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In this special Talking Memory book launch for Out of the Sky, author Matti Friedman will delve into the extraordinary story of the Jewish parachutists of 1944—young men and women who, having escaped Europe, made the fateful decision to return under a British mission into Nazi-occupied territory. Focusing on figures such as Hannah Senesh, Friedman […]

“Holocaust Survivors and Their Legacy: Voices Across Generations” is a powerful Talking Memory program that brings together creative voices exploring how the Holocaust continues to resonate across generations. Centered on the transmission of memory, trauma, and resilience, the program invites audiences to consider not only the experiences of survivors, but also how their stories have […]

Through testimony, music, archival memory, and personal reflection, this program traces how survivors transformed displacement into community and loss into renewed life—affirming memory as an act of resistance and responsibility. Yigal Cohen, CEO of the Ghetto Fighters’ House, will open the event followed by Judith Stelmach, Project Manager at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Israel. We are honored to […]

This program focuses on the German Jewish community in Landsberg before and during the Holocaust. The event will open with remarks by Yigal Cohen, CEO of the Ghetto Fighters’ House. Prof. Guy Miron will examine the world of German Jewry from the eve of the Nazi rise to power through the outbreak of World War […]

The Ghetto Fighters’ House is pleased to host an online event celebrating the opening of “Fanny’s Journey,” an exhibition that brings to life the experiences of Fanny Ben Ami through her powerful drawings. Fanny’s Journey tells the extraordinary story of Fanny, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl who was born in Germany and grew up in France. […]

The Ghetto Fighters' House invites you to a new Talking Memory series Romanian Jewry during the Holocaust:  Filling in the Gaps Jewish Forced Labor in Romania, 1940-1944 Opening Remarks: Dr. Martin Ladislau Salamon Director of the Romanian Cultural Institute, Tel Aviv Guest Speakers: Dr. Dallas Michelbacher Jewish Forced Labor in Romania, 1940-1944 Greta Barak Names […]

The Ghetto Fighters’ House invites you to a new series: “Bridge Over Troubled Water”: Solidarity and Civic Responsibility in Times of Crisis Join us for the second program  Under Beslenei’s Sky: A Tale of Courage Opening Remarks: Yigal Cohen – CEO of the Ghetto Fighters' House Museum Guest Speakers: David Shawgen – Research Director of […]

Today, the nexus between Judaism and Christianity marks a high point in the history of Jewish-Christian relations. But this was not always the case. Since the C2nd CE, mainstream Christianity was resolutely anti-Jewish. The myth of Jews as Christ-killers fuelled anti-Judaism and antisemitism through the Christian centuries and it was not until after the Holocaust […]

Today, the nexus between Judaism and Christianity marks a high point in the history of Jewish-Christian relations. But this was not always the case. Since the C2nd CE, mainstream Christianity was resolutely anti-Jewish. The myth of Jews as Christ-killers fuelled anti-Judaism and antisemitism through the Christian centuries and it was not until after the Holocaust […]

Today, the nexus between Judaism and Christianity marks a high point in the history of Jewish-Christian relations. But this was not always the case. Since the C2nd CE, mainstream Christianity was resolutely anti-Jewish. The myth of Jews as Christ-killers fuelled anti-Judaism and antisemitism through the Christian centuries and it was not until after the Holocaust […]