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2021-2022 Annual Report
2021-2022 Annual Report

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Throughout the year, the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh holds numerous events. While physically closed, we continue to host events online. Here's what we have coming up.

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CHUTZ-POW!
CHUTZ-POW!

CHUTZ-POW! is our ongoing acclaimed comic-book series that places stories of courage, resilience, and sacrifice at the forefront of Holocaust awareness.

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Jews of the Somme
Jews of the Somme

A Pittsburgh-based, international initiative by Dr. David Rosenberg.

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Content Warning: Please note that this interview contains verbal descriptions of concentration camp conditions and suicide. Viewer discretion is advised. Students from Riverside High School interview Guy Prestia, liberator of Dachau concentration camp. Additional Resources: About the 45th Infantry Division: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-45th-infantry-division About Dachau: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/dachau About the Purple Heart: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/history-of-the-purple-heart
Yom HaShoah 2022 Interviews: Guy Prestia
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Content Warning: Please note that this interview features graphic imagery and descriptions that are not appropriate for younger audiences. Viewer discretion is advised. Students from Woodland Hills Senior High School interview Dan Ottenheimer, son of Fritz Ottenheimer, German-Jewish refugee and liberator. Additional Resources More sources related to Thekla Labor Camp: https://portal.ehri-project.eu/keywords/ehri_camps-121 Fritz Ottenheimer’s autobiography: https://www.amazon.com/Escape-Return-Memories-Nazi-Germany-dp-0970427700/dp/0970427700/ Short testimony from Fritz Ottenheimer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ2bGHFtZbc Fritz Ottenheimer’s story is in CHUTZ-POW! Volume I: https://www.amazon.com/CHUTZ-POW-Volumes-Holocaust-Center-Pittsburgh/dp/0578499428/ Photograph of Fritz as a baby with his sister and mother: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1165370 “Twinning” program (currently paused as we restructure, details when resumed will be available at this link)- https://hcofpgh.org/bnei-mitzvah/
Yom HaShoah 2022 Interviews: Dan Ottenheimer
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About this interview: Students from Dorseyville Middle School interviewed Eugene Khorey, liberator of Attendorn forced labor camp. Supplemental Links: About Liberators: https://www.ushmm.org/collections/bibliography/liberators About Nazi Forced Labor: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/forced-labor-an-overview About Displaced Persons: ​​https://www.ushmm.org/collections/bibliography/displaced-persons General Patton: https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Smith-Patton Atom bomb: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki Last Japanese soldier to surrender https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53763059 About the GI Bill: https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/servicemens-readjustment-act Eugene Khorey as a teacher at Heron Hill, featured in Teenie Harris photography: https://collection.cmoa.org/objects/697e8ee8-e89c-4a83-8edf-aee7ffe5a8d8 https://collection.cmoa.org/objects/32b8d017-9771-4d40-b0fc-8307cef28823
Yom HaShoah 2022 Interviews: Eugene Khorey
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Event took place on June 12, 2022 at Chatham University Event Description: Father John Neiman first read Anne Frank's diary in 1963 when he was 10 years old. In 1974, as a college student, he wrote to Otto Frank, Anne's father, to let him know how the diary had changed his life. This letter initiated a correspondence that resulted in Frank becoming one of his dearest friends. He also formed a close 30-year friendship with Miep Gies, one of the upstanders who helped to hide the Frank family during the Holocaust. During this public talk, Father Neiman will share the story of his relationships with Mr. Frank and Ms. Gies, as well as his larger studies about the topic of the Holocaust. Q&A will follow. This event will coincide with what would’ve been Anne’s 93rd birthday.
Father John Neiman
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View all of the winning art and artist statements here: https://hcofpgh.org/waldman-2022/ On Monday, May 2, the Holocaust Center honored local and international student winners of the Waldman International Arts and Writing Competition, showing their work to the public for the first time. We also honored Daniel Shaner for winning the Center's 2021-2022 Holocaust Educator of the Year award.
2022 Waldman Award Ceremony
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This free online kickoff event for The White Rose featured a discussion between director Art DeConciliis, artist Marcel Walker, and writer Wayne Wise, all of whom have told the story of the White Rose through artistic media. These creatives discussed the process of depicting The White Rose, why it continues to inspire audiences, and the importance of sharing the story with future generations. The conversation was hosted by Dr. Lauren Bairnsfather, Director of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, and Dr. Wayne Brinda, Artistic Director of Prime Stage Theatre, and featured questions submitted by partners at South Africa's Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre and Poland's Polin Museum.
The Legacy of the White Rose
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A video with just the LIGHT interviews portion of our 2022 Yom HaShoah program. These are not the full interviews; full interviews will be available later this summer. Time Stamps 00:00 - Dorseyville Middle School Interviewing Eugene Khorey 06:27 - Riverside High School Interviewing Guy Prestia 16:21 - Woodland Hills Senior High School Interviewing Dan Ottenheimer 25:23 - Shaler Area High School Interviewing Dr. Jessie Ramey
2022 Yom HaShoah LIGHT Interviews
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We encourage you to explore the accompanying digital program book, which has supplementary details and information: https://indd.adobe.com/view/b0c4fe5c-9716-4f17-bb39-22cb482e7c40 Please note that this program contains eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust and may be sensitive for viewers. Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, is the cornerstone program of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. It is the day set aside to remember the approximately six-million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The Holocaust Center’s annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration is a solemn community gathering that features a candle lighting ceremony, thematic readings, and a memorial for local survivors who have passed away. This year's online program once again features students from LIGHT schools conducting interviews, this year with two WWII veterans and two children of liberators. Holocaust survivors will light commemorative candles. The 2022 Yom HaShoah program is underwritten by Agnes Rocher z"l and Family, in memory of her husband George.
Yom HaShoah 2022: The Liberators and the Liberated
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Co-sponsored by Gumberg Library at Duquesne University and the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. Recorded live on January 26, 2022. Program for International Holocaust Remembrance Day including an interfaith commemoration with Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers of Tree of Life and Rev. Bill Christy, University Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministry. Remarks by Duquesne University President Ken Gormley, Dr. Lauren Apter Bairnsfather, Director of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and Shai Maaravi, Leader of the Duquesne Hillel Jewish Students Organization. The keynote presentation was by Dr. David Rosenberg on the topic "The Making of 'Who is a Jew?': A Tale of Two Cities and the Challenges of Bringing a Troubling Holocaust History Home." Music by Prof. Paul Miller, Mary Pappert School of Music, Duquesne University.
2022 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration and Program
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