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Generations of the Shoah International Newsletter
September 2009
gsi@genshoah.org
www.genshoah.org
Dear Members and Friends,
This month we mark the 70th anniversary of the beginning of World War II. For those of us in the survivor community it is hard to believe so much time has passed but it is heartening that there is growing interest in education and commemoration. We thank the educators who teach Holocaust studies to new generations and also thank the fine people who do such wonderful work creating and maintaining museums and memorials.
In recent weeks we have noted a disturbing trend in the US. The use of Nazi imagery to degrade other Americans or to draw attention to one’s self for publicity is deeply painful to members of the Holocaust survivor community. These activities diminish all of us, regardless of political affiliation. There are several articles on this in the FYI section below.
On a happier note, we are delighted to announce the addition of a new member to the GSI Coordinating Council. Dr. Doris Schwarz-Lisenbee is the Chair, Second and Third Generation Programs Silicon Valley Holocaust Survivor Association and Chair of Holocaust Education and Outreach, JCRC of Silicon Valley. Please visit our website to learn more about Doris and her work in Northern California.
Our best wishes for the New Year! May this be a year of health, peace and prosperity. Now might be a good time for people to make donations to the Holocaust-related organization / institution of your choice. Please remember there are Holocaust survivors in need so think about donating to your local Jewish Social Service agencies. GSI does not seek or accept donations. Membership is free, as is membership in our online chat / networking Facebook group.
We encourage you to join the hundreds of people who have become members of our GSI Facebook group. This is a resource for everyone in the survivor community to network: introduce yourself, make new friends and connections, find people from your family's home town (landsmen) in Europe, look for family and friends that got lost during / after the Shoah, etc. Meet your brothers and sisters in the survivor community and see what you have in common and discuss matters of interest. It is free and you have direct contact with each other. This group is what YOU make of it. To join Facebook: www.facebook.com. Facebook members can visit us: http://tinyurl.com/clhxsf.
Kristallnacht commemorations are coming so please send us your program information so we can include it in the next edition of the newsletter.
Generations of the Shoah International (GSI)
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For event submissions: www.genshoah.org/contact_gsi.html. Please fill out the information requested in the text areas and submit it to us at gsi@genshoah.org. Kindly do not to wait until the last minute. Send us your information later than the 23rd of the month month if you wish for it to appear in the upcoming month’s issue.
Visit our GSI website at www.genshoah.org for updated information on new books, films, helpful links to Holocaust-related organizations and institutions, etc. Survivors, their children and grandchildren are welcome to post contact information for their local groups on our website.
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RESTITUTION
On June 2 and 3, 2009, the Federal Social Court in Germany issued very favorable decisions regarding what constitutes "voluntary work" and "remuneration" as those terms pertain to the rules used to determine ghetto pensions eligibility. As a result, many more survivors (but certainly not all) will now be eligible for ghetto pensions. For those whose ghetto pension applications were denied, we have learned that the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Nord (the German Social Security Authority) will automatically review all rejected applications, with the oldest survivors' applications being reviewed first. It is expected that the review process will be completed within one year. Because the process will be initiated by the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Nord itself, no motion or petition is required by survivors. This is the latest information that we have, and we will keep you apprised of any changes.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
From Yad Vashem
On August 27, 2009 the German newspaper Bild presented the original architectural plans of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for safekeeping at Yad Vashem. The collection of 29 documents will be displayed at Yad Vashem in January 2010, marking 65 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. Dated between 1941 and 1943, the architectural plans show details for expanding the camp, including the addition of a crematorium and a gas chamber. They have been authenticated by experts from Germany's Federal Archives.
Discovered last year in Berlin, and acquired by Bild, the sketches include plans for a purification building, which was never built, with a gas chamber; Crematorium II + III from November 1941; a plan for a building to contain corpses; a sketch of the now-iconic entry way to the Birkenau death camp; a sketch for plans, which were partially completed, to expand Auschwitz I; an initial plan for Birkenau from October 1941; and a plan for a huge headquarters building, that was never carried out. Some of the documents bear notes in the margins, or signatures by senior Nazis, including Himmler. Copies of some of these documents exist in other archives, and were previously known, but as a whole these are significant historical records.
The International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen, Germany
To see the ITS newsletter online: www.its-arolsen.org/index.php?L=1&id=144
The International Task Force'snewly reconstructed website is up and running www.holocausttaskforce.org.
From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
- View our Twitter feed (and become a follower) at http://twitter.com/holocaustmuseum
- Check out our Facebook page and become a “fan” at http://tinyurl.com/c4ydrb
- Watch our videos and subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/ushmm.
- Find out more about what the Museum is doing on Itunes U at www.ushmm.org/podcast/itunes
- Are you an avid online bookmark collector? Would you like to access your bookmarks from any computer or share them with friends? Join delicious and add the Holocaust Museum to your network: http://delicious.com/HolocaustMuseum
For those who want to try something a little out of the ordinary, try teleporting to our island in Second Life to learn more about Kristallnacht. http://snurl.com/7r1i6. Download the program and create an account in three easy steps. Also, National Public Radio host Scott Simon reflects on the tragic events of June 10 at the Museum: Antisemitism thrives on ignorance and fear
The University of Vienna announces the online release of the Memorial Book for the Victims of National Socialism at the University of Vienna in 1938 at http://gedenkbuch.univie.ac.at, for English: http://gedenkbuch.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=435&L=2
Following the advent of the national-socialist regime1938, more than 2,700 mostly Jewish affiliates of the University of Vienna were dismissed and subsequently driven away and/or murdered for 'racial' and/or 'political' reasons. The online data base includes roughly 2,200 names and short biographies. 1,770 of the approximately 2,230 expelled students have been identified by name thus far, as well as 234 graduates whose academic credentials were invalidated, and approximately 200 professors and lecturers who were dismissed. The memorial book records all the names known to date, as well as their year of birth and faculty; for lecturers, the subject they taught; for academic titles rescinded during the national-socialist regime the graduation year, in addition to their degree.
