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SUMMARY:Yom HaShoah Commemoration
DESCRIPTION:Register here. \n\nJoin us in remembering the approximately six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust on Yom HaShoah\, or Holocaust Remembrance Day.\n\n\n\nThe Holocaust Center has been holding a community-wide commemoration every year since the establishment of the Center in 1980. This year’s program will feature music played by students from Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra\, poetry readings\, filmed testimony from Holocaust survivors\, a candle-lighting ceremony\, and other traditional elements. \nDuring the candle-lighting ceremony\, six candles are lit in memory of the six million Jewish victims\, and three additional candles are lit in honor of the Veterans\, the Liberators\, and the Righteous\, those non-Jews who risked their lives to save the lives of their Jewish friends and neighbors. The candle-lighters are Holocaust Survivors and/or descendants\, community members\, and lay leaders. \nThere are both in-person and virtual attendance options available (select the ticket that reflects your preferred attendance option when registering).
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/save-the-date-yom-hashoah-commemoration/
LOCATION:Rodef Shalom Congregation\, 4905 Fifth Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T180000
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SUMMARY:Łódź to Pittsburgh: A Holocaust Survival Story
DESCRIPTION:Lee Goldman Kikel\, daughter of Holocaust survivor Melvin Goldman\, will be sharing her father’s story of survival and resilience. \n\n\n\n\nIn middle age\, Melvin Goldman recorded a series of cassette tapes telling his life story\, leaving them to be found decades later after his passing. His daughter\, Lee Goldman Kikel\, discovered the recordings—a priceless family heirloom conveying memory and the history of a Polish Jewish family which became the basis of a 2019 Holocaust memoir. Lee’s presentation focuses on her father’s recounting: his pre-war childhood\, ability to survive the Łódź ghetto\, Auschwitz and other concentration camps\, and a miraculous recovery while knowing most of his family perished. Lee tells how hope\, tenacity\, and perseverance amid major losses guided her father to become a United States citizen and start a new life in Pittsburgh. \n\nRegister here. \n\nThis is the second of a three-program series highlighting stories of Jewish people in Butler \nCounty and Western Pennsylvania.Presenter: Lee Goldman Kikel
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/save-the-date-generations-talk-by-lee-goldman-kikel/
LOCATION:Butler Area Public Library\, 218 N McKean St\, Butler\, PA\, 16001\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T173000
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DTSTAMP:20260507T021634
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SUMMARY:"Disposable Humanity" JFilm Screening
DESCRIPTION:A ReelAbilities Film Co-presented with Achieva & the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh \n\nTracing the eugenicist roots of Nazi Germany’s genocide\, DISPOSABLE HUMANITY confronts the little-known history of the Aktion T4 program\, a state-sanctioned campaign that led to the murder of more than 300\,000 disabled people between 1939 and 1941. Carried out by physicians under the guise of “mercy killings\,” T4 not only devastated lives but also laid the technological and bureaucratic groundwork for the Nazi death camps. Spanning over two decades of research and filmmaking\, director Cameron S. Mitchell and his collaborators weave together archival records\, testimony from descendants\, and insights from historians\, disability scholars\, and activists to examine why this atrocity remained absent from public memory for so long. At once intimate and urgent\, the film offers a timely reminder of how fascism exploits prevailing ideas about health\, purity\, and human worth. \nWinner: Slamdance Audience Award and Grand Jury Honorable Mention \n\nThis program will be followed by a talkback with Randall Halle (Director of the European Studies Center\, University of Pittsburgh) and Daniel Singleton (Holocaust Center Of Pittsburgh). \n\nLearn more and register here.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/disposable-humanity-jfilm-screening/
LOCATION:McConomy Auditorium CMU\, 5034 Forbes Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260504T190000
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SUMMARY:"But I Live" Conversation with Editor Charlotte Schallié
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URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/but-i-live-conversation-with-editor-charlotte-schallie/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T183000
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SUMMARY:Generations Speaker: Michelle Ultmann
DESCRIPTION:Michelle Ultmann is the daughter of two survivors: her mother from Germany and her father from Austria. She will share the story of her mother\, Ruth\, who was a young teenager during Kristallnacht in her hometown. After the November pogrom\, Ruth was sent to England for the duration of the war through the Kindertransport. \nRegistration opens on April 1.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/generations-speaker-michelle-ultmann/
LOCATION:C.C. Mellor Memorial Library – Edgewood\, 1 Pennwood Ave\, Edgewood\, PA\, 15218\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T130000
