“Dear Occupants of Dohrmannstrasse 1” – A Talk by Dr. Kevin Ostoyich
On Friday April 11, 2025, join Dr. Kevin Ostoyich from 10:00 – 11:00 am Pacific Time (Noon – 1:00 pm Central Time) for a talk at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Kevin’s lecture will follow Gary Sternberg – a Holocaust survivor who fled Germany as a child – and his unexpected friendship with the […]
Dr. Kevin Ostoyich at Slippery Rock University
This past week, Dr. Kevin Ostoyich gave two presentations at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania as part of their Holocaust Remembrance Program. On Tuesday March 25, he joined Dr. Kari-Anne Innes for a presentation entitled, “Connection Through Expression: Historical Theatre.” On Thursday March 27, Kevin gave his second presentation called, “25 Words: The Resilience of […]
Operations Andreas & Bernhard – A Talk by Dr. David Leong
Join Dr. David Leong on Monday April 7, 2025, at 7:30 pm (EST) for a presentation on Operation Andreas and Operation Bernhard – two secret Nazi counterfeiting operations during World War II. In attendance will be three different collectors’ clubs – the Boston Numismatic Society, Currency Club of New England, and the Collectors Club of […]
A Schindler’s List Survivor’s Story Never Told
Join author Bob Don on Monday January 13, 2025 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm (Central) for a presentation and discussion about his memoir, The Difference, which details his mother’s life as a Schindler survivor. Registration is required for this event. Please register on the Beth Emet website HERE. Event Description: On Yom Kippur Day, […]
A Virtual Dinner Event with Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt
On Saturday, October 5, Danny Spungen welcomed colleagues, new museum docents, friends and family to his home for a dinner event with special guest, Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt! Dr. van Pelt joined dinner guests via Zoom to give a short talk and answer questions about his work on Montreal’s new Holocaust museum. Along with […]
Luncheon at Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum
On March 3, Danny Spungen, an old friend of the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Memorial Hall and a representative of the Spungen Family Foundation in the United States, who has witnessed every important moment of the memorial hall, came to the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Memorial Hall after its 2020 expansion for the first time, and jointly […]
JCC Chicago Hosts Premiere of One Life at Wayfarer Theater
On Thursday, March 7, the JCC Chicago hosted a premiere of the film, One Life, at the Wayfarer Theater in Highland Park, Illinois. One Life is a biopic about Sir Nicholas Winton, the “British Schindler,” starring Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn as Winton. The film delves into Winton’s rescue operation during the Second World […]
Coin World Podcast – Forging Secrets, Operation Bernhard
On Thursday April 13, Danny Spungen met with hosts Jeff Starck and Larry Jewett to discuss Operation Bernhard for their Coin World podcast. This was Danny’s first experience with podcasts – ever! Being a visual person, he was the only one to show his face during the recording process. He had artifacts laid out on a […]
Elgin Area School District U-46 staff professional development day on teaching the Holocaust
On Friday, January 27, 2023, over 200 high school teachers from the Elgin Area School District U-46 are attending an all-day professional development event titled, ‘Teaching the Holocaust through Stories and Artifacts.’ Illinois requires that each of its public elementary and high schools includes teaching the Holocaust in their curriculum; all of U-46’s Language Arts, […]
Important book with new information about Nazi counterfeiting plot to be unveiled at Chicago World’s Fair of Money® on August 18!
Important book with new information about Nazi counterfeiting plot to be unveiled at Chicago World’s Fair of Money® on August 18. Museum-quality book features never-before-seen accounts from historians, descendants of Holocaust survivors, and the granddaughter of the Nazi who ran “Operation Bernhard”. A new book titled Forging Secrets: Faces and Facts Inside the Nazi Operation […]