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Generations of the Shoah International Newsletter September, 2016
Dear Members and Friends,
Don’t forget to register for the joint GSI, World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust and Descendants and Kindertransport Association conference in Los Angeles, CA, November 4 – 7, 2016.
Our Conference will once again consist of workshops specifically focused on issues pertaining to each attending generation, as well as those that will be open to all, providing the opportunity to dialogue: to share, to hear, and to tell one another those things we rarely get the chance to address elsewhere.
In addition there will be panels that will focus on issues common to all the generations, and offer the chance to learn and be inspired through topics such as: Education Now and in the Future, Taking a Journey into Our Family History: Writing Alone or with a Partner, Different Approaches and Ways to Tell Our Parents' and Our Own Stories, as well as others like Yiddish:A Language, Culture, and Identity, to name one.
Our keynote and plenary speakers include: Child Survivor Dr. Robert Krell, speaker, author, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Vancouver; Dr. Stephen Smith, Executive Director USC Shoah Foundation and Inaugural UNESCO Chair on Genocide Education; Dr. Michael Berenbaum, Historian, Author, Holocaust Scholar, Director of Sigi Ziering Institute; E. Randol Schoenberg, past president of the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, attorney responsible for recovery of looted art, most notably depicted in the film Woman in Gold about the Klimt painting; Rabbi David Wolpe, Sr. Rabbi, Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, renowned speaker and author.
And of course there will be time to "shmooze", see films, meet old friends and make new ones. As always, we will also "Dance"!!! For more information: www.holocaustchild.org or [email protected]. You can register here online: www.genshoah.org/pdfs/gsi_2016_registration_packet.pdf
We look forward to seeing you in Los Angeles!!
Generations of the Shoah International (GSI)
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Anyone planning to run in the November 6, 2016 New York City Marathon may sign up for Team Blue Card, supporting an organization that provides direct financial assistance to needy Holocaust survivors. For more information: www.bluecardfund.org/bluecard-events-nyc- marathon-2016.html
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Connecting Law and Memory September 20 – 22, 2016 Kazerne Dossin, Mechelen, Belgium For more: WWW.CONNECTINGLAWANDMEMORY.EU
9th Annual Powell-Heller Conference on Holocaust Education Women and the Holocaust October 17 – 19, 2016 Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA For more: Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle, [email protected], www.powellhellerconference.com
Teaching the Holocaust October 30 – 31, 2016 Hastings College, Hastings, NE For more: Nebraska Holocaust Education Consortium
World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust and Descendants (WFJCSHD), Generations of the Shoah International (GSI) and Kindertransport Association (KTA) International, Intergenerational Conference November 4 – 7, 2016 Warner Center Marriott, Woodland Hills, CA To register: www.genshoah.org/pdfs/gsi_2016_registration_packet.pdf For more information: www.holocaustchild.org, [email protected], [email protected]
The Jewish Refugee Problem During the Shoah (1933 – 1945) Reconsidered December 18 – 20, 2016 Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel For more information: [email protected] Call for Papers Application
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
Non-Jewish Victims of the Holocaust September 22, 2016 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm Henry and Sandra Friedman Holocaust Center for Humanity, 2045 2nd Ave., Seattle, WA For more: register now.
Landscapes of Displacement: Borderlands in Comparative Perspective September 23–24, 2016 San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, California For more: ushmm.org/borderlands-symposium.
FAQS: Teaching about the Righteous Among the Nations with Practical Applications October 6, 2016 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Kean University, Union, NJ For more: www.nj.gov/education/holocaust/programs/workshops/100616faq.pdf
How Should We Perform the Troubled Past? A Weekend of Concerts and Conversation October 8-9, 2016 Colburn Conservatory, Los Angeles, CA For more: www.colburnschool.edu/page.cfm?p=3110
Echoes and Reflections October 28, 2016 9:00 am - 1:00 pm ADP Center for Learning Technologies, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ For more: www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/workshops/102816Echoes.pdf
Echoes and Reflections: Teaching about Anne Frank November 11, 2016 8:30 am – 3:30 pm Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton NJ For more information: http://echoesandreflections.org/events/program-in-princeton-nj/
Localization of Videotaped Testimonies of Victims of National Socialism in Educational Programs January 9 – 11, 2017 Kardinal Konig Haus, Vienna, Austria For more: www.erinnern.at/bundeslaender/oesterreich/termine/call-for-participation-workshop- on-video-testimonies-of-victims-of-national-socialism
Gender and Sexuality in the Holocaust January 9 – 13, 2017 US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC For more: www.ushmm.org/research/competitive-academic-programs/faculty-seminars/jack-and- anita-hess-seminar-for-faculty
Echoes and Reflections and Elie Wiesel’s Night April 5, 2017 3:30 – 7:30 pm Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton NJ For more: www.nj.gov/education/holocaust/programs/workshops/040517Echoes.pdf
Medicine in the Holocaust and Beyond May 7 – 11, 2017 Western Galilee, Israel For more: www.medicineaftertheholocaust.org
UPCOMING EVENTS
Now – September 9, 2016—Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY Exhibit: Portugal, the Last Hope: Sousa Mendes's Visas to Freedom. For more please see the Press release, www.cjh.org/p/42
Now – September 11, 2016—Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX Exhibit: H·O·P·E: Paintings by Samuel Bak. For more information: www.hmh.org/ViewExhibits.aspx?ID=116&ExhibitType=UpcomingOngoing
Now – October 2, 2016— Virginia Holocaust Museum, 2000 East Cary St, Richmond, VA US Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race. More: www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=MATEXDEADMEDTX00616
Now – October 24, 2016—Hessian State Archives, Darmstadt, Germany German language exhibition of the International Tracing Service: Wohin sollten wir nach der Befreiung?“ – Zwischenstationen: Displaced Persons nach 1945 (“Where should we have gone after the liberation – Transit stops: Displaced Persons after 1945”). For more: www.its-arolsen.org/aktuell/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen- detailseite/news/detail/News/eroeffnung-dp-ausstellung-in-darmstadt/
Now - October 31, 2016—Center for Jewish History, 15 W 16th St, New York, NY Exhibit: Stolen Heart: The Theft of Jewish Property in Berlin’s Historic Center, 1933 - 1945. For more information: www.cjh.org/p/42
Now – January 31, 2017—US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC Exhibit: Some Were Neighbors: Collaboration & Complicity in the Holocaust. For more: www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=TESWNCOLLCOMP0814
Now – March 2017—various locations in Houston, TX Handcrafted butterflies from around the world are on display across Houston to memorialize the 1.5 million children who died in the Holocaust. For more information: http://hmh.org/butterflies
September 2 – 26, 2016—Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, 826 Hazelwood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA Exhibit: Holocaust by Bullets. French priest Father Patrick Desbois, the grandson of a French deportee to a labor camp in the Ukraine, located killing sites to prove these assassinations to the world. Fees. For more: http://holocaustcenterpgh.org/father-patrick-desbois/
September 4, 2016, 1:00 pm—Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY Speaker Series: Testimony from Austrian-born Holocaust Survivor Greta Elbogen, who survived in Hungary. Free with museum admission. For more information: www.mjhnyc.org/v_general_speakers.html
September 5, 2016, 6:30 pm—The Wiener Library, 29 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DP, England Project Talk: Portraits and Memories with EHRI fellow Andrea Palašti. Exhibition portrays the Jewish Community of Serbia and the wider territory of ex-Yugoslavia before and during the Holocaust. For more and to reserve your ticket: www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Whats-On?
September 5, 2016, 7:30 pm—Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa As part of a series of events Remembering the Holocaust and Genocide in the Digital Age: Documentary film screening: Living in Auschwitz and Kozminek—unknown history, Jews. Q & A with film director Thoman Van de Putte, Aleksandra Kubica (King’s College London) and Stephen D. Smith (USC Shoah Foundation). View it in your browser for more information and to RSVP.
