January 2021 virtual public programs at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County

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January 2021 virtual public programs at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County

The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) presents its calendar of January 2021 virtual public programs:

Wednesday, January 6 at 12:00 noon – Curator’s Corner: A Wall Clock that Hints at Life in Pre-War Paris
In this virtual edition of “Curator’s Corner,” HMTC’s Museum and Programming Director, Thorin Tritter, will talk about a wall clock that hung in the dining room of Rosette Fishman’s childhood home in pre-war Paris. It remains today a reminder of the joyous times the family knew before the Nazi invasion of 1940, the horrors that the Nazis brought with them, and the resilience of this one family. Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VUq7HO4SQemPDtTyJgMFpA

Wednesday, January 13 at 12:00 Noon– Virtual Gallery Tour of HMTC
Join the HMTC’s Director of Education, Helen Turner, the Museum and Programming Director, Thorin Tritter, along with Museum Educators Gail Kastenhoz and Mireille Taub, as they lead visitors through a virtual tour of HMTC’s galleries, exploring the history of the Holocaust and the lessons that resonate with us today. Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_65Lw3_0aR7uWfPyxFizOZA

Thursday, January 14 from 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM – HMTC’s David Taub Reel Upstanders Film Series: Screening and Discussion of “Defining Moments: The Civil Rights Movement in North Hempstead”
HMTC and the NAACP are marking Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend with a screening and discussion of “Defining Moments: The Civil Rights Movement in North Hempstead,” which documents more than a dozen oral histories of North Hempstead residents who had a role in the Civil Rights Movement. A post-screening discussion, which will connect the history to contemporary concerns, will include the filmmaker Alan Ginsberg, Civil Rights activist Bernice Sims, and the Program Director for Nassau County Office of Minority Affairs, Dexter Hedgepeth.
Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WnPDDTS7SQC8EorTBLGB7Q

Wednesday, January 20 at 12:00 Noon– Curator’s Corner: A Light Bulb from a Synagogue in Greece
In this virtual installment of HMTC’s Curator’s Corner, Dr. Thorin Tritter, HMTC’s Museum and Programming Director, will discuss a light bulb in the museum’s permanent collection that is likely the only piece left from a synagogue that once stood in Drama, Greece, a town that was home to more than 1200 Jews before the Holocaust.
Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L__hdHnoQROWeSU5TgFPwg

Thursday, January 21 at 11:00 AM– The Wannsee Conference: Understanding the Origins of the “Final Solution,” presented by Dr. Matthias Hass, The House of the Wannsee Conference

HMTC is partnering with the Memorial and Educational Site at the House of the Wannsee Conference in Berlin to provide a presentation on the 90 minute meeting that took place in Wannsee on January 20, 1942 which launched the involvement of the entire German State administration in the planning for the murder of the Jews of Europe. The presentation will be given by Dr. Matthias Hass, who is a scientific advisor at the House of the Wannsee Conference and oversees their education programs.
Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-V2V_sfxSpmB7yV3ReTAFA

Wednesday, January 27 from 6:00-7:00 PM – International Holocaust Remembrance Day

HMTC is joining together with other local Holocaust centers to host a region-wide program to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in January 1945. Focusing on contemporary antisemitism in the United States and the ground-level efforts to combat hatred in the New York City area, the centerpiece of the program will be a conversation between Mark Weitzman, the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Director of Government Affairs, and Michael Brovner, the Bureau Chief of the Hate Crimes Bureau in the Queens District Attorney’s Office, who will discuss the political dimensions of antisemitism in America today and the challenges involved in prosecuting antisemitic and hate-based crimes at the local level.
Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-E2sbLFKTZOm08NuRWn1Vg

Registration is free for all of the January public programs but donations to HMTC are welcomed. After registering participants will receive a Zoom link to join each program they wish to attend. For more information contact Dr. Thorin Tritter at (516) 571-8040 or [email protected].

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