Tag: Online

Online & On-Site Program: Storytelling With OUTspoken May 5, 6:30 pm (CDT) | Non-Members: Museum Admission; Members: Free For our final Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement exhibition-related program, join us for an evening of captivating stories focused on LGBTQ+ and civil rights. The program will feature a variety of storytellers taking us… Read More

In And Still We Rise: A Novel about the Genocide in Bosnia, author Jordan Sher chronicles one family’s journey from the concentration camps of Prijedor, Bosnia in 1992, to their eventual resettlement in the U.S. After years of interviewing survivors, Sher relied on his findings to craft an inspiring story about those looking for balance… Read More

The landmark trial and verdict in Sines v. Kessler dealt a devastating blow against the white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and hate groups who conspired to orchestrate violence in Charlottesville, VA in August 2017. Hear from two members of the remarkable team behind the suit, Karen Dunn, Co-Lead Counsel and Partner at Paul Weiss, and Amy Spitalnick,… Read More

Join award-winning researcher, educator, playwright, and journalist Mike Levy for an exploration of the mostly forgotten role of Kindertransport rescuers and the quickly established landscapes of care in host countries.   Levy’s presentation covers the rescue of 10,000 mainly Jewish children from Nazi-controlled territory was carried out, dives deeper into the mechanics of the rescue… Read More

Join violinist Adam Millstein and pianist Dominic Cheli for a performance and introduction to the little-known world of composers whose lives and careers were disrupted or ended during the Nazi regime. This meaningful event is an extension of the Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices at the Colburn School, a unique resource that encourages greater awareness and… Read More

As spies, nurses and clandestine couriers, Black French women played vital, overlooked roles in the anti-Nazi war effort.   Paulette Nardal issued a call to arms against fascism in the 1930s. Eugénie Éboué-Tell joined the women’s auxiliary corps in Central Africa. Jane Vialle, an operative for Combat in Southern France, was arrested in 1943 for treason,… Read More

Join the Women’s Leadership Committee in conversation with Deerfield resident and author Lisa Barr at the Chicago premiere of her multi-award-winning novel, Woman On Fire, a gripping story about a young, ambitious journalist who becomes embroiled in an international art scandal centered around a Nazi-looted masterpiece. The book was recently named as part of Katie Couric’s 2022 Reading Guide. Lisa,… Read More

Rabbi Herschel Schacter, a U.S. Army chaplain in World War II, was part of the unit that liberated the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald. For two and a half grueling months, Rabbi Schacter immersed himself in the world of the survivors and helped them rebuild their shattered lives. After the war, Rabbi Schacter helped spearhead a… Read More

American society is currently engaged in a long overdue reckoning about racism, including how to right past racial injustice. As cities and states explore the concept of reparations for Black Americans, many point to the precedent of Holocaust reparations. What can we learn from the debates about payments from Germany in the aftermath of the… Read More

The first-in-the-world virtual reality exhibition, The Journey Back, applies cutting-edge technology to engage visitors on a journey as they walk through concentration camps with Holocaust Survivors who experienced them. The exhibition is a global game-changer, revolutionizing the field of Holocaust memory through innovative technology and transportive storytelling with two award-winning films. Both films – A… Read More