Online Programming
SMF: Escape to Ecuador: A Jewish Safe Haven
Eva Zelig‘s documentary An Unknown Country tells the story of European Jews who fled Nazi persecution to find refuge in an unlikely destination: Ecuador.
The Vilna Shul: Persona Non Grata: The Story of Chiune Sugihara
Join film director Cellin Gluck, Sugihara Diplomats for Life Foundation Chairman Linas Venclauskas, and Staci Rosenthal from Facing History & Ourselves for a discussion on the unknown story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat (sometimes called the Schindler of Japan).
Project Witness: The Jews of Italy During the Holocaust
Project Witness presents “The Jews of Italy During the Holocaust.”
USHMM: Communities of Hate: Why People Join Extremist Movements
From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Amid a surge in antisemitic incidents more than 75 years after the Holocaust, join experts to learn what motivates people to join extremist groups
SMF: Return to Calais
Return to Calais is a short documentary film linking refugees past and present.
“Myths of the Holocaust – What is True – What is Not?”
For this presentation, Dr. Meinecke will discuss “Myths of the Holocaust – What is True – What is Not.”
Classrooms Without Borders: “Survival in Auschwitz” by Primo Levi: Book Talk
Dr. Lina Insana, with Classrooms Without Borders educator Kate Lukaszewicz, will speak about Primo Levi’s biographical novel, “Survival in Auschwitz”.
SMF: The “Jewish James Bond” and Other Heroes
Go behind the scenes and get to know some of the colorful characters who participated in Operation Zebra — the 1947-49 mission to help rescue newborn Israel’s 600,000 Jews and provide a safe haven for Holocaust Survivors.
Project Witness: The Tragic Fate of Greek Jewry During the Holocaust
As the Holocaust Documentation & Education Center continues to feature and offer a wide variety of topics on the Holocaust, today we are adding...
JFBC & AJC: “New Year, Old Problem: Antisemitism in America”
“New Year, Old Problem: Antisemitism in America” with Holly Huffnagle, U.S. Director for Combatting Antisemitism for the American Jewish Committee.
Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach: “An Introduction to the Holocaust”
“An Introduction to the Holocaust” with Dr. Michael Berenbaum.
3GNY: Memory Forward “A 3G Fireside Chat Around the Menorah”
“A 3G Fireside Chat Around the Menorah”. This program is Co-presented by Liberation75’s 3G Committee and 3GNY.
3GNY: “A Barber From Krakow”
Join us to hear from Anna Scheumann Gallegos, who will tell her grandfather Max’s story.
USHMM: “The Tehran Children: Iran’s Unexpected Connection to the Holocaust”
During this two-part digital program, join experts to learn about Iran’s lesser-known connection to the Holocaust, hear about a daughter’s decade-long journey in the footsteps of her “Tehran Child” father, and examine why retracing this history is relevant today. not only to Iranians, but all of humanity.
3GNY: “Restoring the Memory of Jewish Communities in Poland”
Discussion with Slawek Pastuszka: “Restoring The Memory of Jewish Communities in Poland”
Screening and Live Webinar Q&A: “The Tattooed Torah”
Free online screening of “The Tattooed Torah” followed by a live webinar Q&A in partnership with The Los Angeles Film Festival, Jewish Journal and The Goldrich Family Foundation in association with USC Shoah Foundation.
Sousa Mendes Foundation: “Women of Valor”
In February 1943, at the height of the deportations from France, a daring group of Jewish and Christian women banded together to stage the largest single rescue operation in wartime Paris
Herzl Explained: 6 Part Series with David Matlow
The Holocaust Documentation & Education Center is delighted to share the following series “Herzl Explained” with David Matlow, friend of the HDEC, who is in possession of the world’s largest private collection of Theodor Herzl memorabilia.
USHMM: “The Last Living Nuremberg Prosecutor”
At the age of 27, in his first turn as prosecutor, Benjamin Ferencz led what was then called “the biggest murder trial in history.”
Sousa Mendes Foundation: “Searching for Sousa Mendes”
In June 1940, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese Consul-General in Bordeaux, France, issued life-saving visas to thousands of Holocaust refugees in defiance of his government’s direct orders – an action for which he paid a heavy personal price.
Jewish Life Through the 20th Century with Survivor, Judy Rodan
Jewish Life Through the 20th Century and the evolving meaning of Israel with Holocaust Survivor, Judy Rodan.
Project Witness: The Jews of France During the Holocaust
As the Holocaust Documentation & Education Center continues to feature and offer a wide variety of topics on the Holocaust, today we are adding...
Wagner College: Staten Island’s P.S. 22 Choir singing “Who Am I?”
Staten Island’s P.S. 22 Choir singing the Holocaust Poem “Who Am I?”
Sousa Mendes Foundation: “Safe Haven in Iowa”
Did you know that there were Jewish refugees in Iowa during World War II? Tune in to learn about this fascinating and untold story.
Discovery Education: The Children of Willesden Lane
Honor Holocaust Education Week by joining students across Florida for this special event. Students and educators will experience a 45-minute livestreamed event including a theatrical performance and concert based on the best-selling book The Children of Willesden Lane.
3GNY: “All the Horrors of War”
All the Horrors of War, tells the remarkable stories of Rachel Genuth, a poor Jewish teenager from the Hungarian provinces, and Hugh Llewelyn Glyn Hughes, a high-ranking military doctor in the British Second Army.
3GNY: “The Quest for the Hidden Torah”
In 2018, Yoni discovered testimony his grandfather, Zygmunt (Ziggy) Litowk, a Holocaust Survivor, had provided to the Shoah Foundation.
SWC Museum of Tolerance: Screening and Q&A: “Resistance”
Join Academy Award®-Nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg, and director/screenwriter Jonathan Jakubowicz in an intimate conversation about the new film, Resistance.
Wagner College: Commemoration of Kristallnacht
This talk will examine the ways in which fighting anti-Semitism and the quest for racial justice intersect.
Teacher Resources for Florida Holocaust Education Week Nov. 9 – 13, 2020 Commemorating Kristallnacht
The Florida Department of Education is commemorating November 9 – 13, 2020, as Holocaust Education Week for all Florida students, with November 9th and 10th marking the 82nd Anniversary of Kristallnacht.