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Generations of the Shoah International Newsletter
June 2008
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Dear Members and Friends,
We would like to welcome the many new members who just joined GSI. In addition to individual members, we also have new friends in some national organizations.
There is important information in the RESTITUTION section of this newsletter. There are also several articles on restitution issues in the FYI section below.
Generations of the Shoah International (GSI)
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RESTITUTION
HOLOCAUST REPARATIONS
Germany estimates there are about 60,000 survivors worldwide who are eligible for a one-time reparations payment of 2000 Euros (over $3000) for having worked in Ghettos in German controlled territory during the Holocaust.
Bet Tzedek Legal Services, with the assistance of the law firm of Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips, has mobilized scores of major law firms and hundreds of volunteer lawyers across the US to provide free legal clinics to local Jewish Family Services and Holocaust Services offices to give survivors legal assistance in properly completing their applications for reparations.
Since January 2008, volunteer lawyers at the Bet Tzedek clinics have filed applications on behalf of over 500 survivors in the Los Angeles area. Germany has already processed over 125 of these applications. ALL have been approved and the survivors have received their one-time payments.
For more information and to obtain free assistance in applying for the one-time payment from Germany, contact your local Jewish Family Service or Holocaust Services agency. For help locating a Holocaust Services agency in your area, contact The Claims Conference at (646) 536-9100, www.claimscon.org, or The Association of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies at (800) 634- 7346, www.ajfca.org/dir.html.
To read the written statements and to watch the video of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Holocaust Era Insurance after ICHEIC (held May 6, 2008): www.senate.gov/~foreign/hearings/2008/hrg080506p.html
In addition to the information on the Senate website, the following is a letter sent by the HSF-USA group to the U.S. Senate on behalf of the survivors they represent: http://hsf-usa.org/Holocaust%20Survivors%20Foundation%20Letter%20to%20Nelson%20and%20Foreign%20Relations%20Committee.pdf
ANNOUNCEMENTS
From Yad Vashem:
New Online Exhibition “To Build and to Be Built”
Highlighting the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel, the exhibit examines the individual stories of a diverse group of individuals, bringing to the fore the participation of Holocaust Survivors in developing the unique character of Israel. Photos, video interviews, and text give the viewer an unusual glimpse into the lives of these survivors who chose to rebuild their own lives while at the same time becoming an integral part of the nascent state.
Righteous Among the Nations Mini-site Launched
An updated mini-site in English, dedicated exclusively to information about the Righteous Among the Nations, recently came online on www.yadvashem.org. An expanded and easily searchable database of the Righteous and their rescue stories, as well as a virtual tour of the Garden and Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations, is only a small part of the site.
Central Ceremony for Holocaust Remembrance Day 2008
In keeping with the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel, this year’s theme for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day was Holocaust Survivors in Israel: 60 Years Since the Establishment of the State. To see the broadcast, bios of the six torch lighters and photos from the day’s events, click here.
The International Commission for the International Tracing Service (ITS)
opened the discussion on the future of the institution. To see the entire announcement:
www.its-arolsen.org/en/press/index.html?expand=728&cHash=8073f89818
The latest edition of Tracing News from the International Red Cross Tracing Service is available online: www.redcross-cmd.org/Chapter/tracingnewsmay.html
From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Following the opening of the International Tracing Service’s records just over six months ago, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is approaching 6,000 requests from around the world for searches of victims of the Holocaust. If you would like to request a search, please visit the Museum’s web site at www.ushmm.org. Please allow eight to ten weeks for a response.
- 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 6th 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/
- In the past Child Survivors have had the opportunity to send in their creative work for a Commemorative Booklet. A booklet will be compiled and edited for this upcoming conference. Send your contributions in the form of a story, an essay, a poem, a drawing, a photo of a painting or sculpture, or any other creation relating to your experiences, to your memories, or to an aspect of the conference. RGabrieleS@aol.com
- 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
- For information: sbrown-fleming@ushmm.org.
