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ISGAP- Understanding the Holocaust Through Literature: The Many Entry Wedges   View Event

  • Monday, April 15, 2024 at 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online
  • Description:  15 Apr. 2024: “Understanding the Holocaust Through Literature: The Many Entry Wedges” Dr. Mehak Burza, Head, Global Holocaust and Religious Studies, Global Centre for Religious Research, Denver, United States; Assistant Professor in English, University of Delhi, Delhi, India To register, click here. 

DHHRM: Homeschool Day   View Event

  • Tuesday, April 16, 2024 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust Human Rights Museum
  • Description:  This is an in-person program. Please note: All students must be 6th grade and above and accompanied by an adult chaperone for the duration of the program. Join the Education Staff of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a day of learning for homeschooled students. Activities include a tour of the Museum's permanent exhibition, a Dimensions in Testimony experience, and an interactive classroom program. SCHEDULE: 9:00 a.m. Arrival and Welcome9:30 a.m. Permanent Exhibition Tours and Dimensions in Testimony Experience 11:30 a.m. Be Your Own Curator activityThis interactive and creative program allows students to explore a historical topic by curating their own exhibition panel.12:30 p.m. Program End Tickets: $10 per participant Tuesday, 4/16/2024, 9:00 AM CT To buy tickets in advance, click here. 

Echoes & Reflections- Silent Witness: Unveiling Bystander Complicity in the Holocaust   View Event

  • Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online Zoom
  • Description:  The complicity of bystanders is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of Holocaust history. Led by classroom teacher and Echoes & Reflections facilitator Tyrone Shaw, educators will learn valuable and pedagogically sound strategies to teach about the role of bystanders during the Holocaust and how to draw contemporary parallels, and inspire students to meaningful action against injustice today. To register, click here. 

Short Hair Detention: Channy Chhi Laux, survival of the Cambodian Genocide -- via Zoom   View Event

  • Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 10:00am - 11:30am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom online
  • Description:  When the Khmer Rouge seized Cambodia in 1975, Channy Chhi Laux was thirteen years old. For the next four years she endured starvation, forced labor, disease, and tremendous lost. In June 1979, she arrived in Lincoln, Nebraska as a Cambodian refugee and enrolled at Lincoln High School. Despite speaking no English and having not attended school for four years, she managed to achieve academic success, thanks in part to the kindness and support of her teachers. She went on to earn a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics from Santa Clara University and undergraduate degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She then spent 30 years working in Silicon Valley as an engineer in the Aerospace and Biotech industries. She is now an award-winning author and chef. Join us for an intimate talk with Channy to learn more about surviving genocide and the importance of compassion. Click here to register. 

Workshop: Teaching the Cambodian Genocide through Testimony   View Event

  • Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom- online workshop
  • Description:  Workshop Description: Short Hair Detention: A Memoir of a Thirteen-Year-Old-Girl Surviving the Cambodian Genocide offers an intimate view of the Cambodian Genocide (1975- 1979) as experienced by survivor Channy Chhi Laux. Channy originally wrote her memoir to help communicate her experiences of genocide and survival to her children. Having completed her manuscript, however, she saw the value in sharing it more widely. This workshop with Dr. Alexis Herr, a comparative genocide scholar, will focus on how to use survivor testimony to educate about genocide and human rights. Please register in advance by filling out this form. You will receive the Zoom information 1-2 days before the event begins. For more information, please contact Dr. Adara Goldberg at agoldber@kean.edu.

Echoes & Reflections - Beyond Hitler: Unraveling the Complexities of Nazi Leadership in Inciting the Holocaust   View Event

  • Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom Online
  • Description:  While Adolf Hitler is often the symbol of Nazi atrocities, the intricate dynamics within the Nazi regime’s upper echelon of leaders promoted increasingly extreme policies up to and including genocide. Echoes & Reflections Program Manager Jesse Tannetta will provide resources and strategies to better equip educators to teach about the complexities of Nazi leadership that incited the Holocaust. To register, click here. 

USC Shoah Foundation: Antisemitism in the Aftermath of the Holocaust   View Event

  • Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online
  • Description:  Christina Wirth, a Ph.D. student at the Leibniz Institute for European History in Mainz, Germany, is the USC Shoah Foundation’s first Robert J. Katz Research Fellow in Antisemitism Studies. She will be in residence at the Institute in April 2024. As part of the fellowship, Wirth will conduct research on Jewish survivors’ experiences of antisemitism in the immediate years after the Holocaust. This research is part of her broader dissertation project, entitled From ‘Displaced Persons’ to ‘Refugee’: Categorizing and Representing People in Transit (1944-1951). Details and registration forthcoming. To find out more, click here. 

HMH: Film Screening | "The Survivor"   View Event

  • Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston Albert & Ethel Herzstein Theater
  • Description:  After surviving years of being forced to fight fellow inmates in death matches at Auschwitz, Harry Haft attempts to rebuild his life with what fragments are left. Plagued with survivors guilt and PTSD, Harry makes a small living by boxing in New York City following the Holocaust. In an attempt to find a lost lover from before the war, Harry organizes one last heavily publicized fight as a way to let those that he had been separated from know that he had survived. Ben Foster stars in this Emmy-nominated film about survival, healing, and redemption. Following the film will be a short talkback with Harry’s son, Alan, about the life of his father, and the legacy of remembering those who survived the Shoah. To RSVP, click here. 

Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Series   View Event

  • Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 10:00am - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
  • Description:  The Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Series allows educators, librarians, and counselors to connect with the Museum throughout the year on different topics related to the Museum's educational mission and the history in the exhibition.Each session comes with: Upstander tote bagClassroom resource kitAccess to Upstander Education DatabaseCPE creditFree parking in Museum garage Educators registering for the full series will also receive: Access to Inspire Upstander Education Database [premium level]Museum lanyardSeries completion certificate Session 2: Teaching Genocide Studies Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for resources and strategies to teach the 10 States of Genocide. $70 full series/$20 per session Click here to register and for the tentative schedule.

DHHRM: Rwanda Genocide Against the Tutsis Commemoration   View Event

  • Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum
  • Description:  This is an IN-PERSON program. We look forward to seeing you at the Museum. 30 years after the Genocide Against the Tutsis in Rwanda devastated the country, destroying homes and communities, survivors will join us to recount their experiences and remember those that perished. There is no cost to attend this event, but registration is required. To register, click here. Guests must purchase admission if they would like to tour the Museum. Presented in conjunction with the Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Series, generously supported by Candy and Ike Brown.

Passover Begins   View Event

  • Monday, April 22, 2024 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  N/A
  • Description:  It is possible that Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission staff who observe Passover will be out of the office.

Echoes & Reflections- Teaching About Genocide: The Armenian Genocide   View Event

  • Monday, April 22, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom link
  • Description:  Teaching about genocide with testimony humanizes these histories and deepens students' understanding of the people who were targeted. In particular, the complex and nuanced history of the Armenian Genocide can be highlighted through the use of testimony-based resources. The USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive contains over 1,300 testimonies and a variety of resources related to the Armenian Genocide experience. These resources encourage student reflection on the human impact of the events.In this webinar, Sedda Antekelian, Senior Learning and Development will present testimony-based activities to teach about this history to further contextualize the Echoes & Reflections Unit 12 on Teaching About Genocide. To register, click here.