The 23rd Annual Holocaust
Education Project
Sunday, April 7–Thursday, April 10, 2013

The annual Holocaust Education Project at Elmhurst College is an international, interfaith, interdisciplinary effort to teach what cannot be taught. Since its inception in 1991, the Project has explored one of the darkest periods in human history through lectures by prominent Holocaust scholars, film discussions, teacher education projects, art exhibits, discussions with survivors and rescuers, services of remembrance, and more.

Sunday, April 7
Service of Remembrance
Awarding of the Gerda Luner Memorial Prize for Social Justice and the Holocaust.
7:00 p.m.  |  Frick Center, Founders Lounge

Holocaust Guestship Lecture
Deborah E. Lipstad: The Eichmann Trial
The conviction of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann by an Israeli court electrified the world in 1962. The historian Deborah Lipstadt examines the dramatic effect that the courtroom testimony had on a world that, until the trial, had commemorated the Holocaust without fully understanding the experiences of its victims and survivors. CPDUs are available for educators.
7:30 p.m.  |  Frick Center, Founders Lounge

Monday, April 8
Film Screening: The Pianist
Directed by Roman Polanski and starring Adrien Brody, this Academy Award-winning film follows a Polish-Jewish musician as he struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.
6:30 p.m. |  A.C. Buehler Library, Room 103 (The Fishbowl)

Tuesday, April 9
Panel Discussion
Elmhurst College students reflect on their recent trip to the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., and the impact it has had on their lives.
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |  Frick Center, Alexander Room

Holocaust Education Training Workshop
Join Michael Lindberg, chair of the department of geography and geosciences at Elmhurst College, and Brian Kahn, associate professor in the School of Education at Millikin University, for this special Holocaust training workshop. Open to Elmhurst College education majors and pre-service teachers.
6:30 p.m.  |  Frick Center, Alexander Room

Wednesday, April 10
Spiritual Life Council Meeting
Join SLC in a conversation about Deborah Lipstadt's 2013 Holocaust Guestship lecture, “The Eichmann Trial.”
5:00 p.m.  |  Frick Center, North Alexander Room

Reflections
Join Rabbi Steven Bob and Rev. Scott Matheney for reflections on the topics covered in Deborah Lipstadt's Holocaust Guestship lecture.
6:30 p.m.  |  Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel, Room 008

 

All Holocaust programs are free and open to the public unless otherwise specified. For additional information, please call (630) 617-3360.