Generations of the Shoah International Newsletter
April 2008
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Dear Members and Friends,
There are some newspaper articles on events in Germany, Austria and Belgium in the FYI section below. Before you read the articles on Belgium, please note the item in the Restitution section about the details of the Belgian compensation.

There are people who are seeking survivors for personal and / or professional (historical research) reasons. Those are posted at the end of the FYI section. Please take a moment to take a look at those. You may be able to help….

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RESTITUTION Regarding Belgian compensation:
Many of you have been reading in newspapers [see also below] around the world about a “newly” announced Belgian compensation program of $170 million for looted, lost or abandoned assets. This money refers to the sum that was allocated to the Buysse Commission some years ago, and this latest press release was made upon the recent issuance of the Buysse Commission’s final report. (You can read all about it at www.combuysse.fgov.be.) In short, there is no new Belgian compensation. Jews who survived the war in Belgium will not be getting any new or additional money, and the decisions of the Buysse Commission (now completed) or of the ongoing Solidarity 3000 program (past deadline for application) remain unchanged. Regarding Holocaust Era Insurance claims (HR 1746)
We have been advised that there will be hearing in the Senate in April on HR 1746 chaired by Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, former insurance commissioner of Florida and member of the ICHEIC board. Check the website of (Holocaust Survivors Foundation) HSF-USA for updates: http://hsf-usa.org/

ANNOUNCEMENTS
From Yad Vashem…
Join the global network of volunteers of Yad Vashem’s Shoah Victims' Names Recovery Project. Yad Vashem will provide you with free program materials to initiate and implement a grassroots community campaign aimed at identifying and assisting survivors and others from their generation to fill out Pages of Testimony. To order a free CD and Poster in advance of your Yom HaShoah programming please contact: names.outreach@yadvashem.org.il

Yad Vashem will showcase the Shoah Victims' Names Recovery Project in the USA: Unto Every Person There is a Name: The Shoah Victims' Names Recovery Project Presented by: Cynthia Wroclawski, International Outreach Manager, Yad Vashem Click here for an overview of the project and Cynthia's bio.

The presentation will include a brief historical overview of the colossal efforts to record the names of the Jewish Victims of Nazism; outreach paradigms, best practices and tools for communal professionals, caseworkers and volunteers serving the survivor population; and discussion of how best to implement this project locally.

Venues are listed below. Unless otherwise noted, the meetings are geared for professionals and volunteers who service the survivor community. GSI members and organizations are welcome to attend. Please RSVP a.s.a.p: cynthia.wroclawski@yadvashem.org.il

Boca Raton, FL: April 3, 2008, 12:00 to 3:00 pm – Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, 9901 Donna Klein Blvd, Levine Board Room. Lunch will be served

West Palm Beach, FL: April 3, 2008, 4:30 pm (tentative) Greater Palm Beach Area American Red Cross Chapter, 825 Fern St (appropriate for survivors and community members as well)

Los Angeles, CA: April 7, 2008, 9:00 – 12:00 am – Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, 6505 Wilshire.

San Francisco, CA: JFCS San Francisco, 2150 Post Street
April 8, 2008, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
April 10, 2008, 2:00 –3:30 p.m. – For survivors in the Bay area, Café by the Bay
April 10, 2008, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. – For volunteers and general community.

New York, NY: April 17, 2008, morning TBA – JBFCS, 120 West 57th Street.

From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Days of Remembrance and Names Reading Ceremony
The United States Congress established the Days of Remembrance as our nation's annual commemoration of the Holocaust, just as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is our permanent living memorial to the victims. The Museum has designated "Do Not Stand Silent: Remembering Kristallnacht 1938" as the focus for the 2008 observance. On Wednesday April 30, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. please join us for the Names Reading Ceremony in the Museum’s Hall of Remembrance. Help read aloud the names of Holocaust victims. Add your voice, along with Museum visitors and staff, and honor the memory of those who suffered. Reservations are not required, but timeslots are available in 15-minute increments beginning at 10:30 a.m. Call us at (202) 479-9737 or e-mail VolunteerView@ushmm.org for questions or to make a reservation.

Also from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Survivor Registry
On January 17th, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum launched a search service to access the International Tracing Service material. Holocaust survivors and their families can send research requests to the Museum and staff will look for information in the ITS records as well as the Museum’s additional documents. The Museum’s on-line form can be found on its website at www.ushmm.org/its or call toll free at 866-912-4385. The Museum hopes to have searches completed in six to eight weeks.

To date, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has received over 4,000 search requests of the International Tracing Service records. To initiate a search, please visit the Museum’s website at www.ushmm.org and follow the prompts with the International Tracing Service story. From Capitol Hill…
Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) have introduced the Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act (HR 1092 and S 963 respectively). This bill would authorize the Department of Education to give grants of $2,000,000 a year, for the next five years, to educational organizations to supplement their Holocaust programs. The Holocaust is a very difficult subject to teach. This material requires great care and expertise. Often educators who teach the Holocaust need special training and assistance. By providing additional resources, this bill would give more teachers and students the opportunity to meaningfully engage in this material. Please call your Senators and Representatives and ask them to cosponsor the Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act. The current list of Senate cosponsors can be found here. The current list of House cosponsors can be found here. If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Jared Feldman (202) 212-6036 or by email, jfeldman@thejcpa.org.

UPCOMING CONFERENCES

Religious Tolerance and Intolerance from the Inquisition to the Present: April 3-4, 2008; Davidson Conference Center on the USC Campus, Los Angeles, CA
The USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute and the USC Shoah Foundation Institute are co-sponsoring an international conference. Admission is free and open to the public but reservations are required. To reserve a space, please contact Melissa McNear at (213) 740-6724. For further information, click here.

The Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for Educators: June 22-24, 2008; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC
Teachers with less than five years’ experience in teaching about the Holocaust are encouraged to apply. The workshop is free of charge and includes many classroom resources. Participants are responsible for travel expenses. www.ushmm.org/education/foreducators/prodev/belfer/2008/.

The 6^th International Conference on Holocaust Education Teaching the Shoah-Fighting Racism and Prejudice: Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel; July 7-10, 2008
For detailed information on topics, fees and registration, visit our website at www.yadvashem.org or call Ephraim Kaye at +972-2-644-3638.