From the State of Texas
On Aug. 18, 2009 Gov. Rick Perry ceremonially signed Senate Bill (SB) 482, which creates the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission to help preserve information and experiences of the Holocaust and other genocide events. The bill, which was initiated and backed by Holocaust Museum Houston, was passed unanimously by both the Texas House of Representatives and Texas Senate. The legislation takes effect Sept. 1, 2009. For more information: www.hmh.org/article.asp?id=251&press=true
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
- 2009 Wyman Institute National Conference
The Failure to Bomb Auschwitz: History, Politics, Controversy - September 13, 2009 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Fordham University Law School, 140 West 62 St., New York City - For more: wymaninstitute.org/
- Finding Refuge: The Holocaust and Latin America
- October 1, 2009 8:15 am -3:15 pm
- College of St. Elizabeth, Annunciation Center
2 Convent Rd., Morristown, NJ - www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/100109ref.pdf
- 9th Middle Tennessee State University Holocaust Studies Conference
- October 22-24, 2009
- Murfreesboro, TN
- For more: www.mtsu.edu/holocaust_studies/conference.shtml
- The Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference
- Holocaust Education in the 21st Century: Religious and Cultural Perspectives
- October 25 – 27, 2009
- Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
- For more: kaylor@setonhill.edu
- World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust Conference
- October 30 – November 2, 2009
- Newton, MA
- For more: www.wfjcsh.org
- The Global Impact of the Holocaust: 70 Years Later
- November 14 – 15, 2009
- Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA
- For more: www.holyfamily.edu/sas/holocaust/
- You are the Messengers to a Time I Will Not See:
A Conversation with Gerda Weissmann Klein Videoconference - December 1, 2009 * 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET
- December 17, 2009 * 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET Supporting Your Students in their Service Learning Projects: Teacher Workshop Videoconference
- December - March: Student Service Learning Projects
- March 24, 2010 * 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Service Project Celebration: Student Sharing Videoconference Event. For more information / registration: www.magpi.net/programs/klein.html. For information: http://kleinfoundation.org/contact/
- 40th Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches
- March 6 – 8, 2010
Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA - For information: www.sju.edu/academics/cas/resources/holocaust/ or e-mail asc@sju.edu
- Bearing Witness: Memory, Representation, and Pedagogy
in the Post-Holocaust Age - April 12-13, 2010
Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA - Call for Papers: Please send a 1-2 page, double-spaced abstract and CV by October 30, 2009 to: Petra Schweitzer, Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Holocaust Studies, Shenandoah University, 1460 University Drive, Henkell 213, Winchester, VA 22601 or email to: pschweit@su.edu
- Lessons and Legacies XI
- Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
November 4-7, 2010 - Interested scholars are invited to present proposals for individual papers or entire panels by October 31, 2009. Proposals should be sent by email to Professor Frank Nicosia, University of Vermont (francis.nicosia@uvm.edu), and Professor Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College (susannah.heschel@dartmouth.edu). For more information: sbrown-fleming@ushmm.org, schilling@denison.edu, or hearl@sympatico.ca
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
- Generation to Generation: Bearers of the Holocaust and Heroism Legacy
- 3rd Seminar on "Witnesses of the Witnesses”
November 4, 2009 6:00 p.m.
Diaspora Museum, Israel - For information and registration: Tel: 054-2279775 or billie@laniado.co.il
- Symposium: Holocaust Survivors: Stories of Resilience
- November 12, 2009 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Perkins Prothro Great Hall -- Theology Quad – Southern Methodist University campus
Dallas, TX - A panel comprised of Holocaust historians, educators, and survivors, gerontologists, social workers and pastoral care clergy will discuss findings from a study on resilience, forgiveness, and survivorship among older Holocaust survivors, as described by the participants of a recent mixed methods national study of 133 Holocaust survivors aged 68 to 90. For more: http://smu.edu/humanrights/Calendar%20of%20Upcoming%20Events.html
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Now - November, 2009 – Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland
- Exhibitions: They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust, featuring the art of Mayer Kirshenblatt, recording Jewish life in a pre-war Polish town as seen through the eyes of an inquisitive boy. Also, Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman photographs taken in eastern Poland (now Belarus) during WWII. For more: www.galiciajewishmuseum.org
- Now - November 15, 2009, Hawn Gallery, Hamon Arts Library, SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX
- Loli Kantor Photography Exhibit: There Was a Forest: Jews in Eastern Europe Today. The exhibit documents the disappearing population of Holocaust survivors and their lives within the vanishing shtetls of Eastern Europe and also offers a glimpse into the reemergence of Jewish life and culture that is beginning to transform some of the larger communities. For more: http://smu.edu/humanrights/Calendar of UpcomingEvents.html
- Now - January 3, 2010 – Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX
- Exhibit: A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People
A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People is an interactive experience that allows visitors to follow in John Paul II's footsteps from his childhood to his role as head of the world's largest church. For more: www.hmh.org
- Now – January 4, 2010 – Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY
- Exhibit: Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges: explores the challenges of life in the segregated South. For more information: www.mjhnyc.org/college/index.html
- Now – February 7, 2010 – Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX
- Exhibit: Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews during the Holocaust, the heroic stories of Albanian Muslims who saved Jews - those of Albanian origin and refugees alike - from extermination during WWII despite great danger to themselves. For more: www.hmh.org.
