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Remembering Kristallnacht 85 Years Later

Remembering Kristallnacht 85 Years Later

Join Kol Israel Foundation on the eve of the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht as our expert panelists discuss the significance of that tragic day, the lessons we should heed today, and what we can do to prevent a similar event in the future. The program will be moderated by KIF board member Sean Martin. Panelists are Kristallnacht Survivor Harry J. Abraham and Holocaust educators Mark B. Cole and Mark Swaim-Fox.

Moderator

Sean Martin, Ph.D.

  • Associate Curator for Jewish History, Western Reserve Historical Society

  • Adjunct Faculty, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, "The Holocaust and its Meaning," John Carroll University

  • Board Member, Kol Israel Foundation



Panelists

Mark Swaim-Fox

  • Executive Director, Facing History and Ourselves, Cleveland

  • Chair, Ohio Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission

  • Member, United Way of Greater Cleveland's Taskforce on Race and Equity

Harry J. Abraham

  • Survivor, Kristallnacht

  • Board Member, Kol Israel Foundation


Mark B. Cole, Ph.D.

  • Executive Director, Holocaust & Genocide Education Network

  • Associate Lecturer, Cleveland State University, History of Nazism and the Holocaust

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