Past Events

Survivor Talk Sundays: George Erdstein

July 7, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 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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Survivor Talk Sundays: Irene Miller

June 23, 2024 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.

June 23, 2024 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: Rae Nachbar

June 16, 2024 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: George Erdstein

June 9, 2024 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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Honoring Our Heroes: Stories of D-Day and Liberation: Virtual Event

June 6, 2024 at 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
On the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, join us in remembering the heroic actions of soldiers and resistance fighters who defeated the Nazis and liberated Holocaust survivors. We will explore the experiences of these brave men and women, honoring their legacies. Jamie Wise is the Security Sector Specialist at The HC,...
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Nazi Billionaires

June 2, 2024 at 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Many of the world’s top automotive brands trace their success to the Third Reich. Join David de Jong, author of Nazi Billionaires for a fireside chat about the role of corporate complicity in the destruction of European Jewry, and how heirs of German tycoons are dealing with their history today.
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Auschwitz. In Front of Your Eyes.

May 26, 2024 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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Yom Hashoah Commemoration

May 5, 2024 at 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Please join us at The Zekelman Holocaust Center or online at www.holocaustcenter.org for a commemoration featuring stirring readings, music and a candle-lighting ceremony. Survivors and children of survivors from the Detroit area community will light memorial candles, and community members will read selected poems that express communal grief for the six million...
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Survivor Talk Sundays: Rae Nachbar

May 5, 2024 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

April 21, 2024 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

April 14, 2024 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: Henry Wormser

April 9, 2024 at 8:00 AM - 5:00 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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Unto Every Person There is a Name

April 1, 2024 - May 31, 2024
This international memorial project honors the memory of the six million Jews – among them one-and-a-half million children – murdered in the Holocaust. The project offers the opportunity to remember them as individuals– one at a time – through the public reading of their names. By participating, you can help...
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