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  • Outlawing Homosexuality in Nazi Germany: Reflections on the film, “BENT”

    Mar 19, 2024 11:30AM—1:00PM

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    HHREC is a co-sponsor of this event presented by the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center and the QCC-CUNY LGBTQIA+ Consortium. During the Holocaust, homosexual men imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps were required to wear inverted pink triangle badges on their uniforms, a symbol that was later reclaimed as an emblem of Gay Pride. Join…

  • Paragraph 175: The Contemporary Impact of Nazi-era Homophobia and Persecution

    Mar 20, 2024 12:00PM—1:00PM

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    Presentation by the Kupferberg Holocaust Center, Co-Sponsored by HHREC. Paragraph 175 was an 1871 German statute criminalizing sexual relations between men. Predating the Nazi regime, it was revised in 1935 allowing the Nazis to persecute larger numbers of men more aggressively. Join Dr. Jake Newsome, Scholar and Author of Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in…

  • Performance as Witness: Recognizing the Rhetoric that Leads to Violence

    Apr 02, 2024 11:00AM—12:00PM

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    Presented by The Kupferberg Center, Co-Sponsored by HHREC Join Dr. Alexander Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, and UNESCO Chair on Genocide Prevention at Rutgers University, for a discussion about how the rise of political extremism and hate speech contributes to a growing atmosphere…

  • Genetic Discrimination: Exploring the Echoes between Nazi and American Eugenic Histories

    Apr 10, 2024 12:00PM—1:00PM

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    Kupferberg Holocaust Center Presentation Co-Sponsored by HHREC When Adolf Hitler established the involuntary euthanasia program in 1939 codenamed Aktion T4, he empowered medical personnel throughout the Third Reich to sterilize and kill those deemed “unworthy of life.” Join Tiarra Cooper, Ph.D. Candidate and Teaching Associate at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, for a brief…

  • Memory Keepers Story Hour: A Conversation With Authors of Testaments of Courage in the Holocaust Book – 7pm EST on Zoom

    Apr 10, 2024 7:00PM—8:00PM

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    A group of local second-generation Holocaust survivors have written and published a book documenting their families’ experiences during World War II, and five of the authors will appear to discuss their collaboration and personal family stories. Testaments of Courage in the Holocaust is a compilation of true stories told by the authors that describes the courage and…

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Outlawing Homosexuality in Nazi Germany: Reflections on the film, “BENT”

Mar 19, 2024 11:30AM—1:00PM

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HHREC is a co-sponsor of this event presented by the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center and the QCC-CUNY LGBTQIA+ Consortium. During the Holocaust, homosexual men imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps were required to wear inverted pink triangle badges on their uniforms, a symbol that was later reclaimed as an emblem of Gay Pride. Join…

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Paragraph 175: The Contemporary Impact of Nazi-era Homophobia and Persecution

Mar 20, 2024 12:00PM—1:00PM

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Presentation by the Kupferberg Holocaust Center, Co-Sponsored by HHREC. Paragraph 175 was an 1871 German statute criminalizing sexual relations between men. Predating the Nazi regime, it was revised in 1935 allowing the Nazis to persecute larger numbers of men more aggressively. Join Dr. Jake Newsome, Scholar and Author of Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in…

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Performance as Witness: Recognizing the Rhetoric that Leads to Violence

Apr 02, 2024 11:00AM—12:00PM

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Presented by The Kupferberg Center, Co-Sponsored by HHREC Join Dr. Alexander Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, and UNESCO Chair on Genocide Prevention at Rutgers University, for a discussion about how the rise of political extremism and hate speech contributes to a growing atmosphere…

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Genetic Discrimination: Exploring the Echoes between Nazi and American Eugenic Histories

Apr 10, 2024 12:00PM—1:00PM

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Kupferberg Holocaust Center Presentation Co-Sponsored by HHREC When Adolf Hitler established the involuntary euthanasia program in 1939 codenamed Aktion T4, he empowered medical personnel throughout the Third Reich to sterilize and kill those deemed “unworthy of life.” Join Tiarra Cooper, Ph.D. Candidate and Teaching Associate at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, for a brief…

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Memory Keepers Story Hour: A Conversation With Authors of Testaments of Courage in the Holocaust Book – 7pm EST on Zoom

Apr 10, 2024 7:00PM—8:00PM

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A group of local second-generation Holocaust survivors have written and published a book documenting their families’ experiences during World War II, and five of the authors will appear to discuss their collaboration and personal family stories. Testaments of Courage in the Holocaust is a compilation of true stories told by the authors that describes the courage and…

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Annual Westchester Countywide Yom HaShoah Commemoration Holocaust Remembrance Day

May 06, 2024 12:00PM—1:00PM

Garden of Remembrance, 148 Martine Ave., White Plains, NY

This commemoration presented by HHREC, WJC and UJA Federation New York will feature reflections from Holocaust survivor Annie Kleinhaus, the procession of Westchester’s rescued Holocaust Torahs and remarks from County Executive George Latimer. This event is free and open to the public, and will be held rain or shine.

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How Saba Kept Singing – Film Screening & Discussion Presented by HHREC and Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester

Feb 15, 2024 7:00PM—8:30PM

Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester, 2125 Westchester Ave., Rye, NY 10580