Tigermedia - 2021 Yom HaShoah Commemoration: Remembering The Town Known as Auschwitz
2021 Yom HaShoah Commemoration: Remembering The Town Known as Auschwitz
Date: April 8th, 2021
Duration:
1h:52m:0s
In commemoration of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Tomasz Kuncewicz and Maciek Zabierowski from the Auschwitz Jewish Center in Oswiecim, Poland discuss about the complexities of educating people about the Holocaust in a town that is synonymous with the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination and concentration camp in what was formerly Nazi-occupied Poland during WWII. The Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation was established in 1995 in order to rebuild a Jewish cultural, spiritual, and educational center in Oswiecim. In September 2000, the Auschwitz Jewish Center (AJC; https://ajcf.pl/en/) opened its doors to visitors from all over the world. It is a non-governmental organization which exists to serve as a guardian of Jewish memory, as well as to educate the public about the Holocaust. Since August, 2006, AJC has been affiliated with the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York, USA. This event was co-sponsored by the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) at Queensborough Community College; the Center for Jewish Studies at Queens College; and the Museum of Jewish Heritage. For more information about the KHC, please visit http://khc.qcc.cuny.edu/