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Sun, Oct 06OnlineOct 06, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMOnlineSami was born in 1939 in Czernowitz, a city in the region of Bukovina. Between 1941 and 1944, he and his family were interned in the Mogilev-Podolsky labor camp in Transnistria. Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
Sun, Sep 29OnlineSep 29, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMOnlineErika was born in Budapest, Hungary. In 1944, Erika's mother managed to secure false papers for her family, and they lived under Christian identities in Budapest for the rest of the war. Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
Tue, Sep 24AMC The Grove 14Sep 24, 2024, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PMAMC The Grove 14, 189 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USAPresented as an encore program to the Teicholz Film Series, join us for a special sneak peek screening of White Bird: A Wonder Story, a film about finding first love amidst tragedy.
Sun, Sep 22OnlineSep 22, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMOnlineStan was born in 1935 in Stryj, Poland. He and his mother escaped the Stryj Ghetto and spent two years hiding in an underground bunker with more than 30 other Jews. Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
Sun, Sep 15OnlineSep 15, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMOnlineJoin us for this special talk with Eddy Boas, who will be speaking from his home in Sydney, Australia. As a child, he and his family were imprisoned in Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen. Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
Wed, Sep 11OnlineSep 11, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:15 PMOnlineDid you know that the vast majority of the world’s Jews—up to 90%—lived in the Islamic world prior to the early modern period? This three-part course will cover the historical trajectory of these fascinating communities, stretching from Morocco in the west through Iran, Turkey, and beyond.
Sun, Sep 08OnlineSep 08, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMOnlineSteven was born in Budapest in 1941. When his parents were sent to a forced labor camp, they gave him to a Red Cross operative who placed him in a safe house under the protection of Swedish diplomats. Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
Sun, Sep 01OnlineSep 01, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMOnlineJacob and his brother spent the first four years of the war in the Łódź Ghetto, until they were deported in 1944. They were then forced to work for the Germans in munitions factories south of Łódź. Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
Sun, Aug 25OnlineAug 25, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMOnlineWhen Lou was a baby, his parents tried to escape with him to Switzerland, but they were betrayed by a family friend who turned them into the Gestapo. Awaiting deportation, an underground organization saved him. Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
Thu, Aug 22AMC The Grove 14Aug 22, 2024, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PMAMC The Grove 14, 189 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USABased on the incredible true story of two Slovak Jews who, when they manage to escape from Auschwitz, compile a detailed report about the systematic genocide at the camp. However, with Nazi propaganda and international liaisons still in place, their account seems to be too harrowing to believe.
Sun, Aug 18OnlineAug 18, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMOnlineMike Wolff was born in Breslau, Germany in 1936. In 1939, he was one of the youngest children to join a Kindertransport out of Nazi Germany to Great Britain. Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
Thu, Aug 15AMC The Grove 14Aug 15, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PMAMC The Grove 14, 189 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USAAttempting to better understand her grandfather, acclaimed Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkever, Israeli actress Hadas Kalderon travels to Lithuania, using her grandfather's diary to trace his early life in Vilna and his survival of the Holocaust.
Sun, Aug 11Holocaust Museum LAAug 11, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMHolocaust Museum LA, 100 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USASusanne was born just six days before the Nazi occupation of Hungary in March 1944 and survived the first year of her life living with her mother in so-called “protected houses,” with protective papers (Schutzpass). Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
Thu, Aug 08AMC The Grove 14Aug 08, 2024, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PMAMC The Grove 14, 189 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USAThis documentary tells the largely unknown and incredibly courageous story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust, from uprisings in ghettos large and small, to rebellions in death camps, and the thousands of Jews who fought Nazis in the forests.
Sun, Aug 04Holocaust Museum LAAug 04, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMHolocaust Museum LA, 100 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USAPaul’s family lived in Wiesbaden, Germany for centuries. He was seven years old when Hitler came to power. After Kristallnacht, his family arranged for him to escape on a Kindertransport to Sweden. Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
Thu, Aug 01OnlineAug 01, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PMOnlineSaul Ausländer is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz, the group of Jewish prisoners forced to assist the Nazis in the gas chambers. As the Sonderkommando plans a rebellion, Saul sets out to give a child he mistook for his son a proper burial.
Sun, Jul 28OnlineJul 28, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMOnlineOn his Holocaust experience, Joseph reflects, "I feel that the man upstairs wanted me to survive so I can tell people what happened." Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
Thu, Jul 25AMC The Grove 14Jul 25, 2024, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PMAMC The Grove 14, 189 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USAAntonio, an Italian clarinetist, and Martina, a Czechoslovak violinist, fall in love with each other during World War II. Shortly afterward, they're deported to a concentration camp where they meet a heroic group of musicians.
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