Highlights and statistics from an exciting year Year in Review 2018 Year Board Staff

Co-Presidents Executive Director Education Officers Pauline Rockman OAM & Warren Fineberg (retired Oct 2018) Anatie Livnat Sue Hampel OAM Fanny Hoffman Museum Director Fiona Kelmann Treasurer Jayne Josem (appointed Dec 2018) Richard Michaels Executive Assistant Curator & Head of Collections Evelyn Portek Vice-President Jayne Josem David Cohen Office Manager Director of Education Lena Fiszman Secretary Lisa Phillips Elly Brooks Communications Officer Director of Marketing Tosca Birnbaum Board Directors & Development Abram Goldberg OAM Leora Harrison Volunteer Coordinator Paul Kegen Rae Silverstein Director of Testimonies Project Helen Mahemoff Phillip Maisel OAM Bookkeeper, Database Non-Executive Directors Coordinator and IT Support Director of Community Relations Allen Brostek Daniel Feldman Michael Cohen Anita Frayman Phil Lewis Senior Archivist Melanie Raleigh Dr Anna Hirsh Mary Slade Marketing Manager Danielle Kamien

JHC Foundation Librarian/Information Manager Julia Reichstein Chairperson Assistant Curator, Museum Helen Mahemoff Redevelopment Project Gavan O’Connor Trustees Nina Bassat AM Archives Assistant Joey Borensztajn AM Claude Fromm (retired Apr 2018) Allen Brostek Audio-Video Producer David Cohen Robbie Simons Jeffrey Mahemoff AO

Jewish Holocaust Centre, Melbourne Front cover: Victorian school students writing reflections from their visit to the 13–15 Selwyn Street, Elsternwick VIC 3185 Jewish Holocaust Centre jhc.org.au Photographer: Joe Lewit The Jewish Holocaust Centre is dedicated to the memory of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators between 1933 and 1945. We consider the finest memorial to all victims of racist policies to be an educational program that aims to combat antisemitism, racism and prejudice in the community, and fosters understanding between peoples.

Passport for Rudolf Czerniejewer (later Cherny), Glogow, Poland, 1937 4 JHC Year in Review 2018

Message from the Board

Pauline Rockman OAM & Sue Hampel OAM, Co-Presidents

Never has the mission of the Jewish Holocaust In 2018 Warren Fineberg retired as JHC Executive Centre (JHC) been more vital and relevant. The Director and Jayne Josem moved into the new role current world-wide surge of racism, extremism, as Museum Director. Warren’s wonderful service over intolerance and hate-inspired speech demands that the past eight years has put the Centre in a strong we redouble our efforts and programs to educate position for the future. Jayne has a clear vision for the widely for acceptance of a culturally diverse and next decade and beyond – to take the foundational cohesive society. work of the survivors and build on it exponentially to ensure their legacy is in safe hands well into the The JHC today provides education programs to future 23,000 Victorian school students each year, as well as a variety of other groups. In 2018, over 1300 students from years 5–8 attended the ‘Hide and Seek’ program. One of our goals has been to involve Our vision is being realised with the planned building younger people in the running of the redevelopment – and planning is going well thanks to JHC, and we are delighted that the JHC our dedicated committees. Currently the JHC is 65% along the way to its target to raise $16 million to build Board consists of a Holocaust survivor, a world-class new facility. children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. We believe that including all We are delighted that the Australian Government has submitted our application to become a full member three generations is important to ensure of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance the continuity and vibrancy of the JHC. (IHRA), with the expectation that we will be formally admitted into this organisation in 2019. Co-presidents Pauline Rockman and Sue Hampel have been active The JHC delivers the important universal lessons participants in the Australian delegation to IHRA, of the Holocaust, such as social responsibility, lending their expertise to the Australian campaign. human rights, racism, prejudice, antisemitism and discrimination, through a range of education programs. Let us continue to go from strength to strength.

JHC Executive Director Warren Fineberg, Curator Jayne Josem, Co-President Sue Hampel OAM, ’s Ambassador to Germany and Head of IHRA Delegation, Lynette Wood, Dr Donna-Lee Frieze, Abram Goldberg OAM, Co-President Pauline Rockman OAM and Phillip Maisel OAM JHC Year in Review 2018 5

Message from the Museum Director

Jayne Josem

Our social media presence stepped up a notch with the arrival of Danielle Kamien, who took up the newly created position of Marketing Manager. We farewelled long-serving archives assistant Claude Fromm as well as Director of Community Relations & Research Dr Michael Cohen, who will be greatly missed. Michael is a doyen of the community and especially made his mark on the many commemorative events held annually by the JHC. After nearly a decade at the helm, Warren Fineberg retired this year, leaving a legacy of a very stable centre in an excellent position from which to begin a massive redevelopment project.

