Monday, April 13, 2026 at 6:00pm EDT
Online only
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Since the end of World War II Holocaust memorial monuments have been made in scores of shapes, sizes, forms, and with text in many languages. Initially designed for Jewish audiences, and then in more recent decades for a wider public, they are often intended to teach broader lessons or meet political objectives. Given the breadth of these memorials, what roles do and/or should they play in art, history, commemoration, and education? Using the expansive data from the International Holocaust Memorial Monument Database, to which he has been a lead contributor, Dr. Samuel Gruber, President of the International Survey of Jewish Monuments, reveals how these memorials both reflect and shape Jewish and other collective memories over the past 80 years.

The event is organized by the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) and is underwritten by the Yehoshua and Edna Aizenberg Holocaust Memorial Fund. It is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University; the Reiff Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution at Christopher Newport University; the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center in White Plains; the Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity at Western Washington University; the Holocaust, Genocide & Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan University; the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies at University of Miami; the George Feldenkreis Program in Judaic Studies at University of Miami; the Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention at Binghamton University; the Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy at University of Nebraska at Omaha; the Cohen Institute for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Keene State College; and the Legacy Foundation at Mount Hebron Cemetery.