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Lunch and Learn Enemy to Ally: The Many Lives of Berlin

Lunch and Learn Enemy to Ally: The Many Lives of Berlin
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
IN PERSON- A Capital at War: Persecution, Resistance and Ruin This session explores life in the German capital from 1939 to 1945, from the intensification of the persecution of Berlin’s Jews to the courage of those who resisted the regime. We’ll examine the experiences of civilians living under dictatorship and bom , ...
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Lunch and Learn Enemy to Ally: The Many Lives of Berlin

Lunch and Learn Enemy to Ally: The Many Lives of Berlin
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
ONLINE- A Capital at War: Persecution, Resistance and Ruin This session explores life in the German capital from 1939 to 1945, from the intensification of the persecution of Berlin’s Jews to the courage of those who resisted the regime. We’ll examine the experiences of civilians living under dictatorship and bombar , ...
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Bringing Europe Home – Berlin and Sachsenhausen

Bringing Europe Home – Berlin and Sachsenhausen
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Bringing Europe Home – Berlin and Sachsenhausen This session explores Berlin as the German capital during the Nazi period including the experiences of the Berlin Jewish community and the rise of Sachsenhausen – one of the earliest concentration camps. Free registration is required at https://mchekc.org/prog , ...
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A Conversation with Holocaust Survivor Judy Jacobs

A Conversation with Holocaust Survivor Judy Jacobs
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Judy Jacobs 2000
Join Hungarian Holocaust survivor Judy Jacobs as she discusses her family’s flight from Budapest, incarceration in Bergen-Belsen, and immigration to the United States. This program is offered in partnership with Seward County Community College in support of their run of the USHMM exhibition Americans and the Holocaust. , ...

Lunch and Learn Enemy to Ally: The Many Lives of Berlin

Lunch and Learn Enemy to Ally: The Many Lives of Berlin
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
IN PERSON – From Ruins to Reckoning: Division, Memory and the Holocaust The fall of Nazi Germany left Berlin physically shattered. In the decades that followed, the city rebuilt and became a front line of the Cold War. This session explores how Berlin confronted the legacy of Nazism and the Holocaust amid div , ...
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Lunch and Learn Enemy to Ally: The Many Lives of Berlin

Lunch and Learn Enemy to Ally: The Many Lives of Berlin
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
ONLINE- From Ruins to Reckoning: Division, Memory and the Holocaust The fall of Nazi Germany left Berlin physically shattered. In the decades that followed, the city rebuilt and became a front line of the Cold War. This session explores how Berlin confronted the legacy of Nazism and the Holocaust amid division, rec , ...
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Bringing Europe Home – Krakow and Plaszow

Bringing Europe Home – Krakow and Plaszow
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Plaszow Memorial
Bringing Europe Home – Krakow and Plaszow Explore the history of the Krakow Jewish community including the role of Schindler in saving laborers from the ghetto and the role of the Plaszow Camp in their Holocaust journey. Free registration is required at https://mchekc.org/programs-and-events/bringing-europe-home- , ...

Kristallnacht Commemoration – Promise and Destruction: The Duality of November 9th in German History

Kristallnacht Commemoration – Promise and Destruction: The Duality of November 9th in German History
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Marker for Munich Synagogue destroyed in June 1938
Eroding the Rule of Law in the Third Reich Featuring Dr. Shelly ClineNovember 9, 20266:30 PMStilwell Room, Union Station Kansas City30 W Pershing Rd, Kansas City, MO 64108 Few dates hold as much significance in German history as November 9. From the birth of the Weimar Republic to the violence of the Nazi era, t , ...
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Americans and the Holocaust: The Failure of American Immigration Policies

Americans and the Holocaust: The Failure of American Immigration Policies
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Americans and the Holocaust: The Failure of American Immigration PoliciesWhile America could not have stopped the Holocaust, the country did have the capacity to mitigate its impact by allowing more refugees to immigrate before joining the global conflict in 1941. What did Americans know about the growing Nazi threat? , ...

Americans and the Holocaust: America Responds to Kristallnacht

Americans and the Holocaust: America Responds to Kristallnacht
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
America Responds to Kristallnacht No event of the Holocaust received as much attention in the American press as the violence of November 9–10, 1938, known as Kristallnacht. This program explores what Americans knew about the attacks on German and Austrian Jews, how the news was reported, and how the American public and , ...
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Bringing Europe Home – Warsaw

Bringing Europe Home – Warsaw
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Bringing Europe Home – Warsaw Explore the rich history of Jewish Warsaw and the experiences of those trapped in the largest ghetto. Free registration is required at https://mchekc.org/programs-and-events/bringing-europe-home-2026/ , ...
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Preview the Contest – Educator Workshop

Preview the Contest – Educator Workshop
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Photograph of a German White Rose
This workshop is intended for educators of grades 8-12 who plan to teach the White Rose contest this year. Teachers who are curious about White Rose are also welcome! Benefits of attendance: Drs. Shelly Cline and Melissa Karp will provide historical context helpful for teaching this year’s contest topic. Participants , ...
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Bringing Europe Home – Treblinka and Auschwitz

Bringing Europe Home – Treblinka and Auschwitz
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Bringing Europe Home – Treblinka and Auschwitz This session explores the Treblinka death camp – the primary destination for those Jews deported from Warsaw. As the most efficient of the Operation Reinhard Camps it represented the peak of Nazi efficiency – until Auschwitz became the most deadly camp mo , ...
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MCHE Office Closed – Thanksgiving

MCHE Office Closed – Thanksgiving
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MCHE Office Closed – Thanksgiving

MCHE Office Closed – Thanksgiving
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Bringing Europe Home – Vilna and Ponar

Bringing Europe Home – Vilna and Ponar
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Ornately decorated bimah of the Choraline Synagogue in Vilnius
Bringing Europe Home – Vilna and Ponar Vilna was called the “Jerusalem of the East” in pre-war Poland – the home of YIVO and many centers of Jewish learning. This session explores that rich history and the tragedy that befell the community as they were ghettoized, killed in mass shooting actions at th , ...
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November 2026

November 16
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Bringing Europe Home – Warsaw

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Bringing Europe Home – Warsaw Explore the rich history of Jewish Warsaw and the experiences of those trapped in the largest ghetto. Free registration is required at https://mchekc.org/programs-and-events/bringing-europe-home-2026/
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Photograph of a German White Rose
November 18
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Preview the Contest – Educator Workshop

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This workshop is intended for educators of grades 8-12 who plan to teach the White Rose contest this year. Teachers who are curious about White Rose are also welcome! Benefits of attendance: Drs. Shelly Cline ...
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November 23
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Bringing Europe Home – Treblinka and Auschwitz

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Bringing Europe Home – Treblinka and Auschwitz This session explores the Treblinka death camp – the primary destination for those Jews deported from Warsaw. As the most efficient of the Operation Reinhard Camps it represented ...
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November 26 - 27
All Day

MCHE Office Closed – Thanksgiving

Ornately decorated bimah of the Choraline Synagogue in Vilnius
November 30
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Bringing Europe Home – Vilna and Ponar

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Bringing Europe Home – Vilna and Ponar Vilna was called the “Jerusalem of the East” in pre-war Poland – the home of YIVO and many centers of Jewish learning. This session explores that rich history ...
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December 2026

December 24 - 25
All Day

MCHE Office Closed – Christmas

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