Holocaust Education Course 2024
Please join us for our nine-week Holocaust Education Course.
This course, running over a series of consecutive weeks, spans the history of the Holocaust from the 19th century through to the liberation of the camps and return to life. Each evening will run from 7-9pm with coffee and tea provided.
The course will be facilitated by MHM Manager of Adult Education Dr Simon Holloway, Co-President Sue Hampel OAM with each evening dedicated to a particular theme.
If you have any further questions about the course, please contact simon.holloway@mhm.org.au for further information.
Please register in advance and secure a place.
Image | Prisoners head south on a Death March from Dachau concentration camp; Gruenwald, Germany, 29 April, 1945. Courtesy of Yad Vashem.
Dates and topics are as follows:
Week 1: The World that Was (Wednesday, 1 May)
Week 2: From the Cross to the Swastika (Wednesday, 8 May)
Week 3: The Rise and Fall of German Jewry and Austrian Jewry (Wednesday, 15 May)
Week 4: Death and Life in the Nazi Ghettos (Wednesday, 22 May)
Week 5: Life Unworthy of Life: The Origins of the Final Solution (Wednesday, 29 May)
Week 6: The Concentration Camp Universe (Wednesday, 5 June)
Break – no course on the week of 12 June.
Week 7: By Any Means Available: Jewish Resistance (Wednesday, 19 June)
Week 8: Survey of Non-Jewish Responses (Wednesday, 24 June)
Week 9: Liberation and Return to Life (Wednesday 26, June)