Visiting academic Dr Michael Berenbaum reminded us that our work remains ‘frighteningly relevant’ and that we have a pivotal role as heirs to the memories of the survivors. We must work harder This has been a monumental year for the JHC than ever over the coming years to ‘remember with redevelopment plans receiving town planning the past and build the future’. approval and much work going into its design. Our excellent and increasing student numbers I look forward to sharing the journey with you. necessitate the rebuild and we are heartened by the support the Capital Campaign is receiving from the community. The design teams of Kerstin Thompson Architects and Thylacine exhibition designers are assisting us to create the best museum possible.

I took up the position of Acting Director in July. This turned into a formal appointment to the position in December, which is a great honour. The JHC team of staff and volunteers is extremely dedicated and hard-working, and I look forward to the challenge of leading us all through the rebuild.

The JHC held many events in 2018 and you will find the highlights outlined in the following pages. We continued to receive many significant donations of artefacts to the JHC Collection, and work in the archives continued apace. The Testimonies Project interviewed survivors and descendants throughout the year, while our library began lending books to the public for the first time. Members of the Education team were run off their feet delivering programs to a record number of students. Holocaust survivors remain central to our operations and we put much effort into ensuring their welfare so that they can continue to share their stories with so many. 6 JHC Year in Review 2018

2018 Highlights

Centre Redevelopment

Jewish Holocaust Centre, Melbourne, artist’s impression

In 2018 the JHC continued to plan learning spaces, and enhanced and curators met around 20 for a major redevelopment, and memorial spaces. The projected times in 2018 and completed the the year was filled with great budget is over $16 million. concept design of the permanent success and momentum in working museum. In November the towards this goal. The need for In April of 2018 the City of Glen committee was privileged to this significant project is the Eira granted a Town Planning work with international Holocaust direct result of the success of our Permit, and our Project Control museum expert Professor Michael Holocaust education program, Group has working closely with key Berenbaum, who provided input coupled with the widespread museum staff, Kerstin Thompson and advice on our museum plans. recognition of the relevance Architects and other consultants of our message. to deliver a detailed design of the project ensuring both the Fundraising has commenced fulfilment of the brief and the through the Capital Campaign greater vision of a truly immersive ‘Remember the Past, Build the museum experience for all. This Future’, co-chaired by Helen experience is aimed at one which Mahemoff and Phil Lewis, and in respectfully encompasses the 2019 the JHC will take the Capital past achievements of the original Campaign to the wider community. museum, but also looks to the future and how our new home will Our new four-storey building will put the JHC on the world map. include an upgraded Permanent Museum Display, dedicated The major focus of the museum Phil Lewis and Helen Mahemoff Photographer: Joe Lewit Children’s Museum, Temporary team was on planning our new Exhibition Gallery, expanded library museum spaces. A wonderful and resource facilities, flexible committee comprising educators JHC Year in Review 2018 7

Visitor Communications Numbers & Social Media

2018 was a busy year in the In May 2018, the JHC employed its We published two issues of Centre JHC Education Department. first Marketing Manager, Danielle News which were distributed to Over 23,000 students attended Kamien, who is working closely our many supporters by mail. The our education programs from 300 with the Director of Marketing and magazine is also available in digital schools, breaking our 2017 record Development, Leora Harrison. format on the JHC website and, of 22,000. Most schools are from Danielle’s focus has been on events, by the end of 2018, there were the metropolitan region, although exhibitions, communications and almost 1,000 online subscribers. there is strong representation the development of a new JHC The most important mission of of country schools. website. One of her key tasks is to Centre News is to document the develop the JHC presence on social stories of Holocaust survivors while There was a 50% increase from media. Danielle has been working also featuring articles by respected 2017 in ‘Hide and Seek: Stories closely with JHC Audio-Video academics from Australia and of Survival’, the JHC’s program Producer Robbie Simons to achieve overseas. In 2018, editor Ruth targeting students aged 10-14 a substantial growth in our social Mushin completed her tenth year years. We completed 34 sessions media presence. By the end of 2018, of wonderful service to the of the program with 20 schools, the number of people who ‘like’ our JHC. We value her professional 12 of them being new schools. A Facebook page had reached 5,167. dedication to the task and look total of 1,416 students participated. The JHC Twitter page has also forward to many more high-quality increased its followers. By 31 editions of Centre News. December 2018, the number of Student visitors by school type followers was 411. We have improved our graphic and video content and are now regularly Goverment updating email banners and Independent publicity across Facebook and Catholic Twitter. Jewish

Student visitors by region

Centre News editor Ruth Mushin, with Melbourne Metro long-time publishers Izydor and Etti Country Marmur from Izigraphics Interstate

‘I was introduced to the plans for the expansion and enhancement of the Museum which were visionary, intellectually sound, emotionally compelling and geared to the next generation more distant from the Holocaust, yet living in a world where it casts a large shadow, one in which the issues of the day, the relationship between people and countries echo the events that we had hoped would be a distant past. Therefore the task of renewing and deepening the Museum is urgent and the team assembled is talented enough and wise enough to be equal to that challenge.’

