Black Soldiers’ Heroic Rescue of Young Holocaust Survivors Is Focus of Powerful New Book
26 mai 2020 11h00 HE | LULU
POTOMAC, Md., May 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- John L. Withers II’s compelling new book, “Balm in Gilead: A Story from the War,” presents a tale that is as moving as it is timely.  At the end of...
Illinois Holocaust Museum Opens its First Exhibition on Slavery:'Purchased Lives: The American Slave Trade from 1808 to 1865'February 10 - August 25, 2019
07 févr. 2019 15h11 HE | Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Skokie, IL, Feb. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Purchased Lives, curated by The Historic New Orleans Collection, reveals slavery’s machinations and widespread persistence in America, long after the...
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'Revolutionary' Russian Film About Sobibor Death Camp Uprising Screened in NYC
19 nov. 2018 15h36 HE | Sobibor
NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An exclusive screening of Russia’s 2019 Academy Award Best Foreign Film candidate, Sobibor, was held at the National Arts Club yesterday. The film’s...
Make Memorial Day Meaningful: Hear Remarkable True Story “Two Among the Righteous Few”
24 mai 2018 20h40 HE | Digital Content Strategy, LLC
New York, May 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  In today’s divisive political climate, it’s good to remember stories when ordinary people overcame extraordinarily dangerous times to do the right thing. ...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: FSWC Hosts Holocaust Education Conference in Recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day TORONTO, Jan. 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On January 27 and 28, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) will host its third annual National Policy Conference on Holocaust...
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Genocide Is Not an Accident; It Is a Choice: The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies' 2016 University Program TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - September 01, 2016) - "A Genocide is not an accident; it is a choice. It occurs because human beings make it happen and let it happen," said Roger Smith, the Chairman of...
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Zoryan Institute Hosts Powerful Conference on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples MONTREAL, QC--(Marketwired - March 16, 2016) -  A conference sponsored by the Zoryan Institute was held March 8-9 at McGill University's Faculty of Law to examine the recommendations of the...
Stealing Culture: John Marshall Law School to Address Ownership, Human Rights in Wartime Stolen Art
12 oct. 2015 12h44 HE | The John Marshall Law School-Chicago
CHICAGO, Oct. 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As depicted in films like "Woman in Gold" and "Monuments Men," reclaiming art stolen during times of war can be a difficult, lengthy and legally murky...
Internationally Renowned Jewish Studies Historian and Scholar to Discuss Holocaust Denial at Chicago's John Marshall Law School
10 sept. 2015 13h10 HE | The John Marshall Law School-Chicago
CHICAGO, Sept. 10, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For decades, Professor Deborah E. Lipstadt has fought – in and out of courtrooms and classrooms – to ensure that the truth about the atrocities...
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USC To Host International Academic Conference and Concert on Music as a Tool of Resistance
10 août 2015 13h53 HE | Shoah Foundation Institute
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research, in collaboration with the USC Thornton School of Music, will be hosting scholars from around...