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Generations of the Shoah International Newsletter
Summer 2009
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Dear Members and Friends,
The Holocaust Era Assets (HEA) Conference was held in Prague in June. GSI Coordinating Council member, Esther Toporek Finder, attended as part of the official American Delegation. Her presentation, which was limited to seven minutes, is posted on our website now (and will be on the HEA Conference website in the future): www.genshoah.org/prague_presentation062809.pdf . Esther was the only member of the second or third generation to speak about the needs of Holocaust survivors from the survivor family perspective. Her follow up, in the form of an
Op Ed in the Washington Jewish Week is online: Op-Ed: Should the killers be the victims' heirs?
In preparation for the conference Holocaust Survivors Foundation (HSF) -USA and GSI strongly emphasized the importance of caring for aging survivors in need. Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat agreed and was able to move the issue of survivor needs to the top of the agenda of the conference. It was heartwarming to hear the various ambassadors use compassionate rhetoric during the conference. We hope the rhetoric will translate into action on behalf of the survivors soon. Please see the announcements section below for more information.
HSF-USA has taken the leadership role in this and survivors everywhere are now being heard. Both HSF-USA and GSI will continue working with Ambassador Eizenstat and the US State Department and Congress to explore ways we can help survivors in America and around the world. Please see the FYI articles below for more information about the conference. You can also go to the HEA website to see videos and stories about the conference: www.holocausteraassets.eu/, www.holocausteraassets.eu/en/video-gallery/
The HSF-USA website has additional materials: http://hsf-usa.blogspot.com/
On a tragic note: we witnessed the shooting at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum with sadness and horror. The survivor community knows too well that anti-Semitism and racism exist, as does Holocaust denial. We shall continue to do our best to educate others in the hope of making this world a better place for future generations. Our sympathies go to the family of Stephen Johns. In the Announcements section below there is information for those who wish to make donations in Officer John’s memory.
Please see the FYI section below for links to the responses to this horrific act as articulated by President Obama and other American political and Jewish leaders.
Generations of the Shoah International (GSI)
Membership in our interactive leadership listserv is open to leaders / representatives of landsmanschaft groups. If your local survivor, second generation or third generation group has not yet delegated a representative to join the GSI interactive online discussion / listserv group, please join us now. We already have dozens of members throughout the US and from other countries. This global interactive listserv is the fastest way to reach the survivor community should issues / concerns arise: gsi@genshoah.org.
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
German Social Security for Ghetto Workers Liberalized
Following a decision of the German Federal Social Court (Bundessozialgericht) in early June, tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors previously rejected for German Social Security payments under the country’s “Ghetto Pension Law” (ZRBG) will have an opportunity for a reconsideration of their rejected claims pursuant to newly liberalized guidelines. Applicants should contact the Social Security authority that issued the claim denial. A contact list of German Social Security authorities is posted on the Claims Conference’s website at:
www.claimscon.org/index.asp?url=zrbg_help
The French Commission for compensation of victims of spoliation (CIVS) has no limitation of time or amount for compensation. According to the French legislation, this affects not only direct victims but also second or third generation heirs. The CIVS encourages all those who have not done so yet to open a file. For more information: www.civs.gouv.fr/spip.php?rubrique22
ANNOUNCEMENTS
From the US Department of State
PRAGUE CONFERENCE ON HOLOCAUST ERA ASSETS, JUNE 26-30, 2009
The Prague Conference, hosted by the Czech Republic, followed-up the 1998 Holocaust Era Assets Conference that took place in Washington, DC. The United States regards the Prague Conference as the most important opportunity of the decade to address the wrongs committed during the Nazi era. Representatives of some 49 countries, most of which were affected by Nazi crimes during World War II, and nearly two dozen NGOs were invited to attend. The Conference focused on immovable (real) property, Nazi-looted art, Holocaust education and remembrance, archival access, and the recovery of Judaica. In addition, there was a session on the social welfare needs of survivors of Nazi persecution, an issue of great importance to the United States.
For more specific information::
- 06/28/09 Opening Plenary Session Remarks at Prague Holocaust Era Assets Conference;
- Stuart E. Eizenstat; Prague, Czech Republic
- 06/29/09 Closing Plenary Session Remarks at Prague Holocaust Era Assets Conference;
- Stuart E. Eizenstat; Prague, Czech Republic
- 06/30/09 Prague Holocaust Era Assets Conference: Terezin Declaration
From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
In Memoriam Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns
[GSI Note: In light of the recent tragic shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, both the Holocaust Museum (USHMM) and the American Jewish Committee (AJC) have created funds for the family of Officer Stephen T. Johns who bravely gave his life protecting others as well as the peaceful values that the museum embodies.