Professor Michael Berenbaum, US Academic and Museum Scholar 8 JHC Year in Review 2018

2018 Highlights

Survivors Morning Tea at Government House, April 2018

‘We can never fully understand where we’re heading if we don’t always remember where we’ve come from. And that’s why I’m so grateful to the Jewish Holocaust Centre, because for nearly 35 years now, you have helped teach Victorians about the Holocaust, and you have focused on the critical importance of memory and memorialisation.’ The Hon Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria The Hon Linda Dessau AC addresses the survivors at Government House

Victorian Governor Linda Dessau and her husband Anthony Howard extended the hospitality of Government House to our Holocaust survivor volunteers with a special morning tea in April.

The Governor reflected on the importance of the JHC stating that ‘we must be vigilant about our future’. Franka, Lena and Moshe Fiszman at Co- President Pauline Rockman ‘You’ve taught of the need to Government House OAM and Phillip Maisel OAM maintain a just society underscored Photographer: Joe Lewit Photographer: Joe Lewit by compassion and humanity, and the importance of cherishing our democratic institutions that really do characterise our Australian way of life.’

She added, ‘Having heard your stories first-hand, having seen and heard your strength, and having had reinforced to them what must never happen again, visitors leave your centre fortified in their desire to ensure that they contribute to Victorian and Australian communities being a haven of unity and respect that we all so dearly want.’ JHC Year in Review 2018 9

Betty and Shmuel Book Rosenkranz Oration Launches

Held annually on the anniversary In 2018, two Holocaust memoirs of Kristallnacht in November, the were launched: Sarah Saaroni’s 2018 keynote address for the Betty Hope for a Better Future and and Shmuel Rosenkranz Oration Malka Zylbersztajn’s L’Chaim: The was delivered by Professor Michael Exceptional Life of Chaim Sztajer. Berenbaum, distinguished USA- These were published by the based Holocaust scholar, who JHC Publishing House, which is spoke about ‘Shifting Narratives dedicated to keeping the Holocaust of the Holocaust in Contemporary stories of our dedicated volunteers Society’. A packed hall heard alive. We also reprinted three Professor Andrew Marcus at the launch of Professor Berenbaum speak on memoir titles with five additional Malka Zylbersztajn’s book about her father, a wide range of contemporary memoirs in development or Chaim Sztajer challenges, including a poignant planned for reprint. reflection on the tragic shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. We The JHC also launched Tragedy thank the Goldman family for their to Triumph: Early Testimonies ongoing support of this event. of Jewish Survivors of World War II, Freda Hodge’s English translation of 30 Holocaust survivor testimonies from the original Yiddish, published shortly after the Second World War in the journal Fun Letzen Khurben. Published by Monash University Publishing Professor Konrad Kwiet and author and launched by Professor Konrad Freda Hodge Kwiet, these translated testimonies were given by Holocaust survivors immediately after the Shoah and recorded by the Historical Commissions in Displaced Persons’ Sue Hampel OAM, Leon Goldman, Professor Michael Berenbaum, John Lazarus, Camps. They are of considerable Terri Lazarus, Pauline Rockman OAM and historical significance. Jayne Josem

Maria Lewit OAM and Sarah Saaroni OAM at Sarah’s book launch

The Jewish Holocaust Centre Joseph Majzel with Friend, Post War, France collects original historical artefacts Phillip Maisel Collection including documents, photographs and concentration camp items including uniforms and artwork. Some donations given to the JHC in 2018 are featured in this report. 10 JHC Year in Review 2018

2018 Highlights

Anna Hirsh Moshe Lang JHC and Maccabi Australia Commendation Web Series remembering Yom HaShoah

In 2018, Dr Anna Hirsh, JHC Senior The ‘Moshe Lang Web Series: The Jewish Holocaust Centre Archivist, was highly commended 50 years of conversation’ was together with Maccabi Australia at the Museums Australia launched in August to a packed commemorated Yom HaShoah (Victoria) annual awards. Anna has house. The series, produced during the month of May. A social improved practices throughout the by JHC Audio-Visual Producer media awareness campaign archives to ensure best practice Robbie Simons, explores the was created where the hashtag in management of collection psychological impact of the #justlikeyou was used when sharing data and handling of objects. Her Holocaust, particularly focusing on photos of Maccabi and other teams genuine passion for the material descendants. The launch, which remembering this day, either by helps assure prospective donors included a conversation between wearing black armbands, listening that the material will be cared for psychologist Moshe Lang and to a talk or watching a video. The and valued by the Centre. She psychiatrist George Halasz, was aim was to educate children, that continues to make an invaluable very successful and over 400 just like you there were children contribution to the JHC and to people have subscribed to the their age who loved playing sport Holocaust scholarship. series so far. but were deprived that right.