September 6, 2016, 9:30 am—Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa As part of a series of events Remembering the Holocaust and Genocide in the Digital Age: Holocaust Memory in Poland: Documentary Films and Digital Technologies. Workshop led by Aleksandra Kubica (King’s College, London). View it in your browser for more information and to RSVP.
September 6, 2016, 7:30 pm—Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa As part of a series of events Remembering the Holocaust and Genocide in the Digital Age: Imagining Virtual Survivor Testimony: Memory and Education in the Digital Age with Stephen D. Smith (USC Shoah Foundation), Tali Nates (JHGC) and Matthew Boswell (University of Leeds). View it in your browser for more information and to RSVP.
September 7, 2016, 3:00 pm—Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa As part of a series of events Remembering the Holocaust and Genocide in the Digital Age: Curating Genocide Museums: Storytelling, Objects and Re-enactments. Workshop led by Khadija Carroll (University of Leeds). View it in your browser for information and to RSVP.
September 7, 2016, 7:00 pm—The State Cinema, 990 Hope Street, Stamford, CT Film screening of Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Guest speaker Karen Denker, daughter and granddaughter of Sousa Mendes visa recipients. Fees. For more: [email protected]
September 8, 2016, 11:30 am—Dining room A, 6th floor, Madison Bldg, Library of Congress, Washington, DC Reading Claudius: A Memoir in Two Parts. This book talk by author Caroline Heller traces the lives of her parents and their friends from Central Europe on the eve of World War II to present day America. For more: [email protected].
September 8, 2016, 12 noon—Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest Lunch & Learn: Joan Arnay Halperin will discuss her book, My Sister’s Eyes, about her family’s rescue from Nazi Europe with the help of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. Please bring a dairy lunch; beverage and cookies provided. For more information and to RSVP: 973-929-3194 or www.nj.gov/education/holocaust/programs/workshops/090816Lunch.pdf
September 8, 2016, 2:00 pm—Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa As part of a series of events Remembering the Holocaust and Genocide in the Digital Age: German Holocaust Memorial Sites in the Digital Age. Workshop led by Michelle Magin (University of Manchester). View it in your browser for more information and to RSVP.
September 8, 2016, 6:30 pm—Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL Lecture: Holocaust Reparations and Restitution, 1996 to the Present: An Attorney Reflects. William R. Marks, Esq., an expert in the field of German reparations and restitution, will discuss various case studies, and reflect upon the profound impact of this work for him. Free with museum admission. Reservations required: www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/events
September 8, 2016, 6:30 pm—Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, 29 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DP, England Lecture: The Music of Theresienstadt with Professor Adam Gorb. For more information and to reserve place: www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Whats-On?item=267
September 11 – October 31, 2016—Holocaust Center for Humanity, 2045 2nd Avenue, Seattle, WA US Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933–1945. For more: www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=TENZPRCHOMO0916
September 11, 2016, 2:00 pm – Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL Secrets of the Collection: Chief Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Arielle Weininger; Curatorial Assistant Jacob Slutsky; and collection donor Linda Heimann will discuss items from the Elias and Heimann families that illuminate Jewish life in Germany prior to the World Wars. Free with museum admission. Reservations required; www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/events
September 11, 2016, 4:30 pm—Shoah Museum/Memorial de la Shoah, Paris, France Laura Hobson Faure and Kazerne Dossin will discuss Jewish Joint actions to rebuild Jewish life in post-war France. For more information (in French) http://billetterie.memorialdelashoah.org/fiche_conference.asp?cfid=11E1A6BD&uid=16081504 3004701702297
September 11, 2016, 7:00 pm—Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, 1 Duncombe Road, Johannesburg, South Africa An Evening in Memory of Elie Wiesel. For more view it in your browser.
September 12, 2016, 12 noon—Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest Bagels & Books: Winter Men by Jesper Bugge Kold. Bagels and coffee provided; bring your appetite for a discussion. For more information: [email protected] or 973-929-3194
September 12, 2016, 7:00 pm—Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa As part of a series of events Remembering the Holocaust and Genocide in the Digital Age: Connective Generations: The Family after Atrocity. Workshop led by Elizabeth Oliver (University of Leeds). Q & A with Tali Nates (JHGC). View it in your browser for more information and to RSVP.
September 12, 2016, 7:00 pm—US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC Preview of the documentary Defying the Nazis:The Sharps’ War. For information: www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=MASHARPFILM0916
September 12, 2016, 7:30 pm— Learning Center, Room 28, Drew University, Madison, NJ ISIS and Genocide, presented by Dr. Gregory Stanton, George Mason University Research Professor in Genocide Studies & Prevention. For more: www.drew.edu/chs/wp- content/uploads/sites/56/Flyer-Stanton-Genocide-Program-.pdf
September 13, 2016, 7:00 pm—Bylos Hall, Saheti School, Civin Drive, Bedfordview, Johannesburg, South Africa As part of a series of events Remembering the Holocaust and Genocide in the Digital Age: Documentary screening: Following Shira’s Journey: A Greek Jewish Odyssey. Q and A with director Carol Gordon. View it in your browser for more information and to RSVP.
September 14, 2016, 6:30 pm— Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, 29 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DP, England Lecture: Hello to All That: Catholicism in Germany and Austria-Hungary during the First World War with Dr Patrick Houlihan, whose book illuminates the spectrum of belief and unbelief during the Great War, and highlights the comparative relevance for the trajectories of Central Europe's Protestants, Catholics, and Jews into the cataclysm of the Second World War and the Holocaust. To RSVP: www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Whats-On
September 14, 2016, 7:00 pm—Millburn Free Public Library, 200 Glen Ave, Millburn, NJ New Jersey WWII Book Club: From Lodz to Fairlawn: My Journey of Luck and Survival, with author and Holocaust survivor Paul Goldherz. For more: http://millburnlibrary.org/calendar.
September 14, 2016, 7:00 pm—McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA Father Patrick Desbois will be speaking about his groundbreaking, powerful work The Holocaust By Bullets, and his efforts to end genocide around the world. Fees. For more: https://jfedpgh.org/register/desbois-lecture
September 14, 2016, 7:30 pm—Trayes Hall, Douglass Student Center, 100 George St, New Brunswick, NJ John Demjanjuk and the Last Great Nazi War Crimes Trial: a discussion with author Lawrence Douglas, Professor of Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, Amherst College. For more information and to RSVP: http://bildnercenter.rutgers.edu/
September 18, 2016, 2:00 pm—Niles North High School, 9800 Lawler Ave, Skokie, IL Illinois Holocaust Museum Voices of Conscience Lecture Series: Father Patrick Desbois, author of Holocaust By Bullets, who has led a truly historic undertaking of identifying and locating undiscovered mass graves of Jews killed during the Holocaust in Eastern Europe seeking to advance understanding of crimes committed during the Holocaust. Fees. Reservations required; www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/events
September 20, 2016, 12:30 pm— East Meadow Public Library, 886 Front St, East Meadow, NY Dr Jud Newborn will speak on the Smuel” Artur” Zygielbojm story and his own Holocaust- related experiences, To Life! A Holocaust Hero’s Modern Miracle - A Post-Modern Hasidic Tale. For more information: 516-794-2570
September 21, 2016, 2:00 pm—ADL Conference Center, 605 Third Ave, New York, NY The Last Witness: Who is Left to Remember the Holocaust? Rabbi Joseph Polak will read and discuss the last chapter of his memoir, After the Holocaust the Bells Still Ring. Please RSVP by September 14th to [email protected], all names must be given to security prior to event.
