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Outlawing Homosexuality in Nazi Germany: Reflections on the film, “BENT”
Mar 19, 2024 11:30AM—1:00PM
Zoom
RegisterHHREC 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…
View MoreParagraph 175: The Contemporary Impact of Nazi-era Homophobia and Persecution
Mar 20, 2024 12:00PM—1:00PM
Zoom
RegisterPresentation 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…
View MorePerformance as Witness: Recognizing the Rhetoric that Leads to Violence
Apr 02, 2024 11:00AM—12:00PM
Zoom
RegisterPresented 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…
View MoreGenetic Discrimination: Exploring the Echoes between Nazi and American Eugenic Histories
Apr 10, 2024 12:00PM—1:00PM
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RegisterKupferberg 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…
View MoreMemory 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
Zoom
RegisterA 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…
View MoreAnnual 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.
View MoreHHREC Annual Spring Luncheon
May 09, 2024 11:30AM—2:00PM
Bet Am Shalom Synagogue, 295 Soundview Ave, White Plains, NY 10606
RegisterMemory Keepers Story Hour: A Talk With Authors of “A Blessing, Not a Burden” Book – 7pm EST on Zoom
May 28, 2024 7:00PM—8:00PM
Zoom
RegisterAuthors Dr. Alex Kor and Graham Honaker will appear on the HHREC Memory Keepers Story Hour to talk about their recently published book A Blessing, Not a Burden. The book chronicles the lives of Dr. Kor’s parents Eva and Mickey Kor as they managed to survive the unimaginable horrors of life in a concentration camp…
View MoreHHREC Summer Educators’ Tour of Germany and Poland – TRIP REGISTRATION IS CLOSED – WAIT LIST ONLY!
Jul 06, 2024—Jul 21, 2024
Berlin, Warsaw, Krakow
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