Holocaust Education Week 2019
Posted by Daniel Reed on 12/14/2018 @ 10:04 AM
Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach Presents * Holocaust Education Week* January 27-February 1, 2019
The legacy of the Holocaust will be considered from cultural, scholarly and personal perspectives through a series of enlightening film presentations, lectures and community discussions during Holocaust Education Week, January 27-February 1, 2019, at various locations throughout Miami-Dade County. Holocaust Education Week is a community-wide program of the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, a Committee of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. All events are free of charge and open to the public. Due to limited seating, persons wishing to attend Holocaust Education Week events are encouraged to make advance reservations online or call 305.538.1663.
Sunday, January 27, 1:00 PM
Righteous Gentiles: Why Did They Do It? With Psychologist and Scholar, Dr. Eva Fogelman
Holocaust Memorial 1933 Meridian Ave. Miami Beach
If they had been caught it would have cost them their lives and their families, yet all over Nazi Occupied Europe thousands of non-Jews risked everything to save, hide and rescue Jews. Why did they help? What motivated them? Join Dr. Eva Fogelman, a psychologist and specialist on second and third generation Holocaust Survivors in an exploration of the altruism of the rescuers. Dr. Fogelman maintains a private practice in New York City and is a researcher on Holocaust Survivors and their descendants. She is the author of the book, Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust.
Monday, January 28, 7:00 PM
Film Screening: Amnesia – The Pogrom Erased From Memory With post-film discussion
Temple Sinai North Dade 18801 NE 22nd Ave, Miami
On July 4, 1946, in Kielce, Poland, soldiers, police officers and towns people killed 42 Jews and injured 40 of their Jewish neighbors, survivors of the Holocaust. This pogrom was all but lost from history. Journalist Piotr Piwowaczyk, who grew up in Kielce never heard of this event until well into adulthood, years after he had left Poland. He returns to his childhood home, searching for answers, confronting his own family’s complicity in the violence. In an era with rising anti-Semitism, this film is extremely relevant today in revealing and confronting the legacy of this form of hatred in Europe and around the world.
Directed by documentary filmmaker Jerzy Sladkowski.
Americans, Refugees and the Holocaust With Holocaust Scholar, Dr. Rebecca Erbelding
Tuesday, January 29, 11:15 AM Miami Dade College – Homestead Campus Building F, Room F222 500 College Terrace Homestead
Tuesday, January 29, 7:00 PM Temple Beth Sholom 4144 Chase Ave. Miami Beach
How did Americans and the US government respond to news of the Holocaust? During World War II, what could have been done to save Jews? Why did President Roosevelt eventually authorize the War Refugee Board, and how did the WRB work to save lives?" Historian Dr. Rebecca Erbelding will offer insight to these questions and a little known chapter of Holocaust history.
Dr. Erbelding is the author of Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe (Doubleday, April 2018). She has worked as a historian, curator, and archivist for fifteen years and holds a PhD in American history from George Mason University.
Wednesday, January 30, 7:00 PM
Film Screening – U.S. Premiere! The Forgotten With post-film discussion
Temple Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus 20350 NE 26th Ave, North Miami Beach
The fate of the Jews of Yugoslavia is a little known chapter of World War II. This documentary follows Stella, a young Israeli born in Yugoslavia, who discovers her great-grandfather was a Muslim Righteous Among the Nations who hid a Jewish family during the Nazi occupation. She travels with Survivors from each region, interviewing them on location to reveal the dramatic history of what happened to the Jews from this Balkan country. Directed by Nitza Gonen and produced by the Israeli Organization of Immigrants from Ex- Yugoslavia.
Thursday, January 31, 2:00 PM
The Nazi Titanic—A Tragedy Lost in History With Historian and Author, Robert Watson
Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center 20400 NE 30th Ave. Aventura
The German luxury ocean liner SS Cap Arcona was used by the Nazis as a troop transport and in WWII’s final days, was packed with concentration camp prisoners. Just days before Germany surrendered, the Cap Arcona was mistakenly bombed by the British Royal Air Force, and nearly all of the prisoners were killed in the last major tragedy of the Holocaust and one of history's worst maritime disasters. Historian Robert Watson discovered this forgotten story, sealed in British archives for over 60 years. Dr. Watson, author of more than 40 books is the Distinguished Professor of American History and Director of Project Civitas at Lynn University and serves as Senior Fellow with Sen. Bob Graham’s Florida Joint Center for Citizenship.
Friday, February 1, 9:30 AM
Black Box Theatre: Encounter with Holocaust Survivors Miami Beach Senior High School 2231 Prairie Ave., Miami Beach (10th, 11th and 12th grade students only)
Students spend the morning with two Holocaust Survivor’s Allan Hall and Fred Mulbauer, volunteers at the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach who will share their first –hand experiences. Through meaningful conversation with the survivors, students will get insight into the World War II years and how these survivors forged new lives in a new country.
Moderator David Reese is a language arts teacher in his 19th year with Miami-Dade Public Schools.
All events are free and open to the public.
Holocaust Education Week is a community-wide program of the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, a Committee of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
For more information and to RSVP, please visit Holocaustmemorialmiamibeach.org/2019/HolocaustEducationWeek or call 305-538-1663.
Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach
Sidney Pertnoy Chair, Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach (HMMB)
Sharon S. Horowitz Executive Director, HMMB
Daniel Reed Education Coordinator, HMMB
Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff Chairperson, Holocaust Education Committee, HMMB
In cooperation with: City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council * Miami Dade College – Homestead Campus * Miami Dade County Public Schools Department of Social Sciences * University of Miami Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies * Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center * Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus * Temple Beth Sholom * Temple Sinai North Dade * With special thanks to the Florida Department of Education * Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture
Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach 1933-1945 Meridian Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 | 305 538-1663 Holocaustmemorialmiamibeach.org info@holocaustmemorialmiamibeach.
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