Author: lcohen

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    Testimony: Anita Weisbord

    Anita Nagel Weisbord, a Holocaust survivor who sadly passed away in November 2022, shares her experiences growing up in a Jewish family in pre-war Austria,…

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    Testimony: Hanne Leibmann

    Hanne Liebmann, born in Karlsruhe, Germany, describes pre-war antisemitism, her family’s deportation to Gurs concentration camp in southern France, the refuge she was provided by…

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  • Image of David Widawsky, second generation Holocaust survivor
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    Testimony: David Widawsky

    David Widawsky, a 2nd generation Holocaust survivor born in the Landsberg Displaced Persons camp in Germany, discusses his father’s experience in the Łódź, Poland Ghetto,…

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  • Image of The burning of the Boemestrasse Synagogue in Frankfurt, Germany, November 10, 1938.
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    Virtual Kristallnacht Commemoration with Peter Hayes on November 10

    Join us on Tuesday, November 10th at 7pm EST for our annual Kristallnacht commemoration featuring the keynote presentation, “November 1938 as a Turning Point?,” by…

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  • Image of barbed wire at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2019
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    2020-21 Colloquium on Internment & Resistance

    The 2020-21 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) colloquium, Internment & Resistance: Confronting Mass Detention and Dehumanization, consists of seven events that focus on global…

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    Holocaust Education Resources

    Explore online teaching guides, databases, classroom materials, and survivor testimonial archives from leading Holocaust institutions, museums, and educational organizations.

  • Image of children’s barrack in Auschwitz II-Birkenau at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, 2017
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    On View Now: Virtual Exhibition on the Nazi Concentration Camp System

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    Anti-Racism Education Resources

    Explore resources about anti-racism education and the history of the civil rights movement, including teaching guides, books, and films, written by leading African American museums,…

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  • Image of American soldiers march into Buchenwald upon liberation of the camp. Photo credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Virginia Longest
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    Liberation

    Life did not seamlessly return to normal following liberation. Survivors Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld, Hannah Horon, Ethel Katz, Hannah Deutsch, Cynthia Zalisky, Steve Berger, and Hanne…

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  • Image of Gleis 17 (Track 17) Deportation Memorial in Berlin, Germany, 2016
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    Threads of Memory Project

    In their own words, local Holocaust survivors share their experiences leading up to, during, and after World War II during an arts-based workshop.

  • Image of shop damaged during Kristallnacht. Photo credits: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
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    The Holocaust Unfolds

    As the Nazis rose to power in Europe, Jewish life was severely impacted. Survivors Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld, Hanne Liebmann, Hannah Horon, Ethel Katz, Hannah Deutsch,…

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  • Image of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Germany, 2017
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    Remembering

    In order for future generations to understand the impacts of hatred seen at its pinnacle during the Holocaust, survivors Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld, Cynthia Zalisky, Ethel…

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