, Director, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies Watch live at facebook.com/holocaustmuseum. You do not need a Facebook account to view their program. After the live broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on the USHMM's Facebook page.

Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism - 3 Part Course   View Event

  • Monday, June 7, 2021 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  In 2020, a virtual funeral held by an Illinois synagogue was disrupted by the posting of neo-Nazi images, a white supremacist interrupted a webinar about antisemitism hosted by a Massachusetts Jewish student group, and a similar incident occurred in California at an online class hosted by a JCC— only a snapshot of the multitude of harrowing events reported in ADL's latest Audit of Antisemitic Incidents. Antisemitism continues to be a pervasive problem in society and it is crucial that educators have the tools to give students the capacity to recognize and confront this hate in their schools and communities.Sign up for Echoes & Reflections' June 3-Part Online Course: Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, for a self-paced and facilitator-guided exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support teaching about contemporary antisemitism and its connections to Holocaust history. Three interactive learning modules released over three weeks. Registration closes at 9am Eastern Time on Wednesday of the first week of the course, or when the course reaches capacity. Module I: First Week of the Course Module II: Second Week of the Course Module III: Third Week of the Course Optional Final Project due the Fourth Week of the CourseThis 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. Learn more here. Register here. Echoes & Reflections delivers value to both experienced Holocaust educators who are supplementing their curricula and for teachers new to Holocaust education.

Q&A with Holocaust Survivor Max Glauben   View Event

  • Monday, June 7, 2021 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join Echoes & Reflections and the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a virtual discussion and Q&A with Holocaust Survivor Max Glauben on his newly published book, The Upstander: How Surviving the Holocaust Sparked Max Glauben’s Mission to Dismantle Hate. In it, Max explores his mischievous childhood and teen years as a go-to ghetto smuggler. He narrates his journey from the camps to American immigrant and Korean veteran. For decades, he bottled up his trauma. Then he realized: He could transform his pain into purpose. His memoir relays the true story of the harrowing violence and dehumanization Max endured. It relays Max’s powerful lifetime commitment to actively thwarting hate and galvanizing resilience. Max insists you, too, can transform your adversity into your greatest strength. It is recommended that participants read The Upstander before attending the program. Register here.

Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators   View Event

  • Tuesday, June 8, 2021 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Virtual | Zoom
  • Description:  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. The cost to attend the program is $75, which includes books and materials. For their support of the Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators, Holocaust Museum Houston thanks the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Committee, the Max M. Kaplan Teacher Education Endowment Fund, the Gerald S. Kaplan Endowment Fund, and the Anna and Emil Steinberger Scholarship for Teacher Education Endowment Fund. Applications and registration payment of $75 is due May 1, 2021. Click here to apply.

The Nazi Menace, At Home and Abroad with Dr. Benjamin Carter Hett   View Event

  • Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Born in Rochester NY, Benjamin Carter Hett earned a J.D. at the University of Toronto (1990) and practiced litigation in Canada for four years before earning a Ph.D. in history at Harvard (2001). He has taught at Harvard College and the Harvard Law School since 2003, and at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He is the author of The Death of Democracy: Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic (Henry Holt, 2018), winner of the 2019 Vine Award for History and named one of the year’s best books by The Times of London and the Daily Telegraph, and The Nazi Menace: Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Road to War (Henry Holt, 2020) named an editors’ choice by the New York Times Book Review. His other books include Burning the Reichstag: An Investigation into the Third Reich’s Enduring Mystery (Oxford, 2014), winner of the 2015 Hans Rosenberg Prize, and Crossing Hitler: The Man Who Put the Nazis on the Witness Stand (Oxford, 2008), which won the 2007 Fraenkel Prize and was made into a documentary film and a television drama for the BBC. Hett has been the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. Register here. All Holocaust Museum Houston programs and education initiatives are dependent upon philanthropic support. Please consider making a gift today to ensure the Museum can continue offering quality educational experiences.

