JANUARY 2025
Date: Jan. 12 - Apr. 6, 2025
Event: With You, I Am Myself: Photo Exhibition
Location: German American Heritage Center & Museum (712 W 2nd St., Davenport, IA 52802)
Admission: Tickets available at door.
Date: Jan. 27
Event: 2025 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The internationally recognized date for Holocaust Remembrance Day corresponds to the 27th day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar. It marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
MARCH 2025
Date: Mar. 1 (Deadline for entries)
Event: 2025 The Shnurman Visual Arts Contest in partnership with Quad City Arts
Guidelines: Theme is “Imagery and Expression: A Visual Response to the Holocaust.” The contest is open to students in grades 6-12 in the Greater Quad City area. The Shnurman Visual Arts Contest Rules 2024
Date: Mar. 1 (Deadline for entries)
Event: 2025 The Ida S. Kramer Holocaust Essay Contest
Guidelines: Theme is “Children and the Holocaust.” Purpose of this essay contest is to research the history of a specific child or youth who was caught in or witnessed the events of the Holocaust in Europe and to record his/her story that must be told to yesterday’s, today’s, and tomorrow’s children. The contest is open to students in grades 6-12 in the Greater Quad City area.The Ida S. Kramer “Children and the Holocaust” Essay Contest Entry Form 2024
Date: Mar. 16 (4 PM)
Event: The Lloyd M. Burstein Memorial Holocaust Film Series: Never Alone
Location: Figge Art Museum (225 W. 2nd Street, Davenport)
Admission Adults - $7; Seniors (60+) & Military - $6; Students - FREE
Date: Mar. 23 (4 PM)
Event: The Lloyd M. Burstein Memorial Holocaust Film Series: Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire
Location: Figge Art Museum (225 W. 2nd Street, Davenport)
Admission Adults - $7; Seniors (60+) & Military - $6; Students - FREE
APRIL 2025
Date: April 6 (4 PM)
Event: The Lloyd M. Burstein Memorial Holocaust Film Series: Lost City
Location: Figge Art Museum (225 W. 2nd Street, Davenport)
Admission Adults - $7; Seniors (60+) & Military - $6; Students - FREE
Date: April 27 (7 PM)
Event: The 44th Annual Quad Cities Holocaust Remembrance, known as Yom HaShoah
Keynote speaker: Marion Blumenthal Lazan
Location: Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building, Augustana College (639 38th St., Rock Island, IL)
Admission: Free and open to the public
JUNE 2025
Date: June 23-25
Event: USHMM 2025 Belfer National Conference for Holocaust Education https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/2025-belfer-conference
Location: Participate virtually in real-time June 23-25 or watch on demand following live sessions
To Register: https://register.ushmm.org/lihepubp10625/begin
MARCH - APRIL 2026
Date: March 15 - Apr. 30
Event: Violins of Hope
Location: TBA