Voices of History Summer Workshops: Film, Theater, Visual Art
Apply now for our summer film, theater and visual art workshops for middle and high school students. Students will engage in dialogue with Holocaust survivors and work with mentors to create short documentary films, theater pieces or studio art projects inspired by those conversations.
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B'nai Mitzvah: Acts of Memory
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust's B'nai Mitzvah: Acts of Memory project allows students preparing for Bar or Bat mitzvah to remember a child who perished in the Holocaust, learn about the Holocaust and Jewish life before the Holocaust, and connect with a Holocaust survivor in our community.
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VISIT OUR ONLINE BOOK STORE
Now available for online purchase are many of the best-selling books from our Museum book store, including Holocaust survivor memoirs. Featured book: new second edition of "How We Survived: 52 Personal Stories by Child Survivors of the Holocaust."
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Identification card for Margot Sara Joseph dated 14 April 1939, Cologne, Germany
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SURVIVOR INTERVIEWS ON KPFK 90.7 FM
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust and KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles present a new radio series produced by Paula Kessler, Surviving the Holocaust: Stories of Life. Excerpts of interviews with survivors Ruth Birndorf, Henry Slucki, and Dana Schwartz can be heard on KPFK 90.7 FM Sundays at 9:58am, Mondays at 7:58am, and Wednesdays at 4:58pm. Click below for more information and to listen to excerpts from the series.
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Survivor: My Father's Ghosts
Shot on a 1961 Rolleiflex 2.8F, Survivor: My Father’s Ghosts captures photographer Hannah Kozak’s reflections as she retraces her father’s footsteps through eight concentration camps during the Holocaust. Kozak juxtaposes loss and life at these sites of mass murder, and her silver gelatin prints invite viewers to explore how communities and individuals mourn and find closure.
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FEB 22, 2018
By Dan Schindel, Hyperallergic.com LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust was founded in 1961 not by any government or corporate motion but by survivors of the Holocaust. It claims to be the oldest such institution in the United States and draws particular attention to survivors’ personal testimonies. The Holocaust was the first genocide to enter public consciousness...
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Museum Tour
MAY 26, 2018
Led by a docent, this tour offers an overview of the history of the Holocaust through close observation of Museum artifacts and documents. The tour lasts 45-60 minutes. Tours are free and open to the...
Museum Tour
MAY 27, 2018
Led by a docent, this tour offers an overview of the history of the Holocaust through close observation of Museum artifacts and documents. The tour lasts 45-60 minutes. Tours are free and open to the...
Holocaust Survivor Talk
MAY 27, 2018
Holocaust survivor talks last 45 minutes to an hour, and end with a question and answer session with the Survivor. The talk will be preceded by a docent-led tour at 2:00 pm.
Holocaust Survivor Talk: Bob Geminder
JUN 3, 2018
Bob Geminder was born in 1935 in Wroclaw, Poland. Upon the outbreak of war, Bob’s family was forcibly relocated to Stanislawow, a city then under Soviet occupation. The family’s fate worsened...
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