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Events
 Presented as part of International Holocaust Remembrance Day January 27, the Glass House exhibit tells the story ofSwiss diplomat Carl Lutz who issued 62,000 safe conduct passports to Hungarian Jews desperate to escape the Nazis, making the “Glass House” building a center of protection for Jews in Hungary in 1944. The exhibition presents this story of moral courage, revealing how the Glass House became an international symbol of the indestructibility of humanity during the cruelest of times.
Tolerance Education Center hosts Glass House exhibit in February
For the month of February the Tolerance Education Center in Rancho Mirage is hosting the traveling exhibit “Carl Lutz and the legendary Glass House in Budapest”. Co-sponsored by the Carl Lutz Foundation and Mensch Foundation International, the exhibit features the story of Swiss Diplomat Carl Lutz who rescued tens of thousands Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. The Glass House, a former glass factory and the most famous of 76 safe houses throughout the city, sheltered 3,000 Jews waiting for exit visas. The large panels depict photos taken around 1944 in and around the Glass House, which was placed under diplomatic immunity after being turned over to Lutz by a well-to-do Jewish family. Budapest is the only capital in Central Eastern Europe where a Jewish community of more than 100,000 survived the Holocaust.
In recognition of the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and International Holocaust Day on Wednesday, January 27, the community is invited to Temple Isaiah in Palm Springs at 3:30 pm for a first chance to see the exhibit and attend a program followed by a reception. Special guests will include Hungarian Consul General Bokor Balazs, Swiss Consul General Bruno Ryff, and Israeli Deputy Consul General Gil Artzyeli. Jean Greenstein will tell his remarkable story how, as a member of the Resistance, he was able to join the elite German SS enabling him to help rescue hundreds of his fellow Jews. Hal Linden will serve as Master of Ceremonies and children from the Jewish Community School of the Desert will perform. Tickets are $18 and reservations can be made by calling Temple Isaiah at 760.325.2281 or the Tolerance Education Center at 760.328.8252.
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