Institute for Holocaust Education
2011/2012 Calendar of Events

The IHE adds new and exciting opportunities to our calendar of events on a regular basis.
Check back often.  

 January 2012
Tribute to the Rescuers Essay Contest
10th Anniversary Kickoff
Submissions due: 2/24/2012
Awards ceremony: 4/30/2012
Rules and guidelines

Spring 2012
Holocaust Film Series
The first two films will be screened on Thursday evening -
 7 PM at the Jewish Community Center
Event dates are as follow:

February 23, 2012          Swimming in Auschwitz (2007)
March 22, 2012                        A Film Unfinished (2010)
May 3, 2012                            The Last Survivor (2010)

The Last Survivor will be screened at
the Ruth Sokolof Theater in partnership with Film Streams.
For ticket information, please contact www.filmstreams.org.

March 5 - 9, 2012
A Week of Understanding: Stories of Survival and Liberation
Robbie Waisman, survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp,
and his American liberator Dr. Leon Bass will be our featured
speakers for this year’s event.
Check back for locations and times.
 

April 15, 2012
Nebraska State Holocaust Commemoration
3 PM
Capital Rotunda, Lincoln, Nebraska 

April 18, 2012
Yom HaShoah Commemoration
7 PM
Beth El Synagogue, Omaha, NE
Youth Program begins at 5:30 PM
 

April 30, 2012
 Tribute to the Rescuers Essay Contest Awards Ceremony
 10th Anniversary Ceremony
Please check back for details.


June 18 - 21, 2012
BearingWitness™
Anti-Semistism, the Holocaust, and Contemporary Issues
This program is a unique professional development opportunity for Catholic school educators.
Please, check back for registration information.
 

SAVE THE DATE(S)
October 21 - 28, 2012
Hawthorne Quartet
The Hawthorne Quartet (members of the Boston Symphony) and artist Jim Schantz will visit Omaha in October 2012 as part of a week-long concert and artist-residency program titled “Remembrance, Creativity and Transformation.”
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ONGOING
Searching for Humanity: Veterans, Victims, and Survivors of WWII
  
Through June 2014 - Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, NE
For educational tours, please contact the IHE at 402.334.6576