Join us for an evening of remembrance and reflection at our Yom HaShoah Commemorative Program and a special performance of The Children of Willesden Lane.

For additional information, contact Maggie Hartley, EdD, Director of Public Engagement, at maggie.hartley@nationalww2museum.org.

Schedule of Events:

• 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Reception
• 6:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. | Yom HaShoah Commemorative Program
• 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | The Children of Willesden Lane Performance*

*The Children of Willesden Lane will not be livestreamed.

Yom HaShoah Commemorative Program

Join The National WWII Museum and the New Orleans Jewish Community Center Holocaust Memorial Committee to commemorate Yom HaShoah, a day dedicated to the approximately six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. A reception before the program will include hors d'oeuvres as well as an open bar for beer and wine.

This event is free and open to the public; registration is encouraged. If you cannot make it to the Museum for this event, watch the livestream on Vimeo.

The Yom HaShoah Commemorative Program is made possible through the generous support of The Mark Rubin Family Endowment for Holocaust Education.

The Children of Willesden Lane

The Museum, in partnership with the New Orleans Jewish Community Center Holocaust Memorial Committee and the Hold On To Your Music Foundation, proudly presents the critically acclaimed theatrical show The Children of Willesden Lane.

Adapted from her best-selling book, this one-woman performance features concert pianist Mona Golabek. The Grammy-nominated artist uses music to tell her mother’s inspiring story of survival as a teenage Austrian Jewish refugee who pursued her own dream of becoming a pianist.

This event is free and open to the public; registration is required. The Children of Willesden Lane will not be livestreamed.

Pre-order Golabek's books here.

The New Orleans Jewish Community Center would like to extend a special thanks to the Jewish Endowment Foundation Holocaust project and the New American Social Club for their support of this program and to the Charitable Lead Annuity Trust under the will of Louis Feil for its support of Jewish cultural programming.