- Embracing the Past to Build the Future:
A Conference for Children of Holocaust Survivors and Their Families - November 16, 2008 1:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Jewish Community Center of Paramus
E.304 Midland Ave, Paramus NJ - Keynote speaker: Paula David, Coordinator, Holocaust Resource Project, Baycrest Geriatric Centre, Toronto, Canada. For further information: Jewish Family Service of Bergen County at 201-837-9090 or Jewish Family & Children’s Service of North Jersey at 973-595-0111
- 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
- For more information: Johannes-Dieter Steinert: J.D.Steinert@wlv.ac.uk
- The International Conference of Holocaust Museum and Holocaust Center Curators
- Houston, TX
- March 1 – 5, 2009
- Presented by the Holocaust Museum Houston in conjunction with the Association of Holocaust Organizations. For more information: ccapers@hmh.org
- The 39th Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches
1939: America on the Eve of Catastrophe - March 7-9, 2009 St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA
- For more information: drlittell@COMCAST.NET
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
- Confronting Injustice: Making a Difference
- June 23 – 26, 2008
- Raritan Valley Community College, Conference Room 102
- Somerville, NJ
- For 6-12 grade teachers to address Amistad and Holocaust mandates and state standards in social studies and language arts using an interdisciplinary framework and curriculum assistance in a collegial context. Teachers will earn a $250.00 stipend and 20 Professional Development Hours. For more: pmargoli@raritanval.edu
- Annual Summer Teacher Institute Series I
Understanding the Shoah: A Shared Investigation of the Holocaust
A Workshop for Educators in Religious Settings - June 23 - 25, 2008 Baltimore, Maryland
- Download Flyer and Application
- Holocaust Institute for Teachers
- 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
- International Scholarly Workshop
Studying Antisemitism in the 21st 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.
- Annual Summer Teacher Institute Series II
Best Practices in Holocaust Education
A Workshop for All Educators - August 4 - 6, 2008 Baltimore, Maryland
- Download Flyer and Application
- Teacher Workshop
Why it is important to teach about genocide bias prejudice and bigotry - September 25, 2008 8:30 am - 2:30 pm
- Daniel Pearl Education Center at Temple B'nai Sholom
- Fern and Old Stage Road, East Brunswick, NJ
- Free 5 professional development hours. www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/092508ws.pdf
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Now – June 5, 2008 – Landmark Theater, 50th Street near France Ave., Edina, MN
- Film: The Rape of Europa, the story of the Nazis' efforts to loot Europe's art treasures, is a gripping documentary that explores not only the efforts to steal or destroy masterpieces but also heroic efforts of art professionals and ordinary people to save and return millions of hidden or stolen treasures. The film is based on a book of the same name by Lynn Nichols. For more: www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Minneapolis/Minneapolis_Frameset.htm
- Now – June 8, 2008 – Stage Door Theater, Coral Springs, FL
- Daughter of survivors, Deb Filler, performs in her one-woman show Filler Up. For more information: www.stagedoortheatre.com/fillerup.html
- Now - June 9, 2008 – Temple Israel, Omaha, NE
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibition, Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals: 1933-1945. For more information: www.ushmm.org.
- 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 – June 21, 2008 – Filament Gallery, 181 Congress St., Portland ME
- Exhibit: Robert McKibben History Drawings, includes over twenty drawings of children in the convoy from Drancy to Auschwitz, executed in charcoal and chalk. For more information: www.filamentgallery.com
- Now –- 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.
- Now – June 30, 2008 – Queens Borough 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
- 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 10, 2008 – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
- Exhibit: The Nazi Olympics, Berlin 1936. For more: www.ushmm.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
- Now – August 2008 – Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
- Exhibition: Auktion 392 Reclaiming the Galerie Stern, Dusseldorf: the story of the forced sale of the gallery collection and personal art collection of Dr. Max Stern in 1937 as part of a meticulously planned and executed program in Germany. For more information: suzanne@benuri.org.uk
- Now – October 19, 2008 – Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
- Exhibition, The Greatest Crime of the War: The Armenian Genocide during World War I. For more: www.flholocaustmuseum.org or (727) 820 – 0100 ext. 234.
