These programs are related to the Holocaust exhibit, but are not tied to books or films.
- November 4 @ 3 pm - A Workshop for Parents and Teaching the Holocaust: A Workshop for Parents and Teachers.
Andrew Burgoon and Kathy Owens, teachers in the Law & Justice Village of Elkhorn Crossing School in Georgetown, KY, will lead a reading and discussion of the life of Sylvia Farber Green as an example of the usage of survivor's stories in making the Holocaust accessible to students.
- November 6 @ 7 pm - Zelda Popkin: The Life and Times of an American Jewish Woman Writer
Dr. Jeremy Popkin (University of Kentucky) shares his grandmother with us in this newly published book that examines the life and contributions of an indominable woman who led an adventurous life. Working in the male-dominated and ruthless world of public relations in the 1920s, she began writing fiction in the 1940s, including the some of the fiction dealing with the Holocaust.
- November 12 @ 2 pm - Roots of Antisemitism
Dr. Cliff Wargelin, chair of the History Department of Georgetown College, presents an informative examination of the roots of Antisemitism in the later 19th century, early 20th century Europe, focusing on issues such as Russian Anti-Semitic policies, radical right ideologies and movements, the Dreyfus Affair, and generalize cultural Antisemitism through Europe and the United States.
- November 13 @ 6:30 pm - Genocide: A History
The history of genocide as a concept is unfortunately a sad part of the human story, and is still an ongoing issue today. Gerry Adair, of Bluegrass Community and Technical College, shares the troubling history of this word, from the earlier genocides of the 20th century through the Holocaust of the 1930s and 1940s, and the ongoing tragedies happening around the world today.
- November 19 @ 2 pm - Resisting the Nazis: The Jewish Resistance
Dr. Ken Slepyan of Transylvania University, shares the stories of the Jewish resistance to Hitler's plans in far eastern reaches of Europe, within the Polish ghettos and the concentration camps themselves. Some who managed to flee Europe, leaving all they loved behind, volunteered to go back within the Allied forces to work as interpreters, spies, and soldiers on the front. Here are the stories of some of the bravest people on earth.
- November 19 @ 5:30 pm - Maggid: A Jewish Storytelling Initiative
This evening we welcome members of the Jewish community as they share family stories of their experiences during World War II. This is a priceless opportunity to share a very special time and and hear firsthand how this period of time changed their world forever. This program is suitable for older children, teens and adults and is brought to us through a partnership with the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass.
- December 3 @ 2 pm - America in the 1930's and 1940's: Challengers at Home
Whenever we think of the 1940s, we probably conjure images of WWII, but life in the United States during the pre-war years and the decade of the 1940s was rich and challenging in many ways. How did we view outsiders? What were the main concerns of the citizens? In trying to escape the horrors of their own country, many refugees found a much different America than they imagined if they even managed to get here. Dr. Tracy Campbell, of the University of Kentucky History Department will shed the light on this critical portion of our history that truly answers the questions asked by the "Americans and the Holocaust" exhibit: What did we do? What did we know? What would you have done?
- December 11 @ 6:30 pm - From Barbed Wire to Bluegrass: Jewish Refugees in Kentucky
Jewish Refugees in Kentucky. This presentation by Dr. Jacqueline Hamilton of the Kentucky Speakers Bureau and Eastern Kentucky University, honors Jewish refugees who escaped the horrors of Europe and found a new home in Kentucky. Drawn from Arwen Donahue's nonfiction work "This Is Home Now: Kentucky's Holocaust Survivors Speak", Dr. Hamilton shares their lives and experiences living both under the Nazis and in the American South. She ends the program in a candlelight memorial service. This presentation is made possible in part by the Kentucky Humanities Council and its generous donors.