World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust Annual Conference: November 7 – 10, 2008; Alexandria Hilton, Alexandria, Virginia (minutes from downtown Washington, DC).
Save the dates. For information: www.wfjcsh.org/

Soviet Jewish Soldiers, Jewish Resistance, and Jews in the USSR during the Holocaust: November 16-17, 2008; NYU's Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York City
International call for papers: For information: sbrown-fleming@ushmm.org. The deadline for receipt of proposals is 15 March 2008.

Taking Responsibility
International Conference of 2G and 3G: Jerusalem, Israel; December 21-25, 2008 *date change
This conference is being organized with the support of Yad Vashem. Details will be published soon: For more: yeshcohs@smile.net.il.

Beyond camps and forced labour: Current international research on survivors of Nazi persecution: Imperial War Museum, London, England; January 7-9, 2009
Call for papers: Please send an abstract of 200-250 words together with biographical background of about 50 words by 28 February 2008 to: Johannes-Dieter Steinert: J.D.Steinert@wlv.ac.uk

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS


Learning Through Experience for Middle Schools What Can We Do As Individuals and Nations to Prevent and Stop Genocides?: April 8 & 9, 2008 9:00 am - 12:30 pm; Raritan Valley Community College Somerville, NJ
For details and registration form for this program for students and educators, see www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/04080908exp.pdf


THE ETHICS OF MEDICINE
The power to heal, the power to harm: April 11 – 12, 2008; Inver Hills Community College
For more information: Linda Andrean, 612-624-9811, www.cas.umn.edu Registration: www.igs.cla.umn.edu/outreach

June 23-27, 2008; Evanston, IL
Northwestern University (www.northwestern.edu), in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Foundation (www.holocaustef.org), is offering a summer institute for secondary school teachers (grades 7-12). Full tuition scholarships will be provided to the 15 participants. Deadline: May 23, 2008

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
International Scholarly Workshop
Studying Antisemitism in the 21^st Century:
Manifestations, Implications, Consequences:
July 14 - July 25, 2008
US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
For application guidelines, visit www.ushmm.org/research/center/seminars/#workshop.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Now – April 6, 2008 – The 808 Gallery, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA: Exhibit: Power of Prejudice: The Dreyfus Affair. The Dreyfus Affair, which saw anti-Jewish riots in every major city in France in 1898, almost caused civil war in France, and was at once a dress rehearsal for the Holocaust and the crucial episode in the birth of Zionism. For more: www.bu.edu/hillel/documents/dreyfus.pdf

Now – April 6, 2008 – Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, Wichita, KS: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibition The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936. For more: www.ushmm.org.

Now – April 20, 2008 – UCLA Library, Los Angeles, CA: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibition Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings. For more: www.ushmm.org.

Now – April 27, 2008 – Aurora History Museum, Aurora, CO: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibition Varian Fry: Assignment Rescue 1940-1941. For more: www.ushmm.org.

Now – April 30, 2008 – Bronx Library Center – Bronx, NY: Exhibit: When Humanity Fails employs video, audio, and graphic narratives to explore and understand the Holocaust, focusing on the personal experiences of concentration camp survivors and their U.S. Army liberators. For more: barry@afikimfoundation.org or 212-791-7450

Now – May 4, 2008 – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibition Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race. For more: www.ushmm.org.

Now – May 4, 2008 – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibition: Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race. For more: www.ushmm.org.

Now – May 16, 2008 – USC Hillel Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA: Photo Exhibit: Marked for Life, work by Carol Inez Charney who was inspired by the tattoos imposed on Auschwitz prisoners. For more information: 213-747-9135.>

Now -June 15, 2008 – Battleship New Jersey, Camden, NJ: Exhibit: Holocaust & Genocide: The Betrayal of Humanity, a multimedia journey through the history of the Holocaust and its lasting legacy today. For more information, www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/110907_061508betrayal.pdf

Now – July 4, 2008 – Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY: Exhibit: Daring to Resist: Jewish Defiance in the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, Jews throughout Europe, through individual and collective acts of resistance, sought to undermine the Nazi goal of the annihilation of the Jewish people despite unimaginable difficulties. Their efforts powerfully refute the popular perception that Jews were passive victims. Through testimony, archival footage, and authentic artifacts, the exhibition will help visitors to understand the dilemmas that Jews faced under impossible circumstances. For more: www.mjhnyc.org

Now – July 25, 2008 – Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY: Exhibit: Sosúa: A Refuge for Jews in the Dominican Republic. In 1938, when openings for Jewish refugees were hard to find, the government of the Dominican Republic offered to resettle up to 100,000 Jews. Sosúa, an abandoned banana plantation, would become a refuge to hundreds of Jews. This exhibit tells how the settlers were recruited and came to Sosúa, what awaited them there, what role the Dominican and U.S. governments and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee played, how the settlers worked with their Dominican neighbors to establish themselves, and what kind of a town they created. For more: www.mjhnyc.org

Now – August 17, 2008 – Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX: Exhibit Darfur: Photojournalists Respond. For more: www.hmh.org.

Now – August 31, 2008 – Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX: Exhibit: Escaping Their Boundaries: The Children of Theresienstadt features objects on loan from the Beit Theresienstadt Holocaust Museum, Archive and Educational Center in Israel, including collages, drawings, diaries, magazines, games and marionettes used or created by children of the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia. Many of the artifacts have never before been on public display. For more information: www.hmh.org

April 1, 2008, 7:00 PM – Drew University Center, Room 107, Madison, NJ: Genocide, Forgiveness, and Healing: Religious, Philosophical, and Psychological Perspectives: A roundtable discussion with Prof. Christopher Boesel, Dr. Eva Gossman, Dr. Ani Kaylajian, Prof. Allan Nadler, Joseph Sebarenzi. For more information, www.drew.edu/chs, email ctrholst@drew.edu or call 973/408-3600.

April 2, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: First Person program with featured speaker Katie Altenberg. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/

April 2, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW, Washington, DC: Film Screening and Discussion: Desperate Hours: An Evening with the Director. Victoria Barrett's award-winning documentary depicts the little-known narrative of Turkish citizens, Muslim and Christian alike, who worked to save Jews from Hitler's concentration camps. Following the screening, Barrett will answer questions and discuss the documentary. This program is associated with the Jewish Life in Turkey: Then and Now exhibition. For more information and to RSVP call 202.857.6572.

