PAST KTA EVENTS
International Forum: Connecting Next Generations
OCTOBER 3-4, 2021
The Association of Jewish Refugees presents a two-day hybrid international forum for descendants of Holocaust survivors and refugees. Both online and in person in London.Open to second, third or even fourth generations, the hope is that this forum will be valuable and interesting.Originally planned for April 2020, cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the AJR is delighted to present a new programme of panels and speakers.
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Becoming Gustav Metzger: Uncovering the Early Years, 1945-59
JUNE 16, 2021 to SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
An exhibit, on a Kindertransport Survivor and brilliant artist, opening in London and online. Becoming Gustav Metzger: Uncovering the Early Years, 1945-59Online talks begin April 28, with a Curators tour of th upcoming exhibit..
Becoming Dr. Ruth
JUNE 4-27, 2021
Becoming Dr. Ruth chronicles the life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, from her early years fleeing Nazi Germany, living as an orphan in Switzerland, time as a sharpshooter in the Israeli armed forces, and her life and career in New York. It is a humorous and heartfelt portrait detailing Dr. Ruth's remarkable journey to become a pioneer in the psychology of human sexuality and the world's most famous sex therapist.Tony and Emmy Award-nominee Tovah Feldshuh stars in this illuminating one-woman show.
"One of Ten Thousand: My Mother's Escape to Freedom on the Kindertransport" - An Evening with Linda Mason Waldroup
JUNE 23, 2021 7PM PDT
Linda is a retired Contra Costa librarian and is a daughter of Holocaust survivors. She is also co-chair of the Northern California Kindertransport Association. Her mother, Doris Mason, who was born Doris Franzelore Goldschmidt in Germany in 1930, was one of the 10,000 children who were on the Kindertransport to U.K. Linda’s talk will be about her mother’s experiences before, during and after the Kindertransport.Chabad of Tri-Valley3370 Hopyard Rd, Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA
KTA Online Book Talk The Berlin Shadow: Living with the Ghosts of the Kindertransport
JUNE 6, 2021 1PM EST
Our guest speaker will be KT2 Jonathan Lichtenstein, author of The Berlin Shadow: Living with the Ghosts of the Kindertransport (2020)“A unique and intimate addition to the literature about the Holocaust.”“A deeply moving memoir that confronts the defining trauma of the twentieth century, and its effects on a father and son.”
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Liberation 75 Global Gathering Of Holocaust Survivors, Descendants, Educators & Friends
MAY 4-9, 2021
This event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of liberation from the Holocaust will be VIRTUAL, WORLDWIDE and FREE to attend:The KTA will host a program May 6,10amThe World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust and Descendants hosts a program May 4, 4pmKeynote speakers & breakout sessionsHolocaust survivor virtual “lounges”Interactive small-group discussions & workshopsMultiple languages, multiple time zones & more!
BERTHA LEVERTON: CREATOR OF KINDER REUNIONS
MAY 2, 2021 1PM EST
Bertha's daughter Mirry Reich tells the inspiring story of her mother, Bertha Leverton, who arrived in England from Germany on a Kindertransport at 16 years old. Bertha is sometimes referred to as “the mother of the KTA” as it was at the first Kindertransport Reunion that Bertha created in London in 1989 that Eddy Behredt, a Kind from Danzig, came up with the idea to start something in the USA.Watch here: https://vimeo.com/560578091
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Yom Hashoah V’Hagvurah,Clevaland's virtual commemoration of the Holocaust and heroism
APRIL 7, 2021 7PM
This year's theme is "Rescuers", recognizing the brave individuals who rescued Jews during the Holocaust. We are honored to be joined by Barbara Winton, daughter of Sir Nicholas Winton, who organized the rescue of 669 children from Czechoslovakia to Great Britain. To register: bit.ly/3wtfYXO
Groundwaves: Film as a Medium of Memory; Memory as a Medium of Vision
APRIL 5, 2021 8:30
KTA President Melissa Hacker is a guest on GroundWaves, a weekly zoom session and podcast of the Sha'ar community. Weaving together beautiful music, deep Torah and transformative wisdom, this weekly online gathering opens up a gate of spiritual fellowship and personal reflection prompted by this unique moment of the pandemic, with a purpose and spirit that will carry us far beyond it. Neither a prayer service nor a class, GroundWaves touches the heart and opens the mind.
Invisible Walls: Hella Pick in conversation with Anne McElvoy
MARCH 23, 2021 8PM UK TIME
To mark the publication of her long-awaited memoirs, Invisible Walls, pioneering journalist Hella Pick CBE, who came to the UK from Austria on a Kindertransport in 1939,speaks with journalist Anne McElvoyThe book tells the dramatic story of how she won trust and sometimes the friendship of world leaders and a many remarkable men and women. It also speaks frankly of personal heartache, struggle over her Jewish identity and a continuing sense of insecurity.To book:http://bit.ly/3big8cb