Anna Hirsh on the big screen at the Awards night

Ruth Kneppel Mission Order, January 1945 Ruth Kneppel (later Stein) worked for the French underground during Nazi occupation Ruth Kneppel Stein Collection JHC Year in Review 2018 11

JHC and Maccabi Australia Special remembering Yom HaShoah Exhibitions

Associate Professor Michael Robertson Academics discussing issues arising from The Hon Mark Dreyfus QC MP with his conducting a floor talk for the exhibition the ‘Registered Persecuted Annihilated’ father, composer, George Dreyfus, at the Photographer: Rozanna Nazar exhibition including Prof Leon Piterman, launch of the Jewish Life in Germany Professor Paul Komesarof and psychiatrist Exhibition, July 2018 Dr Paul Valent

The JHC hosted two special and Jews and lectures by two US- This exhibition, produced by the exhibitions in 2018. ‘Jewish life in based academics, Professor Paul German Association for Psychiatry, Germany’ was a poster exhibition Bartrop, Professor of History and Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics celebrating the rebirth of Jewish Director of the Center for Judaic, (DGPPN), came to Australia with life in the country where the Holocaust and Genocide Studies the support of Sydney Health Holocaust was conceived. Against at Florida Gulf Coast University, Ethics, and in particular, Clinical the shadow of a dark history a and Professor Atina Grossmann, Associate Professor Michael vibrant Jewish community is Professor of History at the Cooper Robertson, who also presented a emerging, and it is important Union in New York City. number of excellent talks at the that we engage with this fact museum. The public program and discover what possibilities As a counterbalance to this also included a panel discussion reconciliation hold when a exhibition we installed a titled ‘Lives worth living’ and the nation takes responsibility for sombre display later in the year screening of the film Defiant Lives, atrocities committed. Launched entitled ‘Registered, Persecuted followed by a Q&A with filmmaker by the Hon Mark Dreyfus MP, the Annihiliated’ – an exhibition Sarah Barton. exhibition was accompanied by which explored the deliberate a public program that included and systematic murder of the sick a screening of the film Germans and disabled by the Nazi regime.

Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants identification card for Ruth Kneppel, September 1945 Ruth Kneppel Stein Collection 12 JHC Year in Review 2018

Education

Increasing the breadth of our reach, while ensuring the quality of delivery of our education programs, is a fundamental aim of the JHC.

Director of Education Lisa Phillips students engage in a question and her team of educators had and answer session, enabling a bumper year in 2018 with them to still have a meaningful an increase of approximately conversation with a survivor. 1,000 school students since the previous year. Professional development of our volunteer guides is critical to the The number of schools attending success of the JHC’s educational the general ‘Nona Lee’ Secondary program. In 2018 the Rosalky program has grown slightly, while Professional Development the award-winning ‘Hide and program for JHC guides was Seek: Stories of Survival’ program well attended. The five sessions increased significantly in 2018. This included presentations delivered Student visitors hear the testimony of survivor Abram Goldberg OAM engaging program, supported by by Ephraim Kaye, from the Photographer: Joe Lewit Gandel Philanthropy, is aimed at International School for Holocaust educating middle school students Studies at Yad Vashem, Professor with age-appropriate lessons Michael Berenbaum, Professor of and is mostly activity-based. The Jewish Studies, American Jewish program has been recognised in an University, and Associate Professor international publication, Holocaust Michael Robertson, Sydney Health Education in Primary Schools in Ethics. In 2018 we also held three the Twenty First Century, with a master classes where Dr Margie chapter contributed by Lisa Phillips. Taft, Professor Andrew Markus and Sue Hampel gave outstanding Holocaust survivor testimony presentations. remains an integral component to school visits. Some of our survivor speakers are becoming too frail to deliver testimony every week so our audio-visual department Survivor Guide, Gary Gray, with students has produced a number of edited from Catholic Regional College Melton ‘Survivor Talks’. At some sessions, a survivor is in attendance, but rather than giving a talk to students, the students view an A/V presentation about the survivor’s story. Following the presentation,

Sylvia Mahler (later Cherny), Vienna 1936 Later sent on Kindertransport to France Sylvia and Rudi Cherny Collection JHC Year in Review 2018 13

23,000 33% Record number of school Percentage of Victorian students visited in 2018 schools that visited in 2018

Student visitors are guided through the museum by Director of Education, Lisa Phillips

Suitcase belonging to Rudi Cherny, used when he fled Austria, 1938 Sylvia and Rudi Cherny Collection 14 JHC Year in Review 2018

JHC Collections

Efforts to facilitate preservation and access of our precious collection of eyewitness testimony, photographs, documents and artefacts are a core goal of the JHC.

