The Midwest Center for Holocaust Education teaches the history of the Holocaust, applying its lessons to counter indifference, intolerance, and genocide.
This month-long series of events sponsored by Fort Hays State University and the Hays Public Library feature 3 programs by MCHE team members, a showing of Big Sonia, and presentations by several historians. Offerings are both in-person in Hays, Kansas and on Zoom. Registration is required.
Join MCHE’s Jessica Rockhold for an exploration of the history of Terezin/Theresienstadt in support of the unveiling of Pawel Weiner’s biographical panel at the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes in Fort Scott, Kansas. This presentation is open to the public.
The public is invited to this discussion by Human Rights Educators Dr. Lina Lenberg and Rayhan Asat. This program will take place on April 18 in room 401 if the UMKC Student Union with doors opening at 6 pm. Registration required – link coming soon.
This European study tour is open to MCHE members. Travel in 2025 will include Berlin, Krakow, Warsaw, and Vilnius. Stops include Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, the Warsaw, Krakow, and Vilna Ghettos, Sachsenhausen, and Ponar.
The community is invited to attend the annual Yom Hashoah commemoration on May 5, 2024 at 1:30 pm in the White Theatre at the Jewish Community Campus.
The commemoration is open to the public and to school audiences. School groups may register for attendance utilizing the button below. The program will be live streamed on YouTube. The commemoration is organized by the Kansas Holocaust Commission.
Our 2024 Operation Barbarossa Commemoration features educators from Yahad-In Unum addressing the history of the Holocaust by Bullets and the work of Yahad-In Unum. Registration required.
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