"Inside Hana’s Suitcase," Nov. 9, Trumbull

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6

Bloomfield – Kristallnacht commemoration, screening of “Four Seasons Lodge,” a documentary about the final season for a group of Holocaust survivors who gather at a Catskills hideaway every summer; discussion of the film and refreshments to follow; 10 a.m.; B’nai Tikvoh Sholom, 180 Still Rd., (860) 243-3576. Donations encouraged.

Hartford – Kristallnacht Commemoration; music, dance and ritual to remember the two nights in 1938 when the terror of the Holocaust began and the streets of Germany were strewn with broken glass; light dinner to follow; 5 p.m.; Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave., (860) 249-1207

Middletown – Screening of the film “The Kindertransport,” followed by a conversation with Margaret Kahn of West Hartford, who was one of the children saved by the transport that took place in 1938, during the months between the Kristallnacht pogrom and the start of World War II, in commemoration of the anniversary of Kristallnacht; light brunch; hosted by Congregation Adath Israel; 10 a.m.; at Nester Center, 16 Broad St., (860) 346-4709.

Orange – “Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project;” Kansas teacher Norm Conard discusses his project highlighting the life of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942-43; 10 a.m.; Congregation Or Shalom, 205 Old Grassy Hill Rd., (203) 799-2341

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9

Greenwich – Community-wide Kristallnacht Commemoration featuring Holocaust survivor Reni Hanau, who will discuss her childhood experiences during the “Night of Broken Glass,” 7 p.m.; Temple Sholom, 300 East Putnam Ave., (203) 869-7191

Trumbull – Remembering Kristallnacht, screening of the film “Inside Hana’s Suitcase,” the story of two children who grew up in pre-WWII Czechoslovakia and terrible events they endured; discussion to follow led by filmmaker and Holocaust survivor Agnes Vertes; 7:30 p.m.; Congregation B’nai Torah, 5700 Main St., (203) 268-6940. $5

West Hartford – Remembering Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass, a program for people of all faiths, ages 13 and up, featuring Cantor Pamela Siskin, Natasha Ulyanovsky, Jessica Pasternack and Scott Myers; 7 p.m.; Congregation Beth Israel, 701 Farmington Ave., (860) 233-8215, www.cbict.org.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10

Farmington – Fifth Annual Kritallnacht Lecture featuring Holocaust survivor Gisela Marianne Adamski.  On April 21, 1943, at the age of 15, Adamski was deported to Theresienstadt.  A year and a half later, she was deported to Auschwitz, and from there was moved to Kurzbach, a satellite camp of Gross-Rosen, in Germany.  In late Jan. 1945, she and other inmates were forced to begin a death march. She hid until she was liberated by the Russian army.  Later in 1945, she returned home to the town of Oppeln and married a Jewish soldier. She later emigrated to France, then Israel and, in 1956, to the U.S.; 10 a.m.; the Farmington and Barney Library, 6 Monteith Dr.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11

Greenwich – Roundtable discussion with West Point Cadets from the American Service Academies Program; a program run by the Auschwitz Jewish Center dedicated to learning about the Holocaust and Military Ethics; with dessert; 7:30 p.m.; Temple Sholom, 300 East Putnam Ave., (203) 869-7191