Holocaust Education Week Resources & Events
Kristallnacht, or the 'Night of the Broken Glass,' took place 84 years ago this Wednesday - November 9th. The days leading up to and following this date are now marked by "Holocaust Education Week" each year. Below, I have curated a few in-person and online events this week, and next that may interest you or your students. The first event listed below is a partnership between Trent University faculty members and the local Holocaust Education Planning Committee led by members of the Beth Israel Congregation.
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The Peterborough Holocaust Education Planning Committee Presents:
Confronting Antisemitism Today
November 16, 2022
Visual Exhibit: Stars Without A Heaven - 2 - 6 PM
Two Lectures: 6 - 8 PM
"Confronting Antisemitism Today: Paradoxes and Challenges" by Dr. Robert Rozett
"Teaching the Holocaust to Generation Z" by Mr. Yoni Berrous
Event Moderator: Dr. Karen Blair
Location:
Beth Israel Synagogue
775 Weller Street
Peterborough, ON
All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Please RSVP
(no cost, just pre-registration).
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Lenka Lichtenberg's Thieves of Dreams
Songs of Theresienstadt's Secret Poetess
November 10, 2022
7:30 PM
Prossermann JCC - Leah Posluns Theatre
4588 Bathurst Street
Tickets $25
Learn More Here
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#nomoreantisemitism International Conference 2022
November 19, 2022 - November 21, 2022
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
The conference provides two tracks, one for educators and one for the general public and advocates.
Learn more here.
CBC News Article
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November 9, 2022
7:30 PM
Kristallnacht Commemoration
A Celebration of Rabbi Erwin Schild: From Internee to the Order of Canada
Livestream Available
Can also be attended in person - 37 Southbourne Avenue, Toronto
More Info Here
November 9, 2022
12:00 - 1:00 PM EST
The Nazis and the Law: A Kristallnacht Program
Virtual, Online, Free
More Info Here
November 16, 2022
1-2 PM. Holocaust Survivor Arye Ephrath
Free, Virtual
Register Here
November 21, 2022
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM - Holocaust Survivor Esther Starobin
Free, Virtual
Register Here
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A 30-minute virtual tour of the Block 11 Shoah exhibit at Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum was created during the pandemic when in-person museum visits were not possible.
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The recently released Ken Burns Documentary, The U.S. and the Holocaust, is available in Canada on Apple TV and YouTube. The first episode provides a good overview of Eugenics as practiced in North America.
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18 Voices: A Liberation Day Reading of Young Writers' Diaries from the Holocaust
"More than one million Jewish children were killed during the Holocaust. Countless others survived. Some, like Anne Frank, kept diaries in which they confided their hopes, fears, and experiences. Join us on International Holocaust Remembrance Day for a special virtual reading of excerpts from some of these diaries. By giving voice to the written words of some of the Nazis’ youngest victims, we commemorate their suffering and learn from their courageous and resilient spirits."
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Connecting to Current Events
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Yale Courses: Dr. Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine
View the full course playlist here (updates weekly with new lectures).
The button below will take you to an audio recording of a lecture by Dr. Snyder exploring the evidence of a genocide taking place within Ukraine today.
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Psychology & The Holocaust
Holocaust Education May Help Teach Psychology's History
Simpson, K. E. (2012). Hitler’s genocide: Teaching the psychology of the Holocaust. Teaching of Psychology, 39(2), 113-120.
Newman, L. S., & Erber, R. (Eds.). (2002). Understanding genocide: The social psychology of the Holocaust. Oxford University Press.
Suedfeld, P. (2000). Reverberations of the Holocaust fifty years later: Psychology's contributions to understanding persecution and genocide. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne, 41(1), 1.
Blair, K.L. (2020). The Future of Interdisciplinary Holocaust Education: Why Holocaust Education Provides the Roadmap We Need for Uncertain Times - Video. Bishop's University, Up For Debate TEDx Talks.
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