Holocaust
Join us on August 4th the first program in our 2026–2027 series of teacher trainings. These trainings are designed for teachers across grade levels and subject areas, whether you are new to teaching the Holocaust and antisemitism or looking to deepen your existing practice. Each session will offer practical guidance, classroom-ready resources, and time to […]
The Friendship Club: In observance of Yom HaShoah, Women’s Philanthropy & Engagement invites you to a meaningful Virtual Lunch & Learn in partnership with Rauh Jewish Archives of the Heinz History Center. This special program about a group of women called “The Friendship Club” will explore personal stories, historical records and archival materials that help […]
Join us for this unique opportunity to hear a story of resilience, resistance and renewal in the shadow of the Holocaust. CWB Scholar in Residence Avi Ben-Hur will facilitate a discussion with Professor Aviva Halamish on how the survivors of the Exodus transformed loss into leadership. Prof. Halamish will share the untold story of their […]
Join us for the launch of the Holocaust Education Girl Scout Patch, created by local Girl Scout Lily Sassani with the mentorship of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. The program will feature a video documenting the development of the patch and an overview of the stories it tells, followed by a Q&A with Lily. This […]
Please join us for the second annual Renee Sachs Memorial Lecture on Holocaust history. Dr. Robin Judd, Professor of History at Ohio State University, will be sharing her award-winning research on “Jewish War Brides”—the Holocaust survivors who married North American and British military personnel in the wake of World War II.
While survivor Edith Dach, Susan Terman’s mother, never wrote about her Holocaust experience, she and other family members told many stories to Susan. Susan then shared her family’s stories with her brother-in-law, Pittsburgh-area poet Philip Terman. From there, the book I am a Jew: A Holocaust Family Memoir was born. Containing Susan’s sharing of her mother’s stories […]
Congregation Beth Shalom presents in partnership with Classrooms Without Borders Two Israeli Monodramas: When the Omelet Touches the Salad and Jonathan, a one-man performance by Professor Roy Horovitz. Roy performs readings of two humorous and moving stories of the heart. When the Omelet Touches the Salad centers on two anti-heroes, with each character presented in his own monologue. Jonathan is […]
This talk puts the systematic murder of Jews and other persecuted populations during World War II into historical context before showing attendees how to research the fate of long-lost relatives. Resources to be covered will include the JewishGen Holocaust database, the U.S. Holocaust Historical Museum, Yad Vashem, the Arolsen database, collections of oral history recordings, […]
As we commemorate the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the November pogrom, this event connects the outbreak of public anti-Jewish violence in Nazi Germany with the remarkable cultural production in the Theresienstadt ghetto. In the three and half years of its duration, the 140,000 inmates in Terezín played, composed, and listened to music, which provided comfort, […]
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. […]
The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh 2024 Summer Teacher’s Workshop, held in partnership with Echoes & Reflection, is free of charge, and Act 48 credit hours will be available. It will be held in-person on Chatham University’s Shadyside campus, with courses led by Lynne Ravas, veteran educator, Generations Speaker, and Echoes & Reflections facilitator. Both days […]
The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh 2024 Summer Teacher’s Workshop, held in partnership with Echoes & Reflection, is free of charge, and Act 48 credit hours will be available. It will be held in-person on Chatham University’s Shadyside campus, with courses led by Lynne Ravas, veteran educator, Generations Speaker, and Echoes & Reflections facilitator. Both days […]
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 […]
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 […]