Under the guidance of Head In 2018, we received several of Collections Jayne Josem important donations of new working with Senior Archivist Dr collections. A key acquisition was Anna Hirsh and with technical the diary of Yitzchak Meir Kluska, assistance from Daniel Feldman, donated by his daughter Genia the JHC Collections Online project Janover, and daughter-in-law, Judy continued uploading collections Kluska, wife of the late Jack Kluska. material, focusing on historical This rare testimony was recorded accuracy and clarity. Items were by Yitzchak Meir Kluska during his digitised, then housed according two years of hiding in Jedrzejow, to best practice conservation Poland, in a dug-out bunker which methods. Many items have harboured seven people during been rehoused in more suitable the war. containers, and items re-digitised Senior Archivist Dr Anna Hirsh to improve clarity. Holocaust Survivor Eva Slonim OAM and presented at three major academic her husband Ben Slonim welcome the arrival In February, consultant Susan conferences in 2018. She presented of a precious Torah scroll on long-term loan Faine was employed to conduct a paper on Chaim Sztajer’s from the Memorials Scrolls Trust, a UK-based a major Significance Assessment Treblinka and Czestochowa organisation whose mission is to conserve and preserve Czech Torah scrolls that audit of the entire collection. This Synagogue models at the AAJS survived the ravages of the Holocaust comprehensive assessment of the conference in Perth; a paper on collection is of prime importance to digital mapping of collection items the JHC when seeking funding for as a method of charting journeys conservation and preservation of at the European Association of materials in the collection. Jewish Studies in Krakow; and a paper titled ‘Art of the Holocaust in the JHC Collection’ at the biennial conference at Yad Vashem.

Helen Mahemoff, Judy Kluska, Genia Janover, Warren Fineberg and Dr Anna Hirsh at the presentation of Yitzchak Meir Kluska’s diary. His diary page at right

Bib worn by Evelyne Rosenthal in Gurs Internment Camp, France, c. 1941–2 Evelyne Rosenthal Westheimer Collection JHC Year in Review 2018 15

The Phillip Maisel Testimony Project

Phillip Maisel behind the camera

Phillip Maisel continued his project interviewing Holocaust survivors, as well as expanding his work to interview children and grand- children of survivors to learn how they have been affected by their parents’ and grandparents’ Holocaust experiences.

A dedicated team of volunteers also transcribes and summarises the 1,300 testimonies in this significant collection. Audio-Visual Producer Robbie Simons works on preservation and digitisation while liaising with researchers and film- makers across the globe to provide access to the material.

Harry Choyke Berkefeld Harry Choyke Berkefeld Maternity Barrack at Gurs, 1941 Watercolour painted in Gurs Internment Camp, France, Evelyne Rosenthal 1941 Westheimer Collection Evelyne Rosenthal Westheimer Collection 16 JHC Year in Review 2018

Our Community

At the core of everything is our community which extends to everyone who shares our passion and supports us in the delivery of our mission.

The support of the wonderful team of JHC volunteers has been an essential part of the many events, held in 2018. Five new museum guides commenced during 2018, and three new Holocaust survivors began addressing school students who visit the JHC. In total, 54 new volunteers commenced working at the JHC. Our volunteer co- ordinator, Rae Silverstein, and administration team work hard to ensure the welfare of the volunteers.

The JHC Social Club had another busy year of events thanks to the incredible efforts of Barbara Sacks, who has decided to retire. We express our gratitude to her. Co-ordinator of the JHC Social Club, Barbara Sacks, with Co-President Sue Hampel OAM In 2018 we were capably supported by the Austrian Service Abroad internship program, with Julius Sevcik completing his year and handing over to Michael Rose. The JHC also regularly supervises post- graduate and other students.

Fajga and Stanislaw Eliahu Poratt, Lodz, 1930 Powodowski, Lodz, 1920s, Survivor of Auschwitz parents of Eliahu (later Poratt) Eliahu Poratt Collection Eliahu Poratt Collection At the time of donating his historical artefacts to the Archival Collection, Eli Poratt also gave a video testimony for the JHC Testimionies Collection JHC Year in Review 2018 17

Jewish Holocaust Centre Melbourne Child Survivors Foundation of the Holocaust

Under the leadership of chair Helen With Viv Parry at the helm, the Mahemoff, June 2018 marked Melbourne Child Survivors 15 years since the Foundation’s held a number of gatherings in establishment. At the end of 2018, 2018 where survivors had the the JHC Foundation had received opportunity to socialise and share gifts to the value of $11.8m and the issues of concern. A highlight market value of our endowment of last year was the forum on fund was over $13.8m. From its Intergenerational convened by establishment until the end of 2018, Viv Parry and Dr Paul Valent, over $4.1m has been distributed child survivor and psychiatrist. JHC Staff and volunteers gather at the end by the Foundation to the Centre. This was attended by survivors, of year event. Over 150 people currently their descendants and the general volunteer including 25 Holocaust survivors The continuing increase of public. A second part of this forum student and other visitors, the is planned for 2019. need for increased staffing to handle the demand for the JHC’s At the end of the year, the German education programs and temporary Government, in conjunction exhibitions, and the ever-changing with the 80th Anniversary of the technological services on offer, all Kindertransport, announced that require additional funding, and the ‘Kindertransport children’ can Foundation plays an important role apply for a one-off compensation in funding these initiatives. The payment, in recognition of the Foundation is also closely involved impact of the Holocaust on their in the JHC Redevelopment Project lives. and will play its part in assisting Viv Parry (centre) with child survivors, Celine Kaye and Paulette Goldberg to fund this major undertaking. The JHC Foundation is grateful for the generosity of all donors and for the legacies that have been entrusted to it through the bequests it has received.

