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Join us as our We Can Do It! WWII exhibition partner, The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, presents a special Kristallnacht commemoration.

Photo courtesy of Brandon Blache-Cohen.

The Lessons from Kristallnacht program will feature a keynote presentation, "Rebuilding of Lives: Post-Holocaust Life, 1945-1955," by Brandon Blache-Cohen, executive director of Amizade Global Service-Learning and the grandson of a Holocaust survivor.

There will be a pre-program reception beginning at 5:30 p.m. and an opportunity to view the We Can Do It! WWII exhibition, which features collections from the Rauh Jewish Program and Archives and private lenders.

Full Schedule

5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Pre-program reception, Mueller Education Center, fifth floor, Heinz History Center
We Can Do It! WWII exhibit viewing opportunity

7 p.m. -  8:30 p.m. - Mueller Education Center, fifth floor, Heinz History Center
"Memories of Kristallnacht" from Ruth Drescher
Keynote presentation by Brandon Blache-Cohen

Admission

The program is free and open to the public with free admission to the History Center after 5:30 p.m. and is underwritten through the generosity of Edgar Snyder.

For more information, please contact Caroline Fitzgerald at 412-454-6373 or ccfitzgerald@heinzhistorycenter.org.

About Brandon Blache-Cohen

Brandon Blache-Cohen has been the executive director of Amizade Global Service-Learning since 2010. Prior to that, he was the director of operations. In 2008, Mr. Blache-Cohen decided to reclaim his family's German citizenship. This process took two years and he now holds dual U.S.-German citizenship.


About the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh

The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, an affiliated organization of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, is the Holocaust resource center for Western Pennsylvania and neighboring regions. It works to transform community and personal attitudes and behaviors by educating individuals to recognize, understand, and remember the atrocities of the Holocaust.
 
   

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