To donate online for the US Museum fund: USHMM Officer Johns Family Fund or call toll free 877-91USHMM (877-918-7466) from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm Eastern time. Checks payable to USHMM Officer Johns Family Fund may be mailed to USHMM, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington DC 20024.
To donate online for the AJC Fund, click HERE. To mail a donation, please make checks payable to AJC with “Stephen T. Johns Memorial Fund” in the memo line and send them to: American Jewish Committee – Washington Chapter, Attn: Melanie Maron Pell 1156 15th Street, NW, Suite 1201, Washington, DC 20005]
Statement on President Obama’s Visit to Buchenwald Concentration Camp
www.ushmm.org/museum/press/archives/detail.php?category=07-general&content=2009-06-04
Obama at Buchenwald rebukes Holocaust denial
The Committee on Conscience at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has new updates on contemporary genocide and related crimes against humanity that might be of interest.
To read situation updates on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Southern Sudan, and Darfur visit www.ushmm.org/genocide/take_action/blog/?cat=8. For information on all of the areas the Committee works on visit www.ushmm.org/genocide/take_action/.
World is Witness is a geo-blog project that bears witness to genocide and related crimes against humanity around the world. Visit World is Witness for our newest field report from Duru, Democratic Republic of the Congo http://tinyurl.com/ngsp23.
Our weekly audio series and podcast service Voices on Genocide Prevention has a new interview with Joel Charny, of Refugees International, discussing the challenges of today’s refugee response system (http://tinyurl.com/n9dzp9). A related blog post on World Refugee Day is also available (http://tinyurl.com/kww5cs).
Learn more about rape as a war crime from our One Night One Voice event with actress Maria Bello (http://tinyurl.com/np8ppn). Stay up to date with news and events by subscribing to our monthly genocide prevention e-newsletter (http://tinyurl.com/nphasq) and joining our Facebook Group (www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2209927273).
From Yad Vashem
International School for Holocaust Studies
On July 6, some 900 Israeli educators gathered at Yad Vashem for a 3-day conference – the largest of its kind in Israel regarding Holocaust education. During the event, the results of a 2-year research project (2007-2009) conducted by Dr. Erik Cohen of the Bar Ilan University's Churgin School of Education were presented revealing the central role the Holocaust plays in the educational system in Israel and its relevance to students today from a wide spectrum of backgrounds. For more: www.yadvashem.org
From the Red Cross Tracing Service: The Red Cross Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center website has moved
http://american.redcross.org/site/R?i=KJBzLtzDpwipkQ3x2vhEyg
Also, LET US HELP YOU FIND YOUR FAMILY, SISTERS REUNITED AFTER 66 YEARS, REUNION IN HAMPTON ROADS,
From the ITS in Bad Arolsen, Germany Following Israel, the US and Poland, Luxembourg has now received copies of data from the archives of the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen. The recipient institution is the Centre de Documentation et de Recherche sur la Résistance (Documentation and Research Centre on the Resistance) directed by Paul Dostert in Luxembourg. www.its-arolsen.org
From the International Task Force meeting in Oslo:
Two very interesting new projects:
1. The TANDIS (Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Information System) project of OSCE/ODIHR (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights) at www.OSCE.org/odhir/20051.html. See also http://tandis.odihr.pl
- The TANDIS (Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Information System) project of OSCE/ODIHR (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights) at www.OSCE.org/odhir/20051.html. See also http://tandis.odihr.pl
- The Aladdin Project is a project of the Fondation pour la Memoire de la Shoah www.fondationshoah.org and is an effort to teach about the Shoah in the Muslim world.