- Now - February 14, 2010 – South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibit: Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race.
For more: www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/traveling/details/index.php?type=current&content=deadly_medicine
- September 1, 2009 – Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland
- 70th Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War II: All-day multimedia screening of photographs and archival materials from September 1939. Fees. Note: Also shown from 20.00 until midnight outside the Jewish Community Centre ul. Miodowa 24. For more: www.galiciajewishmuseum.org
- September 1, 2009, 12:30 p.m. – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
- Holocaust Council of MetroWest: Bagels and Books: discussion of Sarah's Key- by Tatiana de Rosnay, a compelling portrait of occupied Paris revealing the taboos and silence that surround the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup. RSVP / information: holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or 973-929-3194.
- September 2, 2009, 6:30 p.m. – Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX
- Survivor Al Marks and his daughter Karen Marks Aarons will perform A Journey of Musical Memories. Fees. Limited seating, reservations required: www.hmh.org/register.asp
- September 3 - October 19, 2009 – International Tracing Service, Bad Arolsen, Germany
- Exhibit: Private Tolkatchev at the Gates of Hell, reproductions of paintings and drawings by the Russian-Jewish soldier and artist Zinovii Tolkatchev. For more: http://www.its-arolsen.org
- September 6, 2009, 1:00 p.m. – Temple Judeah Mizpah, 8610 Niles Center Rd, Skokie, IL
- Celebration of Life Luncheon for survivors and their descendants. Fees. For more information: Felicia Zieff at 847-674-5189
- September 6, 2009, 17.00 – Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland
- 70th anniversary anniversary of the occupation of Krakow: Krakow residents Maria Nowak and Rena Dietrich (recipients of the Righteous Among the Nations award) and Henryk Czubaj (former prisoner of Sachsenhausen concentration) will discuss their memories of September 1939 and the arrival of the German army in Krokow. For more: www.galiciajewishmuseum.org
- September 6, 2009 , 19.00 – Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland
- Poetry in Theatre: It happened in September. Images of the war through the poetry of Baczynski, Milosz, Galczynski and Broniewski, as performed by actors Katarzyna Nowak and Jan Korwin-Kochanowski. Piano accompaniment by Monika Bylica. Fees. In Polish. For more: www.galiciajewishmuseum.org
- September 9, 2009, 7:00 reception, 7:30 p.m. program –Hughes-Trigg Student Center Forum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
- Holocaust Legacies: Shoah as Turning Point, Opening Event and Reception.
Opening panel discussion with Elliott Dlin (Executive Director of the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance), Chris Anderson, Janis Bergman-Carton, and Tom Mayo, moderated by Rick Halperin. For more: www.smu.edu/human rights
- September 10, 2009, 6:00 p.m. – 38 Crosby St., Suite 5R, New York, NY
- Multimedia program: Speaking Truth to Power. As part of the commemoration of Anne Frank’s 80th birthday, Dr. Jud Newborn compares the uncanny similarities of the diary entries of Sophie Scholl and Anne Frank. 212-431-7993, www.annefrank.com www.judnewborn.com
- September 10, 2009, 6:00 p.m. – Goethe-Institut Chicago, 150 N. Michigan Ave. Ste. 200, Chicago, IL
- Program: My Germany: A Jewish Writer Returns to the World His Parents Escaped with author Lev Raphael, author of fiction and essays about the lives of children of Holocaust survivors (The Second Generation). RSVP: lux@chicago.goethe.org
- September 10, 2009, 3:30 p.m. – Gorman Faculty Lounge, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
- History Professor Jan Gross, Princeton University, will speak on the popular reception in Poland to his books Neighbors and Fear. For more: www.smu.edu/human rights
- September 10, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – Hughes-Trigg Student Center Forum, SMU, Dallas, TX
- The Killing and Plunder of the Jews by Their Neighbors in Nazi-Occupied Poland. For more: www.smu.edu/human rights
- September 11, 2009, 6:00 p.m. – O'Donnell Lecture Hall, SMU, Dallas, TX
- Exhibit by Loli Kantor There Was a Forest: Jews in Eastern Europe Today. TA reception will follow the lecture at 7 p.m. at Taubman Atrium, Meadows School of the Arts. Note: exhibit location: SMU Hamon Arts Library Gallery. For more: www.smu.edu/human rights
- September 12, 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. – Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX
- Houston Museum District Day. Guided tours and special workshops. Holocaust survivors will speak at 11 am and 2 pm. Free. For more: www.hmh.org
- September 13, 2009, 1:00 p.m. – YIVO Institute at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St, New York, NY
- Annual Nusakh VilneYizker & Memorial Lecture, celebrating 56 years since the founding of the landsmanshaft, with guest speaker David G. Roskies, Professor of Jewish Literature, Jewish Theological Seminary. RSVP: 212.294.6140, nmonasch@yivo.cjh.org. www.yivo.org/events/index.phphttp://www.yivo.org/events/index.php
- September 13, 2009, 2:00 p.m. – Grace Allen Room, 4th Floor, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
- Film: Korczak, about the last days of the Polish pedagogue and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war. Speakers: Cornelis Boterbloem, Ph.D., USF Professor of History & Clinician; John Hartman, Ph.D., Psychologist/Psychoanalyst. For more: Bonnie@AceWalker.com
- September 13, 2009, 4:00 p.m. – Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX
- Survivor Al Marks and his daughter Karen Marks Aarons will perform A Journey of Musical Memories. Fees. Limited seating, reservations required: www.hmh.org/register.asp
- September 14, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, A Radio Play by Meyer Levin. Levin’s play will be performed for the first time since 1952, followed by a panel discussion with authors Cynthia Ozick, Neil Baldwin, and others. Fees. For more information: www.mjhnyc.org/safrahall/visit_safra_hall.htm
- September 15, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave at 34th St., New York, NY
- Lecture: On Schindler’s List with Leon Leyson, the youngest survivor on that list. Fees. To purchase tickets: www.chabadmidtown.com or call 212-972-0770.