- June 2, 2008, 7:00-8:30 p.m. – New York Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY
- U.S. premiere of the documentary film Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh. This film about the World War II-era poet, diarist, and resistance fighter, focuses on Senesh's courage and the bravery of her remarkable mother who desperately tried to save her daughter. Post-screening discussion with Academy-Award nominee Joan Allen, narrator of the film, and director Roberta Grossman. Free with suggested donation. For more: 510.666.0866
- June 2, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
- Holocaust Council of MetroWest Real to Reel film series: Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary. Light refreshments will follow. Please RSVP to holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or 973-929-3194
- 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 3, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
- Generations of the Shoah - NJ & Holocaust Council of MetroWest present What's a Nice Jewish Girl Doing in a Job Like This? How did the daughter of a Jewish Holocaust Survivor come to be Secretary General of the National and General Settlement Funds of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism and a permanent member of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research? Hannah Lessing will discuss her role in the work of these organizations. Please RSVP to holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or 973-929-3194
- 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 4 and 5, 2008, 8:00 p.m. – Sinai Temple parking garage, Los Angeles, CA
- Performance of The Diary of Anne Frank opera by Grigori Frid. For more information: www.longbeachopera.org/
- June 6, 2008, 9:30 p.m.— Sibiu International Theatre Festival, Sibiu, Romania
- Performance of the opera: And the Rat Laughed. This is the story of a child survivor of the Holocaust who was hidden in a potato cellar for over a year with only a rat for company. A Catholic Priest later hid her. For information: festival@sibfest.ro or www.cameri.co.il
- 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 8, 2008, 11:00 a.m. – National Theatre of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
- Performance of the opera: And the Rat Laughed. This is the story of a child survivor of the Holocaust who was hidden in a potato cellar for over a year with only a rat for company. A Catholic Priest later hid her. For information: tnb2006@gmail.com or www.cameri.co.il
- June 8, 2008, 2:00 p.m. – Workmen's Circle Center, 1762 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA
- An autobiographical talk in Yiddish by Samuel Bak: Fun vilner geto biz Boston: Der lebns-veg fun a yiddishn moler? Bak's first art exhibition was as a child in the Vilna Ghetto during WWII. Today his paintings, profound in their symbolism and meticulous in their detail, often refer to those early years. For information: http://www.circleboston.org/about/event.php?id=535434
- June 8, 2008, 4:00 p.m. – Lincoln Park garage, Long Beach, CA
- Performance of The Diary of Anne Frank opera by Grigori Frid. For more information: www.longbeachopera.org/
- June 10 – August 30, 2008 – National World War II Museum, New Orleans, LA
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibition, Schindler For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/traveling/details/index.php?type=current&content=schindler
- 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, 6:00 p.m. – Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY
- Tour of the exhibit Dominican Haven: The Jewish Refugee Settlement in Sosuá, 1940-1945 followed by discussion with author Marion A. Kaplan. Marion Kaplan offers a kaleidoscope of views and voices that came together in the creation, life, and transformation of Sosúa from an abandoned plantation to a refuge to hundreds of Jews. Fees. For more: www.mjhnyc.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
- Continuing the Conversation: Survivor Families Into the Future, An Evolution of Self and Relationships, 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
- June 15, 2008, Greater Chicago Jewish Film Festival, Skokie, IL
- As part of the Greater Chicago Jewish Festival, the Association of Descendants of the Shoah - IL, Inc. will have a table. Please visit them. You can also purchase a copy of The Holocaust Survivor Cookbook. For more information: tzippy_chs@sbcglobal.net
- 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, 6:15 p.m. – Silver Theater, Silver Spring, MD
- AFI / Discovery Channel Documentary Festival presents: Four Seasons Lodge. The film documents the traditions, lifelong friendships, and collective memory of the Holocaust survivors who, since 1979, have spent summers together at the Four Seasons Lodge in New York’s Catskill mountains. For more: www.silverdocs.com/festival/films/2008/four-seasons-lodge/
- 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 18, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – home of JoAnn David-Kasden, Framingham, MA
- Holocaust book club meeting will discuss The Eyes are the Same by Susan Gold. For more information about the book group, please contact Patrice at: (617) 522-7199 or patriceandpete@comcast.net. The group meets in members’ homes all over the Boston area.