April 3, 2008, 4:00-6:30 p.m. – Reid Castle, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY: Focus Seminar: The Responsibility to Protect: The Way Forward with Prof. Sheri Rosenberg, Director, Human Rights & Genocide Clinic, Cardozo Law School. For more: www.holocausteducationctr.org or 914-696-0738.

April 3, 2008, 6:00 p.m. – Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL: Remembering Jan Karski - An Ambassador of Justice and Peace. For more: www.hmfi.net/documents/paafsavethedate.pdf

April 3, 2008, 7:30 p.m. – Wilmette Theater, Wilmette, IL: Out of Faith, a feature-length documentary follows three generations of a family torn apart by conflicts over interfaith marriage. The family’s matriarch and her husband both survived nearly three years in Auschwitz; however, in their minds, their grandchildren marrying non-Jews represents a posthumous victory for Hitler. Talk back with Producer L. Mark DeAngelis following the screening. Buy Tickets. For more information http://www.outoffaith.net/about.htm

April 4, 2008, 7:30 p.m. – Museo de la Memoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Helen Epstein will speak about her book Where She Came From. For more information: gsi@genshoah.org.

April 5 - May 17, 2008 – Rankin Art Gallery, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibition Schindler. For more information: www.ushmm.org.

April 6 – May 30, 2008 – Hillel House, University of Washington, Seattle, WA: Exhibit: Letters to Sala: A Young Woman's Life in Nazi Labor Camps. A collection of rare Holocaust-era documents and photographs were saved at great personal risk by Sala Garncarz during her time in a Nazi labor camp from 1940 until 1945. For more information about the exhibit visit www.letterstosala.org or call 206-527-1997

April 7, 2008, 9:30 a.m.- 6:00 p.m. – Adath Israel Congregation, Lawrenceville, NJ: Bus trip, lunch and docent-led tour of the NY Tolerance Center. $65 per person. For more information: 609-896-4977 x14, heddamorton@hotmail.com, hedda@adathisraelnj.org

April 7, 2008, 12:30 p.m. – Pana Junior High School, Pana, IL: Eva Mozes Kor, survivor of medical experiments conducted by Dr. Mengele in Auschwitz, will speak. For more: kiel@candlesmuseum.org

April 7, 2008, 7:30 p.m. – Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston, TX: Concert featuring "Forbidden Music" of the Holocaust. Fees. For ticket and seating information, visit www.thehobbycenter.org.

April 7, 2008, 8:00 p.m. – Downs Hall, Kean University, Union, NJ: Reflections on Injustices, Moral Apathy and Rallied Conscience, an address by former Gov. Thomas Kean, exploring the social implications of Holocaust education against the backdrop of his father's memorable U.S. Congress speech about the Holocaust in 1943. Fees. For information, www.kean.edu, call 866-737-4438 for ticket reservations.

April 8, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ: Opening reception for One Class Remembers: a photo exhibit of survivors "then and now", created by the Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Clifton, NJ. RSVP and information: 973-929-3194 or holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org.

April 8, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – AMIA Jewish Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Helen Epstein will speak about her book Where She Came From. Other speakers at the program include Diana Wang, Monica López Ocón, and Nicolás Casullo. For more information: gsi@genshoah.org.

April 9, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: First Person program with featured speaker Ruth Griefer. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/

April 9 – 13, 2008 – Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA: Play: A Journey to Kreisau by Marc P. Smith: A riveting and powerful story about a remarkable couple at the center of German resistance to the Nazis: Helmuth James & Freya von Moltke. Free Admission. General Seating. Because of limited seating capacity, advance reservations strongly suggested. Reserve by phone: 508-757-1472 or bluepumpkinprod@verizon.net

April 9, 2008, 7:30 p.m. – Warner Student Life Center, Navesink Room, The Center for Holocaust Studies, Lincroft, NJ: Performance: From Silence to Celebration! Naava Piatka, daughter of Vilna Ghetto star Chayela Rosenthal, performs. To register call 732-224-2769

April 10, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. – Dougherty Center, Seton Hall Univ., South Orange, NJ: Study Day: Czechs and Jews under Nazi Occupation, with speakers Rev John Morley, Rev. Hildegonde Rijksenova, Barbara Wind and Hannah Slome. For detailed agenda and registration form, see www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/042908czech.pdf. For more information/registration, please contact Rev Lawrence Frizzell at 973 761-9751 or frizzela@shu.edu

April 10, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: Lecture: The Legacies of Nuremberg in History, Politics and Law with Professor Donald Bloxham, University of Edinburgh, UK. Reservations requested: 202-488-6162

April 10, 2008, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. – The Living Room at Jewish Family Service of Bergen County, 1485 Teaneck Rd, Teaneck, NJ: Second-generation seminar and discussion group facilitated by Rabbi Amy Bolton. Free of charge, advance registration preferred. For questions or to register, please contact Laura at 201-837-9090 or email thelivingroom@jfsbergen.org

April 10, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – Gelman Library Room 207, George Washington University, Washington, DC: Lecture by Hasia Diner: Fitting Memorials: American Jews Remember the Holocaust, 1945-1962, sponsored by the Judaic Studies Program. For more information: Judaic@gwu.edu.

April 10, 2008, 7:00-9:00 p.m. – Science Museum of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: Lecture by Eva Mozes Kor, survivor of medical experiments conducted by Dr. Mengele in Auschwitz in conjunction with US Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibition Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race. For more: kiel@candlesmuseum.org.

April 10, 2008, 7:30 p.m. – St. Joseph’s Church, Bronxville, NY: Community Interfaith Holocaust Commemoration. For more: 914-696-0738 or www.holocausteducationctr.org.

April 11 – May 11, 2008 – Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Storefront Theater 66 E Randolph Dr, Chicago, IL: Performance: Hana's Suitcase. In March of 2000, a mysterious suitcase arrived at the Tokyo Holocaust Education Resource Center from Poland, bearing the name "Hana Brady." Based on real events, Hana's Suitcase is the story of two Japanese students and their teacher who embark on a worldwide journey to discover the story behind the name. For more: www.chicagochildrenstheatre.org/hanas-suitcase.html

April 11, 2008, 4:00-6:00 p.m. – Inver Hills Community College, Minneapolis, MN: Eva Mozes Kor, survivor of medical experiments conducted by Dr. Mengele in Auschwitz, will speak. For more: kiel@candlesmuseum.org.

