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A Flicker of Light in the Darkness: How Hanukkah was Celebrated During the Shoah
Nov
21
6:00 PM18:00
Holocaust, Program, Museum, Panel Discussion

A Flicker of Light in the Darkness: How Hanukkah was Celebrated During the Shoah

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Dr. Avi Marcovitz, HMTC’s Director of Education, presented a program about the ways Jews celebrated the festival of Hanukkah before the Holocaust, in the ghettos and concentration camps, and in the displaced persons camps after the war. How were the religious traditions sustained under the most dangerous conditions? Join us to learn more about this topic.

If you missed this program, you can watch it now on Youtube:

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Help HMTC Light Up the Night!
Nov
9
5:00 PM17:00
Fundraiser, Holocaust

Help HMTC Light Up the Night!

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Help HMTC Light up the Night!

Sponsor a Candle!

In conjunction with March of the Living's Let There Be Light initiative, HMTC is going to place candles in the amphitheater in the Children's Memorial Garden. Sponsor a candle in memory of someone and help HMTC light up the night! All proceeds go to support HMTC's Holocaust and Tolerance Education programs.

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Curator's Corner: A Photo from Baden-Baden
May
20
11:30 AM11:30
Museum, Program

Curator's Corner: A Photo from Baden-Baden

Photo from the permanent collection in HMTC’s museum. Taken in Baden-Baden in 1938.

Photo from the permanent collection in HMTC’s museum. Taken in Baden-Baden in 1938.

In this edition of “Curator’s Corner” from May 20, 2020, Dr. Thorin Tritter, HMTC’s Museum and Programming Director, talked about a photograph, in the permanent collection of the museum, that was taken in Baden-Baden on November 9, 1938, which captures details about the events of “Kristallnacht.” If you missed seeing it you can watch it now:

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