- June 18, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
- Holocaust Council of MetroWest Real to Reel film series: Black Book. Light refreshments will follow. Please RSVP to holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or 973-929-3194
- June 18, 2008 & June 19, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – Brigantine Library, 201 15th Street South, Brigantine, NJ
- 11th annual Holocaust Memorial Program: Presentation of the one-woman play Janka, the true story of author Oscar Speace's mother's Holocaust experience. A dessert buffet will be served. Due to limited seating, tickets are required, but will be provided free of charge. Please call the library at (609) 266-0110 to reserve tickets for either night.
- June 20 - July 30, 2008 – Long Island GLBT Community Center, Bay Shore, NY
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibition, Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals: 1933-1945. For more information: www.ushmm.org.
- June 22, 2008, Time: TBD – JCC in Manhattan, Amsterdam Avenue at 76th St, New York, NY
- Join us in celebrating the 3G New York second annual intergenerational brunch. Enjoy great food, connect with others and learn a little more about our organization – its past events and where it's going. More details soon: www.3gnewyork.org
- June 22,2008, 5:30 p.m. – Silver Theater, Silver Spring, MD
- AFI / Discovery Channel Documentary Festival presents: Four Seasons Lodge. The film documents the traditions, lifelong friendships, and collective memory of the Holocaust survivors who, since 1979, have spent summers together at the Four Seasons Lodge in New York’s Catskill mountains. For more: www.silverdocs.com/festival/films/2008/four-seasons-lodge/
- June 24, 2008, 12:00 noon – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
- Holocaust Council of MetroWest: Lunch and Learn with Holocaust survivor Regina Weiss. Please bring a dairy lunch. Beverage and cookies provided. RSVP and information, holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or 973-929-3194
- June 25, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
- First Person program with featured speaker Louise Lawrence-Israels. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson
- June 26, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC First Person program with featured speaker Susan Taube. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson
- June 28 – August 31, 2008 – Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland
- Exhibit: Letters to Sala: A Young Woman's Life in Nazi Labor Camps, a compelling collection of rare Holocaust-era letters and photographs that are part of the collections of The New York Public Library, opens at the annual Jewish Festival in Krakow. For more information contact Kate Craddy at the Galicia Jewish Museum: 0048 12 421 68 42, kate@galiciajewishmuseum.org or the exhibition curator, Jill Vexler: 212-505-6427, jill@jillvexler.com
- 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
- July 1, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC First Person program with featured speaker Leon Merrick. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson
- July 2, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC First Person program with featured speaker Emanuel (Manny) Mandel. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson
- July 5, 2008 to July 27, 2008 – Arkansas State University, State University, AR
- 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.
- July 8, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC First Person program with featured speaker Estelle Laughlin. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson
- July 9, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC First Person program with featured speaker Regina and Sam Spiegel. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson
- July 16, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC First Person program with featured speaker David Bayer. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson
- July 23, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC First Person program with featured speaker Manya Friedman. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson
- July 29, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC First Person program with featured speaker Alfred Traum. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson
- July 30, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC First Person program with featured speaker Esther Starobin. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson
- August 2 - 31, 2008 – Garland County Public Library, Hot Springs, AR
- 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.
- August 6, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC First Person program with featured speaker Catherine Liner. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson
- August 9 – September 30, 2008 – University of Vermont Living/Learning Gallery with Outright Vermont, Burlington, VT
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibition, Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals: 1933-1945. For more information: www.ushmm.org.
