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»Kristallnacht Commemoration

This year's Kristallnacht Remembrance will be held on Monday, November 9 at 7 p.m. Check back for more details!

The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education and the Fish Interfaith Center present an annual student-led commemoration of Kristallnacht in remembrance of the events that shattered a community on November 9-10, 1938.

Participating Student Faith Organizations

Baha'is of Chapman
The Circle of the Triple Goddess (Wicca)
Disciples on Campus
Hillel
Latter-day-Saints Student Association
Muslim Student Association
Newman Catholic Fellowship
Purity

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An Interfaith Service of Remembrance for Kristallnacht

The John and Toby Martz Distinguished Lecture in Holocaust Studies
The Jerry and Sally Schwartz Endowment for Holocaust Education

Co-sponsored by
Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education • Fish Interfaith Center • Chapman Interfaith Council

November 9, 2021 | 7 p.m.
Wallace All Faiths Chapel • Fish Interfaith Center

"Who Will Tell Our History?"
Glenn Kurtz, Ph.D.
Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Author of Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film

An Interfaith Service of Remembrance for Kristallnacht

The John and Toby Martz Distinguished Lecture in Holocaust Studies
The Jerry and Sally Schwartz Endowment for Holocaust Education

Co-sponsored by
Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education • Fish Interfaith Center • Chapman Interfaith Council

November 7, 2019 | 7 p.m.
Wallace All Faiths Chapel • Fish Interfaith Center

"Facets and Shards: Synagogue Windows as Memory and Memorial"
Glenn Kurtz, Ph.D.
Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Author of Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film

Musical Tribute by
Iman Khosrowpour, violin
Conductor, Irvine Valley College Symphony Orchestra

An Interfaith Service of Remembrance for Kristallnacht

The John and Toby Martz Distinguished Lecture in Holocaust Studies
The Jerry and Sally Schwartz Education Fund

Co-sponsored by
Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education • Fish Interfaith Center • Chapman Interfaith Council

November 8, 2018 | 7 p.m.
Wallace All Faiths Chapel • Fish Interfaith Center

"Kristallnacht - The End of the Beginning, The Beginning of the End"
Michael Berenbaum, Ph.D.
Director, Sigi Ziering Institute, American Jewish University
Author of "A Promise to Remember: The Holocaust in the Words and Voices of Its Survivors"

Musical Tribute by
Iman Khosrowpour, violin
Conductor, Irvine Valley College Symphony Orchestra

Special guest of honor
Engelina Billauer
Holocaust Witness and Survivor of "Kristallnacht"

An Interfaith Service of Remembrance for Kristallnacht

The John and Toby Martz Distinguished Lecture in Holocaust Studies
The Jerry and Sally Schwartz Education Fund

Co-sponsored by
Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education • Fish Interfaith Center • Chapman Interfaith Council

November 9, 2017 | 7 p.m.
Wallace All Faiths Chapel • Fish Interfaith Center

A Conversation with Holocaust Survivors and Witnesses to Kristallnacht, Engelina Billauer and Idele Stapholtz
Moderated by Dr. Marilyn Harran
Director, Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education and Stern Chair,
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Chapman University

An Interfaith Service of Remembrance for Kristallnacht

Co-sponsored by
Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education • Fish Interfaith Center • Chapman Interfaith Council

November 10, 2016 | 7 p.m.
Wallace All Faiths Chapel • Fish Interfaith Center

Oskar Schindler: A Different Choice
David M. Crowe, Ph.D.
Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Professor of Legal History and Professor of History Emeritus, Elon University

Special Guest Artist
Rachel Joselson, DMA
Associate Professor, School of Music, University of Iowa

An Interfaith Service of Remembrance for Kristallnacht

November 10, 2015 | 7 p.m.
Wallace All Faiths Chapel • Fish Interfaith Center

Reflections by Ambassador Dr. Bernd Fischer
Chancellor Fellow, Chapman University
Former Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Los Angeles

Honoring Curt Lowens
Witness to Kristallnacht, Holocaust Survivor, and Rescuer
On His 90th Birthday

Co-sponsored by
The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education • Fish Interfaith Center • Chapman Interfaith Council • Hillel

Kristallnacht: A Night of Broken Glass and Shattered Community

Reflections by Curt Lowens
Holocaust Witness and Rescuer

Learn about guest speaker Curt Lowens

November 7 | 6:30 PM

Wallace All Faiths Chapel | Fish Interfaith Center

Perspectives on Kristallnacht

November 7 | 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Wallace All Faiths Chapel | Fish Interfaith Center

Holocaust Survivors and Witnesses to Kristallnacht
Engelina Billauer, Curt Lowens, Idele Stapholtz, Cantor Leopold Szneer

Chapman University Faculty Participants
School of Law: Michael Bazyler; Department of History: Marilyn Harran, Stefan Ionescu, Jennifer Keene, Shira Klein, Jeff Koerber

Seating is limited. Live feed in Memorial Hall will be available for overflow.

Kristallnacht: A Night of Broken Glass and Shattered Community

Reflections by Richard Fybel

Son of Holocaust Survivors and
Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal

November 8 | 6:30 PM
Wallace All Faiths Chapel | Fish Interfaith Center

For more information about either of these events,
please email RodgersCenter@chapman.edu or call 714-628-7377

Kristallnacht:
A Night of Broken Glass and Shattered Community
Reflections by Curt Lowens

Learn about guest speaker Curt Lowens

Events Coming Up!

Throughout the year, the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education hosts events, such as Commemoration of Kristallnacht, an Evening of Holocast Remembrance, and a series of lectures.

Check out the calendar!