2010 Holocaust Education Series:

The Cabaret Years and the Rise of Nazi Germany

Discussion of Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories with Jody Hirsh

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Class meets at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay, WI

Fee: $8.00

To reserve your spot: contact Jody Hirsh 414-967-8199 with questions.

This discussion is offered as part of a regular course on The Jewish Novel.

Cabaret is based on Isherwood's Berlin Stories.

This program has been developed by the The Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center and the Jewish Museum Milwaukee.

2010 Holocaust Education Series:

The Cabaret Years and the Rise of Nazi Germany

Film: The White Ribbon

Set immediately prior to World War I, the White Ribbon portrays a generation of German youngsters haunted by dark feelings, a desire to revolt, to dominate, to conceal, to be violent, all of which heralds the events that will explode fifteen to twenty years later, when this generation has grown up.

7:00 p.m.

Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay, WI

Fee: No Charge

Followed by talk back by Jody Hirsh

To rsvp call Joan at 414-963-2714 or email Joan Champion

This program has been developed by the The Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center and the Jewish Museum Milwaukee.

Holocaust Study Institute 2010-2011 Course

Opening Session:

2:30 pm registration at the JCC for the HSI Course

3:30 pm Program: Open to the community

Speaker Peter Hayes, PH.D., "The German Crisis, from Defeat to the Depression, 1918-1933".

Semester I: The Context of the Holocaust

• Explore the history, sociology and politics of anti-Semitism and Jewish life prior to World War II.
• Analyze the causes of the Holocaust including factors that influenced Nazi ideology.
• Examine the Nazi rise to power and the beginning phases of the war against the Jews, including the T-4 Euthanasia Campaign, Kristallnacht, ghettoization and Einsatzgruppen.
• This class requires registration. Deadline for registration is September 21, 2010.
• Educator and university student discounts available. Graduate credit available through Alverno College.

Classes meet from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay, WI

Total registration cost for HSI Course, Semester I & II $180.00. Registration cost for one semester $100.00.

To register call Bonnie at 414-963-2719 or email bonnies@milwaukeejewish.org

2010 Holocaust Education Series:

The Cabaret Years and the Rise of Nazi Germany

Jewish Community Night at the Theater

Milwaukee Repertory Production of Cabaret

7:30 p.m.

Quadracci Powerhouse Theater in the Milwaukee Center, 108 E. Wells Street

Cost: Special discount: 30% off regular ticket prices

Purchase Ticket online or call the Rep Box Office at (414)224-9490: be sure to enter discount code: 'JCC'

Optional VIP Reception at 5:30 p.m., prior to performance: An opportunity to mingle with Cabaret's director, actors and production staff, along with wine and a light snack (dietary laws observed)

Cost: $15.oo per person. Make reservation. Please call Jody Hirsh at 414-967-8199 with questions

Performance to be followed by a talkback with director and cast, led by Jody Hirsh.

Cabaret is a full-scale musical that focuses on the lives of individuals connected with Berlin's "Kit Kat Klub" as the Weimar Republic collapeses with the rise of the Nazi Party.

In connection with the Milwaukee Repertory Theater production of Cabaret this program has been developed by the The Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center and the Jewish Museum Milwaukee.

2010 Holocaust Education Series: The Cabaret Years and the Rise of Nazi Germany

A Conversation with Mark Clements, Artisitic Director of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater

Enjoy this special opportunity for an interactive discussion with the Milwaukee Repertory Theater's new Artistic Director who is directing the Rep's Cabaret.

2:00 p.m.

Fee: No Charge

The Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay, WI

Please call Jody Hirsh at 414-967-8199 for reservations

This program has been developed by the The Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center and the Jewish Museum Milwaukee.

2010 Holocaust Education Series:

The Cabaret Years and the Rise of Nazi Germany

Film: Paragraph 175 (2000)

Paragraph 175 is a documentary film narrated by Rupert Everett that chronicles the lives of several men who were arrested by the Nazis for homosexuality under Paragraph 175, the sodomy provision of the German penal code, dating back to 1871. Learn more about this important but little known story of the Holocaust.

7:00 p.m.

Fee: No Charge

Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Porspect Avenue

If you choose to tour the Museum, non-members pay Museum admission

To reserve your spot: contact Molly Dubin 414-390-5730

This program has been developed by the The Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center and the Jewish Museum Milwaukee.

