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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.

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Remembering “Kristallnacht” Through Stories of Resistance: Discussion with Jeffrey Sussman about "Holocaust Fighters"
Nov
9
6:00 PM18:00
Author, Book, genocide, Holocaust, Program

Remembering “Kristallnacht” Through Stories of Resistance: Discussion with Jeffrey Sussman about "Holocaust Fighters"

  • Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS
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Join HMTC to mark the anniversary of “Kristallnacht,” the state-sponsored attack on Jews that was launched by the Nazis on the night of November 9, 1938. This year, in an effort to emphasize the role of resistance during the Holocaust, HMTC welcomed author Jeffrey Sussman for a discussion about his new book Holocaust Fighters: Boxers, Resisters, and Avengers, which focuses on five boxers, four Jews and one Sinti, who fought back, unwilling to passively accept their fate as dealt to them by the Nazis.

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Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, And Love, a Book Discussion with Rebecca Frankel
Nov
2
6:00 PM18:00
Author, Book, genocide, Holocaust, Program

Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, And Love, a Book Discussion with Rebecca Frankel

  • Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County (map)
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HMTC has hosted a program with bestselling author Rebecca Frankel about her newest book, which recounts an amazing tale of perseverance, bravery, and love as it follows the Rabinowitz family as they escape from the Nazis and eventually settle in the United States. Hear the author discuss how she learned about these true events and more about the book that Publisher’s Weekly called a “gut-wrenching yet inspirational story” that leaves readers “on the edge of their seats.”

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Exploring Jewish Leadership During the Shoah
Oct
14
6:00 PM18:00
Author, Book, genocide, Holocaust, Program

Exploring Jewish Leadership During the Shoah

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This Scroll of Esther was used by cantor Avraham Hellmann in the Sudetenkaserne Synagogue in Theresienstadt.

This Scroll of Esther was used by cantor Avraham Hellmann in the Sudetenkaserne Synagogue in Theresienstadt.

HMTC’s new Director of Education, Dr. Avi Marcovitz, will give a presentation about how different types of religious leaders in the ghettos -- Rabbis, educators, youth leaders, police and the Judenrat -- responded to Nazi policies that created untenable living conditions.

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