The harrowing tale of the Cap Arcona, a German luxury liner turned seaborne concentration camp, and the tragic fate it met during World War II.
With Author Dr. Robert P. Watson
The Nazis persecuted members of the LGBTQ community, in particular gay men. While over 20,000 gay men were exterminated in camps, their stories are frequently overlooked.
With Dr. W. Jake Newsome, Founder & Director of The Pink Triangle Legacies Project
Learn about how the Nazi Party used youth groups and propaganda to indoctrinate younger generations into the white supremacist ideology.
With US Holocaust Memorial Museum historian Lindsay MacNeill.
As a prelude to commissioning a new mural for the Holocaust Memorial Plaza, we have partnered with Mural Arts Philadelphia to host a conversation about memorials.
With WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane and scholar James Young
In 2018, the Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza opened to the public as a place of reflection, contemplation, and education. The Plaza would now serve as an open air museum for all to learn about and remember the Holocaust.
With elected officials and the Philadelphia Jewish community
In May 2021, community leaders, elected officials, and students read excerpts of powerful Jewish, liberal and anti-bigotry literature to commemorate the anniversary of the 1933 Nazi book burnings.
With elected officials, The Philadelphia Citizen & Friends Select School
In September 2020, local and state leaders came together at the Horwitz-Wasserman Memorial Plaza to speak about tolerance and building bridges across communities in the fight against bigotry, antisemitism, and racism.
With elected officials, community leaders & clergy
In honor of the Plaza’s 5th anniversary, PHRF hosted a unique program: a mobile Holocaust museum housed in a replica cattle car. Over 1,000 visitors, including over 500 Philadelphia area students, came to learn about deportations and reflect on this challenging history and antisemitism today.