Holocaust Education 2025:
January 21, 2025: Program to commemorate Raoul Wallenberg Day and International Holocaust Remembrance Day
In honour of Raoul Wallenberg Commemoration Day and International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Atlantic Jewish Council in partnership with the University of King’s College present a talk with award-winning author Kenny Fries, “Stumbling Over History: Disability and the Holocaust”.
- Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 7PM.
- Alumni Hall, University of King’s College, 6350 Coburg Rd. (in the New Academic Building).
- This program will be livestreamed:
January 21, Livestream link please click here
Holocaust Survivor Short Films: The Azrieli Series
Below is a link to the Azrieli Foundation Series of 25 Holocaust survivor short films.
Included in this series is Helena Jockel Z”L (1919 -2016) testimony, recorded in her home in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Jockel’s memoirs, We Sang in Hushed Voices, was published by the Azrieli Foundation in 2014. When the Nazis invade Hungary on March 19, 1944, all elementary school teacher Helena Jockel can think about is how to save “her” children. She accompanies them to Auschwitz-Birkenau only to see them taken to the gas chamber. In her clear-eyed and heartbreaking account of living and surviving in the camp and on a death march, she records both the too-brief moments of beauty and kindness and the unremitting cruelty. After the war, as she renews her passion for teaching under a Communist regime that will not allow her to speak about the Holocaust, Helena refuses to hide the fact that she is Jewish. Helena’s memoirs include an introduction by Dr. Dorota Glowacka.
The Holocaust Education Week program with Shimon & Peggy Walt, in conversation with Olga Milosevich, has been rescheduled to the evening of Wednesday, April 23, Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) at the Halifax Central Library. Details coming soon.
In case you missed it! Past program links: 2024
Cancellation Notice for November 6: Closing Program for Holocaust Education Week
We regret to inform you that the Holocaust Education Week closing program with Shimon & Peggy Walt on Wednesday evening, November 6, at the Halifax Central Library, has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. We greatly appreciate your understanding. We are working to re-schedule.
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In case you missed it! Recorded Holocaust Education Week Programs:
Opening: Sunday, October 27, 2024 | “Jewish Lament Poetry Across 2500 Years”
Keynote Speaker: Eva Mroczek, Simon and Riva Spatz Chair in Jewish Studies, Associate Professor, Religious Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. Opening Remarks: Dr. Jim Spatz, Executive Chairman Southwest Properties
Eva Mroczek is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at Dalhousie University and the Simon and Riva Spatz Chair in Jewish Studies | Link to: Recorded Program
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Friday, November 1, 2024 | Keynote Speaker: Dorota Glowacka, Professor of Humanities, University of King’s College. Opening Remarks: U.S. Consul General Viki Limaye.
“Hidden Words: The Holocaust Through the Eyes of Young Diary Writers”
Dorota Glowacka is Professor of Humanities at the University of King’s College, Halifax. Link to: Recorded Program CONTENT WARNING: This program contains mature content.
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Monday, November 4, 2024 (recorded on November 5, at the student program). Keynote Speaker: Eva Kuper, Holocaust survivor, in conversation with Elin Beaumont, Special Events and Holocaust Survivor Relations, The Azrieli Foundation. Recorded Program with Eva Kuper
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CANCELLED: Wednesday, November 6 | 6:30 p.m. | Keynote Speakers: Peggy and Shimon Walt.
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Holocaust Education Week 2024
Holocaust Education Week is presented by the Atlantic Jewish Council, and made possible, in part, by a generous grant from The Azrieli Foundation. Programs offered are in partnership with the University of King’s College, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Dalhousie University, and with support from the Halifax Central Library.