Doll-house furniture given to Juli Baneth (later Judy Solomon) while in Leipheim DP camp Judy Solomon Collection 18 JHC Year in Review 2018

Remembrance and research

The JHC is dedicated to continuing its role as a memorial site and supporting commemoration across the community.

The year commenced with the annual United Nations Holocaust Remembrance Day, an annual international memorial day, co- hosted by the JHC and the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV). The audience of several hundred included members of Parliament and the Consular Corps. The keynote address, titled ‘The Power of Speech’, was delivered Staff and volunteers at the JHC hold up by Dr Brendan Nelson AO, Director ‘We Remember’ signs as part of a global of the Australian War Memorial. online campaign

The JHC partnered with the To commemorate the 75th JCCV to produce the annual anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Yom Hashoah commemoration Uprising, Audio-Visual Producer at Robert Blackwood Hall, Robbie Simons worked with Monash University, highlighting volunteer student intern Sam the theme of resistance. The Brygel to create a film about the JHC also continued to host Uprising. Focusing on survivor (l-r) back: Vice-President, David Cohen, Irma numerous commemorations of testimony, Sam and other Hanner, Co-President Pauline Rockman Landsmanschaft, including Krakow, OAM, front: Hon Dr Brendan Nelson AO, volunteers worked through hours Cesia Goldberg and Abram Goldberg OAM Lodz and Bialystok, involving of testimony, film and images Photographer: Sav Shulman younger generations in these to create a well-rounded piece events. which was viewed by a large and enthusiastic audience.

‘The Holocaust and those who survived it teach us many things: the importance of commitment to one another and belief in what is right; of consequence and knowing the right thing to do and when to do it; feeling the pain of others and seeing the world through their eyes.’

The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson AO

Poem title Treblinka, written by Henry Borenstein, post war Henry Borenstein Collection JHC Year in Review 2018 19

JHC Library and Resource Centre

The specialist Holocaust library managed by Julia Reichstein, assists researchers and family members in accessing important information about the Holocaust, while the JHC Publishing House works hard to assist volunteers publish memoirs about the Holocaust. Following almost a year of preparation, the JHC Library transitioned to a public lending service. Previously the collection was accessible only to visitors inhouse. Now with streamlined cataloguing and borrowing processes, the collection is available to JHC staff, volunteers and members of the public.

Louis Kahan Untitled (Soldier) 1948 oil on canvas Louis Kahan was in the French Foreign Legion during WWII Louis Kahan Collection

Louis Kahan The Flight into Egypt 1975 etching, 48/50 Louis Kahan Collection 20 JHC Year in Review 2018

Schools 2018

Aitken College Caulfield Junior College Geelong North Secondary Albert Park College Chairo Christine College Genazzano FCJ College Alexandra Secondary School Charlton Secondary School Gippsland Grammar Antonine College Cheltenham East Primary Girton Grammar Assumption College Cheltenham Primary School Gisborne Secondary College Auburn High School Cheltenham Secondary College Gladstone Park Secondary Ava Maria College Chisholm Institute Glenaeon School Avalon College Clonard College Gleneagles Secondary School Avila College Cobram Anglican College Glenvale School Ballarat Clarendon College Coburg High School Glen Waverley S C Ballarat Grammar School Copperfield College Good News Lutheran College Ballarat Secondary College Cornish College Goulburn Valley Grammar Balwyn High School Craigieburn Secondary College Hallam Senior College Bayside P-12 College Cranbourne East Secondary Hawkesdale College Bayswater Secondary College Cranbourne Secondary School Hazel Glen College Beaconhills College Croydon Community School Heathdale Christian College Belmont High School CRC North Keilor Heathmont College Bendigo South East College Damascus College Highvale Secondary College Bentleigh West Primary School Dandenong High School Highview College Berwick Secondary College Daylesford Secondary Hillcrest Christian College Beth Rivka College De La Salle College Holy Rosary School Dimboola Memorial SC Horsham College Donald High School Huntingtower Birchip P-12 School Doncaster Secondary College Ivanhoe Grammar Blackburn High School Donvale Christian College John Paul College Boort District School Dromana Secondary College Kardinia Memorial School Boronia P-12 College Drouin Secondary College Kew High School Box Hill Secondary College East Doncaster Secondary Keysborough Secondary College Braybrook College Echuca College Kilbreda College Bright Secondary College Eltham College Kilvington Grammar School Brighton Grammar Elisabeth Murdoch College King David School Brighton Secondary College Elwood College Kings Christian College Broadford Secondary College Emerald Secondary College Kings College Warrnambool Brunswick Secondary College Emmanuel College Kolbe College Buckley Park College Echuca College Koo Wee Rup Secondary Carey Baptist Grammar Firbank College Korowa Anglican Girls School Camberwell Girls Grammar Fintona College Kurunjang Secondary Camberwell High School Fitzroy High School Kurnai College Canterbury Girls Secondary FJC College Kyabram P-12 College Carawatha College Flinders Christian Community Lakeview Senior College Caroline Chisholm College Fountain Gate Secondary College Lalor North Secondary Cathedral College Wangaratta Frankston High School Lara Secondary College Catherin McAulay College Gardenvale Primary School Lauriston Girls School Catholic Regional College Melton Geelong Baptist College Lavalla Christian College Caulfield Grammar Geelong Lutheran College Leibler Yavneh College