April 12, 2008, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. – Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, WA: Music of Remembrance presents a free concert and lecture: Timeless. For more information, 206-365-7770, info@musicofremembrance.org, or www.musicofremembrance.org

April 13, 2008, 10:00 a.m. – Temple Beth Shalom, 3533 Walters Ave., Northbrook, IL: Voices of the Generations, a presentation by Julie Kohner, who tells her survivor mother's story through a video from the 1950's TV show, This is Your Life. For more: 847-498-4100

April 13, 2008, 11:00 a.m. – Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Los Angeles, CA: Brunch and program Caring for your aging survivor parents with Bunni Dybnis of LivHome. Fees. Presented by Second Generation Los Angeles. For more information: KFire413@aol.com

April 13, 2008, 2:00 p.m. – Liberation Monument in Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ: Jewish War Veterans 18^th annual Holocaust Commemoration. For more information: call 732 657-8926.

April 14, 2009, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – Cafritz Art Center # 101, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD: Allison Leslie Gold, author of Anne Frank Remembered and Memories of Anne Frank will read from selected works. For more information: www.montgomerycollege.edu/orgs/humanities/

April 14, 2008, 4 - 5 p.m. – County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 70 West Hedding Street, San Jose, CA: The annual Santa Clara County Yom HaShoah Memorial Program entitled The Untold Stories of the Holocaust. For further information they can contact Doris Schwarz-Lisenbee, co-chair Second Generation Holocaust Survivor Association of Silicon Valley, drdschwarz@aol.com.

April 15, 2008, 10:30 a.m. – Brookville Middle School/High School, Brookville, IN: Eva Mozes Kor, survivor of medical experiments conducted by Dr. Mengele in Auschwitz, will speak. For more: kiel@candlesmuseum.org.

April 15, 2008, 12 noon – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ: Holocaust Council of MetroWest: Lunch and Learn with concentration camp survivor Jean Gluck. Please bring a dairy lunch, beverage and cookies provided. RSVP and information, holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or 973-929-3194

April 15, 2008, 6:00 p.m. – The Westin Copley Place, 10 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA: Since 1976, Facing History and Ourselves has been engaging students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry. Please join us for the 24th Annual New England Benefit Dinner to support and celebrate educators, students, and community members who face history and choose to participate. Fees. For more: www.facinghistory.org/campus/reslib.nsf/sub/events/benefitdinners/2008+new+england+benefit+dinner

April 15, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – CJL Reading Room, Jewish Community Center, Milwaukee, WI: Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Process Presentation: Linda Klein, Director of the American Red Cross Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center, will be giving a free presentation about the tracing process and how the Red Cross works throughout the world to find documentation and information. Red Cross tracing services are confidential and free of charge. For more information or to reply to this invitation: Joan Champion, at 414-963-2714 or champj@milwaukeejewish.org

April 16, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: First Person program with featured speaker Herman Taube. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/

April 16, 2008, 6:30 p.m. – Theater Arts Building, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD: Holocaust Commemoration with guest speakers Holocaust survivor Halina Peabody, daughter of survivors (and MC Professor) Esther Finder, and granddaughter of survivors Jackie Williamowsky. For more information: etfinder@juno.com.

April 17, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ: Holocaust Council of MetroWest Real to Reel film series: Korczak, true story of author and educator Dr. Janusz Korczak, director of the orphanage in the Warsaw ghetto. Light refreshments will follow. Please RSVP to holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or 973-929-3194.

April 25, 2008 – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: Opening of the special exhibition: Nazi Olympics Berlin 1936. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/olympics1936/index.php?source=banner

April 27, 2008, 2:00 p.m. – SAJ Synagogue, 15 W. 86th Street, New York, NY: Holocaust Memorial Program including a scene from Resort 76, a play by Shimon Wincelberg, performed by members of the Actors Studio of NY. Set in a Nazi factory in the Lodz ghetto, this play follows a group of Jewish prisoners struggling to maintain their humanity. For more information: 718-743-6640

April 27, 2008, 10:00 a.m. – Emanuel Congregation, 5959 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL: Voices of the Generations, a presentation by Julie Kohner, who tells her survivor mother's story through a video from the 1950's TV show, This is Your Life. For more: 773-561-5173

April 28th, 2008 – Exhibitions Pavilion, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel: Exhibit opening: My Homeland, Holocaust Survivors in Israel, honoring the contribution of Holocaust Survivors to the establishment and development of the State of Israel. Ranging from building communities and agricultural developments to industry and the arts, the exhibition's multidisciplinary approach is at once both modern and nostalgic in its presentation. For more: www.yadvashem.org.

April 28-30, 2008, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. – Greenburgh Hebrew Center, Dobbs Ferry, NY: Holocaust Remembrance Program with the following speakers:; April 28 – Betty Knoop deported from Holland to Bergen-Belsen via the Dutch transit camp Westerbork (same camp as Anne Frank).; April 29 – Bernhard Storch relates life as prisoner in labor camp in Siberia to Polish Army liberator of several camps, including Majdanek; April 30 – Jay Sommer escaped from Nazi labor camp, author of Journey to the Golden Door.; Admission is free but reservations for groups are required. Suggested preparatory lesson plans available upon request. Registration: Halalouf@aol.com. Questions: call JCY 914 –423-5009

April 28, 2008, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. – Temple Beth El, 3610 Dundee Road, Northbrook, IL: Voices of the Generations, a presentation by Julie Kohner, who tells her survivor mother's story through a video from the 1950's TV show, This is Your Life. For more: 847-559-5800

April 28, 2008, 7:30 p.m. – Washington DC JCC, Washington, DC: Screening of the film The Last Fighters which follows the lives of the last six surviving fighters from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Panel discussion to follow with guests: Aviva Kempner, co-writer and producer, Partisans of Vilna, Dr. Marsha Rozenblit, Professor of Modern Jewish History at University of Maryland, and Estelle Laughlin, Warsaw Ghetto Survivor. For more information: www.washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-arts/film/the-last-fighters.html

April 29, 2008, 12:00 p.m. – Market Square, 301 King Street, Alexandria, VA: City of Alexandria Annual Day of Remembrance: Join the city of Alexandria as it honors the memory of the Holocaust. For additional information call the events hotline at (703) 883-4686 or the Special Events Office at (703) 838-4844.