- September 16, 2009, 1:00 p.m. – Illinois Holocaust Museum, Skokie, IL
- Program: Profile of Courage: An Interview with Tibor Rubin, Hungarian survivor of the Mauthausen concentration camp who immigrated to the US, fought in the Korean War and was captured by the Chinese. For courage and bravery while a prisoner of war, he was awarded the Medal of Honor by President George W. Bush. Space is limited - RSVP is required: email Kelley.Szany@ilhmec.org
- September 17, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – McCord Auditorium, SMU, Dallas, TX
- From the Nuremberg Code to the Belmont Report and the Final Rule: The Protection of Human Research Subjects in the 21st Century. Speaker: Prof. Thomas Beauchamp, Georgetown University (Philosophy and Kennedy Institute of Ethics), primary author of the Belmont Report. For more: www.smu.edu/human rights
- September 23, 2009, 3:00 p.m. – Center for Jewish History, 15 E. 16th St, New York, NY
- Samuel & Flora Weiss Research Fellowship Memorial Lecture: Lessons and Legacies in Holocaust Survivor Families: Innovations in the Investigation of Intergenerational Responses. Speaker Dr. Hannah Klinger will discuss her study of communication about trauma within Holocaust survivor families, based on the research of the Transcending Trauma Project, which offers a more integrated view of how the trauma of the Holocaust can be an opportunity for transmitting resilience. Free, RSVP nkahn@yivo.cjh.org or 917-606-8290.
- September 24, 2009, 6:30 p.m. – Weiner Library, London, England
- Lecture: Before Auschwitz: Nazi Concentration Camps 1933-39 with Dr Nikolaus Wachsmann. Admission is free, RSVP on the website.
- September 24, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – Jewish Family Service of Bergen and North Hudson, 1485 Teaneck Road, Teaneck, NJ
- Teaneck Second Generation group meeting will discuss: Renewal: Moving Forward, Letting Go. Free of charge, advance registration preferred. For questions or to register, please call 201-837-9090 or e-mail thelivingroom@jfsbergen.org
- September 30 - November 30, 2009 – Loudoun Public Library, Leesburg, VA
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibit: Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings. For more information: www.ushmm.org.
- September 30, 2009, 7:30 p.m. – Douglass Campus Center, 100 George St, New Brunswick, NJ
- Beyond Anne Frank: Hidden Children and Postwar Families in Holland, with author Diane L. Wolf, Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Jewish Studies Program at UC Davis. For more: http://jewishstudies.rutgers.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=312&Itemid=208 Please RSVP by email csjlrsvp@rci.rutgers.edu or phone 732-932-2033
- October 2, 2009 – New York's Cinema Village, New York, NY
- As Seen Through These Eyes, directed by Hilary Helstein and narrated by Maya Angelou, celebrates the art work created by children who were imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps, including Simon Wiesenthal. For times and more information, go to: www.AsSeenThroughTheseEyes.com
- October 8, 2009, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. – The 6th Floor Museum, Dealey Plaza, 411 Elm Street, Dallas, TX
- Beyond the Victim Monument with speaker Professor Kirk Savage, University of Pittsburgh, author of Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monuments in Nineteenth-Century America. For more: http://smu.edu/humanrights/Calendar%20of%20Upcoming%20Events.html
- October 9, 2009, 11:00 a.m. – 3rd floor classroom, Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
- Meeting followed by lunch for all children of Holocaust survivors and refugees. If you can’t attend, but would like to have input – please email Bonnie@AceWalker.com with suggestions for what you would like to see from Generations After, how you would like to be involved with Generations After and with the Florida Holocaust Museum, what you see as the role of Generations After, or anything else you would like to propose.
- October 10, 2009, 2:00 p.m. – Seattle Art Museum’s Plestcheeff Auditorium, 1300 First Avenue, Seattle, WA
- The Music of Remembrance free Sparks of Glory concert-with-commentary Camp Songs. For more information visit: www.musicofremembrance.org/
- October 14, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY
- Racial Laws: Nuremberg and Jim Crow. Leading academics Robert Burt, Jonathan Holloway, and Henry Feingold will examine whether the Nuremberg and Jim Crow laws were motivating factors in the alliance between American Jews and blacks from World War II through the Civil Rights era. Fees. For more, www.mjhnyc.org/safrahall/visit_safra_hall.htm
- October 18, 2009, 2:00 p.m. – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
- World premiere film: The Holocaust by Bullets. Father Patrick Desbois, author of The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews, will speak. Professional credits will be awarded to teachers who attend. For information and to RSVP, contact: holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or 973-929-3194>
- October 20, 2008 through July 26, 2009 – Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX
- A One-Man Army: The Art of Arthur Szyk: exhibition of the work of the Polish Jewish artist who escaped to the US in 1940 and used art as a weapon to garner support for the social and political issues in which he believed. For more: www.hmh.org
- October 22, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – Dallas Holocaust Museum, 211 N. Record Street #100, Dallas, TX
- The Holocaust in Contemporary Consciousness, Culture and Curriculum with speaker Elliott Dlin, Executive Director of the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance. A reception will follow the presentation. For more: http://smu.edu/humanrights/Calendar of Upcoming Events.html
- October 25, 2009, TBD – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
- Holocaust Council of MetroWest presents Meet the Authors Educators Conference with keynote speaker Jane Yolen, author of The Devil's Arithmetic and Briar Rose. Professional credits will be awarded to teachers who attend. For information and to RSVP, contact: holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or 973-929-3194.