Jacob Wiener with Fellow Partisans in Forests Near Lublin, c.1943 Jadwiga Wiener Collection JHC Year in Review 2018 21

Lilydale High School Mount Waverley Secondary Sunshine College Little Yarra Steiner School Nagle College Surf Coast Secondary College Loretto College Naracoote High School Swan Hill College Lowther Hall AGS Narre Warren South SC Swifts Creek P-12 School Loyola College Nathalia Secondary Swinburne Senior Secondary Lumineer Academy Nazareth College Sydney Road Community College Luther College Neerim District Secondary Tarneit Senior College Lyndale Secondary College Newhaven College Templestowe College Mackillop College Northern Bay College The Grange P-12 College Macleod College Northern College The Knox School Maffra Secondary College Notre Dame College Timbarra P-9 College Manor Lakes College Nunawading Christian College Timboon P-12 College Marcellin College Oakleigh Grammar Marian College Ararat Oakwood School Toorak College Marist Sion College Oberon High School Trafalgar High School Marsden High School Officer Secondary School Trinity College University High Mater Christi College Our Lady of Mercy College Upper Yarra Secondary Upwey High School McClelland College Our Lady of Sion College Urrbrae Agricultural High School McKinnon Primary School Oxley Christian College Vermont Secondary College Melbourne Grammar School Pakenham Secondary College Victoria University Secondary Melbourne Girls College Melbourne Padua College Rosebud Victory Lutheran College Montessori School Melbourne Padua College Mornington Viewbank College Rudolf Steiner School Padua College Tyabb Wallan Secondary College Melton Christian College Parkdale Secondary College Wanganui Park Secondary Melton Secondary College Pascoe Vale Girls College Warrnambool High School Mentone Girls Secondary School Warrandyte Secondary College Mentone Grammar Penleigh Essendon Grammar Warragul Regional College Mercy College MacKay Presbyterian Ladies College Preshil Waverley Christian College Mercy Regional College Princes Hill Secondary College Wellington Secondary College Meridian School Reservoir High School Werribee Secondary College MET School Wagga Wagga Ringwood Secondary College Wesley College, Mirboo College Rochester Secondary College Western Heights College Mitcham Girls High School Rosebud Secondary College Western Port Secondary College Methodist Ladies College Rosehill Secondary College Whittlesea Secondary College Moama Anglican Grammar Rossbourne High School Wonthaggi Secondary College Monbulk College Shepparton ACE College Woodleigh College Monivae College Sherbrooke Community School Wyndham Central School Mooroolbark College Siena College Xavier College Mount Clear College Somerville Secondary College Yarra Hills Secondary Mount Erin College Southern Cross Grammar Mt Hira College Star of the Sea College Yarram Secondary College Mount Lilydale Mercy College Staughton College Yarrawonga College Mount Ridley P-12 Strathcona BGGS Yea Secondary School Mount Scopus College Strathmore Secondary Yeshiva College Mount St Joseph’s College Sunbury College Yishun Town College Singapore

Identity and Travel Card issued to Hedwige (Jadwiga) Wiener, France, 1950 Jadwiga Wiener Collection 22 JHC Year in Review 2018