September 22, 2016, 11:00 am—Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center, White Plains, NY Book launch: Still Here, conceived by photographer, Brian Marcus, grandson of Buchenwald survivor Fred Marcus. Brian, in partnership with author June Hersh, photographed and interviewed over 150 survivors and WWII liberators. Reservations required. For more information: Millie Jasper, (914)696-0738, [email protected], www.hhrecny.org
September 22, 2016, 4:00 pm— Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, Room 106, Drew University, Madison, NJ Conversation with a Witness: German refugee and US Army Veteran Eric Hamberg. For more: www.drew.edu/chs/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/Eric-Hamberg-flyer-2016.pdf
September 22, 2016, 7:00 pm—Strauss Performing Arts Center, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE Stories of Survival: a panel discussion featuring survivors from three different refugee/genocide experiences. Holocaust survivor, Kitty Williams, will be joined by speakers from Rwanda and Syria. For more: www.ihene.org.
September 22, 2016, 7:30 pm—Temple Shalom, 2075 East 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY 2G Brooklyn will meet. This is a new group in formation. For more and to RSVP: [email protected]
September 25, 2016, 1:00 pm—Monroe Township Middle School, Marasco Theatre,1629 Perrineville Rd, Monroe Township, NJ Film Screening: Defiant Requiem, followed by a discussion with Maestro Murry Sidlin, founder and president, Defiant Requiem Foundation. For more information: www.nj.gov/education/holocaust/programs/workshops/092516Defiant.pdf
September 27, 2016, 7:00 pm—Mamaroneck Village Court Room, 169 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Mamaroneck, NY Holocaust survivor Judy Altman will be the guest at Mamaroneck Mayor Norman S. Rosenbaum’s Mayor Report. For more information: www.hhrecny.org/index.php?src=events&srctype=detail&refno=195&category=Community%20 Event
September 28, 2016, 6:30 pm—Center for Jewish History, 15 W 16th St, New York, NY Panel discussion: Restitution, Justice and Memory, in conjunction with the exhibit Stolen Heart, about the expropriation of Jewish property in Nazi Berlin. For more information and registration (required): www.cjh.org/event/2934
September 29, 2016, 6:30 pm—Center for Jewish History, 15 W 16th St, New York, NY Book discussion: Jewish Salonika: Between the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece with author Devin E. Naar. For tickets and more information: www.cjh.org/event/2924
September 29, 2016, 7:00 pm—Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest’s Real to Reel Holocaust Film Series: The Quarrel, For more information and to RSVP: 973-929-3194 or www.nj.gov/education/holocaust/programs/workshops/092916Reel.pdf
October 9, 2016, 9:00 am—Jewish Federation of Southern NJ Annex Building, Cherry Hill, NJ 4th Annual March of Remembrance, featuring a performance of Life in a Jar: Irena Sendler, The True Story of a Holocaust Hero at 10:30 am. Fees. For more information: www.nj.gov/education/holocaust/programs/workshops/100916March.pdf
October 9, 2016, 2:00 pm— Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL 75th Anniversary Commemoration: Babiy Yar Massacre, commemorating the Holocaust in the former Soviet Union, with speakers, music, documentary footage, presentation of the new Never Heard Never Forget book, and intergenerational education workshops. Free. Reservations required: www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/events
October 13, 2016, 4:00 pm—Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL Educator Open House, featuring self-guided tours of Museum exhibitions, free resources and program information, and a chance to network and build future partnerships. Refreshments are included. Free admission for teachers and administrators. Advance registration required; www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/pages/for-educators/educator-open-house/
October 17, 2016, 8:00 pm—Henry Crown Hall, Jerusalem Theater, Jerusalem, Israel World premiere of A Twentieth Century Passion, an oratorio composed by survivor A. Peter Gary to commemorated the Holocaust and honor the 1.5 million children who perished. For more: www.a20thcenturypassion.org.
October 23, 2016, 12:30 pm—Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove, NY Film: My Italian Secret, the story of sports idol Gino Bartali and other courageous Italians who rescued Jews, partisans and refugees from Nazi-occupied Italy. Suggested donation. RSVP to Deborah Lom at (516) 571-8040 or [email protected].
October 24, 2016, 4:00 pm— Learning Center, Room 28, Drew University, Madison, NJ Comparative Cinematic Racism: Dr. Larry Greene, Professor of History at Seton Hall University, will compare the role of gender and race in the films Birth of a Nation and Jud Süß. For more: www.drew.edu/chs/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/Larry-Greene-flyer-20162.pdf
October 27, 2016, 4:00 pm— Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, Room 106, Drew University, Madison, NJ Conversation with a Witness: Auschwitz survivor Hedy Brasch. For more: www.drew.edu/chs/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/Hedy-Brasch-flyer-20161.pdf
October 27, 2016, 6:00 pm— Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club, 555 South Barry Avenue, Mamaroneck, NY Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center Annual Benefit Dinner honoring The Rosenshein Family. For more: Millie Jasper, (914) 696-0738, www.hhrecny.org
October 30, 2016, 3:00 pm—Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL Exhibit opening: Lost Stories, Found Images: Portraits of Jews in Wartime Amsterdam by Annemie Wolff, a series of photos taken during the German occupation of the Netherlands. The exhibition relates the stories of the German-born Dutch photographer, of each person whose 1943 portrait is included, and the discovery of their identities 70 years later. The opening features remarks from Jacqueline Shelton-Miller, an exhibition organizer and the daughter of one of the portrait subjects. Reservations required: www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/events
October 31, 2016 – February 26, 2017— Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL Exhibit: Lost Stories, Found Images: Portraits of Jews in Wartime Amsterdam by Annemie Wolff. For more: www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/
October 31, 2016, 6:00 pm—Symphony Hall, Boston, MA Terezin Music Foundation Silver Anniversary Gala Concert. Tickets online or 857-222-8263
November 2, 2016, 6:30 pm—Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL Women in the Holocaust. Dr. Rochelle Saidel, author, Executive Director of Remember the Women Institute, and Research Fellow at the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem, will explore the changing roles and unique challenges women faced during the Holocaust. Reservations required; www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/events
November 6, 2016, 1:30 pm—Gratz College, Melrose Park, PA Teach In: Holocaust Denial: History on Trial with keynote speaker Deborah Lipstadt. For more: www.gratz.edu/news/entry/deborah-lipstadt-at-gratz-for-holocaust-teach-in-inbox-x
November 9, 2016, 6:30 – 8:00pm – Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL Commemoration: Kristallnacht. Historian Richard Breitman will address US government reaction to those events, and the program includes reflections from Kristallnacht survivor, Marianne Schwab. Reservations required: www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/events
November 10, 2016, 6:30 pm—Deer Creek Country Club, Deerfield Beach, FL NEXT GENERATIONS Opening Social. For more information: [email protected]
November 15, 2016, 4:00 pm— Learning Center, Room 28, Drew University, Madison, NJ Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration featuring screening of the film, The Night of Broken Glass, with guest speaker Erwin Ganz, witness to Kristallnacht. For more: www.drew.edu/chs/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/Erwin-Ganz-Flyer-20162.pdf
November 22, 2016, 7:30 pm—South County Civic Center, Jog Road, Delray Beach, FL NEXT GENERATIONS Holocaust Film Series. For more: [email protected]
November 27, 2016, 3:00 pm—Centrepointe Theatre, 101 Centrepointe Dr, Nepean, ON, Canada Film screening of Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Q & A following the screening led by Louis- Philippe Mendes, grandson of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. Tickets by donation. For more information contact: [email protected]
FYI…FOR YOUR INFORMATION
FYI… Online newsletters
International Tracing Service (ITS) here
Sir Martin Gilbert book club www.martingilbert.com/sir-martins-book-club-newsletter/
FYI…From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Discover more athletes’ experiences at the Berlin Olympics 80 years ago. Learn more about the Berlin Olympics and hear testimony from competitors.
Also, What Did Americans Know about the Holocaust? History Unfolded: US Newspapers and the Holocaust. Learn how students across the country are increasing our understanding of American responses to the Holocaust.
