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SUMMARY:I Never Saw Another Butterfly and The Terezin Promise
DESCRIPTION:I Never Saw Another Butterfly and The Terezin Promise\nBy Celeste Raspanti\nDirected by Wayne Brinda \nARTICLE: Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle – Prime Stage Theatre presents ‘I Never Saw Another Butterly and The Terezin Promise’ \nIn the Terezin concentration camp\, Austrian artist Friedl Dicker-Brandeis teaches Jewish children to make poems and drawings in secret art classes. Witness her passion\, the children’s creativity\, and the irrepressible power of Art to bring hope and healing into the darkest hours of the Holocaust. \nFeb. 28 – March 9\, 2025 \nBUY TICKETS \nSpecial Dates: \nPreview: Friday\, February 28th at 7:30pm – Pay What You Can\nOpening Night: Saturday\, March 1st at 7:30pm\nSensory Inclusive: Saturday\, March 8th at 2:30pm – Pay What You Can\nAudio Describe: Sunday\, March 9th at 2:30pm\nASL / Live Caption: Sunday\, March 9th at 2:30pm\nMore Information \nSummary and what you will see –\nI Never Saw Another Butterfly is an uplifting and inspiring story about the use of art in times of tragedy. The story centers around Raja\, a young Czech teenager who is forced into Terezin\, or Theresienstadt\, a Jewish ghetto that was used as a stopping point for transport to the death camps in the east\, Auschwitz in particular. While many Jewish artists\, filmmakers\, and other people of cultural or political prominence were sent there\, the ghetto itself was still a miserable place to live. Disease was everywhere\, and starvation was the norm. \nWe are Honoring the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II and the Liberation of the Concentration Camps. \nOf the more than 15\,000 children who passed through Terezin\, only 141 are known to have survived. Many drawings\, poems\, and other works of art that Raja and her friends smuggled out of Terezin have been shared with the world\, and through them\, these 15\,000 children live on. \nThrough the eyes of the children who lived in this camp\, we see how art helped them not only survive their time in the ghetto\, but also how it helped them cope. The play uses poetry from the book by the same name\, a collection of artwork and poetry by the children of the Terezin Concentration Camp\,1942-1944
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/i-never-saw-another-butterfly-and-the-terezin-promise/
LOCATION:New Hazlett Center for Performing Arts\, 6 Allegheny Square E\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15212\, United States
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SUMMARY:Act 70 Wellness Day for Educators
DESCRIPTION:We all know that teaching the Holocaust is emotionally taxing\, not just for your students\, but also for you. The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh believes that you (the teacher) must first take care of yourself before you can take care of others (your students). With that in mind\, we’re holding our first-ever “Act 70 Wellness Day” on Friday\, March 7\, 2025\, on Chatham University’s campus in Shadyside. \nThe day will be centered on supporting you and giving you the tools and connections to other educators so you can continue to do the difficult work. The day will include self-care activities\, networking opportunities to meet other Holocaust educators\, and information about local organizations that can help you teach the Holocaust more easily. Act 48 credits will be provided. \n\nRegister here.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/act-70-wellness-day-for-educators/
LOCATION:Chatham University Shadyside Campus\, 1 Woodland Road\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15232\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Educators
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T190000
DTSTAMP:20260625T235831
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SUMMARY:Edith and Kurt Leuchter: A Story of Love and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:She was born in Bruchsal\, Germany. He was born in Vienna\, Austria. As hidden children\, their paths crossed briefly in a French orphanage. This is just a part of their story\, separately and together: surviving the Holocaust\, fighting Nazis in the French Resistance\, and making a new life in America. This is the true story of Kurt and Edith Leuchter\, as told by their daughter Deborah Stueber. Kurt and Edith will attend virtually to answer audience questions. \nDeborah Leuchter Stueber has been a volunteer for the past 30 years at the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. In 2021 she was chosen as their Volunteer of the Year. Sharing her parents’ Holocaust experience with schools\, universities\, and various organizations for the last several years has been her passion. She feels strongly that it’s the responsibility of her generation and generations to come to carry on the survivors legacy. \nRegister here.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/edith-and-kurt-leuchter-a-story-of-love-and-resilience/
LOCATION:Cranberry Public Library\, 2525 Rochester Rd.\, Cranberry Township\, PA\, 16066\, United States