- October 28, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY
- The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower: Complicity and Conflict on American Campuses. Professor Stephen H. Norwood will explore the indifferent and sometimes complicit attitudes of Ivy League and Seven Sisters schools toward the plight of European Jews. Fees. For more, www.mjhnyc.org/safrahall/visit_safra_hall.htm
- October 28, 2009, 7:30 p.m. – Learning Center Room 28, Drew University, Madison, NJ
- What Remains: Internationally acclaimed photojournalist Yuri Dojc presents his journey to Slovakia recording the stories of Slovak Jews who survived the Holocaust. Free. For more information or to RSVP, contact Drew Center for Holocaust/Genocide study at gsi@genshoah.org, 973/408-3600.
- October 30 to December 13, 2009 – Petaluma Historical Museum, Petaluma, CA
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibit: Schindler. For more information: www.ushmm.org.
- November 1, 2009, 2:00 p.m. – Maurice Levin Theatre, Cooperman JCC, West Orange, NJ
- Third Annual Cafe Europa Community Celebration featuring Joshua Nelson: The Prince of Kosher Gospel Music. Dessert reception following the concert. Fees, but free of charge for Café Europa of MetroWest participants. For ticket information, call 973-765-9050 ext. 262
- November 5, 2009, noon – Umphrey Lee Center Ballroom, SMU campus, Dallas, TX
- Lecture: Ethical Dilemmas Facing Defense Attorneys in War-Crime Trials by Professor Jenia Turner (SMU Dedman School of Law). For more: http://smu.edu/humanrights/Calendar of Upcoming Events.html
- November 5, 2009, 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. – Perkins Prothro Great Hall, Theology Quad, SMU campus, Dallas, TX
- God on Trial: The Meaning of the Shoah for Jewish and Christian Theology Today, screening and discussion of the film God on Trial with Rabbi Ari Perl, and Professor John Holbert. For more: http://smu.edu/humanrights/Calendar of Upcoming Events.html
- November 5, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – 333 SW 4th Ave., Boca Raton, FL
- Open meeting / program: documentary “The Danish Solution” Standing up to Evil – Scandinavia’s Response during the Holocaust with guest speaker Asa Loof, President, Swedish Women’s Educational Assn, Inc. Dessert reception. For more: www.nextgenerations.org
- November 8, 2009, 3:00 p.m. – B’nai Israel Congregation, 6301 Montrose Rd, Rockville, MD
- Kristallnacht commemoration with speaker Dr. Ann Millin, US Holocaust Memorial Museum. For more information: leli18@verizon.net
- November 9, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – Jewish Community Center, 5700 Park Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD
- Kristallnacht commemoration Keynote address: Reporting Kristallnacht: The Press and Propaganda in Germany and the United States by Dr. Ann Millin, US Holocaust Memorial Museum. For more information: jparmigiani@baltjc.org, www.baltjc.org
- November 9, 2009, 7:30 p.m. – Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, 200 University Street, Seattle, WA
- The Music of Remembrance Fall Concert: Cantillations . For more information and to order tickets visit www.musicofremembrance.org, or call 206-365-7770.
- November 10, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – Assembly Chamber, State House, Trenton, NJ
- State of New Jersey Kristallnacht Commemoration: An Evening of Remembrance, with New Jersey State officials and guest speaker Ernest Kaufman, Kristallnacht survivor. For information: www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/111009krist.pdf
- November 12, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. – Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, Drew University, Madison, NJ
- 17th Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration, Samuel Bak: Artist-Witness to the Holocaust, with keynote speaker Samuel Bak, workshops and exhibit. For more information, contact Drew Center for Holocaust/Genocide study at ctrholst@drew.edu.
- November 13, 2009 - February 1, 2010 – University of Louisville, Kornhauser Health Science Library, Louisville, KY
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibit: Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/traveling/details/index.php?type=current&content=deadly_medicine
- November 19, 2009, 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. – Perkins Prothro Great Hall, Theology Quad, SMU, Dallas, TX
- Music Out of the Ashes with SMU Professors Virginia Dupuy, Christopher Anderson and John Holbert. This lecture/performance will focus on Victor Ullmann’s “Der Kaiser von Atlantis,” an opera written in Theresienstadt but not performed until the 1970s. The evening will include scenes from the opera interspersed with commentary about the camp, the music, and the composer. For more: http://smu.edu/humanrights/Calendar of Upcoming Events.html
- November 23, 2009, 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. – Perkins Prothro Great Hall, Theology Quad, SMU, Dallas, TX
- Is Art Worth a Life? Hitler, War and the Monuments Men, an interactive presentation with Robert Edsel, author of Rescuing DaVinci and The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, co-producer of the documentary film Rape of Europa, and founding President of the Monuments Men Foundation, an organization dedicated to the recovery and preservation of Nazi-looted art. For more: http://smu.edu/humanrights/Calendar of Upcoming Events.html
- November 30, 2009, 7:50 p.m. – Wilkins Theater, Kean University, Union, NJ
- History and Catastrophe: The Secret Archives of the Warsaw Ghetto with Dr. Samuel Kassow, noted historian, author and Holocaust scholar. For more information, www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/113009ghetto.pdf
FYI: For your information
- FYI… The International Tracing Service (ITS) newsletter is online: www.its-arolsen.org/en/homepage/index.html
- FYI… From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
New Data to Google Earth Showing Twice as Many Destroyed Villages in Darfur MORE »
- A Time to Confront Hate: Officer's Legacy at Holocaust Museum, USA Today Op-Ed by Sara Bloomfield MORE »
- FYI… In light of the attack at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Klein Foundation, in cooperation with Teaching Tolerance / SPLC, has posted educational resources to address this horrific violence: www.tolerance.org/teach/current/event.jsp?ar=1080
- FYI… Auschwitz tattoo numbers survey/photography project.