From the USC Shoah Foundation Institute www.college.usc.edu/vhi
Dean Howard Gillman Appoints New Leadership Team at the USC Shoah Foundation Institute
German Students Encounter Witnesses of the Shoah
Looking at History: Berlin Workshop Focuses on Holocaust Testimony in European Education
Institute Delivers New Collections of Testimony to Sites in Poland and Romania: Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Krakowa (Krakow, Poland)
The Goldstein Goren Center for Hebrew Studies, University of Bucharest (Bucharest, Romania)
- 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
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
- Issues of the Holocaust: Propaganda, Resistance and Survival
- August 3-5, 2009
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. - The Jewish Museum and Red Cross Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center, Baltimore, MD
and
US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC - Eligible for 1 MSDE credit. For more: 410-732-6400; dcardin@jewishmuseummd.org
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Now - July 25, 2009 – New York Public Library, 5th Ave and 42nd St, New York, NY
- Exhibit:Between Collaboration and Resistance:> French Literary Life Under Nazi Occupation. For more information, call 212 930-0800 or see www.nypl.org.
- Now – July 26, 2009 – Ben Uri Gallery, London Jewish Museum of Art, London, England
- Exhibit: Jacques Lipchitz: Master Drawings - The Anatomy of a Sculptor. Lipchitz escaped Europe for the United States with the help of the American diplomat Varian Fry. Fees. For more: www.benuri.org.uk
- Now – 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
- Now – August 30, 2009 – Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY
- Exhibit: Woman of Letters: Irène Némirovsky and Suite Française. The exhibit includes powerful rare artifacts: the actual handwritten manuscript for Suite Française, the valise in which it was found, and many personal papers and family photos. For more: www.mjhnyc.org/irene/index.html
- Now – October, 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.
- Now – November, 2009 – Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland
- 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 – 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.
- July 21, 2009, 1:00 p.m – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
- First Person – Conversations with Holocaust Survivors with Estelle Laughlin.
For more:www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson
- July 22, 2009, 1:00 p.m – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
- First Person – Conversations with Holocaust Survivors with Manny Mandel.
For more:www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson
- July 23, 2009, 6:30 p.m. – Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
- Program: Light & Shadow: A Storyteller’s Journey in Africa. Connie Regan-Blake pays tribute to the power and ingenuity of women in Uganda, whose bead making has lifted their families from extreme poverty. Fees. Reservations required: call 847.967.4805, or email events@ilhmec.org for information.
- July 23, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – The Living Room at Jewish Family Service of Bergen County, 1485 Teaneck Rd, Teaneck, NJ
- Second-generation discussion group. Free of charge, advance registration preferred. For questions or to register, please contact Laura at 201-837-9090 or thelivingroom@jfsbergen.org
- July 24, 2009, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
- Summer Research Workshop Presentation: North Africa and its Jews in the Second World War. examining the experiences of North African Jewry with focus on Nazi, Vichy, Spanish fascist and local policymakers; anti-Jewish legislation, property confiscation and its implementation and effects; Muslim-Jewish relations; and Jewish cultural life. RSVP: 202.488.6162 or hshapiro@ushmm.org (reservations only)
- July 25 – August 23, 2009 – Jefferson Parish Library, Metairie, LA
- 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.
- July 26, 2009, 3:30 p.m – Temple Judea Mizpah, Skokie, IL
- Never Again! Not just words…Action! Join the Association of Descendants of the Shoah Illinois to explore the role children of survivors can play. For more: tzippy_chs@sbcglobal.net
- July 27, 2009, 2:15 p.m. – Castro Theatre, San Francisco, CA
- Film: Meet Menachem and Fred, the story of brothers reuniting as adults. Since separating during the Holocaust, they’ve avoided their memories and become very different men, with different nationalities and religious orientations. The film follows the brothers on an emotional tour of their past. For more: www.sfjff.org
- July 28, 2009, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
- First Person – Conversations with Holocaust Survivors with Helen Goldkind . For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/
- July 29, 2009, 12:00 p.m. – Castro Theatre, San Francisco, CA
- Film: Cycles, the story of Holocaust survivor Frida and her children, showing the special nature of loss for the children of survivors as Frida slips away into a world of memories, confusing the present with a past her children have no access to. Showing with the short film: With a Little Patience. For more: www.sfjff.org
- July 29, 2009, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
- First Person – Conversations with Holocaust Survivors with Livia Shacter. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/
