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The Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center and Hodges University have partnered to present the 2020 Elliott Katz Lectures. This popular series is 6 lectures that explore topics related to the Holocaust. The lectures will be at Hodges University’s Naples Campus in the John White Community Room, 2647 Professional Circle, Naples Tickets to each lecture are $35 and available by clicking on the “Subscribe Now” button to the right (or below). Dates for the lectures are: January 9; January 23; February 6;…

“The Boys of Terezin” shows how five Holocaust Survivors, a boys choir and a chamber music group unite to tell the story of the creation of Vedem - the secret weekly concentration camp journal created by teenage boys imprisoned in Terezin. After the screening, a selection of music featured in the film will be performed by FGCU Professors pianist Michael Baron and soprano Jeanie Darnell, accompanied by violinist Ming Gao of the Naples Philharmonic. A very special guest is also scheduled to…

International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Screening of Defiant Requiem. “Defiant Requiem” chronicles a trip by modern American conductor Murry Sidlin and a chorus to the site of the June, 1944 performance of Verdi’s Requiem. Performed by the prisoners of the Theresienstadt (Terezin) concentration camp for their captors and inspectors from the International Red Cross it was part of the propaganda effort meant to show how well the Germans treated their prisoners. Czech conductor Rafael Schächter taught his fellow prisoners in the…

The Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center and Hodges University have partnered to present the 2020 Elliott Katz Lectures. This popular series is 6 lectures that explore topics related to the Holocaust. The lectures will be at Hodges University’s Naples Campus in the John White Community Room, 2647 Professional Circle, Naples Tickets to each lecture are $35 and available by clicking on the “Subscribe Now” button to the right (or below). Dates for the lectures are: January 9; January 23; February 6;…

The Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center and Hodges University have partnered to present the 2020 Elliott Katz Lectures. This popular series is 6 lectures that explore topics related to the Holocaust. The lectures will be at Hodges University’s Naples Campus in the John White Community Room, 2647 Professional Circle, Naples Tickets to each lecture are $35 and available by clicking on the “Subscribe Now” button to the right (or below). Dates for the lectures are: January 9; January 23; February 6;…

5:00 pm – Sponsor and Patron Reception 6:00 pm – Dinner and Program with Dr. Ruth Westheimer Invitations will be mailed out in mid-January. Call Tim Morrison today for Tables and Sponsorships  – 239-263-9200.

The Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center and Hodges University have partnered to present the 2020 Elliott Katz Lectures. This popular series is 6 lectures that explore topics related to the Holocaust. The lectures will be at Hodges University’s Naples Campus in the John White Community Room, 2647 Professional Circle, Naples Tickets to each lecture are $35 and available by clicking on the “Subscribe Now” button to the right (or below). Dates for the lectures are: January 9; January 23; February 6;…

Screening of Footsteps of My Father. Perry Switzen will then honor his father and other Liberators with a presentation. Footsteps of My Father explores the heroism of Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds in saving the lives of 200 Jewish American soldiers during the Second World War. The documentary was just recognized with a prestigious Award of Excellence Special Mention by The Best Shorts Film Competition.