April 29, 2008, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. – Beth Hillel, 3220 Big Tree Lane, Wilmette, IL: Voices of the Generations, a presentation by Julie Kohner, who tells her survivor mother's story through a video from the 1950's TV show, This is Your Life. For more: 847-256-0755

April 30, 2008, 10:00 a.m. – Drew University, Baldwin Gymnasium, Madison, NJ: 8^th Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration: Steal a Pencil for Me: Film screening and comments by Jack and Ina Polak. For more information, www.drew.edu/chs, email ctrholst@drew.edu or call 973/408-3600.

April 30 2008, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. – West Suburban Temple Har Zion, River Forest, IL: Voices of the Generations, a presentation by Julie Kohner, who tells her survivor mother's story through a video from the 1950's TV show, This is Your Life. For more: 847-256-0755

April 30, 2008, 6:45 p.m. – Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, 88th St. Sanctuary, New York, NY: Yom HaShoah Commemoration Service followed by screening of the documentary film, Rene and I: From Auschwitz to America, the story of Jewish Czech twins Irene and Rene, sent to Auschwitz at age six. They survived three years in the camp, where they were experimented on by Josef Mengele. Separated after liberation, they reunited years later in the United States. Q & A with Irene Hizme moderated by Myriam Abramowicz. For more information, please call 212 579-4687.

April 30, 2008, 7:30 p.m. – Reid Castle, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY: Distinguished Lecture: The Shattering of Law: Legal Systems and Their Role in the Holocaust with Prof. Richard Weisberg, Walter Floersheimer Prof. of Constitutional Law, Cardozo Law School. For more: www.holocausteducationctr.org or 914-696-0738.

April 30 - May 1, 2008, 20:30 – Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv, Stage Two, Tel Aviv, Israel: And the Rat Laughed: Theatre in Music. This is the story of a nameless five-year-old child, as it is told to her granddaughter years later. The child’s parents entrust her to a family of farmers living in a remote Polish village. She is hidden in a dark potato cellar, with little food and only a rat for company. Tickets are available at: www.cameri.co.il/eng/contact.asp

May 1 - June 24, 2008– Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibition, Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings. For more information: www.ushmm.org.

May 1, 2008, 10:00 a.m. – Warsaw Ghetto Square, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel: Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes Remembrance Day Wreath-laying ceremony with the participation of public figures, representatives of survivor organizations, school children and delegations from throughout the country. For more: www.yadvashem.org.

May 1, 2008, 6:30 p.m. – Temple Oheb Shalom, 170 Scotland Road, South Orange, NJ: State of New Jersey Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration featuring Ursula Selig, hidden child in Italy, dignitaries and memorial candle-lighting ceremony. Sponsored by The New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education and The Office of the Governor, in cooperation with the South Orange/Maplewood Annual Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Service Committee Fund and The South Orange/Maplewood Clergy Association. Free; community welcome. For information: www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/050108yom.pdf

May 1, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom, 280 Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202), Mahwah, NJ: Yom HaShoah Commemoration Service, in cooperation with Ramapo College Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, featuring author and Shoah survivor Elly Gross, the CantaNova Singers, the Ramapo Chorale and the Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom Choir. For more information, please call 201.684.7409 or e-mail: mriff@ramapo.edu

May 1, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly, NJ: Yom HaShoah Commemoration with guest speaker Gerda Klein, performance by the Moriah Academy Dinner Choir, candle lighting ceremony and presentation of the Abe Oster Holocaust Remembrance Award. Free. For more information, or to register, visit www.jccotp.org or call 201.569.7900 x 253

May 1, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – McHenry County Jewish Community Center, Crystal Lake, IL: Voices of the Generations, a presentation by Julie Kohner, who tells her survivor mother's story through a video from the 1950's TV show, This is Your Life. For more: 815-455-1810

May 1, 2008, 20:30 – Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv, Stage Two, Tel Aviv, Israel: Performance of the opera And the Rat Laughed. This is the story of a nameless five-year-old child, as it is told to her granddaughter years later. The child’s parents entrust her to a family of farmers living in a remote Polish village. She is hidden in a dark potato cellar, with little food and only a rat for company. For information: www.cameri.co.il/eng/contact.asp

May 2, 2008, 12:30 p.m. – City/County Building courtyard, 8th & French Sts, Wilmington DE: Candlelighting and prayers at the Holocaust Memorial. For information: alonzo@kennett.net

May 2, 2008, 7:30 p.m., May 3, 2008, 8:30 a.m. – Congregation Kol Haverim, Glastonbury, CT: Voices of the Generations, a presentation by Julie Kohner, who tells her survivor mother's story through a video from the 1950's TV show, This is Your Life. For more: 860 633-3966

May 2, 2008, 8:00 p.m. – Temple Emanu-El of West Essex, 264 W. Northfield Rd, Livingston NJ: Shabbat Yom HaShoah commemoration: Goodbye Amsterdam, Hello New York. Speaker Jerry von Halle will describe his experience coming to America after surviving the Holocaust in the Netherlands. For more information, please contact holocaust@emanuel.org or (973) 992-5560.

May 4, 2008, 11:30-2:30 p.m. – Bogarts Restaurant, Boca Raton, FL: NEXTGENERATIONS End of Season Brunch. For more information: Nancy ndershaw@yahoo.com or Judi, judihng@yahoo.com

May 4, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – 16^th and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway (rain location is Congregation Rodeph Shalom, 615 North Broad Street), Philadelphia, PA: Yom Hashoah Commemoration with guest speaker Mark Talisman, President of the Project Judaica Foundation, who will address As the Branches of This Tree, So the Branches of Our People: Remember the Children. For information, call Amy Blum at 215-832-0655.

May 4, 2008, 2:00 p.m. – Faneuil Hall, Boston, MA: Holocaust Commemoration: I was there...we are here: Stories of Survival. For more information: erast@jcrcboston.org

May 4, 2008, 2:00 p.m. – Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, Milwaukee, WI: Community-wide Yom Hashoah Commemoration: Memorial to the Six Million; Remembrance of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and All Resistance - keynote speaker Professor Ruth Schwertfeger, author of Women of Theresienstadt: Voices from a Concentration Camp, candle lighting ceremony, presentation of the Habash Holocaust Youth Essay Contest winners. Free. For more information: shoff1945@aol.com or call the JCC 414-967-8217

May 4, 2008, 3:30 p.m. – Congregation Emanu-El, New York, NY: Yom HaShoah : Annual Gathering of Remembrance. For more information or to reserve tickets: AGR@MJHNYC.ORG.