- August 6, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC First Person program with featured speaker Izak Danon. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson
- August 6, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC First Person program with featured speaker Haim Solomon. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson
- August 6, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC First Person program with featured speaker Gideon Frieder. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson
- September 14, 2008, 1:30 p.m. – Maurice Levin Theater, Leon and Toby Cooperman JCC, Ross Family Campus, West Orange, NJ
- Cafe Europa: The Holocaust Survivors Friendship Society Second Annual Community Celebration, featuring the Folksbiene Yiddish Theater Troupe, performing classic songs and sketches, with English subtitles. Dessert reception at 1:30, performance at 2:30 p.m. For information/reservations, please contact Sylvia Heller at 973-765-9050, ext.262 or sheller@jfsmetronj.org.
FYI: For your information
- FYI… To obtain arrival cards from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS): http://hias.org/files/u1/Documents/arrival_card_request_eng.pdf. Note: there is a $30 fee
- FYI… ORT America’s Alumni Association is seeking former students, many who were trained throughout Europe after the conclusion of WWII and those that attended an ORT school recently. If you or a member of your family has attended an ORT school, no matter where or when, we would love to hear about your experiences and how ORT has impacted your life. Every former student is very important to us so please contact Annette Holland at our Boca Ration Office 888-802-6088, or email jbmazafl@aol.com or aholland@ortamerica.org.
- FYI… The DNA Shoah Project is building a database of genetic material from Holocaust survivors and their immediate descendants in hopes of reuniting families disrupted by the Shoah (“Holocaust” in Hebrew). The Project aims to match displaced relatives, provide Shoah orphans and lost children with information about their biological families and, eventually, assist in the forensic identification of Holocaust-era remains. For more: http://public.arl.arizona.edu/shoah/
- FYI… JONAG is an independent organization representing the interests of the Dutch post-war generation. JONAG has given the second generation a face and voice for the first time. The group’s activities include meetings, a quarterly publication, establishing an information system, working with relevant organizations, etc. For more information: granny-een@hetnet.nl
- FYI… to learn more about the Jewish Partisan Education Foundation: www.jewishpartisans.org/
- FYI… to learn more about the Museum of Family History, a virtual, multimedia and interactive site dedicated to learning more about Jewish family trees: www.museumoffamilyhistory.com
- FYI... Articles in the news...
- Volunteer network aids Holocaust funds program
http://jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=19275- Survivors angry with reparations group on Holocaust Day
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042901605_pf.html- In dignity and in peace
www.washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=31&SubSectionID=29&ArticleID=8759&TM=46910.65- Memo to Holocaust restitution trustees: Needs will not end with death of last survivor
www.ijn.com/archive/2008%20arch/032808.htm#story1- Fight for survivors continues
- Claims Conference seeks to block documentary
- Claims Conference strikes back
http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108373.html- Claims Conference ups allocations
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108598.html- Balance Still Due on Holocaust
www2.nysun.com/article/75842- Clash Over Nazi-Era Policies
- Senate resolution on restitution planned
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108457.html- Holocaust survivors silenced for too long
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other_views/v-print/story/536657.html- Holocaust remembrance is about honoring the living, too
www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/35147/format/html/displaystory.html- Address for restitution
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1210668658474&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter- Archive of Nazi Documents Finally Opens Its Doors to the Public | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 30.04.2008
- Jerusalem Journal: Honoring Survival, and Gifts to a Nation
- Latvian president meets B'nai B'rith leaders
- Historic First: IDF Chief at Head of March to Auschwitz
- Israel at 60: born in war, still living by the sword
- Israel remembers the Holocaust
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080501israelholocaust.html- Israeli soldiers urged to study Holocaust
- Israel honors Holocaust victims with annual Remembrance Day
- Sirens wail in tribute to victims of Nazi genocide
- On its 60th birthday, Israel is still a Jekyll and Hyde nation
- Israel at Sixty: Ran HaCohen
- Happy birthday, Israel and Shalom
http://philosemitism.blogspot.com/2008/05/happy-birthday-israel-and-shalom-by_08.html- Never again... and again... and again
- Secretary of State Kenney Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with ...
