Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education

01/21/2025

On January 19, we celebrated the 100th birthday of our dear friend, Holocaust survivor Natan Gipsman. Surrounded by his family members and with his beautiful wife of nearly 80 years by his side, the room was filled with the sounds of laughter and song - the latter provided by Natan himself as he treated everyone to a short concert of the Yiddish songs he’d grown up singing. It was a truly joyous occasion!

Natan’s Holocaust survivor video testimony, as well as his wife Fela’s and their good friend Regina Lewin’s, are available to view on YouTube.

07/16/2024

On what would have been Mila Page's 104th birthday, we invite you to explore the Leopold and Ludmila Page Collection in the Oskar Schindler Archive.

In honor of Mila Page’s (1920-2020) birthday today, we invite you to explore the Leopold and Ludmila Page collection. Mila Page (Ludmila Pfefferberg) and her husband, Leopold Page (Poldek Pfefferberg), survived the Holocaust with help from Oskar Schindler. We received their collection in 2022, whi...

05/08/2024

To commemorate the 79th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day), Chapman University's Center for American War Letters Archives and Oskar Schindler Archive collaborated on "Remembering the Liberation of N**i Concentration Camps," a new exhibit highlighting materials from liberators and survivors of N**i concentration camps.

This exhibit is available for viewing in the Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library from 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday.

02/19/2024

In this Smithsonian article, Rodgers Center's director, Marilyn Harran, provides insight into the impact of the film "Schindler's List" on our understanding of the Holocaust.

The 1993 film also inspired its director, Steven Spielberg, to establish a foundation that preserves survivors' stories

01/17/2024

Marilyn Harran, director of the Rodgers Center and Stern Chair in Holocaust Education, has been featured as one of OC Register's 125 Most Influential People of 2023!

The OC Register recognized Chapman faculty and partners for their impact on the Orange County community.

11/04/2023

Leopold Szneer was 16 years old when he was arrested during Kristallnacht and sent to Dachau.

In a new blog post, Oskar Schindler archivist Alec Kirkwood explores interesting finds in the Szneer and Lubenewski family papers and sheds light on their value for both research and visual commemoration.

Learn more by clicking on the link below, and hear more about Cantor Szneer's experiences by attending our Interfaith Service Commemorating Kristallnacht at 7 p.m. on November 7 in the Wallace All Faiths Chapel.

“…there is something utterly mysterious in old photographs, that they are almost designed to be lost, they’re in an album which vanishes in an attic or in a box, and if they come to light they do accidentally, you stumble upon them. The way in which these stray pictures cross your paths, it ha...

09/28/2023

"Ms. Donner is as gifted a speaker as she is as a writer. Instead of feeling like I was listening to her in a webinar, It felt like we were sitting together in a room and having a conversation.” (Marilyn Harran)

Read more about the event in this week's edition of The Panther.

View the presentation on Youtube: youtube.com/therodgerscenter

Rebecca Donner’s Sept. 12 lecture transported readers into the life of Mildred Harnack, an American who helped raise awareness of Hitler’s actions during World War II.

09/08/2023

Join us on Tuesday, September 12 at 7 pm for Rebecca Donner’s Zoom presentation on her book, “All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler.”

More info and Zoom link at:
https://events.chapman.edu/91773

07/14/2023

https://asbarez.com/professor-richard-hovannisian-preeminent-historian-and-scholar-passes-away/

It is with immense sadness we share that pre-eminent scholar and historian, our dear friend, Richard Hovannisian has passed. His contributions to Armenian Studies, his dedication to the recognition of the Armenian genocide, and his commitment to its memory have inspired generations of scholars and thousands of students.

As Marilyn Harran noted, "The world has lost a giant, as a scholar and educator but even more as a human being." He will be greatly missed.

04/28/2023

Happening now!

In honor of Oskar Schindler’s birthday, we will be showcasing items from several collections housed in the Oskar Schindler Archive.

Doors will be open from 1:00 - 4:00 pm.

04/24/2023

In honor of Oskar Schindler’s birthday, we will be showcasing materials from the Oskar Schindler collection and the Leopold and Mila Page collection in the Oskar Schindler Archive.

Also available for viewing will be permanent exhibits on Oskar and Emilie Schindler, Leopold and Mila Page, and Leon Leyson.

Join us in viewing materials from the most complete collection in the world of primary and secondary resources on the life and times of Holocaust rescuers Oskar and Emilie Schindler.

April 28 from 1 - 4 pm
Oskar Schindler Archive
Joyce and Saul Brandman Survivors Room
LL 405, located on the 4th floor of the Leatherby Libraries, Chapman University