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History Highlights Lecture Series
from September - December 2020 Virtual Program Guide | Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
by DHHRM
Select Tuesdays at 7:00 pm CT
The History Highlights lecture series features Holocaust and human rights topics presented by Museum historians and educators.
9/8 – Health Professionals during the Holocaust
Join Dr. Charlotte Decoster, Director of Education, for a discussion of the healthcare profession during the Holocaust, specifically how the illusion of medical care was often used to mask much more heinous activities.
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9/22 – The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Join Dr. Sara Abosch-Jacobson, Chief Education Officer, and Felicia Williamson, Director of Library and Archives, for a discussion of high-ranking SS officer Adolf Eichmann’s 1961 capture and subsequent trial and an examination of artifacts in the Museum’s collection related to the trial.
10/13 – The Holodomor: The Forgotten Genocide
Join Dr. Sara Abosch-Jacobson, Chief Education Officer, for an introduction to the Holodomor, a genocide perpetrated by Josef Stalin and the Soviet Union against Ukrainians in the early 1930s.
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10/27 – Holocaust Forgiveness
Join Casey Bush, Museum Educator, for a lecture that explores three Survivors’ views on forgiveness, justice, and punishment after the Holocaust.
11/10 – The Development of Modern Human Rights
Join Dr. Charlotte Decoster, Director of Education, for a discussion on the development of modern human rights in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust and World War II.
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11/24 – Genocide Denial
Join Dr. Sara Abosch-Jacobson, Chief Education Officer, and Dr. Charlotte Decoster, Director of Education, for a discussion on genocide denial and learn from wide-ranging examples of denial in history.
LUNCH & LEARN SERIES
Select Wednesdays at 12:00 pm CT
The Museum’s Lunch & Learn Series features quarterly programs on Holocaust history and human rights topics in an informal setting to encourage questions and discussion.
9/9 Highlights from the Archives
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of liberation, join Felicia Williamson, Director of Library and Archives, for a Lunch and Learn about liberation artifacts in the Museum’s collection, including photos, leaflets, and objects the soldiers carried back home to document their liberation experiences.
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12/2 The Evolution of the National Museum of the American Indian
Join Paul Chaat Smith, Curator at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), as he presents a program titled Learning to Crawl: Brilliant Mistakes, Broken Dreams and Secret Reinventions at the National Museum of the American Indian, a discussion of the evolution of NMAI’s approach to history. Smith will discuss the development of the museum’s permanent exhibition and the challenges of representing American Indian history and culture in a single museum.
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