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SUMMARY:One Family's Experience of the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:While exploring the international exhibition “Let Me Be Myself — The Life Story of Anne Frank\,” join us for a powerful personal perspective on the history that shaped our world. \nThe daughter of Hungarian Holocaust survivors Margit Haas and David Robinson\, Susan Hawkins shares her family’s harrowing journey of survival and their eventual emigration to the United States. In this illustrated presentation\, Susan connects her parents’ lived experiences to the broader themes of the Anne Frank exhibition\, exploring how historical trauma echoes through generations. \nThis special event is free to Heritage Johnstown members or with museum admission (which includes the Anne Frank exhibit). Non-members will receive $2 off museum admission courtesy of the Hope Springs Eternal committee. \nDue to space considerations\, pre-registration is necessary. Click here to register.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/one-familys-experience-of-the-holocaust/
LOCATION:Heritage Discovery Center\, 201 6th Ave\, Johnstown\, PA\, 15906\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T190000
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SUMMARY:Waldman Arts and Writing Awards Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate the participants and winners of the 2026 Waldman Arts & Writing Competition. The event is open to the public and all students are strongly encouraged to attend along with their families\, friends\, and teachers. Winners will be honored and receive their award certificates; the grand prize winner will be announced; and attendees will have the opportunity to view entries during a reception with light treats. \nThe Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh is a program of The Tree of Life. \nRegister here.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/waldman-arts-and-writing-awards-ceremony/
LOCATION:Chatham University Shadyside Campus\, 1 Woodland Road\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15232\, United States
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SUMMARY:After the Synagogue Shooting
DESCRIPTION:This is the third of a three-program series highlighting stories of Jewish people in Butler County and Western Pennsylvania. \n\n\n\n\nREACH (Remember\, Educate and Combat Hate)\, is the 10.27 Healing Partnership Speakers Bureau of survivors and family members who lost loved ones in the Oct. 27\, 2018 synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. REACH speakers share their lived experience of targeted violence and connect with audiences on a personal and human level. The individuals within REACH are an invaluable source of resilience and strength. \nPresenter: REACH Speakers Bureau \nRegister here.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/after-the-synagogue-shooting/
LOCATION:Butler Area Public Library\, 218 N McKean St\, Butler\, PA\, 16001\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T180000
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SUMMARY:Save the Date - Generations Talk by Susan Straus
DESCRIPTION:Susan Straus (she/her) is the daughter of Jewish Holocaust survivors. Susan will tell the story of her father\, Henry Straus\, who was born in Germany in 1928. Her presentation describes Henry’s experiences growing up in Germany under conditions of rampant antisemitism and what he and his family endured during and after Kristallnacht\, the November 1938 pogrom. \nSusan encourages the audience to think about how victims of the Holocaust could be resilient in the face of unimaginable challenges and the effects of indifference toward others’ pain and suffering. She also encourages participants to consider what they can do to promote social justice in the world.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/save-the-date-generations-talk-by-susan-straus/
LOCATION:Oakmont Carnegie Library\, 700 Allegheny River Blvd\, Oakmont\, PA\, 15139\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T120000
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SUMMARY:Renia's Diary
DESCRIPTION:Join us on June 3rd for a virtual talk with Holocaust survivor Elizabeth Bellak\, sister of Renia Spiegel. Register here. \n\n\n\n\nRenia Spiegel was born in 1924 to an upper-middle class Jewish family living in Poland. At the start of 1939 Renia began a diary sharing her hopes and dreams. She continued writing until she was killed by the Gestapo in July 1942. \nMeet Renia’s younger sister Elizabeth Bellak who survived the Holocaust and has preserved Renia’s legacy of beauty and love\, along with Elizabeth’s daughter\, Alexandra. \nAbout Renia’s Diary \nRenia Spiegel was born in 1924 to an upper-middle class Jewish family living in southeastern Poland\, near what was at that time the border with Romania. At the start of 1939\, Renia began a diary. “I just want a friend. I want somebody to talk to about my everyday worries and joys. Somebody who would feel what I feel\, who would believe me\, who would never reveal my secrets. A human being can never be such a friend and that’s why I have decided to look for a confidant in the form of a diary.” And so begins an extraordinary document of an adolescent girl’s hopes and dreams. By the fall of 1939\, Renia and her younger sister Elizabeth (née Ariana) were staying with their grandparents in Przemysl\, a city in the South\, just as the German and Soviet armies invaded Poland. Cut off from their mother\, who was in Warsaw\, Renia and her family were plunged into war. \nLike Anne Frank’s diary\, Renia’s diary became a record of her daily life as the Nazis spread throughout Europe. Renia writes of her mundane school life\, her daily drama with best friends\, falling in love with her boyfriend Zygmund\, as well as the agony of missing her mother\, separated by bombs and invading armies. Renia had aspirations to be a writer\, and the diary is filled with her poignant and thoughtful poetry. When she was forced into the city’s ghetto with the other Jews\, Zygmund is able to smuggle her out to hide with his parents\, taking Renia out of the ghetto\, but not\, ultimately to safety. The diary ends in July 1942 and is completed by Zygmund\, after Renia is murdered by the Gestapo.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/renias-diary/
LOCATION:Zoom
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