Sampling of Presentations
Mark Klempner's presentations on the rescuers have been attended by thousands of people at over 100 synagogues, churches, schools, universities, and cultural centers, including the following:
- Keynote speaker at the Asheville Community-Wide Yom HaShoah Commemoration involving Temple Beth Ha-Tephila, Beth Israel Synagogue, Western North Carolina Hillel, and the Center for Jewish Studies, Asheville, North Carolina
- Keynote Speaker at the Greater East Bay Yom HaShoah Commemoration involving the Jewish Federation and Congregation B'nai Shalom, Walnut Creek, California
- Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- B'nai Israel Congregation, Rockville, Maryland
- B'nai Israel Synagogue, Wilmington, North Carolina
- Bethany Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, North Carolina
- B'nai Brith Youth Organization, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Center for Holocaust Awareness and Information (CHAI) and University of Rochester Hillel (joint event), Rochester, New York
- Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Columbia University, New York, New York
- Congregation Ansche Chesed, Manhattan, New York
- Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, Manhattan, New York
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
- Foundry United Methodist Church, Washington DC
- Freeman Center for Jewish Life, Durham, North Carolina
- Great Neck Public Library, Great Neck, New York
- Greensboro Public Library; Greensboro, North Carolina
- Hadassah, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Hevesi Jewish Heritage Library, Forest Hills, New York
- Ithaca Alternative High School, Ithaca, New York
- Jewish Community of Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts
- Lincolnton Cultural Center, Lincolnton, North Carolina
- Museum of Jewish Heritage, Battery Park City, New York
- Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
- National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
- Raleigh Friends Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina
- The Riverside Church, Manhattan, New York
- St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Asheville, North Carolina
- Temple Beth El, Ithaca, New York
- The Shepherd's Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina
- United Congregational Church, Greensboro, North Carolina
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC
- University of Georgia Center for Jewish Life, Athens
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Presentations at Professional Meetings and Conferences
- As a folklorist and historian, Mark Klempner has spoken to numerous professional groups about the rescuers, including the following:
- “Righteous Gentiles and the Rescue of Dutch Jews.” National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
- “‘First Do No Harm’: Safeguarding the Mental Health of Holocaust Survivors Who Participate in Oral History Interviews.” Oral History Association Annual Meeting in Durham, North Carolina.
- “Making Trauma Stories Visible: Recei ving and Reliving Holocaust Memories.” Chair and commentator. Oral History Association Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri.
- “Community and Memory.” Oral History Association Annual Meeting in Bethesda, Maryland.
- “Navigating Life Review Interviews with Survivors of Trauma.” Oral History Association Annual Meeting in Buffalo.
- “Oral History and Memory.” North Carolina State University Librarians Association, Raleigh, North Carolina.
- “Recovered Memory.” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas.
- “Redeeming the World: Dutch People Who Rescued Jews During World War II.” Center for European Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- “Speaking What Cannot Be Said; Listening to What Cannot Be Heard: An Empathic Approach to Interviewing Holocaust Survivors.” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting in Rochester, New York.
©2006 Mark Klempner