November 30 - December 2, 2023
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Sunday, December 3, 2023
1:00 PM
BOOK TALK: Authors of 'The Girl in the Green Sweater' Speak About a Triumph of Survival

When the Nazis marched into Lviv in 1941, six-year-old Krystyna Chiger's life changed forever. Forced to go into hiding due to persecution at the hands of the Nazis, Krystyna and her family joined about 20 others in the sewers under Lviv. For 14 months, Chiger and her family lived beneath those who were able to freely go about their lives under Nazi occupation. Surrounded by rats, filth, disease and constant rushing water, every day was a struggle to endure. Their survival would not have been possible without the aid of Leopold Socha, a Polish sewer worker who saved their lives through his extraordinary acts of bravery and kindness. When liberation came, Krystyna's brother, Pawel, was so terrified of other people and the sunlight, he began crying to return to the sewers he had come to call home.

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023
1:00 PM  2:00 PM
HMTC Book Club - The Yellow Bird Sings, by Jennifer Rosner (on Zoom)

In the summer of 1941 in war-torn Poland, a young mother is forced to protect her five-year-old daughter by hiding with her in a neighbor’s barn.  Hidden in the hayloft day and night, Roza struggles to keep little Shira still and quiet, telling her a story about an enchanted garden in which the only sound is the song of a yellow bird.  But their make-believe world is shattered when Roza must make an impossible choice: keep Shira with her or devise a way for her to survive on her own.

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Sunday, December 17, 2023
1:00 PM  
HMTC Film Club - My Knees Were Jumping; Remembering the Kindertransports

The first documentary film to tell the story of the Kindertransports, a rescue movement that, in the nine months prior to World War II, saved the lives of close to 10,000 children. The children were sent, as unaccompanied refugees, to Britain from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland. Most never saw their parents again. The courageous parents who had the strength to send their children off to an unknown fate soon boarded transports taking them to concentration camps. Short-listed for Academy Award Nomination, selected for the Sundance Film Festival.

Join director Melissa Hacker to watch and discuss the first documentary film to tell the heart-wrenching story of the Kindertransports.

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
6:00 PM
HMTC's ANNUAL TRIBUTE DINNER, Honoring Extraordinary People

'Never Again' is now and at our annual gala event, we will celebrate those individuals who have made significant strides in making a difference in our society and have stood up to injustices and inhumanity, as well as to antisemitism and other forms of hate.

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Sunday, April 7, 2024, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Lovers in Auschwitz Book Launch

The incredible true story of two Holocaust survivors who fell in love in Auschwitz, only to be separated upon liberation and lead remarkable lives apart following the war—and then find each other again more than 70 years later.

About the speakers:

Michael Berkowitz (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewish/people/academic-staff/prof-michael-berkowitz) is a Professor of Modern Jewish History at University College London. One of the subjects of Lovers in Auschwitz, Helen "Zippi" Spitzer, was a key source for his 2007 book The Crime of My Very Existence. Michael will be presenting together with Keren Blankfeld (https://kerenblankfeld.com/) regarding her forthcoming book Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story. Keren is an award-winning journalist and the granddaughter of four World War II refugees. She has been a guest on CNN, BBC World News, and E! Entertainment.

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a name of your choice. It could be used to honor a special person, remember a loved one, or commemorate a milestone.  The butterfly wall is located in the Reception Hall at HMTC, where everyone can see it.

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THE KINDERTRANSPORT JOURNEY: MEMORY INTO HISTORY EXHIBIT

On display at HMTC from November 12, 2023 - April 2024

In the nine months between the pogrom of November 9, 1938 (Kristallnacht “the Night of Broken Glass”) and the start of World War II, a bold rescue operation now known as the Kindertransport brought nearly ten thousand children, most, but not all, Jewish, from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland to safety in Great Britain. Much smaller numbers of children were sent to France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Palestine, the United States, and Australia. Most of the parents who sent them to safety perished in the Holocaust. Many of the children settled in Britain; others re-emigrated to Israel, the Americas, and elsewhere, scattering over the world. Some live today in New York and Long Island and will be speaking at the opening.

Kindertransport Survivor Robert Sugar has created a series of exhibition panels that trace these children’s epic journeys from 1938 into the 21st century. Robert fled Vienna at age six and spent the war years on the Millisle Refugee Settlement Farm in Northern Ireland. This exhibit shares the arc of Kindertransport history and details of the lives of individual Kinders and their families. It is an effort to retrieve the almost-lost story of an almost-lost generation.

HMTC collects donations for a new ambulance for Magen David Adom in Israel and presents a check in the amount of $160,000 on November 27th.

On the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht or "Night of Broken Glass", we look to commemorate those whose lives were lost or forever changed by the events of November 9th, 1938.

HMTC's Bernie Furshpan speaks to the seniors of East Meadow High School about the bigger picture of tolerance and respect for one another, to reach higher for themselves and society, to stand up for what's right, along with the harrowing and nightmarish Holocaust survival story of his late father, Moshe. The audience included East Meadow School District Superintendent, H.S. principal, teachers, and guidance counselors. He spoke from 7:30 am until 1:30 pm from periods 1 through 8. Our Education Department is ready and able to meet the needs of all Long Island schools in responding to today's social climate. Get in touch with Zachary to schedule programs at your school or organization today. [email protected] 

HMTC Planning on building a state-of-the-art auditorium to meet the growing demand for Holocaust and tolerance education

The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center is constructing an auditorium to increase the number of visitors they can accommodate. With the increasing amount of antisemitism in the state, they say education is essential to combat hateful acts. Read more in The LI Herald.

Learn more about Naming Opportunities for the New Auditorium