The Holocaust

November 16, 2022 Germany Close Up Open House and Happy Hour

By Rebecca / Tuesday, October 25, 2022 / Comments Off on November 16, 2022 Germany Close Up Open House and Happy Hour

Get a first-hand look at the CWB Germany Close Up Seminar! Join Classrooms Without Borders at our Open House for Germany Close Up 2023 at The Forge in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville […]

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Let the World Read and Know": The Oneg Shabbat Archives

By Ellen Resnek / Tuesday, October 25, 2022 / Comments Off on Let the World Read and Know": The Oneg Shabbat Archives

The Ghetto Fighters’ House invites you to a new three part series marking the 75th Anniversary of the Jewish Historical Institute   The Oneg Shabbat Archives and Beyond: Documenting and […]

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Kristallnacht: A Teachable Moment

By Ellen Resnek / Thursday, October 20, 2022 / Comments Off on Kristallnacht: A Teachable Moment

Kristallnacht: A Teachable Moment Echoes and Reflection’s webinars are designed to increase participants’ knowledge of Holocaust history, explore and access classroom-ready content, and support instructional practice to promote student learning […]

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FIGHTING BACK: COMMEMORATING THE JEWISH UPRISINGS AT SOBIBOR AND AUSCHWITZ

By Ellen Resnek / Thursday, September 29, 2022 / Comments Off on FIGHTING BACK: COMMEMORATING THE JEWISH UPRISINGS AT SOBIBOR AND AUSCHWITZ

The month of October marks the anniversaries of the uprisings that Jewish prisoners carried out at two Nazi death camps. In commemoration of these stunning acts of bravery, we will […]

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Three Minutes in Pittsburgh

By Ellen Resnek / Thursday, September 1, 2022 / Comments Off on Three Minutes in Pittsburgh

Three Minutes – A Lengthening (Directed by Bianca Stigter), a new, award-winning, high-profile documentary about the Holocaust, is opening at The Manor Theater: Pittsburgh PA starting Friday, September 2nd and […]

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The Establishment of the Ghettos

By Ellen Resnek / Sunday, August 28, 2022 / Comments Off on The Establishment of the Ghettos

Why did the Germans create ghettos throughout Eastern Europe? What functions did they fulfill for the Germans? For two and a half years, Jews from all over Poland were herded […]

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The Hippocratic Oath at the Umschlagplatz: The Jewish Doctors of the Warsaw Ghetto

By Ellen Resnek / Wednesday, August 24, 2022 / Comments Off on The Hippocratic Oath at the Umschlagplatz: The Jewish Doctors of the Warsaw Ghetto

The program will be moderated by Tali Nates, Founding Director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Center. For this program, there will be a limited pre-screening of the documentary film […]

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2023 Germany Close Up

By Rebecca / Monday, August 22, 2022 / Comments Off on 2023 Germany Close Up
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2023 Vienna-Prague Study Seminar

By Rebecca / Tuesday, August 16, 2022 / Comments Off on 2023 Vienna-Prague Study Seminar
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Post Film Discussion Reckonings with Roberta Grossman: Writer, Director and Producer, Karen Heilig: Producer & July Hodara, Co-Producer Moderated by Professor Michael Bazyler

By Ellen Resnek / Tuesday, August 9, 2022 / Comments Off on Post Film Discussion Reckonings with Roberta Grossman: Writer, Director and Producer, Karen Heilig: Producer & July Hodara, Co-Producer Moderated by Professor Michael Bazyler

In the aftermath of the Holocaust, the unprecedented destruction and plight of survivors prompts the unthinkable Synopsis They met in secret to negotiate the unthinkable – compensation for the survivors […]

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