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SUMMARY:Dominican Haven: The Jewish Refugee Settlement in Sosúa\, 1940–1945
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Dr. Marion Kaplan\, Skirball Professor of Modern Jewish History Emerita\, New York University \n\n\n\nAs National Hispanic Heritage Month begins\, join us for the remarkable story of one of the Holocaust’s least-known rescue efforts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDuring the Second World War\, the Dominican Republic became the only country in the Americas to officially welcome large numbers of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution. Thousands applied for refuge\, and several hundred ultimately rebuilt their lives in the small agricultural community of Sosúa on the island’s northern coast. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow did this extraordinary rescue effort come about? Who were the refugees who made the journey? And how did they adapt from life in Europe’s cities to farming in the Caribbean with the support of their Dominican neighbors? \n\n\n\nDrawing on years of archival research\, acclaimed historian Marion Kaplan explores this unique chapter of Holocaust history and the life-saving connections between Jewish refugees and the Dominican Republic. \n\n\n\nLanguage Access\n\n\n\nSpanish-language interpretation will be available throughout the program. \n\n\n\nRSVP here.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\n\n\nMarion Kaplan is Skirball Professor of Modern Jewish History Emerita at New York University and one of the world’s leading historians of German Jewry and the Holocaust. She is the award-winning author of numerous books\, including Dominican Haven: The Jewish Refugee Settlement in Sosúa\, 1940–1945 and Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany. Her scholarship has transformed our understanding of Jewish life before\, during\, and after the Holocaust. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFree and open to the public.
URL:https://bornsteinholocaustcenter.org/event/dominican-haven-the-jewish-refugee-settlement-in-sosua-1940-1945/
LOCATION:Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center\, 401 Elmgrove Ave\, Providence\, Rhode Island\, 02906\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Art of Listening: Engaging with Holocaust Survivor Testimony
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale  \n\n\n\nThe Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center is pleased to partner with the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University for The Art of Listening\, an engaging workshop that is open to everyone and qualifies as professional development for educators. \n\n\n\nThis workshop introduces the Fortunoff Video Archive’s New Haven origins\, its survivor-founded mission\, and its interview methodology as explored in The Art of Listening\, a free digital teaching resource developed by the Archive. \n\n\n\nThrough excerpts from Holocaust survivor testimony and guided discussion\, participants will explore how empathetic listening can deepen our understanding of memory\, storytelling\, and the human experience. Together\, we will consider what it means to truly listen to another person’s story and why survivor testimony remains so important today. \n\n\n\nWhether you are a teacher looking for classroom resources\, a student\, a museum professional\, or simply someone interested in history\, this program offers an opportunity to engage with survivor testimony in a thoughtful and meaningful way.  \n\n\n\nEducators will also leave with practical ideas and resources for incorporating Holocaust survivor testimony into their teaching. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEliana Swerdlow is the Education and Outreach Program Manager at the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University\, where she develops teaching resources and supports educators and students in engaging with Holocaust survivor testimony. Her work with survivor testimonies has shaped her approach to listening and accompaniment in her roles as a public defender client advocate and multifaith hospital chaplain. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease RSVP here.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo prior knowledge is required.  \n\n\n\nEveryone is welcome.
URL:https://bornsteinholocaustcenter.org/event/the-art-of-listening-engaging-with-holocaust-survivor-testimony/
LOCATION:Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center\, 401 Elmgrove Ave\, Providence\, Rhode Island\, 02906\, United States
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