May 4, 2008, 3:30 p.m. – Skokie Valley Traditional Synagogue, East Prairie Rd, Skokie, IL: Chicago area Yom HaShoah commemoration. For more information: primary247@aol.com

May 4, 2008, 4:00 p.m. – Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida, Maitland, FL: Yom HaShoah Commemoration with guest speaker: The Hon. Dr. Gregg Rickman, the US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. For information: 407-628-0555, eva@holocaustedu.org

May 4, 2008 4:30 p.m. – Tatnall School Laird Arts Center, 1501 Barley Mill Road, Wilmington DE: Premier of documentary No Denying: Delawareans Bear Witness to the Holocaust in support of the Holocaust Education Endowment Fund. Tickets are $35, reservations only - contact Regina Kerr Alonzo at alonzo@kennett.net for more information.

May 4, 2008, 5:00 p.m. – Temple Beth Ami, Travilah Road, Rockville, MD: Area wide Yom HaShoah Commemoration with keynote speaker David Harris, Executive Director, American Jewish Committee. For more information: etfinder@juno.com.

May 4, 2008, 6:30 pm – Congregation B'nai Israel, Millburn, NJ: Voices of the Generations, a presentation by Julie Kohner, who tells her survivor mother's story through a video from the 1950's TV show, This is Your Life. For more: 973 379-3811.

May 4, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Baltimore, MD: From Tragedy to Triumph: Israel at 60. Please join us as we pay tribute to the survivors and honor the birth of Israel. For more: jparmigiani@baltjc.org.

May 5, 2008, 9:45 a.m. – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ: Voices of the Generations, a presentation by Julie Kohner, who tells her survivor mother's story through a video from the 1950's TV show, This is Your Life. Please RSVP to Suzi Adelson Warner at 973-929-2980 or swainer@thepartnershipnj.org.

May 7, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: First Person program with featured speaker Martin Weiss. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/

May 12, 2008, 7:30 p.m. – Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA: Musical performance: Ray of Sunshine with Paul Schoenfield. Fees. For more information www.musicofremembrance.org

May 14, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: First Person program with featured speaker Rabbi Jacob Wiener. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/

May 15, 2008, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. – The Living Room at Jewish Family Service of Bergen County, 1485 Teaneck Rd, Teaneck, NJ: Second-generation seminar and discussion group facilitated by Rabbi Amy Bolton. Free of charge, advance registration preferred. For questions or to register, please contact Laura at 201-837-9090 or email thelivingroom@jfsbergen.org

May 17, 2008, morning service – Beth Sholom Congregation, Seven Locks Road, Potomac, MD: Special Shabbat service honoring Holocaust survivors followed by lunch and a program with several Ambassadors from European countries discussing anti-Semitism in their countries. Fees for lunch and RSVP required by May 5. For more information: gsmith@bethsholom.org or 301-279-7010 x225.

May 21, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: First Person program with featured speaker Nesse Godin. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/

May 21, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – Sylvania Historical Society, Sylvania, OH: A night with Charles S. Weinblatt, author of Jacob's Courage: A Holocaust Love Story. Weinblatt will discuss the inspiration, research, family history and effort behind the writing of his new epic Holocaust love story. For more: 419-882-4976, 419-350-4105, or at historymom@sev.org

May 25 – June 30, 2008 – Queensborough Community College, Queens, NY: Exhibit: When Humanity Fails employs video, audio, and graphic narratives to explore and understand the Holocaust, focusing on the personal experiences of concentration camp survivors and their U.S. Army liberators. For more: barry@afikimfoundation.org or 212-791-7450

May 28, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: First Person program with featured speaker Charlene Schiff. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/

June 3, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: First Person with featured speaker Helen Luksenburg. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/

June 4, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: First Person with featured speaker Morris Rosen. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/

June 8, 2008, 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. – TBD, San Jose, CA: Reunion of a Gathering of Friends: European Holocaust Survivors and Japanese-American Internees. This year we are planning to also include second, and third generation from each culture, who will be passing on the stories and lessons learned from this significant period in history. DrDSchwarz@aol.com

June 10, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: First Person with featured speaker Jacqueline Birn. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/

June 11, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: First Person with featured speaker Henry Greenbaum. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/

June 12 – November 11, 2008 – Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibition, Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race. For more information: www.ushmm.org.

June 12, 2008, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. – The Living Room at Jewish Family Service of Bergen County, 1485 Teaneck Rd, Teaneck, NJ: Rabbi Amy Bolton. Free of charge, advance registration preferred. For questions or to register, please contact Laura at 201-837-9090 or email thelivingroom@jfsbergen.org

June 17, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: First Person with featured speaker Helen Goldkind. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/

June 17, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: First Person with featured speaker William Luksenburg. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/

June 18, 2008, 6:30 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: Please join us as we honor Miles Lerman - Holocaust survivor, partisan fighter, and a founding father of the Museum. Save the Date, invitation to follow. www.ushmm.org.

June 29, 2008, 2:00 p.m. – Temple Judeah Mizpah, Niles Center Rd, Skokie, IL: The Assoc. of Descendants of the Shoah –IL, Sheerit Hapleitah and Holocaust Community Services present the Chicago premier of a new film: Yiddish Theater: A Love Story. (English with a little Yiddish with subtitles) Fees. For more: 847-674-5189 or tzippy_chs@sbcglobal.net

