Holocaust Survivors

A Blessing, Not a Burden: The Story of Two Holocaust Survivors, Eva and Mickey Kor, told by their son Dr. Alex Kor with Graham Honaker

Thursday, September 26, 2024 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
Rodef Shalom Congregation
4905 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 United States

The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh is pleased to welcome Dr. Alex Kor, son of Eva and Mickey Kor (z”l) and his co-author, Graham Honaker. Eva Kor (z”l) was a Holocaust survivor who advocated for healing through forgiveness, the subject of two critically acclaimed documentaries Eva: A-7063 and Forgiving Dr. Mengele, and the founder of the CANDLES Holocaust Museum […]

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An Evening with Solange Lebovitz, a Holocaust Survivor

Thursday, September 12, 2024 @ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
Eddy Theater – Chatham University
Woodland Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15217 United States

Learn about Holocaust survivor Solange Lebovitz’s experiences as a Jewish child and teen living in occupied France, hiding from the Nazis and their collaborators. While she was living in hiding, her other family members were in concentration camps and her brothers were members of the French Resistance. Solange was born in 1930 in Paris, France. […]

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Building Bridges: An Evening with the Bamileke Community

Monday, August 5, 2024 @ 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Eddy Theater – Chatham University
Woodland Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15217 United States

Join the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh for an evening of learning and conversation with leaders in the Bamileke and Holocaust Center Generations communities. We will learn about the Bamileke people’s experiences of persecution, explore the intersections between the two communities, and talk about the relationships that have been building between descendants of survivors of the […]

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Generations Speaker Presentation by Clare Drobot

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 @ 6:00 PM EDT
Welker Room, James Laughlin Music Hall
5798 Woodland Rd
Pittsburgh, PA 15232 United States

Join us as we welcome Clare Drobot for her first public talk with the Holocaust Center! Clare will share the story of her grandmother, a survivor from Poland, and how her experiences shaped her family.

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Generations Speaker Presentation by Dr. Melissa Marks

Thursday, July 18, 2024 @ 6:00 PM EDT
Chatham University
Welker Room, Laughlin Music Hall, 0 Woodland Rd
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

We are excited to host Dr. Melissa Marks’s presentation for the first time!  Bio: Dr. Melissa Marks is the daughter and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. Her desire to understand the history and psychology of the Holocaust led her to become a social studies teacher, a career she loved for a decade. Currently, she is in her 21st year as a […]

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Yom HaShoah Commemoration

2024 Yom HaShoah Commemoration

Monday, May 6, 2024 @ 7:00 PM EDT
Campbell Memorial Chapel
Chapel Hill Road
Pittsburgh, 15232 United States

Annual program commemorating the victims of the Shoah, and honoring survivors and their families, with readings, music, and candle lightings. This program will be in-person, as well as live-streamed. RSVP for in-person attendance here. RSVP for virtual attendance here. A link to the livestream will be provided to registrants closer to the event. A recording of the program in its entirety […]

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Holocaust Center Speaker Series: Oscar Singer & Lee Fischbach

Monday, September 18, 2023 @ 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Chatham University
Welker Room, Laughlin Music Hall, 0 Woodland Rd
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Talk given by Holocaust survivor Oscar Singer and his daughter, Lee Fischbach.

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