- May 1: Fitting rituals and prayers
- In pictures: Holocaust remembrance
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7377382.stm- We are all survivors
www.jewishchronicle.org/article.php?article_id=18- "We want it to be remembered"
- Living, breathing miracles
www.washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=8754&TM=46712.71- ‘Names, Not Numbers’ Keeps Holocaust Memories Alive
www.thejewishweek.com/editors_column/c52/Editorial__Opinion/Gary_Rosenblatt.html- Holocaust atrocities 'beyond words' for Hamilton man
- Giving voice to the voiceless
- They chose to rebuild
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1208870533802- My father's will
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1208870533746- Holocaust torch-lighter tells of role in Eichmann op.
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1208870524063- You have to be sad, then happy
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/980264.html- Rescuer of Warsaw Ghetto children dies
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108510.html- Irena Sendler, Lifeline to Young Jews, Is Dead at 98
- Irena Sendler
- Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project
- Irena Sendler, Polish Holocaust Hero, Dies at 98
- Hallmark to produce TV movie on Holocaust heroine Irena Sendler
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/982918.html- The legacy of Holocaust rescuer Irena Sendler
- Jewish frat organizes remembrance walks
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080430EpsilonHolocaust04302008.html- Holocaust Trivialization
www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=3&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=253&PID=0&IID=2101&TTL=Holocaust_Trivialization- Butterflies to remember Holocaust children
http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=98a21c2657572283&-session=TheDailyNews:42F946750a6d438431gNG33362E1- Germany bans Holocaust denial groups
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108444.html- Holocaust historians blast MFA stance in legal dispute
www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/05/28/holocaust_historians_blast_mfa_stance_in_legal_dispute/- Hitler dolls reportedly on sale in Ukraine
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108311.html- Shabbat in Auschwitz
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/978774.html- From Auschwitz, a Torah as strong as its spirit - International Herald Tribune
- Nazi Hunters Publish Most-Wanted List
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126029- Concentration camp doctor tops list of 10 most-wanted Nazis
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_re_eu/nazi_hunting- Israeli doctors call for ban on calling condition by name of Nazi physician
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1210668669107- German group awards Nazi doctor
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108798.html- Berlin, Germany - Nazi Euthanasia Doctor Gets Award From Medical Association
www.vosizneias.com/16460/2008/05/27/berlin-germany-nazi-euthanasia-doctor-gets-award-from-medical-association/- As perpetrators die out, push to collect Nazi stories
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200804280428nazipast.html- Digital World: For a Holocaust wiki
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1208870518968- Herzog to spotlight fate of disabled Shoah victims
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1208870524545- McGuinty Government Honours Holocaust Survivors
- Groups rap film's Holocaust linkage
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108321.html- Candidate addresses neo-Nazis
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108330.html- German leader urges new 'Mein Kampf'
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108327.html- Center near Hiroshima educates the Japanese on Holocaust
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080429japanyomhashoah04282008.html- Truth or Dare A childhood obsession with the Holocaust
www.nextbook.org/cultural/feature.html?id=826- Holocaust survivor, Dallas museum founder to speak in Waco
- Finding hope in a concentration-camp opera
- Waldorf grads ready to head to ‘real world'
- Riding to remember the Shoah
- Israeli, Polish children fly kites over Warsaw
- News in Brief
- A Hidden Holocaust Torah’s Tale
- Upcoming Holocaust rememberance
- Songs honor Holocaust victims
- UNCW launches lecture series on Holocaust
- Children's Theatre handles Holocaust with striking honesty
www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/stage/chi-ovn_0415hanaapr15,1,174995.story- Citizens help Holocaust survivors
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1208870487472- Holocaust Survivor, Famous Israeli Accordionist, Tells Story ...
