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April 2021
To Life 2021 Virtual Benefit
To Life 2021 will be held virtually on Monday, April 12th at 7:00 p.m. This one-hour program will offer an opportunity for us to connect and share in The FHM’s mission of honoring the past to create a better tomorrow for all. This is a moment in history when we all need the lessons that Holocaust Survivors have shared with us: lessons of hope and resilience. Your support this year is essential as the demand for The FHM’s educational resources…
Find out more »Letters From Anne & Martin
Tune into The FHM's Facebook Live on Thursday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. to watch the impactful production, Letters From Anne & Martin. Combining the iconic voices of Anne Frank and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this compelling production evokes the timeless message of hope for peace and a more united world. The production is a dramatic presentation of parallel worlds and kindred spirits in our history, drawn entirely from the text of Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young…
Find out more »The Pardoll Family Lecture Series Presents: Rwanda’s Pathway Back to Trust – Virtual Program
Join us on Facebook Live on Thursday, April 29 at 1 p.m. for an impactful virtual program, The Pardoll Family Lecture Series Presents: Rwanda's Pathway Back to Trust. This discussion will feature the voices and perspectives of Carl Wilkens, humanitarian aid worker and now leader of the World Outside My Shoes organization, and Damas Gisimba of Gisimba Memorial Center. Carl Wilkens was the only American who stayed in Rwanda during the genocide. Among the people he helped at the time…
Find out more »September 2021
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Free Day
Museum Day is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian Magazine. Participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day ticket. Free tickets must be reserved in advance here. Please be aware masks are required.
Find out more »Book Talk: “A Woman’s Story of Survival: Franci’s War”
The FHM is pleased to welcome prize-winning 2G journalist and author Helen Epstein for a virtual presentation about her mother’s book: FRANCI'S WAR. Available in paperback, e-book and audio format, it is a powerful and compelling read by a Czech Jew who survived the war as a dressmaker and electrician. This program is held in association with The FHM’s newest exhibition Stitching History from the Holocaust. Franci Rabinek Epstein wrote her Holocaust memoir in the 1970s but after it was rejected by several publishers, gave it to…
Find out more »Panel Discussion: Babi Yar and Shostakovich’s 13th Symphony
Please join us as we remember the 80th anniversary of the massacre at Babi Yar. On September 29 and 30, 1941 almost 34,000 Jewish men, women, and children were murdered in ravine just outside of Kiev, Ukraine. This massacre was one of the largest mass killings during the Holocaust.
Virtual program via our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/TheFHM
Find out more »October 2021
Dimensions in Testimony℠ Progress-Style Open House
Museum members will hear the latest news about The FHM from Museum leaders, get an exclusive ‘sneak peek” at The FHM’s newest exhibit – Dimensions in TestimonySM, and see Stitching History from the Holocaust with a Museum docent. Because of the open house format and to allow for social distancing, reservations are required. Get your free timed tickets HERE.
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