In memory of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, which took place in 1943 from April 19 to May 16, three local Holocaust Centers teamed up with the Richard Rodgers Award-winning musical To Paint the Earth to present a virtual program of music and narration that tells the story of the life of the Jewish Underground during this crucial period in Warsaw. The musical, which is based on memoirs and first-hand accounts, shows how even after individual hope is lost, a community can still rise and shout to the world, “We are here.”

The program included a presentation by the writers, Daniel F. Levin and Jonathan Portera; a performance by actress and singer Lauren Lebowitz; an interview with Survivor and ghetto fighter Michael Struss; and much more.

Co-sponsored by the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC), the Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College, and the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center in White Plains.

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

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On May 3, 2020, Alisa Solomon, a professor at Columbia University Journalism School and the author of Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof (2013), took part in a virtual discussion of the “Fiddler on the Roof” story and what accounts for continued interest in this play. Unfortunately due to copyright issues, a recording of this virtual event can not be made available.

This program was funded in part by Humanities New York with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

HMTC needs your help now more than ever. Your donation will support HMTC’s virtual programming for students and adults. Help us continue to be able to provide Holocaust and Tolerance Education programs to schools and public programs for the community.