From Częstochowa to Bayside: The Story of the KHC’s Torah Scroll

From Częstochowa to Bayside: The Story of the KHC’s Torah Scroll

Come learn about how this scroll found its way to the KHC, and the yearlong process involved to restore it.

By Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center

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Kupferberg Holocaust Center @ Queensborough Community College

222-05 56th Avenue Queens, NY 11364

About this event

In 1988, while visiting Częstochowa, Poland, Harry Rapaport made a remarkable discovery: a trove of Torah scrolls hidden in the attic of a wartime factory that had previously been a Jewish ritual bathhouse. Although heavily damaged, these religious artifacts are a living memorial to the local Jewish communities who perished during the Holocaust. Come learn about how one of these scrolls found its way to the Kupferberg Holocaust Center, and the yearlong process involved to both restore and remount this powerful historical artifact.

**To attend in person: The event is free and open to all, but registration ahead of time is required and visitors must show ID upon entering the campus at Queensborough Community College (QCC). For directions to QCC’s campus, please visit https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/about/index.html#gettingHere. For elevator access, enter the QCC Administration building and follow signs for the Kupferberg Holocaust Center.

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Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center

The Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) at Queensborough Community College at the City University of New York (CUNY) in Bayside, Queens was established in 1983 as one of the first Holocaust resource archives on the East coast, and our mission is to use the lessons of the Holocaust to educate current and future generations about the ramifications of prejudice, racism, and stereotyping. Our building—the only one of its kind within CUNY—includes a permanent exhibition telling the story of the Holocaust in Germany, an additional gallery space for rotating exhibits, as well as a specialized library. The KHC hosts a range of programs about Holocaust memory and its ongoing impact across, as well as relevancy to, societies around the world through annual commemorations, special events, student-focused initiatives, our National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) colloquia series led by QCC faculty, and lectures about our originally researched exhibitions. For more information, please visit our website at https://khc.qcc.cuny.edu.

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