Latest Past Events
Billings West High School students spring break “Survivors Week”
Billings West High School BillingsHosted by the Spungen Foundation for a week dedicated to hearing stories of Holocaust survivors and special guests connected to the educational field. Overall, the students met in person 12 Holocaust survivors, engaged with Aaron Elster on the NDT (Hologram), spoke with Rwanda Genocide survivor Emmanuel Habimana and were an important part of the Syrian chemical warfare Press Conference aired on WGN TV.
Temple Chai: an Afternoon with Danny Spungen
Temple Chai 1670 Checker Rd, Long GroveIn 2007, Danny Spungen, a collector and philatelist, acquired arguably one of the best known collections of Holocaust materials relaed to stamps, covers, postcards, letters, bank note forgeries, and msanuscripts from concentration camps and Jewish Ghettos. Danny, a fellow Temple Chai member, will be sharing some of the most unique items from the Florence and Laurence Spungen Family Foundation traveling exhibit.
Auschwitz Museum Traveling Exhibit
Centro de Exposiciones Arte Canal MadridThe Spungen Family Foundation has loaned 36 artifacts for a seven year period to the Auschwitz Museum Traveling Exhibit. The organizers are a team from Musealia, a Spanish company dedicated to creating high quality travelling exhibitions for museums and cultural centers throughout the world, first in Madrid, then Sweden