Holocaust Study Institute 2010-2011 Course

Semester I: The Context of the Holocaust

Registration required.

Classes meet from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay, WI

To register call Bonnie at 414-963-2719 or email bonnies@milwaukeejewish.org

2010 Holocaust Education Series:

The Cabaret Years and the Rise of Nazi Germany

"The Art of Propaganda": A Panel Discussion

Three expert speakers will examine the place of propaganda in collections around the world, using artifacts and examples, including several from the period of the Weimar Republic prior to the Holocaust.

7:00 p.m.

Fee: Free to JMM members; $5.oo for non-members.

Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Porspect Avenue

If you choose to tour the Museum, non-members pay Museum admission

To reserve your spot: contact Molly Dubin 414-390-5730

This program has been developed by the The Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center and the Jewish Museum Milwaukee.

Holocaust Study Institute 2010-2011 Course

Semester I: The Context of the Holocaust

Registration required.

Classes meet from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay, WI

To register call Bonnie at 414-963-2719 or email bonnies@milwaukeejewish.org

Kristallnacht Commemoration at the Jewish Home and Care Center

Save the Date

Holocaust Study Institute 2010-2011 Course

Semester I: The Context of the Holocaust

Registration required.

Classes meet from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay, WI

To register call Bonnie at 414-963-2719 or email bonnies@milwaukeejewish.org

Holocaust Study Institute 2010-2011 Course

Semester I: The Context of the Holocaust

Registration required.

Classes meet from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay, WI

To register call Bonnie at 414-963-2719 or email bonnies@milwaukeejewish.org

Holocaust Study Institute 2010-2011 Course

Semester I: The Context of the Holocaust

Registration required.

Classes meet from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay, WI

To register call Bonnie at 414-963-2719 or email bonnies@milwaukeejewish.org

Holocaust Study Institute 2010-2011 Course

Semester II: Implementation of the Holocaust

• Examine Nazism, with a focus on the plaxes included in the course travel component.
• Discuss memorialization and reconciliation, including Majdanek, Belzec, Treblinka, Sobibor, Auschwitz, Ponary, Ninesfor and the Warsaw Ghetto.
• Consider perpecrtives of rescue and resistance
• Explore Terezin and its uniqueness among concentration camps.
• Explore contemporary Jewish life in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
• This class requires registration. Deadline for registration is September 21, 2010.
• Educator and university student discounts available. Graduate credit available through Alverno College.

Classes meet from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay, WI

Total registration cost for HSI Course, Semester I & II $180.00. Registration cost for one semester $100.00.

To register call Bonnie at 414-963-2719 or email bonnies@milwaukeejewish.org

Holocaust Study Institute 2010-2011 Course

Semester II:Implementation of the Holocaust

Classes meet from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay, WI

To register call Bonnie at 414-963-2719 or email bonnies@milwaukeejewish.org

Holocaust Study Institute 2010-2011 Course

Semester II: Implementation of the Holocaust

Classes meet from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay, WI

To register call Bonnie at 414-963-2719 or email bonnies@milwaukeejewish.org

Holocaust Study Institute 2010-2011 Course

Semester II: Implementation of the Holocaust

Classes meet from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay, WI

To register call Bonnie at 414-963-2719 or email bonnies@milwaukeejewish.org

Holocaust Study Institute 2010-2011 Course

Semester II: Implementation of the Holocaust

Classes meet from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay, WI

To register call Bonnie at 414-963-2719 or email bonnies@milwaukeejewish.org

Holocaust Study Institute 2010-2011 Course

Semester II: Implemenation of the Holocaust

Classes meet from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay, WI

To register call Bonnie at 414-963-2719 or email bonnies@milwaukeejewish.org

Pinat Hativah

Pfister Hotel

6:00 p.m.

Program:

In My Hands memories of a Holocaust rescuer, Irena Gut Opdyke

Fundraiser for the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center

Trip to Places of the Holocaust 14 days:

(Dates of the trip are subject to change)

Visit cities that were once vibrant Jewish life and imprortant historical sites in Lithuania, Poland and the Czech Republic.

Participants must be able to walk distances on uneven ground.

To register call Bonnie at 414-963-2719 or email bonnies@milwaukeejewish.org