FYI… From June 27-July 1, 2016, fourteen New Jersey educators, primarily from public middle and high schools, participated in an intensive professional development course on the history of the Holocaust at Rutgers University. This free mini-course offered through the Master Teacher Institute in Holocaust Education (MTI) provides a rare opportunity for teachers to study Holocaust history in an intensive and comprehensive way during their summer break. The course includes university style lectures, film discussions, resource material and recorded testimonies, and pedagogical sessions on classroom application. Participants receive numerous benefits from the MTI program, including professional development hours, help in curriculum development from experts in Holocaust pedagogy, access to a supportive network of teachers, and connection to the Shoah Visual History Archive. For more information about the program, visit BildnerCenter.Rutgers.edu, email [email protected], or call 848-932-4165.
FYI…Online support group for Children of Holocaust survivors with Jewish Family Services of Greenwich, CT: Participants will discuss how the Holocaust continues to impact their lives and explore their family’s influence on their own behaviors and relationships. Resilience and how the legacy of being a child of a survivor can be a burden or a gift will also be discussed.
Clinical psychologist Dr. Judith Zackson, a child of Holocaust survivors, will run the group, which will meet for 6 weeks on Tuesdays at 2:00 pm beginning September 13th. For more information please contact Lisa Smith, LCSW, JFS Executive Director at 203-622-1881 or [email protected] by September 9th. Space is limited to 8 participants. http://jfsgreenwich.org/services/support-groups/children-of-holocaust-survivors-support-group/
FYI… Group forming on the effects of the Holocaust on children and grandchildren of survivors: This group would give individuals the chance to talk openly about their experiences in a comfortable, group setting. It will take place every Wednesday at 8 PM, at Rohr Jewish center 541 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205. For questions, email [email protected]
FYI… Petitioning Heads of Government of the 47 nations that endorsed the Terezin Declaration and 47 others - www.change.org/p/property-restitution-for-holocaust-survivors
FYI…For the latest on the Baltics: http://defendinghistory.com/welcome-to-defending-history
FYI… I am doing Holocaust research on my family, Family Strauss. A few of our family members were hidden together with other Jewish children in a convent in Chimay, Belgium during WWII. One of those children who survived is Joseph Szlezinger who moved to England after the war. Although he has appeared in some news articles, I am having difficulty finding him. If anyone knows him or has any contact details for Mr Szlezinger, I would be delighted to be put in contact with him. Noam Corb: +972503340203, [email protected]
FYI…A Sampling of the Many News Articles and Tributes to Elie Wiesel 7 Elie Wiesel books that show the range of his influence A Death That Impoverishes Us All: Saying Farewell To Elie Wiesel A Holocaust Survivor's Tribute to Elie Wiesel A Look at the Life of Elie Wiesel, Writer, Holocaust Survivor, Campaigner, Nobel Peace Prize Winner A response to Elie Wiesel’s detractors "A Tribute to Elie Wiesel" - YouTube A Warning To Mankind After Elie Wiesel, can anyone unite American Jews? Bernard-Henri Lévy: The Humble Nobility of Elie Wiesel Clinton camp rebukes writer who accused Elie Wiesel of ‘inciting hatred’ Critics Still Targeting Wiesel Editorial - Keeping Faith With Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel: A Life in Pictures Elie Wiesel, A Witness Who Found Words For The Ineffable Elie Wiesel: An exemplar of a human | The Jewish Chronicle Elie Wiesel and the limits of witness Elie Wiesel and the Radicalization of a Hassidic Girl Elie Wiesel in the JTA archives: 50 years of coverage Elie Wiesel memorial statue proposed by Congress members Elie Wiesel, Our Inspiration | Jewish Exponent Elie Wiesel Recalls The Friends He Used To Have Elie Wiesel: Conscience of humanity Elie Wiesel: the Hillel of our time Elie Wiesel's voice can never be stilled - keep stories of ... Encounters With Elie English teachers have been assigning Elie Wiesel's memoir of the Holocaust for 30 years — here's why Forgetting Isn't Healing: Lessons From Elie Wiesel 'He Let Silence Be Articulated' He spoke truth to power - that was his greatness | The Jewish Chronicle How Elie Wiesel inspired the Free Soviet Jewry movement How Elie Wiesel Taught Me To Be Human Again Hundreds pay tribute in Elie Wiesel's native Romania JUF mourns Elie Wiesel Max Blumenthal Slams Elie Wiesel Hours After Death — Draws Rebuke From Hillary Clinton Clinton camp rebukes writer who accused Elie Wiesel of ‘inciting hatred’ Clinton campaign slams Max Blumenthal for accusing Elie Wiesel of 'inciting hatred' My hero: Elie Wiesel by David Miliband Opinion: Elie Wiesel and other Holocaust memoirists have left a legacy in perpetuity Personal Encounters With Elie - By Gary Rosenblatt Rabbinical Assembly mourns passing of Elie Wiesel z"l ... Remembering Elie Wiesel’s legacy for the sake of today’s refugees / Op-ed by Robert R. Singer Russian Jews posthumously honor Elie Wiesel 'Survival was sheer luck, not heroism' for Elie Wiesel | The Jewish Chronicle The French Connection: Elie and Teddy, Two Holocaust Heroes The New York Times Has the Nerve to Cheer a Posthumous Palestinian-Centric Assault on Elie Wiesel Touring Auschwitz the Week After Elie Wiesel’s Death Voice Of The Survivor Generation Who Bore Witness To Horror Why We Teach Books Like Night Wiesel Had A Soft Spot For Writers [OP] Wiesel's Unfinished Business Videos: One of Elie Wiesel’s most important lessons for life Watch: Elie Wiesel on ‘The Perils of Indifference’
FYI… Videos, audios and /or slideshows of interest:
Before Aly Raisman Was Holocaust Survivor Agnes Keleti
How the Holocaust Might Have Damaged Your Genes
Descendants of Nazi Perpetrators Singing the Hatikvah
'We knew nothing': Joseph Goebbels' former secretary says it was 'just another job'
A German Life Trailer 1
A German Life Trailer 2
Watch: German vice-chancellor gives middle finger to neo-Nazi protesters
The secrets of Ukraine's shameful 'Holocaust of Bullets' killing centre where 1.6million Jews were executed
Report: Traveling zoo set up on Holocaust execution site in Ukraine
ISGAP: Baltic-Ukranian Holocaust Inversion
Pope Francis' Auschwitz Visit Said to Represent 'Universal Lesson' for …
Pope Francis in Poland: Visit to Auschwitz - Birkenau Concentration Camp
Justin Trudeau takes emotional tour of Auschwitz camp
Justin Trudeau visits Auschwitz with Holocaust survivor
Le camps de concentration de Janowska - transmission par Janina Hescheles et Oks Wilhelm
Trailer – Documentary, Heaven in Auschwitz
'We're eliminating the Jews. A small matter': Heinrich Himmler's diary reveals how SS chief prepared speech to justify Holocaust - Daily Mail
Nine Gates in Prague festival highlights Shanghai’s role in Jewish history - Radio Prague
The Japanese man who saved 6000 Jews during the Holocaust
Traces of Memory [ɡəˈʃtaːpo]
Helena Weinrauch: Life is a Gift
First Person: Anna Grosz
Uncovering a Mother's Past: The Eva Weinberger Cohen Collection (Cu...
Ros-Lehtinen On The House Floor: I Am Saddened By The Passing Of My Friend Jack Rubin, A Pillar In The Fight For Justice For All Holocaust Survivors
Inge's Story
Son of Holocaust survivors says Fourth of July has special meaning …
Sam Pivnik interviewed by Philip Appleby on June 26th 2016
Part of the Family
Young Artist Discusses Her Role in "Raising The Roof" of a Polish Synagogue - Cinema Arts Centre
US Army Officer Who Rescued Jews During Holocaust Dies at 99 (VIDEO)
Part of the Family: The Mitzvah
The Lion of Judah Film (2012)
Trailer for the film Denial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYcx43AmAyY
FYI… Articles in the news…Note: links were active when the newsletter was written but some links may now have been deactivated by the publisher. If any link doesn't work, you can look for the story using a search engine, e.g., Google, Yahoo or others.
