Midwest Center for Holocaust Education

A scene from "Surviving Hitler," now playing at the White Theatre on the campus of the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park.

‘Surviving Hitler’ … And Never Forgetting

A new play, “Surviving Hitler,” depicts Jack Mandelbaum as boy and his resilient journey toward manhood during one humanity’s greatest acts of evil, the Holocaust.

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The rails leading into the Auschwitz death camp in Poland.

Auschwitz Exhibit Teaches Children About the Holocaust

Curators of the Auschwitz exhibit now at Union Station want to share difficult revelations with children who may know nothing of the Holocaust.

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Israeli President Chaim Weizmann with President Truman with the torah at the White House

Harry Truman and the Holocaust

As the 33rd president, Harry Truman drew upon a lifetime of relationships with Jewish friends as he weighed his actions in response to the Holocaust.

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In June 1964, Jewish teens in Kansas City gather for a group shot at a party celebrating the first high school graduation of children of Holocaust survivors.

Holocaust Echoed in the Lives of Children Born to Survivors Who Resettled in Kansas City

The Holocaust profoundly affected the lives of survivors’ children, who continue to share the stories of their parents’ determination to build new lives in Kansas City.

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Kansas City's Holocaust Memorial on the campus of the Jewish Community Center.

‘All These Delicate Sorrows’: Kansas City’s Holocaust Memorial

Shelly Cline, Ph. D., historian and director of education with the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, presents a detailed description of Kansas City’s Holocaust Memorial in this extended cut from the upcoming Kansas City PBS documentary, “All These Delicate Sorrows.”

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