CATEGORIES:Generations Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250312T180000
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SUMMARY:Generations Speakers Series - 80th Anniversary of Liberation: Alison Brown Karabin
DESCRIPTION:Alison Brown Karabin will share the story of her grandmother Elizabeth Brown (z”l)\, a beloved Pittsburgh survivor originally from Hungary. Alison will recount Elizabeth’s survival in Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Volary death march\, before settling in Squirrel Hill and raising her family. This event is part of a series of programs in 2025\, recognizing the 80th anniversary of liberation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/generations-speaker-series-alison-brown-karabin/
LOCATION:Welker Room\, James Laughlin Music Hall\, 5798 Woodland Rd\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15232\, United States
CATEGORIES:Generations Talk
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SUMMARY:Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:The Holocaust was the systematic\, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. Holocaust history raises important questions about what the international community\, including the United States\, could have done to stop the rise of Nazism in Germany and its assault on Europe’s Jews. Questions include: What did Americans know? How did Americans respond? What more could have been done? \nAmericans and the Holocaust looks closely at America’s role in this history. The United States alone could not have prevented the Holocaust\, but more could have been done to save some of the six million Jews that were killed. This exhibition examines the motives\, pressures\, and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism\, war\, and genocide. \nLearn more here.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/americans-and-the-holocaust-exhibit/
LOCATION:Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls\, 1301 7th Ave\, Beaver Falls\, PA\, 15010\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T170000
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SUMMARY:Spaces of Treblinka: Guest Speaker Jacob Flaws
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URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/spaces-of-treblinka-guest-speaker-jacob-flaws/
LOCATION:Carnegie Mellon University
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T190000
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SUMMARY:A Holocaust Story: Love and Resilience During World War II
DESCRIPTION:  \nRSVP here.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/a-holocaust-story-love-and-resilience-during-world-war-ii/
LOCATION:Monroeville Public Library\, 4000 Gateway Campus Blvd.\, Monroeville\, PA\, 15146\, United States
CATEGORIES:Generations Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250327T173000
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SUMMARY:Generations Speaker - Lee Goldman Kikel
DESCRIPTION:“Generations Speakers are the children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. They have all been recruited\, vetted\, and coached by the Holocaust Center staff and veteran Generations Speakers to develop presentations about their survivor relative’s story. The Generations Speakers are all extremely passionate about what they do: preserving their family legacy; making sure that future generations hear a factual\, well-researched\, personal account of a Holocaust survivor; and most importantly\, never forget what their parents and/ or grandparents experienced.” ~https://hcofpgh.org/resources/speakers/ \nBook sale and discussion will take place after the presentation. Learn more here. \nSpeaker Bio: \nLee Goldman Kikel grew up in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh\, where she spent many of her early years in her family’s jewelry business\, both as a child and an employee. \nLee’s father\, Melvin Goldman\, did not talk much about his childhood in Poland\, or his family. In the 1970s\, he began recording details of his experiences on cassette tapes\, which lay dormant until 2015\, when Lee found them and finally listened to his testimony. Lee honored his wishes to transcribe his story as a book\, published in 2019 as Perseverance: One Holocaust Survivor’s Journey From Poland to America. In April 2023\, Pittsburgh’s Prime Stage Theatre debuted a theatrical adaptation of her book\, entitled Perseverance\, written by playwright L. E. McCullough and generously supported by a National Endowment for the Arts grant. \nOver the years\, she has told her family’s story to many audiences\, and she has also become a generations speaker as part of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. She has discussed the Holocaust and anti-semitism with diverse audiences around the region and beyond. These engagements have fostered multidisciplinary ways to reach audiences of all ages and in a variety of subject areas\, and have taught her both the importance of sharing Holocaust education and the value of presenting the content in engaging ways. \nGoldman Kikel is a lifelong Pittsburgh resident\, having earned both a BS in psychology and a master’s degree in education from the University of Pittsburgh. She also worked in the mental health field as a rehabilitation counselor.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/generations-speaker-lee-goldman-kikel/
