Worldwide Screening | Monday, January 27, 10:00 am - 9:30 pm

Worldwide Screening: Shoah (1985), dir. Claude Lanzmann

On January 27, from 10:00 am to 9:30 pm, the Goethe-Institut Washington – in partnership with the Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington – will screen Claude Lanzmann's 9.5-hour documentary Shoah (1985) in observance of 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. Seven other Goethe-Instituts in North America (New York City, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Montreal) will also participate in screenings. Institutes in Italy, Greece, France, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Cyprus, Turkey, Russia, Brazil, Chile, Spain, Uruguay, and Nigeria, among other countries, will also take part in Monday's worldwide screening.

Post-Film Discussion | Tuesday, January 28, 6:30 pm

Post-Film Discussion - Shoah (1985), dir. Claude Lanzmann

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day – January 27, 2020, also the 75-year anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp – the Goethe-Institut Washington and the Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, DC present a screening of Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah (1985, documentary film). This is a rare opportunity to see the 9.5-hour film in its entirety on a big screen.

On January 28, 2020, also at the Goethe-Institut Washington, there will be a post-film discussion at 6:30 pm. Discussants will be Dr. Jeffrey Richter, historian at The George Washington University, and Dr. Al Münzer, a Washington, DC-based doctor who often shares his story of surviving the Holocaust. The discussion will be moderated by Lindsay Zarwell, the film archivist at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Film & Discussion | Thursday, January 30, 6:30 pm

The Murderers Are Among Us (Die Mörder sind unter uns) (1946), dir. Wolfgang Staudte

The Murderers Are Among Us was the first film shot in Germany after the end of World War II. It was the first Trümmerfilm - a term encompassing a film subgenre in which rubble-laden cities after the war were prominently featured. It was also first film to address concepts of Denazification (Entnazifizierung) and Vergangenheitsbewältigung (coming to terms with the past), both of which were - and continue to be - discourses approaching the topic of Germany taking responsibility for World War II and the Holocaust.

There will be an introduction before the film and a discussion after the film.

Goethe Book Club | Winter/Spring 2020

Goethe Book Club: Spring 2020

A gruesome murder in post-World War I Vienna, a pig running amok in Brussels, an entire village's secrets coming to light. This spring, read and discuss works by contemporary German authors with the Goethe Book Club. All books can be read in recent English translation or in the German original; our discussion will be in English. Led by local German professor Amanda Sheffer (The Catholic University of America), this book club focuses on contemporary fiction and will explore experiences and thoughts about the text.

2020 DC Multilingual Education Fair

Bring your family to the 2020 Multilingual Education Fair of DC! Find out about our German Immersion Summer Camps for kids 8-12, explore resources by 150 exhibitors, and participate in a free workshop for monolinguals raising multilingual kids. Taking place on Saturday, January 25, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Find us at Booth#P16.
 

Survey about the Goethe-Institut’s newsletter and projects

German Teachers aufgepasst: How do you engage with our educational and professional development programs? What can we do to better serve your needs? Take our survey and enter to win one of five promotional packages worth $200!
 

Online Language Courses for German Teachers

The next online language courses for German teachers begin in February: brush up on your German skills (at levels B1, B2 and C1) and speak German outside the classroom! Experienced course leaders accompany you through the course period and you meet in online live sessions to exchange ideas and work on tasks with the other participants. 

Study Bridge: Applications 2020 now open!

The Study Bridge Program is specifically designed to prepare students from abroad wishing to embark directly on a course of study in Germany. Our partner universities offer Bachelor programs in STEM subjects and economics. For more information participate now in one of our free information webinars on January 29, February 8, 19 and 22.

The Voice on the River

Claude Lanzmann’s 9.5-hour documentary Shoah (1985) takes viewers through the stories of survivors, perpetrators, and bystanders. 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, where do we position ourselves as the audience?