Posted on April 8, 2025
On Friday April 11, 2025, join Dr. Kevin Ostoyich from 10:00 – 11:00 am Pacific Time (Noon – 1:00 pm Central Time) for a talk at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Kevin’s lecture will follow Gary Sternberg – a…
Posted on April 1, 2025
This past week, Dr. Kevin Ostoyich gave two presentations at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania as part of their Holocaust Remembrance Program. On Tuesday March 25, he joined Dr. Kari-Anne Innes for a presentation entitled, “Connection Through Expression: Historical Theatre.”…
Posted on March 27, 2025
Join Dr. David Leong on Monday April 7, 2025, at 7:30 pm (EST) for a presentation on Operation Andreas and Operation Bernhard – two secret Nazi counterfeiting operations during World War II. In attendance will be three different collectors’ clubs…
Posted on January 7, 2025
Join author Bob Don on Monday January 13, 2025 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm (Central) for a presentation and discussion about his memoir, The Difference, which details his mother’s life as a Schindler survivor. Registration is required for this event.…
Posted on October 18, 2024
On Saturday, October 5, Danny Spungen welcomed colleagues, new museum docents, friends and family to his home for a dinner event with special guest, Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt! Dr. van Pelt joined dinner guests via Zoom to give a…
Posted on March 29, 2024
On March 3, Danny Spungen, an old friend of the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Memorial Hall and a representative of the Spungen Family Foundation in the United States, who has witnessed every important moment of the memorial hall, came to the…
Posted on March 22, 2024
On Thursday, March 7, the JCC Chicago hosted a premiere of the film, One Life, at the Wayfarer Theater in Highland Park, Illinois. One Life is a biopic about Sir Nicholas Winton, the “British Schindler,” starring Anthony Hopkins and…
Posted on December 19, 2023
This upcoming January 2024, the Elgin U-46 school district and Spungen Family Foundation will come together for three days of learning centered around the Holocaust. High school classes will be bussed to Elgin Community College and get the opportunity to…
Posted on April 20, 2023
On Thursday April 13, Danny Spungen met with hosts Jeff Starck and Larry Jewett to discuss Operation Bernhard for their Coin World podcast. This was Danny’s first experience with podcasts – ever! Being a visual person, he was the only one…
Posted on January 27, 2023
On Friday, January 27, 2023, over 200 high school teachers from the Elgin Area School District U-46 are attending an all-day professional development event titled, ‘Teaching the Holocaust through Stories and Artifacts.’ Illinois requires that each of its public elementary…