LOCATION:C.C. Mellor Memorial Library – Edgewood\, 1 Pennwood Ave\, Edgewood\, PA\, 15218\, United States
CATEGORIES:Generations Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250330T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250330T150000
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SUMMARY:An Afternoon with Author Deborah Dwork in Conversation with Emily Loeb
DESCRIPTION:“We hope you will join us to hear from Deborah Dwork about her new book\, Saints and Liars. She will be joined in conversation by Emily Loeb who works at the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. After the discussion\, there will be a time for Q&A with the audience and book signing. Read more about the book and author below! \nWant to pre-order your copy of the book? You can do so here. Please designate in the memo field if you will pick it up at the event. \nRegister here! \nAbout the book: \nA gripping history that plumbs the extraordinary stories of American relief and rescue workers during World War II. \nLong before their country officially joined the war\, American aid workers were active in rescue efforts across Europe. Two such Americans were Martha and Waitstill Sharp\, who were originally sent to Prague as part of a relief effort but turned immediately to helping Jews and dissidents after the 1939 invasion by Germany. \nThey were not the only ones. Renowned historian Debórah Dwork follows the story of rescue workers in five major cities as the refugee crisis expanded to Vilna\, Shanghai\, Marseille\, and Lisbon. Followed by Nazi agents\, spiriting people across borders\, they learned secrecy. \nOthers negotiated with government representatives\, like Laura Margolis\, who worked with the Japanese\, to get enough food and warm shelter for the refugees in Shanghai. Yet\, the women also often faced lack of support from their agencies; if part of a couple\, they fought to get paid even at a low salary despite working as long and hard as their husbands. \nMoving and revelatory\, Saints and Liars illuminates the unpredictable circumstances and often fast-changing historical events with which these aid workers contended\, while revealing the moral questions they encountered and the devastating decisions they had to make. \nDrawing on a multitude of archival documents\, from letters to diaries and memos\, Dwork offers us a rare glimpse into the lives of individuals who—at times with their organizations’ backing\, but sometimes against their directives—sought to help people find safe haven from persecution. \nAbout the author: \nDebórah Dwork is director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust\, Genocide\, and Crimes Against Humanity at the Graduate Center—CUNY. Author (with Robert Jan van Pelt) of Flight from the Reich\, Holocaust\, and Auschwitz\, among other works\, she lives in New York. \nhttps://deborahdwork.com \nAbout the conversation partner: \nA granddaughter of Holocaust survivors\, Emily became involved with the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh in 2018\, when she started volunteering as a Generations Speaker. Since early 2023\, Emily has served as the Director of Programs and Education\, in which she oversees the Holocaust Center’s public and education programs\, as well as fundraising and the annual budget. Prior to joining the Holocaust Center\, for over a decade\, Emily ran the Gendler Grapevine Project\, a sunset initiative established to honor the work and vision of Rabbi Everett Gendler that funded initiatives that celebrated the deep connections between Jewish traditions\, social justice\, and the environment. She is currently writing a book about Rabbi Gendler’s life. Prior to that\, she worked for a Native American-owned and focused consulting company\, where she served as a project manager\, proposal writer\, and editor. With the goal of centering her professional and volunteer work around causes she believes in\, in 2017\, she founded Shattering Glass Ceilings Scholarship for women who are first-generation college students. Emily grew up in Kansas City\, where her grandmother was a Survivor Speaker for the local Holocaust center. Emily earned her bachelor’s degree at Colgate University\, studying Geography and Peace Studies\, and a master’s degree in Geography from the University of British Columbia. She lives in Pittsburgh with her husband\, two teenaged kids\, and two Boston Terriers. She loves being with her family\, hiking\, gardening\, writing\, and doing what she can to make the world a better place.”
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/an-afternoon-with-author-deborah-dwork-in-conversation-with-emily-loeb/
LOCATION:Riverstone Books\, 5841 Forbes Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15217\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featuring HC Staff
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