This Holocaust survivor won more Olympic gymnastics medals than any other Jewish woman in history (Jewniverse)
At 80, a Munich Olympics and Holocaust survivor is still the sportsman
Olympian, world-record racewalker and Holocaust survivor going strong at 80
The Jewish Olympians among Hitler’s victims
The First Olympic Torch Relay Was Nazi Propaganda
French Olympian apologizes for comparing Rio fans to Berlin games
Katie Ledecky, Olympic gold medalist swimmer, lost family members in the Holocaust
Katie Ledecky's Jewish History Surfaces As She Swims For Gold
Grandson of Holocaust Survivor Wins Silver Medal for France at Rio Olympics
Olympic Silver Medalist Fabien Gilot’s Hebrew Tattoo ...
French Olympic swimmer honors his grandfather, a holocaust ...
Granddaughter of Holocaust Survivors Honored to Represent Israel at 2016 Olympic Games
The first swimmer to win Olympic gold was this Hungarian Jew (Jewniverse)
Nazi Germany's Jewish champion: the mystery of Helene Mayer endures (Guardian)
How the Jewish Brigade Saved Lives, and Helped to Found a Nation’s Army
Ashkenazi babies, children of Holocaust survivors, also ‘disappeared’ by Israel
Rivlin to Yad Vashem officials: Israel is not compensation for the Holocaust
Menachem Pressler’s Life in Music From Kristallnacht to Lang Lang
Israel buys gas masks from firms that outfitted Nazis at Auschwitz with protective gear
Academics go to war over the study of mass killings
On the Edge of Our City A Holocaust survivor wrestles with the angel of history on the beach in Tel Aviv
Chefs partner with Holocaust survivors in unique cookbook
Knesset speaker urges Israel to recognize Armenian genocide
Holocaust survivors are not a bargaining chip
Claims Conference secures major increase in aid to survivors through 2018
Germany to provide additional $600 million for Holocaust survivors - Ynet
Germany OKs Big Jump In Survivors' Homecare
US Senate calls on Germany to do more for Holocaust survivors
American Holocaust survivors struggle ‘to finish in a decent way’
5 of the Most Valuable WWII Treasures Still Missing Today
New TV Series: Hunting Nazi Treasure Asks the Public to Join the Hunt for Priceless Objects Missing Since World War II
Jewish avengers unapologetic for targeting Nazis after WWII
Jewish avenger’s sole regret: No Nazis died in post-war arsenic plot
Germany and the Concept of Collective Guilt
Brains of Jewish Holocaust victims found in Munich institute
Holocaust Victims' Brains Found in Munich
The Angel of Death's tortured Auschwitz victims: Body parts and BRAINS from Nazi doctor Josef Mengele's sick experiments are discovered in a Munich research lab
Gruesome discovery in Germany raises questions about ...
The Full Horror of the Nazis’ Treatment of Women is Explored in this Important Book
Saving a Relic of Jewish Life in Germany
Ronald Lauder, advocate of art restitution, says his museum holds a clouded work (N.Y. Times)
Looted Art Group Claims Works Sold Back To Nazis
Nazi Art Loot Returned ... to Nazis
A Lot Of Nazi Art Loot Was Returned … To Nazi Families
Nazi art loot, once returned, goes back to wrong hands
A ‘Moral Imperative’ to Recover a Lost Art Legacy
Looted painting from Hitler’s wall up for Auction
Action T4 – Nazi ‘Euthanasia’ Programme That Murdered The Disabled and The Mentally Ill
How The Work of the US ‘Monuments Men’ Was Undone By The Bavarian government
After the Nuremberg Trials, Spandau Prison Was Dedicated To Holding 7 Nazi War Criminals
The last Nazi hunter (Newsweek)
Nazi hunter tracks down 8 concentration camp workers
Holocaust investigators track down eight more Nazi suspects
German Nazi hunter sends details of 8 new suspects to prosecutors
Germany tracks down 8 more Nazi camp suspects
Investigators Track down Eight Suspects of WW2 Nazi War Crimes in Stutthof
The Tracking And Freeing Of a Nazis Killer
Bringing Nazis to Justice in Germany - Jerusalem Post
The 8 Most Wanted Nazi Criminals Who Are Still At Large
Auschwitz Survivors Frustrated With Pace of German Justice System
Auschwitz survivors, in their 90s, urge Germany to act on war crimes case (N.Y. Times)
WJC President Lauder welcomes German efforts to prosecute more former Nazi camp guards
German court nixes politician’s Holocaust denial conviction
Holocaust denial reveals split in Germany’s far-right AfD - Times of Israel
With Antisemitism Rising in Germany, Jewish Groups Encourage Victims to Speak Up
German police raid 60 purveyors of anti-Semitic, other internet hate postings - JTA
German cops raid online anti-Semites, Holocaust deniers
Mein Kampf royalties to go to Holocaust survivors
10 Things You Must Know: How Hitler Came to Power
“Disturbing” Home Video Shows Hitler Relaxing with Friends at a Festival
Killing The Fuhrer: The Many Attempts on Hitler’s Life Before WWII
The Final Attempts On Hitler’s Life, Before He Killed Himself
The Only Known Recording of Hitler’s Normal Speaking Voice, As He talks to Marshal of Finland Mannerheim
Piece of Hitler’s Desk Up for Auction
Nazi propagandist Goebbels’ wife had Jewish father, new document shows
Documentary Covers Secretary for Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Propaganda Minister
Nazi propagandist Goebbels’ wife had Jewish father, new document shows
Was Magda Goebbels’ Father Jewish?
Did Joseph Goebbels Have Jewish Father-in-Law?
Goebbels’s Secretary Struggles With Her Responsibility ...
Joseph Goebbels' 105-year-old secretary feels no guilt
Goebbels’ secretary, 105, breaks silence, claims ignorance, in new film
‘Racist’ film critic doubles down on Regev-Goebbels comparison
Himmler’s diary discovered in archive in Russia
Himmler diaries reveal chilling details of Nazi wartime life
Himmler's daily routine: massage, games and executions
New extracts from Himmler's diary reveal how the SS chief justified ‘eliminating the Jews’... and then relaxed with a sauna, game of curling and tryst with his mistress
Nazi Heinrich Himmler’s Lost Diaries Show How He Mixed Family with Mass Murder
Himmler’s Diary Gives Chilling Insights Into the Mind of One of the Most Powerful Men in Nazi Germany
Reinhard Heydrich, Head of the Gestapo, Who Hitler Called “The Man with the Iron Heart”
The Assassination of The Butcher of Prague – Reinhard Heydrich
Killing Reinhard Heydrich
10 Things You Need To Know About Hermann Goering
A who's who of Hitler's henchmen: Chilling album of mugshots and signatures unearthed - Daily Mail
When a Jewish Holocaust survivor ‘pissed’ on Hitler’s henchman
10 Most Evil Nazis
5 Failed Missions Of Otto Skorzeny – Hitler’s Favorite SS Commando
Faces of Evil: Female Concentration Camp Guards
Oskar Schindler letter on sale online for $32,500
The battle over Schindler's list
Despairing Schindler Letter to Izaak Stern Up for Sale
25 Things You Didn’t Know About “Schindler’s List”
Why The Nazis Beheaded a Famous Author’s Sister – Then Sent His Family the Execution Bill!
11 Countries invaded by Nazi Germany and why they were invaded
Nakam – The Jewish Revenge Plan to Kill off Six Million Germans
The Nazi Doctor who Saved a Jewish G.I.
Hitler’s Nephew Didn’t Join The Nazis, He Joined the US Navy to Fight Them!