Donors 2018

We would like to express our sincere Alan Goldstone OAM & Pam Goldstone Mark & Den Montag gratitude and appreciation to all our Colin Golvan AM & Debbie Golvan David & Tamara Murkies donors. This listing includes donations Tom & Jenny Gorog Leonie Nossbaum to the Foundation or the Jewish Michael & Evelyn Gross Barry Novy OAM & Sue Selwyn Holocaust Centre of $500 and above. Alex & Tamara Grossman Luba Olenski Joseph Grynberg Miriam Orwin Michael & Helen Abeles Ed & Ada Gurgiel Tom Osborn & Judy Rassaby Dion & Sandy Abrahams Lusia Haberfeld Dan & Eva Presser Roseanne Amarant Dennis & Suzanne Hain Issy & Wendy Prince Anonymous Alice Halasz Sam & Glenda Recht Jeffrey Appel OAM & Sue Appel Bernie & Melma Hamersfeld Reid Malley Foundation Arnold Bloch Leibler Paula Hansky OAM Ralph & Ruth Renard Dinah Krongold Lawrence & Gene Harris Michael & Nicole Rich Andrew & Natalie Bassat Gary & Sue Hearst Abe & Jeanine Rockawin Bob Bassat & Nina Bassat AM Joseph Hellen John Rogers AM & Margot Rogers Paul & Sharon Bassat Mark Hoenig Myron & Jennie Rogers Steven Bendel Rachel Hornung Richard Rogers & Roslyn Rogers OAM Besen Family Foundation Michele Huppert Jack & Annette Rosen Binks & Associates Pty Ltd Peter Irving & Marjan Erlanger-Irving Helen Rosenbaum Greg & Julie Blashki Paul & Susie Ivany OAM Harry & Viv Rosenberg Daryl Blashki & Lynn Trayer Vernon & Sandra Jedwab Julian & Vivien Rosenfeld Joey & Julie Borensztajn Jetmaster (VIC) Pty Ltd John & Meg Rynderman Phil & Vivien Brass Benjamin & Sharona Jotkowitz Sam & Judy Seigel Jack & Hedy Brent Foundation Charles & Leah Justin Ada Selwyn Evelyn Bresner Floris Kalman Danny & Anita Selzer Trevor Brott Michael & Sue Karp Greg Shalit & Miriam Faine Joe & Pam Bursztyn Ashley Kausman & Lisa Mann Gerald & Lorraine Shapiro Barry & Suzi Carp Andrew Kaye AM & Judy Kaye Diane Shteinman AM Michael & Carol Casper Irvin Kaye Renia Shwarz George & Freda Castan Simon & Julie Kessel Ben & Judy Siegel Richard & Sue Castan Mark Kestin Jack & Lesley Silberscher Sara Chrapot David & Pauline Kingston Maurice & Judy Silman Jack & Anna Chrapot Arthur & Marianne Klepfisz Six Degrees Avi & Belinda Cohen Ken & Carol Klooger The Jack & Robert Smorgon Trevor & Heather Cohen David & Bindy Koadlow Families Foundation Jimmy Cui Peter & Barbara Kolliner The Victor Smorgon Charitable Fund Sid & Elaine Davidoff Mel & Judi Korman Leon & Pauline Solowiejczyk David & Liz Davidson Larry & Sophie Kornhauser Graeme Southwick OAM & Anthony & Rochelle Davis Alan & Rocky Kozica Suzanne Southwick Abe & Vera Dorevitch Anna Krauskopf Al Spilman Colin & Debbie Edwards Sally Landman Onella Stagoll Jack Ekstein Sylvie Leber Bernie Stone Shaun & Michelle Factor Amanda Leibovich Gina & Ian Swart Susan Fajnkind Ron & Shirley Lesh Eva Sweet Alan & Yvonne Feil Mr & Mrs M Levin Theo & Shirley Sweet Barbara Fih Rosie Lew Regine Szmulewicz Warren Fineberg & Vivienne Elton Phil & Sue Lewis Joe & Judy Szwarcberg Nathan & Elly Fink Adam & Amanda Lindell Frank Tisher OAM & Miriam Tisher Alan Finkel AO & Elizabeth Rena Lipton Ron & Sue Unger Finkel AM Karin MacNab Universal Gift Traders Ronit Fraid Arnold & Dani Mahemoff Vicki Vidor Freda Freiberg Jeffrey Mahemoff AO Sam Webb Vivenne Fried & Helen Mahemoff Vivien Wertkin Gandel Philanthropy Frank Mahlab Robert Westheimer Ian & Rita Gelbart The Mard Foundation Debbie Wiener Leon & Myriam Goldberg Jeffrey Markoff Dennis & Tauba Wilson Rachel Goldberg Anthony & Essie Michaels Colin & Roe Wise Leigh & Yvonne Goldbloom Richard & Melissa Michaels Peter & Nicole Worth Leon Goldman Henry Miller & Natalie Miller AO Abe & Marlene Zelwer Graham & Deborah Goldsmith JHC Year in Review 2018 23

Financial Summary

Operating Income 2018 $ Sales 1% Schools 14%

Distribution from Foundation 610,000 Donations including Legacies & Bequests 359,479 Grants 7% Sales 1% Distribution Sponsorships 26,000 Schools 14% Sponsorships 2% from Grants 83,268 Foundation 48% Schools 184,234 Grants 7% Sales 17,438 Distribution Sponsorships 2% from TOTAL 1,714,832 Foundation Donations including 48% Legacies & Bequests 28%

Donations including Legacies & Bequests 28% Collections 22% Operations 34% Expenses 2018 $ Collections 22% Operations 34% Collections 364,932 Education 417,985 Projects Education 2% 26% Marketing 148,305 Development Development 113,131 5% Marketing Projects Projects 40,016 9% Education Operations 551,261 2% 26% TOTAL 1,635,630 Development 5% Marketing 9%

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