The blurred lines of a serial number on a forearm are the image of the Holocaust. The tattoos of the survivors symbolize the brutality of the concentration camps. There is no official document that identifies the people who were subjected to having these numbers placed on their arms. With this project we are trying to visually document this barbaric happening. Please help us assemble information about as many people as possible. We need:- A photograph of the person showing their face and their tattoo
- Photo of the forearm with the number
- Close up of the number
- Full name, including maiden name if applicable, and city and country where the person lives now
- The tattoo number written clearly
- FYI… If you have a property claim that was denied by the Jewish Claims Conference and you feel this was done unjustly, please let us know. Visit our website at www.anschelandcompany.com or drop us an e-mail at info@anschelandcompany.com.
- FYI… To watch Stories of hope from the Holocaust courtesy of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation (http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/?en/): www.h2onews.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19544:h2onews&catid=49:profiles&Itemid=14
- FYI… Winton Train - Inspiration by Goodness: August 31 to September 4, 2009
The Winton Train will travel the original route from Prague to London travelled by the 669 Czech children saved by Sir Nicholas Winton. Descendants of children rescued by Winton, as well as young people and the winners of student contests, will be aboard the period carriages pulled by a steam locomotive. For More Details | Related Website - FYI… New Artifacts from Italian Partisan on Display at Holocaust Museum Houston
Freedom-fighter, war-hero and smuggler Hermann Wygoda's personal artifacts have been added to the permanent exhibit Bearing Witness: A Community Remembers. For more: www.hmh.org - FYI… Holocaust Film & Media Services is a resource for Holocaust-oriented film and media services which includes archival motion picture/video research of extensive topics ranging from pre-Holocaust era materials from Nazi propaganda films (1933-1945), newsreels and documentaries and additional non-fictional material produced during 1933-1945 including but not limited to the concentration camps and the Polish ghettos. We can also provide extensive historical research and foreign language materials (documents, books and manuscripts) as well as motion pictures and slides pertaining to the Holocaust. For more: www.holocaustfilmmedia.org
- FYI… For Yiddish music and comedy visit My Zeidi Media Group: www.myzeidi.com/MyZeidi_TV.html
- FYI… Holocaust Resistors and Rescuers to be immortalized in student Art, Writing & Video Contest: Students across Texas will have an opportunity to learn about individuals who actively and bravely opposed the Holocaust. The theme is “Upstanders”. Guidelines for each entry type may be found at the Web sites of the Dallas, El Paso and Houston museums. Visit www.hmh.org for complete contest details and submission guidelines.
- FYI… Eva Metzger Brown, Ph.D., ABPP, child survivor of the Holocaust, author and clinical psychologist, has been awarded the Elise M. Hayman Award for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide by the International Psychoanalytic Association. For more information: www.EvaMetzgerBrown.org
- FYI… For information on the 65th Anniversary of the Lodz Ghetto liquidation: http://www.ghetto.lodz.pl
- FYI… To celebrate what would be his 97th birthday, the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation (IRWF) has organized a variety of events in Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Montevideo, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and London. In New York, dozens of survivors saved by Wallenberg gathered for the first time to celebrate the man who saved their lives. Accompanied by relatives and friends, the reunion turned out to be a touching experience for many of them.
- FYI… Information on two online Holocaust courses:
Holocaust and Human Behavior Online Seminar (Oct 15 - Dec 16):
www2.facinghistory.org/Campus/Events.nsf/HTMLProfessionalDevelopment/BCD0C5E294BBF0698525758600507979?Opendocument - FYI… Educators in a Jewish Setting: Holocaust and Human Behavior (Oct 15 - Dec 16):
www2.facinghistory.org/Campus/Events.nsf/HTMLProfessionalDevelopment/D9558F31DD72A9DB8525758600523B68?Opendocument
- Note: Links to articles were active when the newsletter was written but some links may now have been deactivated by the publisher. If any link doesn't work, you can look for the story in a search engine, e.g., Google, Yahoo, Cuil or others.
- Lithuania sticking by its compensation plan
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/22/1006711/lithuania-sticking-by-its-compensation-plan - Restitution of art looted by the Nazis takes on new urgency
www.lootedart.com/news.php?r=NPVUVL150501 - Letter to the Editor: The Going Has Been Tough for Needy Survivors
- Hurdles in Eastern Europe Thwart Restitution Claims
- Our ultimate push for justice
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443872336&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull - Schneider: Restitution money is running out, and Europe needs to step up
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/29/1006893/schneider-restitution-money-is-running-out-and-europe-needs-to-step-up - No more foot-dragging on property restitution
- Homeless after the Holocaust
http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/08/20/1007371/homeless-after-the-holocaust - In the Arts: Ruling Leaves Fate of Holocaust-Looted Art Uncertain
http://philanthropy.com/news/?id=9241&pth&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=lefttop - Auschwitz Blueprints Given to Netanyahu in Germany
- Monument to Nazi victims erected
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/20/1007374/monument-to-nazi-victims-erected - Arbeiter Testifies in German Court - Helps Win Pensions for Survivors. Verdict Paves Way for Payments to 70,000 People
- Survivor Wins Holocaust Studies Ph.D. With Ground-breaking Study
http://Forward.com http://forward.com/articles/112031/ - Enough with the Holocaust psych 101
http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/08/19/1007353/shut-up-with-the-holocaust-psych-101 - Are missionaries targeting the elderly?
