Lunch and Learn: 1942 A Pivotal Year

A five-week course with MCHE Historian, Dr. Shelly Cline. Eighty years later, 1942 remains one of the most pivotal years in the history of the Holocaust. This course will explore the events that made it so notable.
Registration is $50 and is available below.
September 29/30 – Wannsee Conference and the Path to Genocide

This session will look at the context in which the Wannsee conference occurs, explore the details of this meeting, and examine the immediate ramifications.

This is the first meeting of the fall 2022 Lunch & Learn

October 6/7 – A Closer Look at Operation Reinhard

This session will examine the construction of Operation Reinhard camps, as well as look at changes made over time to adjust the killing process.

October 13/14 – Deportations

This session will look at the deportations that began in 1942, including the Great Action in the Warsaw Ghetto.

In-person October 20- Jewish Responses

This session will look at the responses available to those impacted by these events.

In-person October 27 – Elsewhere in 1942 and on Zoom – October 28 Jewish Responses

This session will look at many of the other events in 1942 that are often overshadowed, though in any other year would have been the major story of the year.

This is the fifth and final meeting of the Fall 2022 Lunch & Learn

Zoom November 4 – Elsewhere in 1942

This session will look at many of the other events in 1942 that are often overshadowed, though in any other year would have been the major story of the year.

This is the fifth and final meeting of the Fall 2022 Lunch & Learn

In-Person Course

Thursdays 12:00 – 1:15 p.m.
September 29 – October 27, 2022
Sessions will be held in person in the Board Room of the Jewish Community Center
Use the PayPal button below to register for the in person course.

Online Course

On Zoom
Fridays 12-1:15p.m.
September 29- November 4
*No class Oct. 21
Use this PayPal button to register for the online course.

This program is supported, in part, by an allocation from the Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City.

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