Past Events

Survivor Talk Sundays: Henry Wormser

September 8 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Every survivor’s story is unique and provides a special, first-hand account of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Hearing from local Michigan survivors helps us see all the victims of the Holocaust as real people who had–and lost–family, friends, and communities. Please join us on Sundays to listen to...
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Survivor Talk Sundays: Irene Miller

September 1 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Every survivor’s story is unique and provides a special, first-hand account of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Hearing from local Michigan survivors helps us see all the victims of the Holocaust as real people who had–and lost–family, friends, and communities. Please join us on Sundays to listen to...
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Survivor Talk Sundays: Irene Miller

August 25 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Every survivor’s story is unique and provides a special, first-hand account of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Hearing from local Michigan survivors helps us see all the victims of the Holocaust as real people who had–and lost–family, friends, and communities. Please join us on Sundays to listen to...
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Survivor Talk Sundays: Rae Nachbar

August 18 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Every survivor’s story is unique and provides a special, first-hand account of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Hearing from local Michigan survivors helps us see all the victims of the Holocaust as real people who had–and lost–family, friends, and communities. Please join us on Sundays to listen to...
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Auschwitz. In Front of Your Eyes.

August 13 at 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us at The HC for Auschwitz In Front of Your Eyes, a live, virtual, guided tour of the infamous concentration and extermination camp. Deepen your understanding and gain exclusive access to previously inaccessible areas with one of the Auschwitz Memorial’s knowledgeable guides. Members of The HC staff will facilitate each...
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Survivor Talk Sundays: Henry Wormser

August 11 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Every survivor’s story is unique and provides a special, first-hand account of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Hearing from local Michigan survivors helps us see all the victims of the Holocaust as real people who had–and lost–family, friends, and communities. Please join us on Sundays to listen to...
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Summer Academy

August 8 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
We invite all Michigan educators to join us at The Zekelman Holocaust Center for Summer Academy on August 6, 7, and 8.  Whether you are new to teaching the Holocaust or an experienced Holocaust educator, The HC's Summer Academy has specialized professional development sessions with resources for your classroom. Choose...
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Summer Academy

August 7 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
We invite all Michigan educators to join us at The Zekelman Holocaust Center for Summer Academy on August 6, 7, and 8.  Whether you are new to teaching the Holocaust or an experienced Holocaust educator, The HC's Summer Academy has specialized professional development sessions with resources for your classroom. Choose...
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Summer Academy

August 6 at 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
We invite all Michigan educators to join us at The Zekelman Holocaust Center for Summer Academy on August 6, 7, and 8.  Whether you are new to teaching the Holocaust or an experienced Holocaust educator, The HC's Summer Academy has specialized professional development sessions with resources for your classroom. Choose...
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Survivor Talk Sundays: George Erdstein

August 4 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Every survivor’s story is unique and provides a special, first-hand account of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Hearing from local Michigan survivors helps us see all the victims of the Holocaust as real people who had–and lost–family, friends, and communities. Please join us on Sundays to listen to...
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Annual Used Book Sale

August 4 at 9:30 AM - August 11 at 3:00 PM
Join us for our Annual Used Book Sale at The HC! Prices for the book sale are $0.50 for paperbacks, $1.00 for hardcovers, $2.50 for a bag of books, and $5.00 for a box of books. Choose from titles on the Holocaust, World War II, Jewish History, and Judaica. Bags...
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Survivor Talk Sundays: Barbara Cohen

July 28 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Every survivor’s story is unique and provides a special, first-hand account of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Hearing from local Michigan survivors helps us see all the victims of the Holocaust as real people who had–and lost–family, friends, and communities. Please join us on Sundays to listen to...
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Auschwitz. In Front of Your Eyes.

July 28 at 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us at The HC for Auschwitz In Front of Your Eyes, a live, virtual, guided tour of the infamous concentration and extermination camp. Deepen your understanding and gain exclusive access to previously inaccessible areas with one of the Auschwitz Memorial’s knowledgeable guides. Members of The HC staff will facilitate each...
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Survivor Talk Sundays: Irene Miller

July 21 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Every survivor’s story is unique and provides a special, first-hand account of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Hearing from local Michigan survivors helps us see all the victims of the Holocaust as real people who had–and lost–family, friends, and communities. Please join us on Sundays to listen to...
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Hakoah: The Team that Defied the Nazis

July 18 at 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Excluded from other clubs for being Jewish, a sports-obsessed dentist from Vienna founds a soccer team in 1909. He calls it Hakoah, after the Hebrew word for strength. In the face of rising anti-Semitism and hostility from the Jewish establishment of Vienna, the dentist forges a team out of disparate...
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Survivor Talk Sundays: Rae Nachbar

July 14 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Every survivor’s story is unique and provides a special, first-hand account of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Hearing from local Michigan survivors helps us see all the victims of the Holocaust as real people who had–and lost–family, friends, and communities. Please join us on Sundays to listen to...
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Featured Exhibit Opening Program: Sweet Home Sweet

July 9 at 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Join us for "Sweet Home Sweet: Curators in Conversation," an insightful panel discussion to learn more about the design process of our latest temporary exhibition, Sweet Home Sweet: A Story of Survival, Memory & Returns. The exhibit features the work of Richard Ores, an amateur photographer and Holocaust survivor who...
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Survivor Talk Sundays: George Erdstein

July 7 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Every survivor’s story is unique and provides a special, first-hand account of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Hearing from local Michigan survivors helps us see all the victims of the Holocaust as real people who had–and lost–family, friends, and communities. Please join us on Sundays to listen to...
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Survivor Talk Sundays: Barbara Cohen

June 30 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Every survivor’s story is unique and provides a special, first-hand account of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Hearing from local Michigan survivors helps us see all the victims of the Holocaust as real people who had–and lost–family, friends, and communities. Please join us on Sundays to listen to...
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Honey Cake & Latkes

June 23 at 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Local survivor Ruth Webber brought her past into her future after liberation from Auschwitz, passing down family recipes now collected in Honey Cake & Latkes. Executive Director of The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation and book editor Maria Zalewska leads a discussion on the power of the senses as a gateway to...
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