Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive

Women in Genocide: A Comparative Assessment. Don't miss this lecture
commemorating the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide on Sunday, April
15 @ 1:30 pm.

Join Helene Sinnreich, Henry Theriault, and
Wenona Rymond-Richmond in a discussion about the plight of women in
different genocides in the 20th century.

-Program is free and open to the public.
-Reservations are required by Monday, April 9, 2012. Call (313)577-2679 or email cohnhaddowcenter@wayne.edu
-Event at the Bernath Auditorium - Adamany Undergraduate Library, Wayne State University
-Light refreshments will be served

Co-sponsored by the Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive, The Armenian Research Center, The Holocaust Memorial Center and the Cohn-Haddow Center 

On March 24, 2012, the Voice/Vision Archive Archive, along with the Jewish Gay Network is co-sponsoring " An Evening with Don Was" at the Stephen Gottlieb Music Festival at the JCC of Metropolitain Detroit.

More information on the event, including location, ticket prices and time can be found by clicking here.  

The Taubman Health Sciences Library at the University of Michigan will host the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s traveling exhibition, Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race. The exhibition illustrates how Nazi leadership enlisted people in professions traditionally charged with healing and the public good, to legitimize persecution, murder and, ultimately, genocide. Deadly Medicine, which is cosponsored by the University of Michigan’s Center for the History of Medicine, will premiere on February 3, 2012 on the 4th floor of the Taubman Health Sciences Library and runs through April 13, 2012.

Accompanying the exhibition will be an opening reception and closing reflections panel discussion. Event details will be announced at a later date.

Taubman Health Sciences Library - 1135 E. Catherine St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (www.lib.umich.edu/thl)

Dates and Times: The exhibition will be viewable February 3 – April 13, 2012 during library hours.

This display is cosponsored by the U-M Taubman Health Sciences Library and the U-M Center for the History of Medicine.

Exhibition and events are free and open to the public.

On Monday, May 10, 2011, The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive and the University of Michigan-Dearborn School of Education will co-sponsor a one day teaching academy entitled, "Uncovering the Human Dimension of Inhumanity: Using Life Unworthy of Life: A Holocaust Curriculum in the Classroom." The academy is designed to familiarize teachers with the award-winning curriculum, Life Unworthy of Life, which is now freely available online, thanks in part to the generosity of the Holocaust Education Coalition of Detroit.

http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/lul/

The academy will also investigate and develop best-practices for using the curriculum in the classroom and discuss ways that the curriculum fulfills the state of Michigan's
Grade Level Content Expectations (GLCE'S)

Academy Presenters: Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History and co-author of the curriculum,  Dr. Jamie L. Wraight, Curator of the Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive.

The workshop is open to all educators and requires a $10 registration fee. University credit is also available through the University of Michigan-Dearborn School of Education.

Participation limited to 50. Continental breakfast, lunch and beverages will be provided.

For more information, including how to register, please visit:

http://www.soe.umd.umich.edu/teacher_academy/#c1156940