THIS week

They Survived Together - Film Screening and Talkback
Thursday, January 19 | 6:30 PM ET

Stories Survive: Annelies and Marianne Bernstein
Tuesday, January 24 | 2:00 PM ET

COMING up

Brundibár Performed by The Young People's Chorus of New York City
Sunday, January 29 | 3:00 PM ET

Brundibár, a children’s opera by Jewish Czech composer Hans Krása with a libretto by Adolf Hoffmeister, was regularly performed by the children of the Theresienstadt concentration camp in occupied Czechoslovakia in 1943. This performance, in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, will feature a cast of 40 choristers and a 13-piece orchestra.

$36 for in person admission ($18 for seniors and students) | $10 for livestream admission | Members receive $10 off in person and $5 off the livestream.

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VIRTUAL travel

Virtual Walking Tour: Exploring Connections Between Jewish Berlin and Jewish Odessa
Sunday, January 22 | 11:00 AM ET
$18 for Museum members | $36 for nonmembers

Virtual Walking Tour: Lima, Peru
Wednesday, January 25 | 11:00 AM ET

$18 for Museum members | $36 for nonmembers

FROM OUR partners

The Nazi Titanic | JewishGen | Wednesday, January 25 | 2:00 PM ET
The Cap Arcona, meant to rival the English Titanic, which was a German luxury liner ship repurposed as a seaborne concentration camp. In an accidental bombing, most of its prisoners were killed in this last major tragedy of the Holocaust and one of history’s worst maritime disasters. In this webinar, Dr. Robert Watson will discuss the story and process of his book The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II.

We Are Here Concert | Carnegie Hall | January 26, 7:30 PM ET
First presented at Temple Sholom Chicago, We Are Here is a concert of songs written in the ghettos and concentration camps of occupied Europe. With music direction by Lee Musiker plus performances and readings from pop artists, broadway stars, and cantors, this powerful commemorative concert will include a candle-lighting ceremony and memorial prayers.

Invited to Life Panel & Conversation | The Strand | January 30, 7:00 PM ET
In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, photographer B.A. Van Sise will have a panel discussion of his new book Invited to Life: Finding Hope after the Holocaust. Joining B.A. in conversation are Auschwitz survivors Tova Friedman (author of Daughter of Auschwitz) and Michael Bornstein (author of Survivors Club) on the different approaches to and narratives surrounding Holocaust stories. B.A.'s Eyewitness photos of survivors were displayed on the Museum's windows for several years.

MJH recommends

Architects of Auschwitz | Thursday, January 19 | 8:00 PM ET
Perhaps no other concentration camp informs our understanding and memory of the Holocaust more than Auschwitz. Yet how was it built, and who were the architects who made it physically possible? Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt, a professor at the University of Waterloo's School of Architecture, was an expert witness in Deborah Lipstadt’s defense in the civil libel suit brought against her by British author and Holocaust denier David Irving in 1996.

Remembering: Talking About the Holocaust in the 21st Century
Thursday, January 26 | 5:30 PM ET
This panel of leading thinkers will discuss how media, educators, religious institutions, and governments can fight Holocaust denial and deepen understanding of the genocide. What is the role of allies, people who are not the targets of extremism?

The Last Generation | Podcast
Unscripted conversations we should all be having with our grandparents. The Last Generation podcast is created by Maddy Kramer, the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor. She always regretted that she never got to hear her grandmother's story firsthand. Now, Maddy is making sure that others get that opportunity.