Making Global Connections
We host a range of programs about Holocaust memory and its ongoing impact across, as well as relevancy to, societies around the world through annual commemorations, special events, our NEH colloquia series, and lectures about our originally researched exhibitions. Click here for access to our previously recorded programs. You can also explore our curated YouTube playlists by clicking here.
Upcoming Programs
Stay tuned for announcements about our fall 2023 programming slate.
Holocaust Speaker Series
Connie Bergstein Dow
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 11:00am EDT
Click here to register: https://www.holocaustandhumanity.org/events/holocaust-speaker-series-connie-bergstein-dow/
Connie Bergstein Dow is the daughter of Frank David Bergstein, who grew up in South Avondale, Cincinnati. Frank enlisted to fight in World War II in July, 1941, and immediately following basic infantry training, was selected for Officers Candidate School. He was then assigned to the 115th Regimental Combat Team of the 29th Infantry Division in June, 1942. After training for two years in England, Mr. Bergstein led a platoon of men onto the shores of Omaha Beach on D-Day, It was his first combat command, and immediately following the invasion, his platoon marched through France and Germany for 44 straight days of combat. Throughout his life, he struggled to come to terms with the horrors of war, while raising a family and helping to run the family business. Upon his children’s gentle urging, he finally began to write down some of his war experiences late in his life. Connie, along with Frank’s brother-in-law John McHaffie compiled them into a book, Some Reminiscences of World War II. Connie had a career as a professional dancer and dance educator, and is the author of five books about movement and young children.
The Holocaust Speaker Series features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. This series is organized by the Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center. It is generously sponsored by Margaret and Michael Valentine and presented in partnership with the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center and the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.
Cincinnati’s beloved Dan Hurley shares stories about his father during World War II and his quest to uncover his father’s story, a white officer with an all African American company that was led by a Jewish Captain in the heart of the home of the Nazi movement. Hurley is writing a book about the hundreds of letters his father sent to his mother during the war. You have likely seen Dan Hurley in the community through his previous roles as a reporter and host on Local 12 WKRC-TV and WVXU-FM, as the Cincinnati Museum Center’s Assistant Vice President for History and Research, Interim President of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Director of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s Leadership Cincinnati program, and as the founder of Applied History Associates. Hurley is also the author of Cincinnati: The Queen City.
The Holocaust Speaker Series features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. This series is organized by the Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center. It is generously sponsored by Margaret and Michael Valentine and presented in partnership with the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center and the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.
Holocaust Speaker Series
Henry Armstrong
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 11:00am EDT
Click here to register: https://www.holocaustandhumanity.org/events/holocaust-speaker-series-henry-armstrong/
Commandant Sergeant Major (CSM) Henry Armstrong is a native of Covington, KY. He enlisted into the US Army in 1943 at 18, 6 months before he graduated high school. Armstrong served with the 607th Field Artillery Battalion (part of the 71st Infantry Division which fell under Patton’s Third Army). Armstrong participated in 8 battles in France and 10 battles in Germany. In 1945, he was involved in liberating Gunskirchen Lager in Austria. His awards and decorations include the WWII Victory Medal, the US Army Commendation Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, and the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign medal with 2 Bronze Combat Stars. After returning home and completing high school, Henry re-enlisted into the Army, continuing his service in the Korean War and the Vietnam War before retiring after 41 years. On March 16, 2016, Armstrong was awarded the French Legion of Honor. Armstrong has been married to his wife Patricia for more than 57 years. Together they have 6 children, 12 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
The Holocaust Speaker Series features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. This series is organized by the Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center. It is generously sponsored by Margaret and Michael Valentine and presented in partnership with the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center and the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.