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1248277906708 - Homeless Holocaust Survivor Leaves $100,000 gift
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/09/homeless-holocaust-surviv_n_255080.html - Holocaust survivor, 91, awaits potential reparation payment
www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.holocaust18aug18,0,2326223.story - Lessons From a WWII Ghetto Resonate With Doctors Today
www.vosizneias.com/36468/eid/58944399 - Vatican newspaper says US and UK knew about Holocaust early on
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/08/gn_090818_va.shtml - Ani Ma'amin
www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/107189/jewish/AniMaamin.htm - Grand jury indicts Holocaust museum shooter
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/30/1006912/grand-jury-indicts-von-brunn - Nazi Medicine
- Dems call on GOP to denounce Limbaugh’s Nazi remarks
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/07/1007093/dems-call-on-gop-to-denounce-limabugh-nazi-remarks - As Limbaugh Incites, GOP Should Remember: Analogies Have Consequences
www.forward.com/articles/111855/?FORM=ZZNR3 - Nothing new here: RJC, NJDC argue over Nazi rhetoric
http://washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=57&SubSectionID=76&ArticleID=11287 - Limbaugh slammed for Nazi analogy
- We need a history lesson about Nazis
www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/1192566.html - Avoid Nazi imagery
- Op-Ed: Health care reforms are the antithesis of Nazi practice
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/19/1007357/op-ed-health-care-reforms-are-the-antithesis-of-nazi-practice - Jewish Groups Assail Nazi Comparisons Made by Conservatives in Health Care Debate
- Jews, health care and the ‘Nazi’ meme-UPDATE
http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/08/19/1007346/jews-health-care-and-the-nazi-meme - Shoah denial? Not necessarily
- Why Remember?
www.huffingtonpost.com/leslie-gilbertlurie/why-remember_b_247404.html - Keeping Holocaust Stories Alive
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/09/AR2009080902229.html?hpid=artslot - A Dying Generation
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2009/08/a_dying_generation.html - 'You guys are tough people'Survivors tell their stories, some reluctantly
- The Legacy Within
www.chicagojewishnews.com/story.htm?sid=1&id=253193 - El Paso, TX - Holocaust Exhibit Sheds Light on Story of Unlikely Rescuers, Muslims
www.vosizneias.com/36785/eid/84985676 - Skokie Holocaust museum holds conference for law enforcement
- Holocaust memorial marks fifth anniversary
- Generations After group for children of Holocaust survivors hosted by Florida Holocaust Museum
- Holocaust survivor brings message of perseverance
- Famous Yiddish writer Josef Burg dies at 97
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/08/gn_090812_ua.shtml - Isaac Goodfriend, eminent Atlanta cantor, dies at 85
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/16/1007276/atlantas-cantor-isaac-goodfriend-dies-at-85 - Dina Babbitt, Artist at Auschwitz, Is Dead at 86
- Marcel Singer dies; Holocaust educator
- Righteous Gentile Bela Kiraly dies at 92
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/26/1006796/righteous-gentile-bela-kiraly-dies-at-92 - Jerusalem - Wiesenthal Center: Chabad's Request To Honor 'righteous gentile' Smacks Of Particularism
www.vosizneias.com/36190/eid/79984381 - Yad Vashem honors Lau’s long unknown rescuer
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/06/1007069/laus-rescuer-named-righteous - Romanian mayor goose-steps in German uniform
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/21/1006674/romanian-mayor-goosesteps-in-german-uniform - Fire destroys Anne Frank barrack
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/20/1006645/fire-destroys-anne-frank-barrack - Lost Story of a Jew Who Rescued Jews During the Holocaust
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/20482/ - Piecing together Jewish pasts in Poland
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/13/1006504/discovering-jewish-roots-in-poland - Former Nazi convicted in Munich court
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418578549&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull - Demjanjuk trial date set
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/19/1006621/demjanjuk-trial-date-set - Demjanjuk lawyer files dismissal motions
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/06/1007084/demjanjuk-lawyer-files-dismissal-motions - Toben jailed in Australia
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/13/1007218/toben-jailed-in-australia - Australian court reserves Nazi extradition decision
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/25/1007438/australian-court-reserves-nazi-extradition-decision - Is there a future for the OSI?
http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/08/20/1007368/is-there-a-future-for-the-osi - As Old Nazis Die Off, Pursuit Goes On
- German parties agree to rehabilitate Wehrmacht deserters
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/08/gn_090827_de.shtml - Priest to speak at Jewish Center about the hidden Holocaust he is uncovering
- Trapped in the Attic
www.innernet.org.il/article.php?aid=629 - Pope: Nazi death camps ‘extreme symbols of evil’
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/09/1007123/pope-nazi-death-camps-extreme-symbols-of-evil - Jewish leader endorses ‘Mein Kampf’ publication
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/10/1007137/jewish-leader-endorses-mein-kampf-publication - Kiev police seize SS uniform
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/10/1007134/kiev-police-seize-ss-uniform - German police remove neo-Nazis from occupied hotel
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/08/gn_090804_de.shtml - Nazi-saluting gnomes being probed
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/19/1006624/garden-gnomes-giving-nazi-salute-on-trial - Heil Hitler gnomes can remain on display
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/23/1006727/heil-hitler-gnomes-can-remain-on-display - Hungary to block neo-Nazi rally
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/11/1007162/hungary-to-block-neo-nazi-rally - Budapest police prohibits neo-Nazi rally in honor of Hitler deputy
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/08/gn_090812_hu.shtml - Hungarian police prohibit neo-Nazi rally
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/16/1007274/hungarian-police-prohibit-neo-nazi-rally - Romanian mayor apologizes for Nazi uniform
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/23/1006741/romanian-mayor-apologizes-for-nazi-uniform - Holocaust monument dedicated in western Ukraine
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/20/1006633/holocaust-monument-dedicated-in-western-ukraine - Dutch prosecutors: Danish cartoons permitted, Holocaust denial not
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/08/gn_090820_nl.shtml - Fighting or Whitewashing Nazism: Will the Real Norway Please Stand up?
