Events

"Immigration Then and Now" Speaker: Dr. Janek Wasserman, Associate Professor, University of Alabama Department of History This event is FREE and open to the public.

An adult education series based on the book “How Was It Possible?: A Holocaust Reader". We will explore the first 8 Chapters of the book, covering some of the readings this year and the remaining readings next year. Please make note of the reading assignments. Light refreshments will be served. Chapter 6: “The German Killers and...
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Featured Speaker:  Abe Schuster, Child of a Survivor Abe Schuster's father, Judel (Julius) Schuster, was born in Sarny, Ukraine in 1919. When the Russians invaded, he was conscripted to fight for the Soviets while the family remaining in Sarny came under Nazi control. We hope you will join us as we explore the impact of...
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An adult education series based on the book “How Was It Possible?: A Holocaust Reader". We will explore the first 8 Chapters of the book, covering some of the readings this year and the remaining readings next year. Please make note of the reading assignments. Light refreshments will be served. Chapter 7: “Collaboration and Its Limits”...
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This event is FREE and open to the public. More than 70 years after being executed as a war criminal, the memory of Third Reich ambassador to Slovakia, Hanns Elard Ludin, continues to weigh on his granddaughter, Alexandra Senfft. Ludin who was born in 1905 in Freiburg, Germany. He joined the Nazi party and the...
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STORIES REMEMBERED & RETOLD The Stories of Deceased Holocaust Survivors As Told By Their Local Descendants Please join us for this community Holocaust remembrance event to honor those who survived the Holocaust and to remember those we lost. Their stories remain lessons for future generations. Featuring family stories from Ellen Erdreich, Barbara Fine, Howard Koch,...
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An adult education series based on the book “How Was It Possible?: A Holocaust Reader". We will explore the first 8 Chapters of the book, covering some of the readings this year and the remaining readings next year. Please make note of the reading assignments. Light refreshments will be served. Chapter 8: “Rescuing Jews - Means...
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Featured Speaker: Eli Pinhas, Child of Survivors Eli's parents, Morris Pinhas and Matilda Massarano, were young adults in Thessaloniki, Greece when World War II began. Morris escaped to the Italian occupation zone. Matilda was initially forced into the Thessaloniki Ghetto, but later escaped and joined the Greek Resistance. Many others in the family were sent...
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Join us as we honor the 2019 Friedman Scholarship recipients. Teachers will speak about the impact of their experiences. Logan Greene, Calera High School, Calera Rachel Hartsell, Isabella High School, Maplesville Rachel Povlacs, Carroll High School, Ozark Kelly Sorrell, Pizitz Middle School, Birmingham Haley Walker, Irondale Middle School, Birmingham Mindy Walker, Holt High School, Tuscaloosa...
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Featured Speaker: Denise Lewis, Second Generation "L'dor V'dor - From Generation to Generation" Denise will share the story of her father, Roger Nathan Blum, a Holocaust survivor from Brumath, France.                   FACEBOOK LIVE RECORDING