- Holocaust survivor to speak at UCO
- The indestructible spirit of Holocaust survivors
- Winton Train to retrace route of kindertransport that saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish children
www.radio.cz/en/article/104187- Holocaust Shoe Project: That We Never Forget
http://denver.yourhub.com/KenCaryl/Stories/Goings-on/General/Story~462895.aspx- Survivor tells of Holocaust
- Holocaust Survivors Remember
- Fleeing Nazis: Live to tell
- Daughter of Holocaust Survivors Remembers
- New life for survival story
www.northjersey.com/news/religion/18755384.html- Letters: No Middle East peace without respect history
- Museum recalls Holocaust horror, Jewish heritage
- Holocaust Museum evocative highlight at open house
- Neo is derived from a Greek word Neos
- ‘Hidden children’ relate stories of Shoa survival
- Authors recount Nazi horrors
- Remembering the Holocaust
- Children's gallery in the works at Holocaust museum
- Louisville students learn about value of life by studying Holocaust
- B’nai B’rith to honor Suzyn Schwebel Epstein as Guardian of Menorah
- 'Vigilante Justice via the Media'
- German War Guilt and the Jewish State
http://digg.com/political_opinion/WSJ_com_German_War_Guilt_and_the_Jewish_State_5_14_08- Pinking Tel Aviv
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1210668642440&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull- Fla. lawmakers back Holocaust center
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108560.html- Officials seek to prosecute rightist Le Pen
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108451.html- Polish Holocaust legend dies
- Holocaust survivors in Houston saluted
- Memorial Tribute to Dr. Stephen Feinstein
- Five Best
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB120917314367946677-lMyQjAxMDI4MDE5MTExNzEzWj.html- Catholic Auschwitz Survivor Wages War Against “Holocaust Ignorance”
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2929- Musicians to premiere Holocaust oratorio in Europe
- A Protestant town's 'conspiracy of good' in Vichy France
- Polish pres.: Israeli kids should study pre-WWII Poland
- Teacher of 'unteachables' gives Vancouver talk
- Complicated, poignant film 'Fugitive Pieces' tells story of 9-year-old survivor
www.washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=27&SubSectionID=25&ArticleID=8833&TM=34386.41- He saved thousands of Jews Exhibit honors Chinese consul in Vienna in '30s
http://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=27&SubSectionID=25&ArticleID=8829&TM=34506.41- '08 Holocaust Art & Writing Contest
- US Professor denied entry into Israel
www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=16087- Obama: Uncle served in Buchenwald
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108787.html- What to make of Obama’s concentration camp mix-up
- Holocaust memorial unveiled in DokshytsyAnd, so he sang to the children
http://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=8878&SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4- Books for Breakfast
http://sdjewishjournal.com/stories/xarchive.php?id=602- Beilin and Gafni parry over separation of religion and state
- President Kaczynski meets President Peres
- Fifth swastika found on N. Dakota campus
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108659.html- U.S. Supreme Court denies Demjanjuk appeal
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108637.html- Zentai extradition hearing set www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108676.html
- Leave Hitler Out of It www.slate.com/id/2191698/
- Three Universities Bringing Holocaust Oratorio to Europe
- Ready to take off
- The latest Hagee flap: Did McCain backer blame Jews for the Holocaust?
- Hagee, McCain part ways
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108714.html- Panel formed to discuss memoir hoax's aftermath
www.thejewishadvocate.com/this_weeks_issue/news/?content_id=4984- Holocaust Trivialization
www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/article.php?id_article=1706- New books, film find hidden hero of Holocaust
www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=1897- Far-Right NPD Appoints Holocaust Denier as Vice President
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3358938,00.html- FM: Palestinians will be independent when they stop using word 'nakba'
- History lesson; Students to get glimpse of Holocaust during Washington museum visit
- Hamas: Jews Planned Holocaust to Kill Handicapped Among Them
- Hamas Adds 'Sinister Twist' to Holocaust Denial
www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200805/FOR20080501b.html- FYI… a video Yom Hashoah message: JerusalemOnline – Daily Video News from Israel
- FYI… to see an interview with Google’s Sergei Brin where he talks about the Holocaust-denying website JewWatch.com: www.jerusalemonline.com/specials13.asp
- FYI… Some sections of the documentary film A Generation Apart are available online: YouTube - A Generation Apart - Growing Up In A Family of Survivors
- FYI… Joshua B. Bolten, White House Chief of Staff, spoke during Days of Remembrance on the moral obligation to bear witness: Do Not Stand Silent: Remembering Kristallnacht 1938:
www.ushmm.org/remembrance/dor/years/view_speech.php?content=2008&speech=bolten&tr=y&auid=3676003- FYI… Searching: For a reunion of Holocaust Survivors in Germany this summer, the "Boys from Kloster Indersdorf" would like to find at least one of the "Girls" who were with them in the "International D.P. Children's Center Kloster Indersdorf" after liberation in 1945.