'Shoah' director accuses luxury Berlin hotel of anti-Israel bias
When Nazi Germany hosted the Summer Olympics (The Week)
80 years ago, Hitler kicked off the Summer Olympics
10 Things You Should Know About the Nazi Olympics
Agnes Grunwald-Spier: The tragic fate of Jewish sporting heroes in the Holocaust - Jewish News
From JTA archive: Nazis Seek to Keep Olympic Guests from Getting Data on Jews
Nazi Olympic village gets new lease on life (Deutsche Welle)
After the Holocaust, A Jewish State in Saxony
What Should Austria do With Hitler’s Vacant Birth House?
Austrian cabinet backs taking Hitler house into state ownership - The Guardian
Austria to take control of Hitler birthplace
Hitler’s hometown loathes link, but not his house
Concentration camp and apfelstrudel
Cantor’s grandson returns to Austrian shul
Poland Must Return Property Confiscated in Holocaust to Rightful Owners
Polish minister seeks to ban use of phrase 'Polish death camp'
Poland Moves to Outlaw ‘Polish Death Camp’ Phrase
Poland Moves to Outlaw ‘Polish
Poland proposes to jail users of term ‘Polish death camps’
Poland plans prison terms for using term 'Polish death camp' - The Associated Press
Linking Poland to Nazi Death Camps Could Land You in Prison
Is new Polish law an attempt to whitewash its citizens’ roles in the Holocaust?
Antisemitism Scholar: New Legislation Shows Poland Has Yet to Acknowledge Country’s Holocaust History
At site of Nazi slaughter, ‘Death to leftists’ seen written in Hebrew on flag
4 Improvised Weapons used in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising
Jewish artifacts found in glass decanter filled with valuables in Poland - JTA
Warsaw ghetto’s secret archive goes Hollywood
Netanyahu reportedly secreted Auschwitz blueprints to Israel
Netanyahu unwittingly secreted original Auschwitz blueprints to Israel
Did Benjamin Netanyahu Smuggle Auschwitz Blueprints Out of Germany?
German publisher says he used Netanyahu to smuggle Auschwitz plans to Israel
5 Brave People who Escaped Auschwitz - warhistoryonline.com
Pope Francis pays silent but ‘important’ visit to Auschwitz
Pope Francis Offers Silent Prayer at Auschwitz - NBC News
Silent meditation and survivors’ embraces as Pope visits Auschwitz
“Lord, Forgive Us Such Cruelty.” Pope Francis at The Auschwitz Memorial More
Pope Francis to meet Holocaust survivors during Auschwitz visit
Auschwitz survivors tell pope tales from the abyss
Visiting Auschwitz, Pope Francis Asks God To Forgive ‘So Much Cruelty’
Pope Francis pays silent but ‘important’ visit to Auschwitz
Pope: I felt the presence of the souls of murdered at Auschwitz
Leaving the Death Camp Pope Says Auschwitz ‘Did Not End’
Hours after historic Auschwitz visit, Pope Francis says ‘the same thing is happening’ today in many places
After Auschwitz trip, pope says ‘same thing happening’ today in many places
With Auschwitz visit, pope faces complex Polish-Jewish story (AP)
WJC President Ronald Lauder welcomes Pope Francis' visit to Auschwitz
EXCLUSIVE: Prominent American Rabbi Calls On Pope Francis to Remove Catholic Church From World’s ‘Largest Jewish Cemetery’ in Auschwitz-Birkenau
Why Pope Francis Must Move This Church from Auschwitz
What Pope Francis’ visit to Auschwitz means to the Jews (Religion News Service)
Record number of visitors at Auschwitz Museum
Poland’s chief rabbi behind meeting between Pope, Polish rescuers
Poland’s chief rabbi hails Pope’s upcoming Auschwitz visit
The story of twins who endured Josef Mengele, the Nazi ‘Angel of Death’
Alan Dershowitz: Europe’s old (and new) hells remind us of ...
At Auschwitz-Birkenau, controversial sprinklers again make an appearance - JTA
Controversial Sprinklers Return to Auschwitz
Auschwitz museum prohibits Pokémon Go play on its grounds
Auschwitz Memorial Says Playing 'Pokemon Go' Not Allowed
Auschwitz asks ‘Pokemon Go’ to keep monsters out of death camp
The case for Pokemon at Auschwitz (Tablet)
Auschwitz Game Highlights Serious Holes in Google’s Review Process
Pokemon No: The battle to declare Auschwitz off-limits (Times of Israel)
Sobibor Death Camp: Archaeologists reveal its horrors
Forgiving the Impossible - aish.com
Nazi ‘gold train’ dig in Poland may finally separate fact from fiction
Search resumes for Nazi gold train that might not even exist - Associated Press
Results of big dig for Nazi “gold train” revealed
Treasure hunters in Poland dig for legendary Nazi gold train
Treasure Hunters Hopeful of Unearthing Lost Nazi Gold Train
Dig for Mythical Nazi ‘Gold Train’ Begins in Poland
Nazi treasure hunters come up empty in Poland ‘gold train’ dig
Hunt for Nazi gold train digs up nothing but dirt - New York Times
Hunt for Nazi Gold Train Digs Up Nothing but Dirt
Nazi Gold Train May Not Exist, but That Doesn’t Stop Diggers
Hunt for Nazi ‘gold train’ resumes in Poland
A Nazi Gold Train Buried in Poland? Not So Much
Florida Holocaust survivors back in Warsaw to perform in former ghetto
He infiltrated a ghetto to expose Nazis, but nobody believed him (Daily Beast)
Jewish Ghetto Two Mark Note Signed by Oskar Schindler Being Auctioned
US Group Celebrates Poles Who Saved Jews During Holocaust
Commemorative ceremony used to condemn anti-Semitism
Nobel Prize laureate says Poles persecuted Jews in the Holocaust
Veteran: ‘Butcher of Warsaw was a coward’
March in Warsaw commemorates ghetto doctors, nurses
The Horror of the Lwów Ghetto in WW2
Rymanów remembers its Jewish inhabitants
Belarusian Nobel Prize laureate accuses Poles of persecuting Jews in Holocaust - JTA
Ceremony honors Jews killed by Polish neighbors - Yahoo
Polish Mayor Skips Memorial for Jews Massacred by Neighbors
Locals absent at ceremony marking Polish atrocity
Jedwabne locals absent at ceremony in Poland marking postwar atrocity - JTA
Jedwabne mayor calls for exhumation of Jewish mass grave - JTA
Poles skip ceremony to mark Holocaust-era Jewish massacre
75th Anniversary Commemoration of Polish Pogrom at Jedwabne
Another exhumation of Jews murdered in Jedwabne?
Jedwabne mayor calls for exhumation of Jewish mass grave
An Open Letter from Scholars of Polish-Jewish History in Reaction to Statements by Polish Officials about Crimes in Jedwabne and Kielce
Researchers of Polish-Jewish History Speak Out Regarding The Crimes in Jedwabne and Kielce More
Polish official criticized over Jewish massacre remarks - Associated Press
Polish minister panned for calling pogrom against Jews an 'opinion'
Polish education minister says massacres of Jews an ‘opinion’
Polish FM defends education minister who questioned role ...
Polish Officials Clash with World Jewish Congress Over Comments About WWII War Crimes
Polish Historians Condemn Government’s Backtracking on Local Poles’ WW2-Era Murder of Jews
Jewish Leader Slams Polish Officials for Casting Doubt on Polish, Nazi Murder of Jews in WWII
Holocaust Survivor Band returns home to Poland, pays musical tribute to those who died
Australian-Polish doctor, Ann Drillich, talks to Peter Kohn about her epic struggle with Poland’s authorities to reclaim an extensive family estate stolen in the Holocaust and now in others’ hands.
How Many Neighbors Were Complicit in the Holocaust?
