Kristallnacht –the Night of Broken Glass, as the Nazis themselves chose to call it–refers to the organized violence that swept across Germany and Austria on the night of November 9 – 10, 1938 as Brown Shirts, members of the Sturmabteiling , dressed in civilian clothes, ransacked and destroyed Jewish shops and businesses. They
November 17 | 7 p.m. Chapman Auditorium | Memorial Hall Father Patrick Desbois President, Yahad-In Unum Author of The Holocaust By Bullets: A Priest’s Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews Although nearly seventy years have passed since the war in Europe ended, and with it
A Night of Broken Glass and Shattered Community November 7 | 6:30 PM Wallace All Faiths Chapel | Fish Interfaith Center Reflections by Curt Lowens Holocaust Survivor and Rescuer This event is co-sponsored by the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education, Hillel, Chapman Interfaith Council, Fish Interfaith Center. Admission is free. No tickets/reservations required. Reserved seating
October 28, 2014 I 4 p.m. Bush Conference Center I Beckman Hall I Room 404 Alan Rosen, Ph.D. Author of The Wonder of Their Voices: The 1946 Holocaust Interviews of David Boder On the face of it, the miraculous would seem to have no place in Holocaust testimony or in the Holocaust in general. Yet,
This evening a traveling exhibit “Lawyers Without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany Under the Third Reich,” created by the German Federal Bar, opens in Kennedy Hall at the Fowler School of Law at Chapman University. The exhibit can be viewed from October 13 – November 21 during business hours. If you are in the area,
Poster for the film “Nicky’s Family” September 16 | 7 p.m. Chapman Auditorium | Memorial Hall For more than fifty years, the story of rescuer Nicholas Winton remained untold. Only the serendipitous discovery of a suitcase filled with documents brought Winton’s story, and the stories of those he saved, to light. In 1938, Nicky, then
April 29 • 7 p.m. Chapman Auditorium • Memorial Hall Lighting of Candles of Remembrance Musical Tribute Cantor Chayim Frenkel Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation of Pacific Palisades Accompanied by David Kamenir Words of Reflection Rabbi Heidi Cohen Temple Beth Sholom, Santa Ana Rev. Dr. Gail Stearns Dean of the Wallace All Faiths Chapel, Chapman University
February 11•7 p.m. Bush Conference Center Beckman Hall•Room 404 Stefan Ionescu Research Associate, Department of History and the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education Chapman University In this lecture, Stefan Ionescu examines the diverse experiences of Romanian Jews during the years 1940-1944 when the country was ruled by fascist leader and Nazi ally, Marshal Ion Victor
November 19 •4:00 PM Bush Conference Center | Beckman Hall |Room 404 Judita Matyášová Researcher, Military History Institute, Prague, Czech Republic Judita Matyášová is a freelance journalist and author in Prague, Czech Republic, where she is a researcher at the Military History Institute. She is a regular contributor to the Czech newspaper
This Saturday marks the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass” in which a tidal wave of Nazi violence swept through Germany and Austria, leaving in its wake not only broken glass, burnt synagogues, and desecrated Torahs, but shattered human lives. To us, these events seem remote at best. For many of our