Online Programming
Museum of Jewish Heritage: “Invisible Years: Holocaust Drawers”
The Ghetto Fighters’ House invites you to the first program in a three-part series on Invisible Years: Hiding in the Netherlands during the Holocaust
The Holocaust Teacher Institute at the University of Miami: “The Ravine: A Family, A Photograph, A Holocaust Massacre Revealed”
Join us to hear from Dr. Wendy Lower, author of The Ravine: A Family, A Photograph, A Holocaust Massacre Revealed as she shares her journey to uncover what took place during massacres in Ukraine during the Holocaust-based on a single, rare photograph.
Classrooms Without Borders: “Light of Understanding and Jewish Roots with Peter Gyori”
During the Holocaust, three armed uprisings of Jews in the extermination camps were recorded, a very impressive statistic.
The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights: “Professor Timothy Snyder: The Holocaust and Lessons for Today”
Join us for a discussion with the renowned historian and Holocaust expert, Timothy Snyder, Levin Professor of History at Yale University.
Classrooms Without Borders: “Light of Understanding and Jewish Roots with Peter Gyori”
Classrooms Without Borders in collaboration with The Embassy of the Czech Republic, invites you to join us online for a talk with musician/composer Peter Gyori and founder of the project Light of Understanding.
The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights: “Nevertheless, They Resisted: The Women Who Defied Nazi Rule During the Holocaust”
Join TOLI for this compelling discussion regarding the role of women in the resistance movement during the Holocaust.
The Shoah Foundation: “Teaching with Testimony Webinar”
As students return to school, educators recognize the essential need for building a supportive classroom community. This webinar will present testimony-based resources in IWitness that serve to create a safe and welcoming space for students to share their experiences, expand their perspectives, and recognize the importance of teamwork through stories that tell of acceptance, belonging and compassion.
Classrooms Without Borders: “Holocaust Museums and Memorials Around the World”
Classrooms Without Borders is pleased to embark on this new innovative museum and Memorial series where we will highlight different angles of complex memory; grappling with the challenges faced in defining representation of both Lived Memory and Historical Memory.
The Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Raritan Valley Community College: “From Swastika to Jim Crow”
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Illinois Holocaust Museum: “Through the Lens of Arthur Rothstein: Beyond Shanghai”
Arthur Rothstein, best-known for his Dust Bowl photography during the Great Depression, was the recipient of more than three dozen awards in photography and photojournalism over the course of his career.
Holocaust Museum LA: “Survival and Preservation in the Minsk Ghetto”
The Minsk Ghetto was established in what is now Belarus after Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941.
SMF: “The Albanian Code”
The Albanian Code from award-winning Israeli filmmaker Yael Katzir tells the little-known story of how thousands of Jewish refugees in Albania were rescued in World War II.
Museum of Jewish Heritage: “When Families Disappeared: Camp Shvesters”
Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage and Project Witness for a lecture exploring the phenomenon of camp shvesters (sisters) with Dr. Michael Berenbaum, world-renowned historian and Director of the Sigi Ziering Institute at American Jewish University.
SMF: “Woman of Valor, Mildred Fish-Harnack”
Learn about this brave woman of valor whose story remained hidden for decades and is now coming to light.
International March of the Living: “The Destruction of the Lithuanian Jews – The Ponary Massacre with Jacob Shoshan”
Join Jacob Shoshan, esteemed and highly sought-after International March of the Living guide and historian for a compelling account of the destruction of the Lithuanian Jewish community and the description of what occurred during the Ponary Massacre.
“Sounds from Silence – Reflections of a Child Holocaust Survivor, Psychiatrist and Teacher” by Robert Krell
The Holocaust Documentation & Education Center is delighted to have this opportunity to share with you that a longtime colleague and very special friend, Dr. Robert Krell has a new book being published by Amsterdam Publishers called Sounds from Silence – Reflections of a Child Holocaust Survivor, Psychiatrist and Teacher.
HCH: “Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor…”
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Illinois Holocaust Museum: “Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust”
In fleeing persecution, nearly 20,000 European Jewish refugees found an unexpected safe haven in the Chinese port city of Shanghai between 1937 and 1945.
USHMM: “Comics Take On Hitler and the Nazis”
ZAP! POW! BAM! These words jump off the page as Captain America and Superman attack the comic book version of Adolf Hitler, who in reality was anything but an imaginary evil.
Appalachian State University’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies – Virtual Summer Symposium
Appalachian State University’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies presents their virtual Summer Symposium from July 18 – 23, 2021.
USHMM: “Piecing Together One Family’s Holocaust History”
Join the USHMM to explore this inspiring story, and how preserving Holocaust evidence and researching our own family trees can deepen understanding of history.
MJHNYC: “Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death”
Perhaps the most notorious war criminal of all time, Josef Mengele was the embodiment of bloodless efficiency and passionate devotion to Nazism.
Illinois Holocaust Museum: “Refuge in Latin America During the Holocaust”
Thousands of Jewish refugees spent months crossing the ocean, fleeing the Nazi regime, hoping to find safety when they reached Latin American countries on the other side of the world.
Holocaust Museum LA: “A Homegrown Threat”
In 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security reported that deadly attacks by racially motivated violent extremists are on the rise.
“Collecting the Dream” by David Matlow available for Free Download from July 1 – July 4, 2021
To commemorate Herzl on the anniversary of his death, Collecting the Dream is available for free download on Amazon’s Kindle from July 1 to 4, 2021.
USHMM: “Pride Month: Defying Nazi Persecution”
This Pride Month, learn about Frieda Belinfante, one of Europe’s first female conductors and a Jewish lesbian, and painter Willem Arondeus, the gay leader of this group of artists turned resisters.
Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center: “In My Own Words with Barbara Winton”
There are around 6,000 people in the world today who owe their lives to Nicholas Winton.
Museum of Tolerance: “Eva and Eve”
Presented by the Museum of Tolerance: Meet author Julie Metz and hear her mother’s extraordinary story. Then, join the conversation moderated by Museum Director, Liebe Geft.
CWB: “The House on Wannsee Street”
“The House on Wannsee Street: Memoirs of a German Jewish Family” Film and Post Film Discussion with the filmmaker Poli Martinez Kaplun and her mother in conversation with Avi Ben Hur.
USHMM: “Diplomats Who Risked It All to Save Lives”
Join the USHMM to commemorate World Refugee Day and honor diplomats who dared to take great risks to offer refuge and save lives.