World Jewish Congress President: Polish officials must immediately apologize for remarks questioning Poles’ involvement in murder of Jews during WWII
Jewish center slated for Polish town with no Jews
Polish town of Rymanów remembers its Jewish inhabitants - Radio Poland
Second generation Holocaust survivor in legal battle with Polish church - Jerusalem Post
Rare Documents on Polish Jewish History Now Available Online
Pokemon Go played at German Holocaust sites, UK Jewish cemetery
5 Lesser Known Concentration Camps from the Holocaust
Agata Tuszyńska Knew She Was Jewish But Couldn’t Talk About It
Polish wedding planner tears down former synagogue
Real-life 'Pianist' family wins defamation appeal - Arutz Sheva
Real-life ‘Pianist’ family wins defamation suit
Family of ‘The Pianist’ wins suit against book alleging Jewish musician had Nazi ties
Polish football fans burn Jewish effigies, perform Nazi salutes in anti-Semitic outburst
Holocaust savior Wallenberg executed in Soviet jail, former KGB chief's diaries say
Stalin ordered Wallenberg’s ‘liquidation,’ KGB boss’s diary reveals
Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish Holocaust hero, executed in Soviet prison, diaries reveal
From a Dacha Wall, a Clue to Raoul Wallenberg’s Cold War Fate
Mr. Putin, let us bury Raoul Wallenberg
Russia cancels ban on film of ‘Nazi’ Donald Duck
Russian synagogue with dark past invites Pokemon hunters to toast its revival - JTA
Kiev renames major street to honor Russian Nazi collaborator - Times of Israel
Kiev renames major street after Nazi collaborator
WJC concerned by Ukraine's decision to rename Kyiv boulevard after ultra-nationalist complicit in murdering Jews during Holocaust
Ukraine’s honoring of war criminals leaves its Jews uneasy — and divided
Ukrainian Holocaust perpetrators are being honored in place of their victims (Tablet)
You Want to Name Streets after the Murderers of Ukraine’s Jews?
Swastikas, Anti-Semitic Graffiti on Ukraine Synagogue
Back to a Place of Hiding
Hidden hospital in Slovenia from World War II
In first, Lithuania town marks 75th anniversary of massacre of Jews with high-profile event - Associated Press
Lithuania town marks 75th anniversary of massacre of Jews
Rise of the Nazi-Grave Robbers
In Vilnius Forest, Jewish Prisoners Escaped Nazis Through Secret Tunnel
An Escape Tunnel is Located at this Holocaust Massacre Site
Lithuania Archeologists Unearth Buried Parts of Demolished Vilna Great Synagogue
Diggers in Lithuania unearth complex that housed Vilna Gaon’s synagogue
Recently Discovered Escape Tunnel is a Tribute the Bravery and Determination of these Survivors
Open to the Public: The Secret Tunnels Nazis Used to Hide During the Final Days of WWII
Simon Wiesenthal Center Protests Disgraceful Misuse of Kaunas, Lithuania Holocaust Mass Murder Site
I’m Not Jewish
Nazi hunter to Lithuanian mayor: Stop recreational concentration camp use
This Lithuanian concentration camp is also a wedding venue
SWC Protests Disgraceful Misuse of Kaunas, Lithuania Holocaust Mass Murder Site
Lithuanian city defends recreational events at former Nazi concentration camp
Lithuania lifts major obstruction to citizenship applications by Jews
Lithuanian citizenship law part of ‘healing process’ for Litvaks
South African Jews praise move to ease path for Litvaks to reclaim citizenship
Why Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff is the most hated Jew in Lithuania
The last Nazi Hunter, Efraim Zuroff: 'People call me "Mr Holocaust." You need a sense of humour to do this job'
Efraim Zuroff – Nazi Hunter Extraordinaire
From a Dacha Wall, a Clue to Raoul Wallenberg’s Cold War Fate
Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish Holocaust hero, executed in Soviet prison, diaries reveal
Holocaust savior Wallenberg executed in Soviet jail, former KGB chief's diaries say
US Holocaust Museum calls on Hungary to strip controversial journalist of award
Hungary’s Famed Tokaji Winery Pays Tribute to Dispossessed Jewish Owners — Finally
In Wine, Truth - A postcard leads to a discovery of a Jewish family’s lost vineyard in Hungary
Champagne in the Cellar: How I used the internet to find the man who saved my parents’ lives in a Budapest basement during World War II
Budapest: A stunning city with a tragic past
Hungary Under Jobbik Still Coming to Terms With Nazi Era
Hungary's Tokaj wine region revives Jewish heritage
The teenage girl who documented the last days of Theresienstadt
Horrifying, Tragic, Inspirational – How the Nazis Destroyed Lidice and the World Preserved its Memory
Uproar over ‘satirical’ Czech bus advertising Auschwitz vacations
Auschwitz plastered tour bus draws condemnation in Czech Republic
Czech tour bus owner removing Auschwitz design from vehicle following uproar - JTA
US envoy’s son has bar mitzvah at his ancestors’ shul in Prague
Rejecting restitution calls for survivors, Amsterdam gives Jewish groups $11M
In Israel, Belgian nobles meet Jews saved by their relatives in Holocaust - Jerusalem Post
Belgian high school ‘proud’ of teacher honored at Iran’s Holocaust cartoon show - JTA
ADL Slams Belgian Teacher Honored at Iran’s Holocaust Cartoon Contest
How my JTA reporting about an anti-Semitic cartoon changed my views of Belgium — for the worse
'All of you should have been gassed', Jewish tennis player told by opponent
Belgian tennis player to Jewish opponent: ‘You should have been gassed’
Holocaust, aliyah made Dutch Jewry too small to sustain its institutions, community boss says
Beyond Anne Frank: The Dutch tell their full Holocaust story (N.Y. Times)
5 Important Facts About The WW2 Concentration Camp Where Anne Frank Died: Bergen- Belsen
Anne Frank Film Screened Clandestinely in Iran
Anne Frank Today Is a Syrian Girl
My mother is not a Syrian girl
The Netherlands Reshapes Its Understanding of History with Holocaust Museum and Memorial
Netherlands Antilles War Hero George Maduro Honored on New Gold and Silver Coins
He Gave His All To Save Jews From The Holocaust – So Why Did History Forget a Savior Hero Like Hendrik Drogt?
Dutch magnate says family was ‘heartless’ in treatment of Nazi-era Jews
Dutch Jewish infrastructure struggling under effects of Holocaust and emigration, says community leader - JTA
Thessaloniki’s mayor wants his Greek city to remember its vibrant Jewish past
‘Black Sabbath’ for the Jews of Salonika
Macedonia’s tiny Jewish community rallies to aid of flood victims - JTA
Roman Hospital Awarded for Inventing an 'Infectious Disease' to Save Jews During WWII
An Italian doctor explains “Syndrome K,” the fake disease he invented to save Jews from the Nazis
French Jewish leader slams pol’s comparison of burkini ban to Holocaust - JTA
Meet the French boy whose forged papers saved 14,000 Jews (Jewniverse)
The Secret Jewish History of ‘The Little Prince
The unspoken Holocaust | The Jewish Chronicle (Libya)
In Rwanda, Benjamin Netanyahu Visits Genocide Memorial — Vows ‘Never Again’
Rwanda and the Holocaust: A Valid Analogy?
