Holocaust Education
2026 Programs
STUDENT PROGRAM: Wednesday, October 28 | 10:30 AM | LIVESTREAM Please join us for this year’s student program honouring the life and legacy of Holocaust survivor Helena Jockel (1919 – 2016), author of her memoirs We Sang in Hush Voices. Her story of courage and resilience continues to inspire us and reminds us of the…
Read MoreRobbery of the Heart – Kristallnacht documentary screenings Nov 5, 7, and 10 at HRM libraries
Micah Brandt, a filmmaker from Los Angeles with Nova Scotian roots, has created a documentary about Kristallnacht titled Robbery of the Heart. The film will be screened in 38 cities around North America, including four screenings in Halifax. The following free screenings will take place at HRM public libraries. NOVEMBER 5 Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library @…
Read MoreHalifax Yom Hashoah Memorial Service May 1, 7:30 PM
Date: Wednesday, May 1, 7:30PM Location: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 | 1055 Marginal Road| Keynote speaker: Ellin Bessner, author of Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military and WWII Program includes: a memorial candle-lighting ceremony, with a reception and book signing to follow. Presented in partnership with the Canadian Museum of Immigration at…
Read MoreAzrieli Foundation
The Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program was established by the Azrieli Foundation in 2005 to collect, preserve and share the memoirs and diaries written by survivors of the twentieth-century Nazi genocide of the Jews of Europe who later made their way to Canada. The program is guided by the conviction that each survivor of the Holocaust…
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