Here are some of the people who they are hoping to find at the reunion:
Halina Bryks, born about 1930, mother Hafa Gruszkiewicz, Poland, father Lejbusz
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Margot Krakauer, born about 1930
Nina Krieger, born about 1932, stepmother Sara Freiman, German, father Salomon
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Jaceta and Laia Rajnsztajn, born about 1931 and 1927, mother Faigla Springer, Poland, father Herszel, sisters of Maier and Samuel Rajnsztajn
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Magda Rozsahegyi, born about 1930, mother Hermina Meth, Hungary, father Erno
Sinaida Grussman, born about 1937 in Lithuania or Roumania
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Nelli Jussen, born about 1930, mother Rifka Rawer, father from Austria
http://zbdachau.de/unrra/jussem_nelli.jpg
Suri Lachmanovivz, born about 1931, mother Dori Steinberg, Czech, father Iszak, Czech
Please, contact Anna Andlauer (andlauer@onlinehome.de) if you are one of these survivors or know any of them.- FYI… European Resistance Archive – New Internet Source on Oral History of Anti-Nazi Resistance
This archive (www.resistance-archive.org) features video interviews with protagonists of European anti-nazi resistance from Poland, Slovenia, Austria, Italy, Germany and France – with more countries yet to be covered. An interactive map showing the most important locations of resistance and repression represents each country. There are now 20 video interviews– each one around one hour, directly viewable through an integrated web player and featuring selectable subtitles. Interviews may be browsed by key words and are also available as bilingual transcripts, making them quotable sources for scholars.- FYI… A new web-based initiative to combat the growing wave of hate and terror sites was launched by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. You can make a difference by reporting a terror or hate posting to the Center’s team of Internet experts at ireport@wiesenthal.com who will share the data with the Internet provider and when appropriate, with law enforcement or the authorities.
- FYI… New temporary exhibition at the Shoah Memorial in Paris: Clandestine Immigration of Jews from France to Palestine, ALYAH BETH. This exhibit tells the story of survivors of the Holocaust from all over Europe who, after World War II, tried to reach Eretz Israel from France. It notably underlines the role played by liberated France in this clandestine exodus, as well as its support to the networks of illegal immigration and its role in the birth of the State of Israel. An overview of the exhibition (in French), plus access to some of the archive documents, is at the following link: www.memorialdelashoah.org/upload/minisites/alyah/index.htm and www.memorialdelashoah.org/upload/minisites/alyah/autour1.htm. This includes presentations of new films and books, a conference, a meeting with former passengers of the Exodus, as well as a vast program of films about “the building of the State of Israel in Israeli cinema”.
- FYI… Last Days of The Four Seasons is a portrait of a unique but nearly extinct culture - the last of the Catskill Mountain bungalow colonies created by and for Holocaust survivors. Photographed and recorded at The Four Seasons Lodge in summer 2006 and 2007, this photo, audio and text exhibition balances between the now and then, telling the uplifting stories of people who, even after witnessing the complete destruction of their world, have chosen to reclaim life, love, and a sense of place from the ashes. This exhibit will premiere at The Breman Museum in Atlanta in April 2009. To see more images, an exhibit preview, or to book this exhibit please visit http://lastdaysofthefourseasons.com or contact Rick Nahmias Photography at 818.782.9036.
- FYI… to learn more about the Survivor volunteers at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum: www.ushmm.org/remembrance/survivoraffairs/meet
- FYI… Granddaughter of survivors, Amy Toporek, is currently starring in the National Touring Company’s production of Hairspray. There will be performances in June in San Francisco. For more information: http://hairsprayontour.com
- Volunteer network aids Holocaust funds program
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