FYI: For your information

FYI… From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) The Division of Education of the USHMM seeks to train the nation’s teachers to encourage their students to learn about the Holocaust, to reflect on its meaning for today, and then to act responsibly as members of the national and global community. Currently our programs, both in Washington, DC and around the country, reach thousands of educators every year. Participants in our programs also form a connection to our Museum that will continue to grow throughout their careers. For more information see June 22, 2008 conference listing above or visit the website: www.ushmm.org/education/foreducators/prodev/belfer/2008/.
FYI… Founded in 1974, Bet Tzedek’s mission is to ensure “equal justice for all.” One of the nation’s premier public interest law firms, Bet Tzedek, “The House of Justice” in Hebrew, is renowned as one of a handful of agencies in the world to offer free legal help to Holocaust survivors who are applying for reparations, pensions, and benefits offered by Germany and other European countries. Bet Tzedek established the first pro bono “Ghetto Work” Reparations legal clinic in Los Angeles, in response to the German government’s creation of a new reparations program in October 2007. The program provides a one-time €2,000 Euro (nearly $3,000 US) payment to Holocaust survivors who worked while living in a German-controlled Ghetto. The German government estimates that there are at least 50,000 Holocaust survivors alive today who may qualify for these new reparations funds, with approximately 20,000 of those survivors living in the United States. For further information about the Holocaust Ghetto Work Reparations Program or to serve as a pro bono lawyer volunteer, contact Bet Tzedek Legal Services at ebarrett@bettzedek.org or Stan Levy at slevy@manatt.com. For further information about Bet Tzedek Legal Services – The House of Justice, contact mscelza@bettzedek.org.
FYI… First Jewish mayor of Beverly Hills sworn in by a Holocaust survivor: www.jerusalemonline.com/specials14.asp
FYI... Articles in the media
Bulgaria accepts blame for 11,000 Holocaust deaths www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107772.html
Belgium to pay 170 million in restitution www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107491.html
Belgium to Pay Holocaust Survivors http://news.aol.com/story/_a/belgium-to-pay-holocaust-survivors/20080311162509990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
BELGIUM HOLOCAUST PAYOUT
Lvov camp survivor an angel of mercy to Jews in native city http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/2008022820080208LvovSchwarz.html
Poland: Jewish visibility http://www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=1357
Holocaust survivors march from Krakow ghetto to mark 65 years since liquidation www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=1342
Polish leader promises compensation www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=1300
Grave of rabbi Elimelekh in Poland desecrated www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=1253
Warsaw Ghetto borders to be marked in red www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=1239
Jews who fled Poland to regain citizenship www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=1228
Schindler Jews to mark ghetto anniversary www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=1314
Jerusalem and Babylon / No time for a free-for-all www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/964244.html
Congress should pass HR 1476 to restore Holocaust survivor insurance rights and reject shocking interference by ADL and other Jewish organizations
Wexler organizes briefing at FAU for Holocaust survivors www.bocaratonnews.com/news/local/311-wexler-organizes-briefing-fau-holocaust-survivors.php
Berlin official: German kids tired of Holocaust www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1205162816661
Holocaust task force office opens in Berlin
Merkel: Germany aware of responsibility www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107567.html
Merkel's visit to Israel ushers in upgrade of Israeli-German ties http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hGoe8ZiZGR8Wg9sATf51g9E_KRQw
Merkel lays wreath at Yad Vashem memorial
Merkel makes historic Knesset address www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107590.html
We share Iran fear, Angela Merkel to tell Israel
Merkel Pledges Iran Action in Historic Knesset Speech www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_en&refer=home&sid=aIMa_3HbJ1gE
Eichmann may have rescued Jews www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107562.html
Germany to compensate WWII laborers www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-03-19-holocaust_N.htm
Austrians tire of Holocaust burden www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107473.html
Austria recalls Nazi takeover, kindertransport rescuers wwww.eurojewcong.org/ejc/article.php?id_article=1309
Austria opens "painful" exhibit on Nazi annexation www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/article.php?id_article=1285
Vandals strike memorial to Austrian Jews www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/article.php?id_article=1202
Sarkozy defends Holocaust education proposal amid uproar
Candidly Speaking: Bravo, President Sarkozy www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1204546409795
1941 strike commemorated in Amsterdam www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5658474/1941-strike-commemorated-in-Amsterdam
Europe grapples with how to limit neo-Nazi expression www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200803050304praguenazis.html
Budget cuts hard to handle for needy Jews in Ukraine www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/2008022820080207Lvovsidebar.html
Ramon blasts 'holocaust' comment by Abbas www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107306.html
Hamas chief: Holocaust 'exaggerated' www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107802.html
The courage of a few hundred helped save thousands www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1206941760303860.xml&coll=1
Anti-fascists counter neo-Nazis' march www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107281.html
How Hate Begins www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/25/AR2008032502408.html
Holocaust memoir author admits fake www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107290.html
Author's faked Holocaust memoir sparks concerns about consequences www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/2008030420080304holmem.html
Op-Ed Contributor: Stolen Suffering
Ex-Aussie senator admits kin's Nazi past www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107289.html
‘Jews’ Parade on the Streets of Vilna www.forward.com/articles/12634/
Through A Lens, Darkly www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c44_a4661/The_Arts/Books.html
After a Fight to Survive, One to Succeed www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/nyregion/09jews.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
A survivor gives his account of Holocaust
Norwegian Auschwitz survivor dies www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107519.html
Historian's death called loss to study of the Nazi Holocaust www.startribune.com/local/16319736.html
Stephen Feinstein died doing what he loved best
Particularist pain www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1204546415596
Bulgaria's rescue of its Jews provides a lesson for today www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080309mariaschinoped03092008.html
Vienna reopens Jewish sports club www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107488.html
Wiesel lines up Nobel winners to press China on Tibet www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/2008032420080324tibetwiesel.html
Conductor in LA revives lost music of Holocaust
Horrors of Holocaust depicted in exhibit
Holocaust Survivor Gives Hononegah History Students Rare Lesson
A Human Holocaust Exhibit Finds Homes in a City of Institutions
Holocaust poems and essays bond survivors and students
History of Us All: Holocaust Museum, in New Downtown Location ...
Teacher's extra effort brings holocaust message home
A different look at survivors Teacher project leads to curriculum modification www.washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=8608&TM=25433.51
The Holocaust through Hollywood's lens
Roland Arnall, founder of Wiesenthal Center www.washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=17&ArticleID=8606&TM=25586.53
Karl Hoecker’s Album www.newyorker.com/online/2008/03/17/slideshow_080317_wilkinson
Nazi memorabilia auction in New Zealand www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107459.html
Austria: Swastikas hidden in radio purchased by son of Holocaust survivors www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=1308
Jews save culture, kibitzing
Ziegler wins U.N. advisory role www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107721.html
Much more than a schoolteacher
Student Spotlight
Handmade butterflies aim to remember Holocaust victims
IVolunteer Hosts First Annual Purim Party http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=11173
IVolunteer Hosts First Annual Purim Party www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=11173
Munich comes to Oxford www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1205259452086
ADL blasts anti-Semitic Gaza cartoons www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1204546409604
No Game About Nazis for Nintendo www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/technology/10nintendo.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=Jewish&st=nyt&oref=slogin
Swastika-shaped retirement home to renovate www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107572.html
FYI… There are two Holocaust awareness ads that are being run as public education announcements: http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/2008/03/13/i-want-my-holocaust-awareness-ad/
FYI… there is a new movie about Jewish partisans in WWII. To see the trailer: http://movies.yahoo.com/premieres/5985910/standardformat/
FYI… As part of the Voices on Antisemitism podcast series: Michael Chabon, author of The Yiddish Policemen's Union, tries to imagine a way out of the Holocaust.
www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/antisemitism/voices/transcript/index.php?content=20080313
FYI… There is new project underway to make a Memorial for Babi Yar. "Requiem" pays tribute to the hundred thousand lives lost at Babi Yar by creating a 75 foot wide, 11 ft deep walk-through pit filled with a powerful sculptural representation of the event. Every life in the pit tells a story- some died alone, some with family, some were old, some were infants; all were undeserving of such a fate. Please visit the website at www.babiyarrequiem.com to see complete details about the project. To see more of the sculptor’s work: www.cjacksonsculpture.com. If you wish to speak to the sculptor, contact her at 818-371-3046 or cjacksonsculpture@earthlink.net
FYI… In a dignified ceremony a sculpture pays tribute to Britain. Für Das Kind - Vienna at Westbahnhof Railway Stationcommemorates the kindertransport operation that saved the lives of thousands of children 70 years ago. Click Video:
FYI… 2008 Holocaust Remembrance Project Essay Contest Information Open to American students 19 years old and younger. Deadline: April 30, 2008. For details: www.holocaust.hklaw.com/2008/index.asp#
FYI… Post-Holocaust Reconciliation Project in German Schools
For the two years I have been presenting lectures/workshops to German students. My goal is to foster a better understanding and relationship between the German and Jewish communities that in turn will help fight anti-Semitism and other forms of prejudice. My project aims to help German gymnasium students come to terms with their legacy -- both the constructive and destructive aspects – and help them incorporate lessons that will in turn extend pluralism and common democratic values. If anyone knows of any schools in Berlin, or elsewhere in Germany, who may have interest in the workshops, as described above, please contact Geoffrey S. Cahn, Ph.D. Geoffcahn@aol.com
FYI… In Mexico Dr. Enrique Krauze is conducting a research project about Jewish life in / around Wyszkow, Poland. Anyone who has information about this community, pre-war, during the Shoah or post-war, including documents, letters, anecdotes, etc, is asked to contact Frida at areleyiddish@prodigy.net.mx. Researchers are especially interested in contacting survivors and family members from this area.
FYI… Seeking…
I am a teacher doing research on the International DP Children's Center, Kloster Indersdorf Germany 1945-1948 and would like to contact survivors of the Holocaust, or their relatives, who were in Kloster Indersdorf for some period of time between 1945-1948. Today there is a school in this old monastery and the students and teachers would like to learn from the experiences of the Holocaust survivors. I would like to organize a reunion of all the child survivors from Indersdorf for the end of July 2008. To that end, certain survivors are sought by their friends: Herbert and Walter Hahn, brothers, born in Vienna, 3 years at Terezin together with Hans Neumann (who is now looking for them), and Szlama Vexler, survived the Holocaust in underground caves in Polish Ukraine and attended a reunion in New York City at the beginning of the 1950s - his friend Michael Roth looks for him. Please contact Anna Andlauer at: andlauer@onlinehome.de if you are a child survivor who was in Kloster Indersdorf or if you have information on the people above.
FYI… Seeking…
I am seeking my sister Klara Strudler from LVOV who disappeared after being captured by the Gestapo on Aug 4th 1942. Her date of birth: 26.07.1924. If you have any information: Alisa Caspi noritsheps@bezeqint.net
FYI… The young man who corresponded with many Holocaust survivors around the US has passed away. For those of you who knew Brian Coleman: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSob=n&GSlh=1&GSsr=41&GRid=24295334&
FYI… LearnBerlin is an educational organization dedicated to helping visitors learn about 20th century German history. The group is led by an American educator who has over ten years of experience working with Holocaust education in Germany and the U.S. Her work focuses on facilitating positive historical learning experiences for English speaking travelers to Holocaust sites across Europe. http://learnberlin.blogspot.com/

