2011
August 2011
Monday 1 August 2011
Mon 1 Aug. Museum of Texas Tech University 3301 4th St Lubbock, TX 79415, USA From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany carried out a campaign to “cleanse” German society of individuals viewed as biological threats to the nation's “health.” Enlisting the help of physicians and medically trained geneticists, psychiatrists, and anthropologists, the Nazis developed racial health policies that began with the mass sterilization of “genetically diseased” persons and ended with the near annihilation of European Jewry. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [more][events]
Mon 1 Aug, 1-4 pm. July 31, 2011 - August 1, 2011 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM PLACE Museum Shop, Museum 7/31/2011 - 8/1/2011 Ernest Paul brings both his own story of survival during the Holocaust as well as his late wife's memoir. Both he and his wife defied the odds by surviving countless indignities and life threatening experiences. They meet after Sara was liberated by the Soviets and sent to a kibbutz in Bucharest, Romania. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [events]
Tuesday 2 August 2011
Tue 2 Aug. Museum of Texas Tech University 3301 4th St Lubbock, TX 79415, USA From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany carried out a campaign to “cleanse” German society of individuals viewed as biological threats to the nation's “health.” Enlisting the help of physicians and medically trained geneticists, psychiatrists, and anthropologists, the Nazis developed racial health policies that began with the mass sterilization of “genetically diseased” persons and ended with the near annihilation of European Jewry. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [more][events]
Wednesday 3 August 2011
Wed 3 Aug. Museum of Texas Tech University 3301 4th St Lubbock, TX 79415, USA From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany carried out a campaign to “cleanse” German society of individuals viewed as biological threats to the nation's “health.” Enlisting the help of physicians and medically trained geneticists, psychiatrists, and anthropologists, the Nazis developed racial health policies that began with the mass sterilization of “genetically diseased” persons and ended with the near annihilation of European Jewry. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [more][events]
Wed 3 Aug, 1-2 pm. August 3, 2011 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM PLACE Helena Rubinstein Auditorium, Museum First Person is a program for the public featuring a series of conversations with Holocaust survivors. These eyewitness accounts unite personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program is presented as a live interview with an opportunity for the audience to ask questions. are asked to remain seated for the entire hour-long program to minimize disruptions for the speaker. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [more][events]
Thursday 4 August 2011
Thu 4 Aug. Museum of Texas Tech University 3301 4th St Lubbock, TX 79415, USA From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany carried out a campaign to “cleanse” German society of individuals viewed as biological threats to the nation's “health.” Enlisting the help of physicians and medically trained geneticists, psychiatrists, and anthropologists, the Nazis developed racial health policies that began with the mass sterilization of “genetically diseased” persons and ended with the near annihilation of European Jewry. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [more][events]
Friday 5 August 2011
Fri 5 Aug. Museum of Texas Tech University 3301 4th St Lubbock, TX 79415, USA From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany carried out a campaign to “cleanse” German society of individuals viewed as biological threats to the nation's “health.” Enlisting the help of physicians and medically trained geneticists, psychiatrists, and anthropologists, the Nazis developed racial health policies that began with the mass sterilization of “genetically diseased” persons and ended with the near annihilation of European Jewry. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [more][events]
Fri 5 Aug, 12-4 pm. August 5, 2011 - August 6, 2011 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM PLACE Museum Shop, Museum 8/5/2011 - 8/6/2011 Fred was born in Dinslaken, Germany, in 1932. After Kristallnacht he was sent to live with his relatives in Holland. When the Germans invaded Holland, Fred was sent to three concentration camps: Vught, Westerbork, and Bergen-Belsen. On April 13, 1945, he was liberated by the Americans near the River Elbe. After the war Fred was reunited with his mother and sister. Since then he has lived in England, Israel, Chile, and the United States. Retired, Fred now lectures at schools and colleges about his experiences as a child during the Holocaust. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [events]
Saturday 6 August 2011
Sat 6 Aug. Museum of Texas Tech University 3301 4th St Lubbock, TX 79415, USA From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany carried out a campaign to “cleanse” German society of individuals viewed as biological threats to the nation's “health.” Enlisting the help of physicians and medically trained geneticists, psychiatrists, and anthropologists, the Nazis developed racial health policies that began with the mass sterilization of “genetically diseased” persons and ended with the near annihilation of European Jewry. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [more][events]
Sat 6 Aug, 12-4 pm. August 5, 2011 - August 6, 2011 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM PLACE Museum Shop, Museum 8/5/2011 - 8/6/2011 Fred was born in Dinslaken, Germany, in 1932. After Kristallnacht he was sent to live with his relatives in Holland. When the Germans invaded Holland, Fred was sent to three concentration camps: Vught, Westerbork, and Bergen-Belsen. On April 13, 1945, he was liberated by the Americans near the River Elbe. After the war Fred was reunited with his mother and sister. Since then he has lived in England, Israel, Chile, and the United States. Retired, Fred now lectures at schools and colleges about his experiences as a child during the Holocaust. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [events]
Sunday 7 August 2011
Sun 7 Aug. Museum of Texas Tech University 3301 4th St Lubbock, TX 79415, USA From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany carried out a campaign to “cleanse” German society of individuals viewed as biological threats to the nation's “health.” Enlisting the help of physicians and medically trained geneticists, psychiatrists, and anthropologists, the Nazis developed racial health policies that began with the mass sterilization of “genetically diseased” persons and ended with the near annihilation of European Jewry. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [more][events]