The Kindertransport: A Survivor Remembers   View Event

  • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  On the eve of WWII, as conditions in Europe deteriorated and countries closed their borders to refugees, Jewish organizations persuaded the British government to allow 10,000 children to enter the United Kingdom as temporary residents. This rescue mission is known as the Kindertransport. The vast majority of these children were Jewish - one of whom was Henry Foner (then called Heinz Lifschitz). During this Echoes & Reflections webinar, Yad Vashem educator Liz Elsby will provide background information about the Kindertransport. Participants will also meet Henry Foner who will speak about his experiences as a child on the Kindertransport. Register here.

2021 First Person Series: Albert Garih   View Event

  • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  YouTube
  • Description:  Albert was not even two years old when his family escaped Paris amid gunfire during the German invasion. After returning to Nazi-occupied Paris, Albert’s father was later deported to a forced labor camp and the rest of the family spent the war in hiding, sometimes in poor conditions and on the run. Learn about Albert’s experiences as a young child fleeing with his family while separated from his father. SpeakerAlbert Garih, Holocaust Survivor and Museum Volunteer ModeratorBill Benson, Journalist and Host, First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors Watch live at youtube.com/ushmm. You do not need a YouTube account to view USHMM's program. After the live broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on USHMM's YouTube page. The First Person series is a monthly hour-long discussion with a Holocaust survivor and is made possible through generous support from the Louis Franklin Smith Foundation, with additional funding from the Arlene and Daniel Fisher Foundation.

Book Discussion: "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank   View Event

  • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join a lively discussion group at the Boniuk Library online. Connect to others in the comfort of your own home with your cup of coffee, glass of wine, or pot of tea. Copies of the book can be borrowed from the Boniuk Library or any other library in town. In June, they'll be reading The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. Anne Frank would have been 92 this year. Her timeless diary has been translated dozens of times. It inspired a Tony award winning play and an Oscar winning film. Her diary is considered one of the 100 documents that changed the world among the Magna Carta, the US Constitution, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a dream" speech. Join us to discuss the book and your memories of reading it. Register here.

The Christian Church in Nazi Germany   View Event

  • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  In the 1930s, more than 95 percent of Germans belonged to a Christian church, a majority of which were Protestant. Join Dr. Rebecca Carter-Chand, Acting Director of the Programs on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, for a discussion of the Christian Church’s response to the rise of Nazism, particularly in the context of the long history of Christian anti-Judaism in Europe. This program is part of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum's Permanent Exhibition Highlight Series. Register here. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. About Dr. Rebecca Carter-ChandRebecca Carter-Chand is Acting Director of the Programs on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Her research focuses on Christian minority groups in Nazi Germany and their international networks during the 1930s and 40s. Her most recent project is a co-edited volume with Kevin Spicer, Religion, Ethnonationalism, and Antisemitism in the Era of the Two World Wars. Before coming to the USHMM, Carter-Chand was Visiting Assistant Professor at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University in Massachusetts and a lecturer at Lakehead University, Orillia, and the University of Toronto. She received her PhD in History and the Collaborative Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto. The conversation will take place on the online platform Zoom. A link to join will be sent to registered guests via email one hour before the start of the program.

Alice Lok Cahana - Beyond "The Last Days": Familial Continuity, Creativity, and Immortality   View Event

  • Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  This intriguing program discusses the Hungarian born Holocaust survivor Alice Lok Cahana, whose life and art are recently recognized in two very different ways: The just-re-released, Academy Award-winning documentary, The Last Days, presented by Steven Spielberg and USC Shoah Foundation and the book Immortality, Memory, Creativity, and Survival: The Arts of Alice Lok Cahana, Ronnie Cahana, and Kitra Cahana, recently published by the Fritz Ascher Society of Persecuted, Ostracized and Banned Art, investigates three generations of the Cahana family and their art in the context of biological and psychological research, which allows a deep understanding of how trauma and especially the Holocaust experience is remembered.This event investigates the portrayal of Alice Lok Cahana, her life and art, in art book and documentary film, the decisions that went into the production of each, as well as the strengths and limitations of each medium in capturing Alice and educating a broader audience about her experiences during the Holocaust, and how they affected her. Register here. Please e-mail questions.Event Partner: USC Shoah FoundationNote: Your registration details will be added to our mailing list. Please unsubscribe if you wish to stop receiving updates.The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized and Banned Art, New York