Sampling of Presentations

Mark Klempner's presentations on the rescuers have been attended by thousands of people at more than 100 synagogues, churches, schools, universities, and cultural centers, including the following:

In April 2012, Mark was honored to have been invited to address members of Congress and their Staffs on the subject of Holocaust rescuers. He also spoke at the Library of Congress the following day and gave talks at several area synagogues and Jewish community centers.
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, Congregation B'nai Shalom, and several other congregations in the vicinity of Walnut Creek, CA.
Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Beth El Synagogue, Durham, 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
Congregation Ohav Shalom, Albany, New York
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Friends Center, San Jose, Costa Rica
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
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, Manhattan, New York
Lexicon Library, San Jose, Costa Rica
Lighthouse School, Santa Ana, Costa Rica
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.