- Norway and the Holocaust
- Swastikas found on public, private property in Montreal
www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php/200908111964/Swastikas-found-on-public-private-property-in-Montreal.html - Jewish Australian lawmaker’s home vandalized
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/17/1007292/jewish-australian-lawmakers-home-vandalized - Documenting the other Shoah
- The Holocaust Museum You've Never Seen
- Israeli Educators Discover Present-Day Poland
- Ruthless Cosmopolitan: Summer reading and the Holocaust
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/01/1006900/ruthless-cosmopolitan-summer-reading-and-the-holocaust - Columbia, MO - New Book Tells Compelling Stories of Jews in Poland Saved from the Holocaust by Non-Jews
www.vosizneias.com/37193/eid/90345300 - Multimedia program offers classroom options for teaching the Holocaust
- British teachers attend Yad Vashem education class
- Lessons of Holocaust trip return with Waverly teacher
- Holocaust History: Visiting Dachau
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Honors the Humanitarian Spirit of Gerda and Kurt Klein
through a Special $10,000 Scholarship for High School Students - Smyrna educator leads push to teach Holocaust
- Student honored for Holocaust poem
- Learning from her example
- Boca Raton High senior takes third place in Holocaust essay contest
www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-holocaust-essay-palm-p072809,0,2142149.story - Wall teacher honored, attends Holocaust seminar
- Teachers sharpen knowledge of Holocaust in 3-day conference
- Genocide Education Project takes part in IAGS conference
- In Israel, Catholic School Teachers Study Anti-Semitism & the Holocaust
www.adl.org/PresRele/ChJew_31/5573_31.htm - CARLSBAD: High school students to show documentary in Germany
www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/07/29/news/coastal/carlsbad/z5ab7f81aa55c76138825760200564b4f.txt - Obama, the Holocaust, and Vulcans
http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/07/22/1006718/obama-the-holocaust-and-vulcans - My Father, The Inglourious Basterd
www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-08-09/my-father-the-inglourious-basterd?cid=hp:mainpromo7# - Holocaust films keep coming, despite prediction of their demise
- 'Inglourious Basterds' and the Problem of Revenge
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203550604574360451237742752.html - Hollywood's Jewish Avenger
- "Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg!"
www.jewishledger.com/
- FYI… from the Simon Wiesenthal Center:
Wiesenthal Center Urges Colombian Authorities to intervene to Prevent Neo-Nazi Festival Honoring Rudolf Hess
www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4441467&ct=7302873
Wiesenthal Center Urges German Authorities to Prevent Flight of Convicted Nazi War Criminal Josef Scheungraber www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4441467&ct=7302133 - FYI… Mashiv HaRuach-A Concert of Jewish Soul Music
At the end of August, Maestro Giora Feidman charmed those gathered in the Valley of Communities at Yad Vashem with a very special concert. His master class students from around the world joined him for a concert of “Jewish Soul Music” (Klezmer). The music served as a living memorial to the Jewish world destroyed during the Shoah, and the celebration of Jewish life that continues. - FYI… Seeking information about children hidden in Quaregnon, Belgium: specifically former hidden children who were hidden by the Destrain family. The family owned a bakery in Quaregnon, and they hid Jewish children (and guns) in flour sacks in their attic. Dr. Sheryl Needle Cohn, of the University of Central Florida, is writing a book and she would like to interview these “flour children” or their adult children. If you have any information on the Destrain family from Quaregnon, please contact Dr. Cohn directly at: scohn@mail.ucf.edu
- FYI… Congratulations to 2G Naava Piatka on the release of her book NO GOODBYES. Naava helped make the first GSI conference at Rutgers University, New Jersey a great success. For more information on Naava and her book: www.nogoodbyes.info/
- FYI… To read an interview from Writing the Holocaust with Dr. Karen Shawn, co-editor of Prism: http://writingtheholocaust.blogspot.com/
- FYI… Artist Marty Kalb’s website is online. His drawings in the Holocaust Series are now viewable at www.martykalb.com/hubs/27
- FYI… The Zachor Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, started in January 2009, has a simple mission: To provide all speakers and teachers of Holocaust education programs with small pins of the Hebrew letters of the word “zachor”…..remember, to distribute to their listeners. For more information: www.zachorfoundation.org
- FYI… Support Groups for Children of Holocaust Survivors. 6 Weekly Sessions starting September 22, 2009 at Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Fees. For more information contact: Rose Heilbronn, M.S.W., R.S.W., 416-457-1315, roseheilbronn@rogers.com
- FYI… Rock and Wrap It Up was founded by son of survivors Syd Mandelbaum. Knowing of the hunger experienced by (victims and) survivors, Syd was inspired to do something to help alleviate hunger. This is part of his work: Yankees' Postgame Wrap-Up in the Name of Charity
- 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];
- Charles Silow [CHAIM, MI]; Daniel Brooks [3G NY];
- Doris Schwarz-Lisenbee [Second and Third Generation Programs Silicon Valley Holocaust Survivor Association];
- Webmaster: Anna Schiffer
- Klara Firestone [Second Generation, LA, CA]; Sandy Hoffman [Generations After, WI];