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March 2020
Rarely-seen Spungen Holocaust material to be exhibited at Hertogpost 2020
The Spungen Family Foundation will be sending two exhibits to the Netherlands in March 2020. Its primary traveling exhibit and a specialized Łódź Ghetto (Poland) exhibit will be set up for the public and school groups. The exhibition will be near the Vught Concentration Camp in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) in the southern part of the Netherlands (Holland). Several speakers including Holocaust survivors will be attending to spend time with students and the general public. See attached English and Dutch PR.…
Find out more »February 2020
Survivors Week #4
The Spungen Foundation, since the summer of 2013, has given scholarships to graduating seniors from Billings (Montana) West High School for going to Auschwitz with Eva Kor (CANDLES Holocaust Museum, Terre Haute IN). In the spring of 2017, Billings students unable to go to Poland used their spring break time to come to Illinois for an in-depth “Survivors Week.” The students and teacher (Rob Stanton) visit Baha’i Temple, CANDLES, and Illinois Holocaust Museum. When in Lincolnshire for lunches/dinners,…
Find out more »August 2019
Postal Service in the Lodz Ghetto 1940-1944
In recognition of the 75th anniversary of the final liquidation of the Lodz Ghetto in the summer of 1944, rare letters and post cards from the Spungen Foundation and State Archive in Lodz created a unique exhibition that will open in Lodz Poland on Monday August 26th.
Find out more »April 2019
NCEA – National Catholic Educators Association
Along with Mr. James Schuster, history teacher at Carmel Catholic High School (Mundelein, IL), Danny Spungen will be exhibiting and talking about artifacts/documents that have made an impression on Carmel students over the years.
- Brochure
Find out more »March 2019
Phi Theta Kappa Honors in Action Conference
The Spungen exhibit will spend the week of March 18th, 2019 in the Inver Grove Heights region working with Professor Vicky Knickerbocker and the Action Conference she is hosting. More details to follow.
Find out more »Survivors Week
The Spungen Foundation since the summer of 2014 has given scholarships to graduating seniors from Billings (Montana) West High School for going to Auschwitz with Eva Kor (CANDLES Holocaust Museum, Terre Haute IN).
- Schedule
Find out more »December 2018
Valparaiso University
An Informal Discussion with Former Shanghai Jewish Refugee, Harry J. Abraham. Open to entire University community.
Find out more »Carmel Catholic High School
For the 1st time, Zofia Gadomska will speak about her Polish parents (Stanisław & Stefania Prycak) and uncle Michał Pyrcak. The family hid 17 Jewish people in their barn in a small Polish village during WWII. One day when the uncle was out buying food, he was handed over to the Germans, sent to a concentration and was never seen again. All 17 Jewish people survived and the family was honored as Righteous Among Nations by Israel’s Yad Vashem. For students and invited guests only.
Prycak - Yad Vashem Introduction
Find out more »November 2018
Padua Catholic Academy
The Spungen Foundation is honored to be one of the sponsors for Eva Kor speaking to students and invited guests.
Find out more »October 2018
Carmel Catholic High School
The Spungen exhibit will be displayed for students, faculty and invited guests only.
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