Online Programming
SMF: “Jesse Owens and the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games”
Jesse Owens, the son of Alabama sharecroppers, was the Olympic champion who defeated Nazi ideology in Hitler’s stadium.
SMF: “Miep Gies and the Rescue of Anne Frank’s Diary”
This program pays tribute to the woman who sheltered Anne Frank for three years and then rescued her now-famous diary.
SMF: “The Catcher Was a Spy — The Moe Berg Story”
Morris “Moe” Berg was a Jewish American catcher and coach in Major League Baseball, who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.
The Shoah Foundation: “Last Chance Collection: Canadian Launch Event”
Every Holocaust survivor has a story. And so do their families. Join us for the launch of the Last Chance Collection, an initiative of USC Shoah Foundation to collect undocumented testimonies of Holocaust eyewitnesses.
Classrooms Without Borders: “The Road to Babi Yar” Post Film Discussion with Avi Ben-Hur and Boris Maftsir film maker”
“The Road to Babi Yar” is the newest film of the documentary project by Boris Maftsir, about the Shoah of the Jews of the Soviet Union.
Classrooms Without Borders: “Confronting the Complexity of Holocaust Scholarship”
The rise of anti-Semitism across the globe alongside the current data that points to a serious void in understanding about the Holocaust in the 21st century shines a light on a critical need to continue the task of Holocaust Scholars to honor the memory of the Shoah.
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.