Sun 7 Aug, 12-4 pm. August 7, 2011 - August 8, 2011 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM PLACE Museum Shop, Museum 8/7/2011 - 8/8/2011 Details SHANA Fogarty "OF A COMB, A Prayer BOOK, SUGAR CUBES, AND LICE" Shana Fogarty, the granddaughter of Holocaust survivor Elizabeth Blum Goldstein, captures an interview she conducted over several weeks. The interview recounts her grandmother's life in Hungary before the Nazi invasion of 1944. The family was sent to the ghetto in Mateszalka, Hungary, and then deported to Auschwitz where she was separated from all but her sister Ibolya. Both sisters would eventually be subjected to six concentration camps. Elizabeth would be liberated in 1945. Questions/Contacts Paul Messersmith, Buyer PHONE: 202-488-0425 202-488-0425 E-MAIL: PMessersmith. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [events]
Monday 8 August 2011
Mon 8 Aug, 12-4 pm. August 7, 2011 - August 8, 2011 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM PLACE Museum Shop, Museum 8/7/2011 - 8/8/2011 Details SHANA Fogarty "OF A COMB, A Prayer BOOK, SUGAR CUBES, AND LICE" Shana Fogarty, the granddaughter of Holocaust survivor Elizabeth Blum Goldstein, captures an interview she conducted over several weeks. The interview recounts her grandmother's life in Hungary before the Nazi invasion of 1944. The family was sent to the ghetto in Mateszalka, Hungary, and then deported to Auschwitz where she was separated from all but her sister Ibolya. Both sisters would eventually be subjected to six concentration camps. Elizabeth would be liberated in 1945. Questions/Contacts Paul Messersmith, Buyer PHONE: 202-488-0425 202-488-0425 E-MAIL: PMessersmith. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [events]
Tuesday 9 August 2011
Tue 9 Aug to Sun 30 Oct. August 9, 2011 - October 30, 2011 PLACE Washington University in St. Louis Bernard Becker Medical Library 660 S. Euclid Ave. St. Louis, MO 63110, USA Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany carried out a campaign to “cleanse” German society of individuals viewed as biological threats to the nation's “health.” Enlisting the help of physicians and medically trained geneticists, psychiatrists, and anthropologists, the Nazis developed racial health policies that began with the mass sterilization of “genetically diseased” persons and ended with the near annihilation of European Jewry. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [more][events]
Wednesday 10 August 2011
Wed 10 Aug, 1-2 pm. August 10, 2011 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM PLACE Helena Rubinstein Auditorium, Museum Details FIRST Person WITH HELEN Goldkind First Person is a program for the public featuring a series of conversations with Holocaust survivors. These eyewitness accounts unite personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program is presented as a live interview with an opportunity for the audience to ask questions. are asked to remain seated for the entire hour-long program to minimize disruptions for the speaker. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [more][events]
Sunday 14 August 2011
Sun 14 Aug, 1-4 pm. August 14, 2011 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM PLACE Museum Shop, Museum Holocaust survivor Mark Strauss, writing under the pen name of Marek Mann, tells his story of survival and triumph in novel form. The story is of Marek Mann, an elderly Jewish artist, and Maria Martell, a young historian of German descent. United by their interest in history, Marek and Maria constitute a force of good amidst the cauldron of hatred. They discover that both of their families have members that were part of the murderous scourge that enveloped Europe during the war. But in the end they also begin to realize that humans have a huge capacity to love and that hatred is the evil that prevents that love from shining through. Mark Strauss is also a well known oil painter and will be signi. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [events]
Wednesday 17 August 2011
Wed 17 Aug, 1-2 pm. August 17, 2011 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM PLACE Helena Rubinstein Auditorium, Museum First Person is a program for the public featuring a series of conversations with Holocaust survivors. These eyewitness accounts unite personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program is presented as a live interview with an opportunity for the audience to ask questions. are asked to remain seated for the entire hour-long program to minimize disruptions for the speaker. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [more][events]
Wednesday 24 August 2011
Wed 24 Aug, 1-2 pm. August 24, 2011 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM PLACE Helena Rubinstein Auditorium, Museum Details FIRST Person WITH Esther Starobin First Person is a program for the public featuring a series of conversations with Holocaust survivors. These eyewitness accounts unite personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program is presented as a live interview with an opportunity for the audience to ask questions. are asked to remain seated for the entire hour-long program to minimize disruptions for the speaker. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [more][events]
Wednesday 31 August 2011
Wed 31 Aug. July 11, 2011 - August 31, 2011 PLACE Wilmington Public Library 10 East 10th St. Wilmington, DE 19801, USA Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany sought domination over Europe and, in what is now called the Holocaust, the total annihilation of Europe's Jews. As part of its effort to create a "master Aryan race," the Nazi government persecuted other groups, including Germany's homosexual men. Believing them to be carriers of a "degeneracy" that threatened the nation's "disciplined masculinity" and hindered population growth, the Nazi state incarcerated in prisons and concentration camps tens of thousands of men as a means of terrorizing German homosexuals into social conformity. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [more][events]
Wed 31 Aug, 1-2 pm. August 31, 2011 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM PLACE Helena Rubinstein Auditorium, Museum Details FIRST Person WITH Marcel HODAK First Person is a program for the public featuring a series of conversations with Holocaust survivors. These eyewitness accounts unite personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program is presented as a live interview with an opportunity for the audience to ask questions. are asked to remain seated for the entire hour-long program to minimize disruptions for the speaker. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [more][events]