destruction of europe’s jews: historical events, causes ... of europe’s jews: historical events,...

2012 - 2013

Presentation Schedule

Sundays, 9:30 a.m.

Temple Beth Shalom Adult Education Presents...

Destruction of Europe’s Jews:

Historical Events, Causes, and Personal Experiences

Paul Schatzberg

Paul Schatzberg was born in

Vienna, Austria, and at age 10

experienced the takeover by

Germany and its terrible

consequences.

As a part-time graduate student

at Baltimore Hebrew University

(BHU) for over ten years, he

studied the Hebrew Bible,

Jewish Philosophy, and History,

including the Shoah.

Paul taught Holocaust History

for the Elderhostel Program,

sponsored by BHU. He has

participated in a number of

conferences on the Holocaust

and has attended many semi-

nars and lectures at the U.S.

Holocaust Memorial Museum.

October 28 Timeline and 36 Questions about

the Holocaust

November 4 A Personal Account, From Child to

Adult

January 13 Study Tour of Concentration and

Death Camps in Europe

January 27 Actions of Gentiles (Karl Lueger,

Varian Fry, Ursula Duba)

February 3 Jewish Partisans in the Polish

Forest: Defiance by Nechama Tec

March 3 From Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah: The Church Period

March 10 Neighbors, by Jewish-Polish Histo-

rian Jan T. Gross

April 7 Trip to the United States

Holocaust Memorial Museum

Led by Paul Schatzberg

Credit: Max Reid, USHMM Photo Archives