The Midwest Center for Holocaust Education teaches the history of the Holocaust, applying its lessons to counter indifference, intolerance, and genocide.
Jewish Experiences Acclaimed Author Series: Elizabeth R. Hyman
Moderated by: Dr. Shelly Cline
“The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto, The True Story of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising”
A presentation by MCHE’s Dr. Melissa Karp on Alain Resnais’s 1956 documentary short film about the Holocaust, Night and Fog. This presentation will prepare viewers to watch the film with a new understanding of its making, distribution, and reception, and of the ways it still shapes how we think about the images, sounds, and spaces of the Holocaust today.
In 2027, we observe the 85th anniversary of the Nazis systematic plan to annihilate Europe’s Jewish population—known as the Final Solution. This journey from Germany to Poland follows the path of destruction while honoring the resilience and vibrancy of Jewish life before the Holocaust. We will explore Jewish heritage sites that tell the stories of thriving communities before the war, we will visit ghettos, memorials, museums, and former killing centers, to deepen our understanding of how the Holocaust unfolded, commemorate the lives lost, and honor those who resisted and survived.
This experience is open to MCHE members for enrollment.
“Through Hell to the Midwest” is a mapping project that traces the stories of survivors who settled in the Kansas City area. Using oral history testimony collected by the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education and dually housed in the Fortunoff Archive at Yale University. Dr. Amber Nickell, Professor Hollie Marquess, and student Sarah Keiss from the Fort Hays State University History Department have mapped these survivors and their experiences. Each map tells the story of one Holocaust survivor, tracing their steps from their hometowns in Central and Eastern Europe, through their Holocaust experiences to their new lives in Kansas and Missouri.
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