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GSI Coordinating Council:
Esther Finder, Anat Bar-Cohen [The Generation After, DC];
Klara Firestone [Second Generation, LA, CA]; Sandy Hoffman [Generations After, WI];
Dina Cohen, Barbara Wind [Generations of the Shoah, NJ];
Bonnie Stein [Generations After, Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg. FL];
Ken Engel [CHAIM, MN]; Pepi Nichols [Second Generation of Jewish Holocaust Survivors in Houston, TX];
David Kader [Phoenix Holocaust Survivors' Assoc]; Charles Silow [CHAIM, MI]; Daniel Brooks [3G NY]
Webmaster: Anna Schiffer.

Boca Raton, FL:	April 3, 2008, 12:00 to 3:00 pm – Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, 9901 Donna Klein Blvd, Levine Board Room. Lunch will be served
West Palm Beach, FL:	April 3, 2008, 4:30 pm (tentative) Greater Palm Beach Area American Red Cross Chapter, 825 Fern St (appropriate for survivors and community members as well)
Los Angeles, CA:	April 7, 2008, 9:00 – 12:00 am – Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, 6505 Wilshire.
San Francisco, CA:	JFCS San Francisco, 2150 Post Street April 8, 2008, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. April 10, 2008, 2:00 –3:30 p.m. – For survivors in the Bay area, Café by the Bay April 10, 2008, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. – For volunteers and general community.
New York, NY:	April 17, 2008, morning TBA – JBFCS, 120 West 57th Street.

Generations of the Shoah International Newsletter April 2008 gsi@genshoah.org www.genshoah.org

Generations of the Shoah International Newsletter
April 2008
gsi@genshoah.org
www.genshoah.org