CHHRE - Upcoming Events
Tentative Schedule of Programs and Professional Learning 2026
Save the Date!
Gutterman Family Center Annual Outstanding Educator Awards Dinner
Thursday, November 5, 2026 | Marriott Boca Raton
More information email to esax@fau.edu or by phone at 561-297-2929
August 2026
The Craig and Barbara Weiner Holocaust Reflection Contest at FAU
Middle and high school students in Florida can study Holocaust survivor testimonials and submit original creative entries in film, essays/poems, and artwork based on their learning.
Submissions accepted December 1, 2026, through February 1, 2027
Additional information available fau.edu/artsandletters/craig-and-barbara-weiner-holocaust-reflection-contest
What Did Women Do? 1933-1945 Poster Exhibit
Thursday, October 8 through Wednesday, November 27, 2026
Collaboration between the Arthur and Emalie Gutterman Family Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education and the University Galleries. The history of women during the Holocaust is complex. While there is a wealth of research on diverse topics within Holocaust Studies, the unique intersectional experiences of women are frequently overlooked. The Nazi regime targeted all Jews, both men and women, for persecution and eventually death. However, women – both Jewish and non-Jewish – often faced severe persecution that was distinct from that experienced by men. This poster exhibit will showcase the various roles women represented from 1933-1945.
Opening Reception: October 8, 6:45 pm
Virtual Presentation by Elizabeth R. Hyman, author of The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising
Books available for purchase.
Arthur and Emalie Gutterman Family Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education Annual Award Dinner Honoring Holocaust Educators
Thursday, November 5, 2026- 5:30 PM – 9 pm
Boca Raton Marriott at Boca Center
Holocaust Education Week – November 9-13, 2026
January 27, 2027- International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The United Nations General Assembly designated the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a time to remember the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazi persecution. Florida lawmakers unanimously passed a bill declaring January 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day. The bill aims to address rising antisemitism and hate crimes against Jewish people. Florida schools will be encouraged to provide instruction on the Holocaust and antisemitism.
Film: The Ice Cream Man
Monday, January 25, 2027, 7 pm
The incredible true story of Ernst Cahn, a beloved Jewish ice cream parlor owner who in 1941, after the Nazi’s invade the Netherlands, was targeted, arrested, and tortured by the infamous “Butcher of Lyon” Klaus Barbie. As his world crumbles, Cahn must choose between resistance and death…a choice that will reverberate throughout the country. The choices Cahn made sparked a series of events that led to over 300,000 Dutch citizens going on strike and shutting down Amsterdam for three days, in what became the largest anti-Nazi protest in history.
Registration Required
Film: Final Account
Monday, February, February 25, 2027, 7 pm
This documentary shares never-before-seen interviews with the last living generation of people to have participated in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. Filmed over a 10-year period, it raises questions about authority, conformity, complicity, perpetration, national identity, and responsibility, as men and women – ranging from former SS members to civilians – reckon with their memories, perceptions, and personal appraisals of their role in the Holocaust.
Craig and Barbara Weiner Holocaust Reflection Contest at FAU Awards Ceremony
Sunday, May 2, 2027
More information to be available fau.edu/artsandletters/craig-and-barbara-weiner-holocaust-reflection-contest
Annual Summer Institute for Educators Grades 5-12
June 2027, In Person - FAU Boca Campus
Additional information and registration available February 2027