PAST KTA EVENTS
Kindertransport Exhibit in London
JUNE 13, 2013 10/02/2013
‘Child Refugees: Five Portraits from the Kindertransport’ takes a fresh look at this significant humanitarian effort. The Wiener Library put out a call for materials in late 2012 and received extraordinary stories from surviving Kinder and their families. Five of these are highlighted in the new exhibition.
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U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum - 20th Anniversary National Tour
FEBRUARY 17, 2013 to JUNE 9, 2013
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum - 20th Anniversary National Tour and Tribute to Holocaust Survivors and WWII VeteransJoin us for free, daylong public events as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum marks 20 years of honoring memory and inspiring action.Los Angeles, February 17, 2013 New York City, March 3Washington, DC, April 28-29Chicago, June 9
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The Pianist of Willesden Lane in Chicago
APRIL 19, 2013 to MAY 12, 2013
Set in Vienna in 1938 and in London during the Blitzkrieg, The Pianist of Willesden Lane tells the true story of Mona Golabek's mother, noted pianist Lisa Jura. When Lisa is sent on the kinder transport to London to protect her from the Nazi regime, everything about her life is upended except her love of music and her pursuit of her dream. The Pianist of Willesden Lane is about hope, survival and how, through our darkest times, music has the power to help us survive.
Kindertransport Exhibit in Atlanta
APRIL 12, 2013 to MAY 3, 2013
The Kindertransport Journey will be on display at Am Yisrael Chai as part of their Children of the Holocaust event.Sunday, April 21st, 2013Yom Hashoah CommemorationExhibit & Opening Reception 5:00pmYom Hashoah Event 6:00pmAm Yisrael Chai1967 Rotherham WayAtlanta, GA,
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Holocaust Remembrance Day
APRIL 23, 2013
KT2 David Meyerhof will be speaking at the Holocaust Remembrance Day program at Beth Emet Synagogue in Burbank, California.600 N. Buena Vista StreetBurbank, California 91505(818) 843-4787
Yom Hashoah Commemoration
APRIL 11, 2013 7PM
Kurt and Margaret Goldberger, past President, and current Corresponding Secretary of the Kindertransport Association, will speak at the Interfaith Yom Hashoah Commemoration of the Jewish Federation of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The Creation of The Pianist of Willesden Lane
APRIL 8, 2013 7PM
In advance of its highly anticipated run at the Royal George Theatre, Hershey Felder and Mona Golabek come to Spertus with a rare behind-the-scenes look at the creation of The Pianist of Willesden Lane, a poignant theatrical and musical tribute to Ms. Golabek's remarkable mother, internationally renowned concert pianist Lisa Jura.
Plymouth, MA Yom Ha-Shoah observance
APRIL 7, 2013 7PM
PLYMOUTH – The Plymouth community’s annual interfaith observance of Yom Ha-Shoah will take place at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 7, at the Church of the Pilgrimage, located at 8 Town Square. The event will include readings from Holocaust literature and a special guest speaker, Albert Silverstein, who, during the Nazi occupation, was rescued from central Europe as a child in one of the trains in the Kindertransport.
Kindertransport Association Conference 2012
NOVEMBER 2-4, 2012
Kindertransport Conference 2012Generation to GenerationHonoring the Legacy; Transforming the Future.The Kindertransport Association is planning our next international reunion - in Irvine, California. We invite all Kindertransport generations, now living all over the world!Join our facebook page!
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Kindertransport Exhibit in New York City
JULY 12, 2012 to SEPTEMBER 29, 2012
The Kindertransport Exhibit will be shown at the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Center at Queensborough Community College, from July 12 to September 29th. An opening event will be held on July 12th, at 1 P.M. with special guest Consul General of the U.K. in New York, Mr. Tony Perez.Address: 222-05 56th Ave. Bayside, NY. Phone: 718 281-5770
