January 27
6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
The Midwest Center for Holocaust Education teaches the history of the Holocaust, applying its lessons to counter indifference, intolerance, and genocide. We serve Kansas, western Missouri and the Midwest.
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, our office is open to the public by appointment and masks are required.
MCHE is proud to announce our partnership with Union Station in providing programmatic and educational support for the exhibition Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. This groundbreaking exhibition brings together more than 700 original objects and 400 photographs from over 20 institutions and museums around the world.
More than 20 presentations and events for the public and educators are scheduled through March 2022.
Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt will speak about the history of Auschwitz for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Dr. van Pelt is one of the world’s leading experts on Auschwitz. He co-authored the award winning book, Auschwitz 1270 to the Present, with Dr. Debórah Dwork, and initiated and chaired the workgroup that created the master plan for the future of the Auschwitz museum. Dr. Van Pelt was one of the four internationally renowned historians who served as expert witnesses for the defense in the Irving-Lipstadt trial.
Presented by the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education and Union Station Kansas City in support of the exhibition Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.
Join us for a special virtual tour of Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust. Following the virtual tour, Jessica Rockhold, MCHE Executive Director, will lead a discussion about the experiences of local survivors who fled to Shanghai.
Presented in partnership by: Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City Women’s Philanthropy, MCHE, and the Illinois Holocaust Museum.
Historian David G. Marwell will discuss his recent book on Josef Mengele, in which he strips away the myths that have attached themselves to the Auschwitz doctor and replaces what is a frightening caricature with an perhaps even more unsettling picture of the human being that he was.
Presented by the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education and Union Station Kansas City in support of the exhibition Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.
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