Scottish Jews' memories of Holocaust to feature in new heritage center - Herald
UK star to visit Auschwitz after ‘Big Brother’ ouster
Renowned Israeli Holocaust Historian: ‘If I Were a British Jew, I’d Be Worried’
Humongous, ‘Auspicious’ Swastika Mysteriously Mowed Onto English Farm
Tiger who Came to Tea author Judith Kerr wins prestigious lifetime achievement award | The Jewish Chronicle (UK)
92-Year-Old Nazi Death Squad Member Wins Deportation Reprieve
Canadian newspaper justifies Hitler’s plan for the Jews
Nazi death squad member wins Canada court victory, set to stay
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau sheds tears on Auschwitz visit
Canadian PM visits Auschwitz with Holocaust survivor
Trudeau pays emotional visit to Auschwitz, says tolerance never sufficient - Toronto Star
At Auschwitz, Canada’s Trudeau pays tribute to victims
Trudeau in tears at Auschwitz concentration camp with Canadian survivor
Nate Leipciger returns to death camp with prime minister
Trudeau in Auschwitz-Birkenau: “We will never again allow such darkness to prevail”
Courts Rule to Reinstate Citizenship of Former Nazi Death Squad Member
Azrieli Foundation Boosts Funds Available for Holocaust Survivors
Holocaust survivor fights intolerance, bigotry and hatred (Canada)
Anna’s Search: Holocaust survivor’s decades long search for family ends with joyful Toronto reunion
National Gallery returns drawing to heir of Holocaust victim
National gallery in US returns Holocaust victim's artwork sold under Nazi regime - Ukraine
Nazi-looted art not to be returned to Jewish heir, California court rules - Jerusalem Post
Nazi-looted ‘Adam’ and ‘Eve’ paintings to stay in California
Battle over Nazi-seized Adam and Eve masterpieces reveals one family's complicated wartime history (L.A. Times)
Court rules museum can keep Nazi-looted Adam and Eve masterpieces with a hidden past
A ‘Moral Imperative’ to Recover a Lost Art Legacy
What West Germany got wrong about the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (Time)
Baltimore cuts ties with lawyer after neo-Nazi links revealed
An American Jewish Resistance during World War II
Esther Jungreis, Jewish Outreach Pioneer, Dies At 80
Esther Jungreis, Orthodox Jewish outreach pioneer, dies
Esther Jungreis, known as ‘the Jewish Billy Graham,’ dies at 80 - New York Times
Esther Jungreis, Founder of Hineni Movement, Dies at 80
The remarkable life of Holocaust survivor Jack Rubin
Tribute to Holocaust survivor Jack Rubin
John Gruen, Cultural Renaissance Man, Dies at 89
Theodore Halpern, Shoa survivor, ‘hero,’ 86
Joseph Wilf, ‘visionary’ benefactor, dies at 91 - Shoa survivor built real estate firm, gave support to myriad groups
Philip Bialowitz (1925–2016) More
Philip Bialowitz, 90, Took Part in Death Camp Revolt That Freed Hundreds
Philip Bialowitz, Who Escaped a Nazi Death Camp and Testified in Court, Dies at 90
Polish president pens passionate eulogy for Sobibor survivor
Holocaust survivor who endured 9 Nazi camps dies at 91
Holocaust survivor who was confined to NINE different concentration camps as a teenager before moving to US and …
George Goldrich Obituary - Brookline, MA | Boston Globe
U.S. Soldier Frank Towers, Who Rescued 2,500 Jews at End of WWII, Dies at 99
N.J. loses longtime leader in Holocaust, 9/11 education
Paul B. Winkler, 79, led Holocaust education in NJ
Paul Winkler, NJ Shoa education leader, dies
A Proper Farewell to Dr. Paul Winkler - JewishLink of New ...
Former N.J. Commission on Holocaust Education Executive Director Paul B. Winkler Dies at 79
NJ educators hone Holocaust teaching skills
Awards recognize Shoa educators, ‘upstanders’
Ernst Nolte, Historian Whose Views on Hitler Caused an Uproar, Dies at 93
Large swastika painted on southern New Jersey home
Victims tell their Holocaust stories through exhibit
The New York Times’ Post-Holocaust Holocaust Obsession Comes at a Price
Brooklyn's first Holocaust museum isn't about death. It's about Jewish religious life. (PRI)
When Nazis lived on Long Island, NY (N.Y. Daily News)
This May Be the Last Chance to Tell the Story of these Survivors
Processing the embers left by the fire -Local educator steps ‘into the past,’ discovers joy in a Polish town
Distrustful of authority, a Holocaust survivor became a fierce critic of …
How a Holocaust survivor became a fierce critic of medical establishment
How Judith Leiber Survived the Holocaust to Become a Celebrity Handbag Icon
Survivor Sidi Grunstein Gluck: More than half a dozen camps, then liberation | Survivor
American Jews consider the unthinkable: Should they become German citizens?
Yes, She’s Art Spiegelman’s Daughter. Her Memoir Is Stunning.
A Letter to my Daughter Kim Before She Embarks on the March of the Living
How to Talk to Children About the Holocaust | Jewish Boston
My Parents’ Mixed Messages on the Holocaust
Coming Out of the Basement - WSJ
Finding Their Voices – The children of Holocaust survivors stand up to speak up
How My Grandmother’s Death Made Me Love Myself Again
Third-Generation Survivor: Holocaust Becoming Increasingly Irrelevant Among Young Americans (INTERVIEW)
Model barn recalls survivor’s Shoa horrors
96-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Closes His Beloved West Ridge Barber Shop
Holocaust Survivors Leave $400 Million To Israeli University
How 'Curious George' escaped from Nazis (Daily Beast)
The Jewish refugees behind ‘Curious George’
W. G. Sebald and the Emigrants - The New Yorker
Boxer lives grandfather's legacy inside and outside of the ...
Holocaust Drama in Santa Monica Causes Friction With Poland's New Right-Wing Leadership
The Jewish carnival barker who conned Hitler
Elberon woman becomes ‘voice’ for survivors
She said yes: Holocaust survivor, 39-year-old to be married
Magda Kahan: Saved, ‘because I had somebody’ | Survivor
Held captive as a teen by Nazi SS officers, 91-year-old ...
Oregon Jewish Museum Gets Permanent Home
In Little Rock, a woman finds her true faith and then Jewish family
DNC staffers question Holocaust Remembrance Day statement in leaked emails
Weimar Germany and Donald Trump
Swastikas, hate hit GOP candidate in southeast Valley
Bernie Sanders references his Jewish history in response to Trump attack on Muslim couple
Green Party VP pick disavows Holocaust denial after denier includes his essay in book
Vegas judge: Cover swastika tattoos for trial
US Holocaust Museum asks visitors to stop chasing Pokemon
Pokémon Go game leads to body’s discovery behind New Hampshire Holocaust museum
Pokemon Go player finds body near US Holocaust museum
For Survivor’s Grandson, Holocaust Still Reverberates in ‘East-West Street’
In 'The Barn,' a Holocaust Activist Travels with Her ...
New Film Highlights Roles of Women in WWII Resistance
Review: A Mission Against All Odds in the Wartime Thriller ‘Anthropoid’
What’s a nice Jewish boy like Daniel Radcliffe doing playing a neo-Nazi?
Daniel Radcliffe: We Can Defeat Anti-Semitism and Racism Through Meaningful Dialogue
Review: Treasonous Play for Justice in ‘The People vs. Fritz Bauer’
A new tacky half-animated Hitler mockumentary (Jewniverse)
‘Survivors are monuments in themselves ...
Transforming neo-Nazi graffiti into whimsical street art (City Lab)
Indie Rocker Ezra Furman Shares New Song About His Jewish Refugee Grandfather
Brazilian Jews win lawsuit against journalist who called Israel a ‘Nazi state’ - JTA
Brazil university sorry for job ad linking Zionism, Nazism
From Holocaust survivor to Mother of Plaza de Mayo | Survivor
Peru’s half-Jewish president (whose father fled the Nazis) conducts Israel’s Philharmonic in Lima
German high school students in Argentina dress up as Nazis, attack Jews
Nazi prank taints Argentina German school
Nazi salute provokes Jewish students at Argentina nightclub
A vanished Jewish community: Remembering the Jews of Tianjin
A secret Japanese history | The Jewish Chronicle
The Manila Poker Group That Rescued German Jews
Nine Gates festival highlights Shanghai’s role in Jewish history
Couple Reveal They Fell in Love at Nazi Concentration Camp on 50th Anniversary
Couple fell in love in a Nazi slave-labour camp
Couple Who Met in Concentration Camp Celebrate Over 70 Years Together
The Most Holy Object in the House - What my grandmother brought with her when she fled Nazi Germany for Australia, and what she left me when she died
Holocaust exhibition in Queensland
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