MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE UPCOMING CHHE EVENTS

March 11, 2010, 7:00 p.m. "Inheritance" film showing and discussion at CHHE CHHE presents "Inheritance," a documentary telling the story of the remarkable meeting of two very different women: Honika Hertwig, the daughter of Nazi commandant Amon Goeth, and Helen Jonas, a Jewish woman enslaved by Goeth in her youth. The film explores the effects of the Holocaust on both women 70 years later. A discussion about the film will follow. CHHE is located at 8401 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, 45236

April 11, 2010, 10:00 a.m. Wise Temple’s Hornstein Lecture with Joe Berger at Wise Temple. New York Times Journalist, Joe Berger, author of Displaced Persons: Growing Up American after the Holocaust, will reflect on his youth in New York City as the child of Holocaust survivors. Learn more. Wise Temple is located at 8329 Ridge Road, Cincinnati, 45236

April 11, 2010, 1:30 p.m. Yom Hashoah at Mayerson JCC. The annual commemoration of the Shoah includes candle lighting, prayer, and moving program that remembers the lives lost during the Holocaust and honors the lives saved. Mayerson JCC is located at 8485 Ridge Road, Cincinnati, 45236

April 13, 2010, 7:00 p.m. Survivor Soulmates at Xavier University, Bellarmine Chapel. Holocaust survivor David Gewirtzman and Rwandan survivor Eugenie Mukeshimana will speak about their unique experiences. While differences abound, they share how connected they feel to one another. Together they explore the continuation of genocide in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Bellarmine Chapel is located at 3801 Ledgewood Drive, Cincinnati, 45207.

May 2, 2010, 3:00 p.m., "We Are Here!" Children’s Concert at the Freedom Center. Composed by Phil Koplow, Professor Emeritus of music at Northern Kentucky University, the pieces in this concert are set to lyrics written by children in different ghettos and camps during the Holocaust. Performed by the Northern Kentucky University Youth Choir, the event promises to be educational and moving. The Freedom Center is located at 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati, 45202

May 16, 2010, 2:00 p.m. "The Great Human Race 5 & 10K Run/Walk" at Lunken Playfield. The Great Human Race is a collective expression of our community's commitment to combating hate, prejudice, and indifference. The race will support the efforts of CHHE, allowing the organization to continue using education as a means of undermining the forces of intolernace and hate in our communities. Learn about sponsorship opportunities. Please register. Lastly, view our flyer for more information!

EXHIBITS

Without Sanctuary: January 19 – May 31, at the Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati 45202. This exhibit of lynching photography depicts the brutal murders of thousands of individuals in America from the late 1880s to the early 1960s. An eye opening look at America’s racist past, and what we can do to prevent similar acts in our future.

“The Wartime Escape: Margret and H.A. Rey’s Journey from France”: January 4 – March 10 at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Main Branch, 800 Vine Street, Cincinnati 45202. Based on the 2005 book of the same title, this exhibit features original art illustrating the Rey’s flight to escape Nazism. After settling in the U.S., the Rey’s created an animal with a special place in the hearts of generations of children: Curious George.

PAST EVENTS

February 4, 2010, 7:00 p.m. "Four Seasons Lodge" at Mayerson JCC. Presented as part of the Cincinnati Jewish Film Festival, this award winning documentary follows a group of Holocaust survivors as they spend their summers together in the Catskills. United by their painful pasts, they have formed a unique lifelong community and system of support.

February 11, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Raymond Dowd at Cincinnati Museum Center. In 1998, New York's legendary District Attorney Robert Morgenthau seized Egon Schiele's Portrait of Wally and Dead City from the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan, sending shock waves around the world.  Today, over a decade later, litigations are still pending over ownership of these artworks, and federal courts are increasingly faced with claims from owners of Nazi looted art.  The U.S. State Department is currently holding meetings on creation of a U.S. commission to resolve Nazi art looting claims and restitute stolen artworks.  

Meet Raymond Dowd, attorney for the heirs of Fritz Grunbaum, a Jewish cabaret performer who owned Dead City.  Dead City is today proudly displayed in Austria's Leopold Museum.  Through a lively visual presentation, learn the fascinating tale of Dead City's provenance, the battles to recover art stolen from Jewish Holocaust victims, the undisclosed role of the Swiss in laundering looted art for the Nazis, and the implications for U.S. museums holding artworks of European origin.

To learn more about stolen art during World War II as well as the struggle to recover the art, please explore the following webpage links and resources.

February 28, 2010, 2:00 p.m. The Wartime Escape of Stephanie Marks at the Cincinnati Public Library, Main Branch In conjunction with the Public Library's exhibit "The Wartime Escape: Margret and H.A. Rey's Journey from France" local Holocaust survivor Stephanie Marks will share her story of fleeing Nazi persecution. Stephanie was born in Poland and just before the start of the war, her family relocated to Belgium. While visiting family in her native Poland, WWII broke out and her family made an escape and endured numerous trials in an effort to gain entrance into the United States. In 1941, through the U.S. embassy in Poland, her family was granted relocation to Cincinnati. The Main Library is located at 800 Vine St, Cincinnati, 45202.

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