- July 30, 2009, 8:30 p.m. – Castro Theatre, San Francisco, CA
- Film: The Wedding Song, which explores Jewish and Arab culture and female sexuality against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Tunis. For more: www.sfjff.org
- July 31, 2009, 2:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
- Summer Research Workshop Presentation: Bringing the Past into the Present: Missing Narratives of the Holocaust in Ukraine will explore the experiences of Jews and Ukrainians during world War II and the Holocaust, with especial focus on Ukrainian forced laborers; the Lvov ghetto; the Janowska camp; and postwar historiography, collective memory, and contemporary treatment and presentation of this history in Ukraine. RSVP: 202.488.6162
- August 1, 2009, 9:30 p.m. – Roda Theatre, Berkeley, CA
- Film: The Wedding Song. See July 30 listing. For more: www.sfjff.org
- August 2, 2009, 12:00 noon – Kletzch Park, Glendale, WI
- Generation After / New American Club annual picnic - All invited for a wonderful afternoon of fun, conversation and food. For information contact Kathy intopiano@aol.com or Rachel bream@aol.com
- August 2, 2009, 5:00 p.m. – Cine Arts, Palo Alto, CA
- Film: Cycles. See July 29 listing. For more: www.sfjff.org
- August 4, 2009, 7:30 p.m. – DC JCC, Washington, DC
- Film and reception Four Seasons Lodge. Holocaust survivors live life to the fullest each summer at a special Catskills retreat about to shut down. For information / tickets: 202.777.3247
- August 5, 2009, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
- First Person – Conversations with Holocaust Survivors with featured speaker Catherine Liner. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/
- August 6, 2009, 2:00 p.m. – Cine Arts, Palo Alto, CA
- Film: Meet Menachem and Fred. See July 27 listing. For more: www.sfjff.org
- August 6, 2009, 5:00 p.m. – Janusz Korczak Square, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel
- Memorial Ceremony for Janusz Korczak: Commemorating 67 years since the murder of Janusz Korczak and the children of his orphanage. The ceremony will include survivors, their families and members of the Korczak Society. For more: www.yadvashem.org
- August 6, 2009, 6:30 p.m. – Cine Arts, Palo Alto, CA
- Film: Broken Promise is based on the true story of teenager Martin Friedman's escape from deportation and his time with the Partisan resistance. The film explores collective and individual anti-Semitism among invaders and liberators alike. For more: www.sfjff.org
- August 7 - 9, 2009 – Little Art Cinema, 18 School Street, Rockport, MA
- Film: Angels Of Austria: The Church That Reached Out To Holocaust Survivors. Fees. For more information: www.connectyourstories.com
- August 8, 2009, 5:00 p.m. – Roda Theatre, Berkeley, CA
- Film: Cycles. See July 29 listing. For more: www.sfjff.org
- August 8, 2009, 6:45 p.m. – Jewish Community Center, San Francisco, CA
- Film: Broken Promise. See August 6 listing. For more: www.sfjff.org
- August 9, 2009 - 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 information: www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/traveling/details/index.php?type=current&content=deadly_medicine
- August 10, 2009, 4:00 p.m. – Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael, CA
- Film: Cycles. See July 29 listing. For more: www.sfjff.org
- August 12, 2009, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
- First Person – Conversations with Holocaust Survivors with featured speaker Izak Danon. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/
- August 13, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – The Living Room at Jewish Family Service of Bergen County, 1485 Teaneck Rd, Teaneck, NJ
- Second-generation discussion group. Free of charge, advance registration preferred. For questions or to register, please contact Laura at 201-837-9090 or thelivingroom@jfsbergen.org
- August 14, 2009, 2:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
- Summer Research Workshop Presentation: Exploring the Newly Opened International Tracing Service (ITS) Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. RSVP: 202.488.6162
- August 19, 2009, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
- First Person – Conversations with Holocaust Survivors with featured speaker Haim Solomon. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/
- August 21, 2009, 11:00 a.m. – 3rd floor classroom, Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
- Generations After meeting with Carolyn Bass, Executive Director of the Museum, and Marty Borell, Director of the Museum Board, followed by lunch. All children of survivors and adult grandchildren are welcome. 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’d like to be involved with Generations After and the Florida Holocaust Museum; what you see as the role of Generations After; or anything else you would like to propose.
- August 22, 2009, 7:30 p.m. – (Galicia Jewish Museum), Krakow, Poland
- Play: A Journey to Kreisau, the story of Helmuth James and Freya von Moltke, a young German couple who stood up to the evils of Hitler's Reich. For details: www.galiciajewishmuseum.org
- August 26, 2009 – September 20, 2009 — State Library of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA
- 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.
- August 26, 2009, 1:00 p.m. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
- First Person – Conversations with Holocaust Survivors with featured speaker Henry Greenbaum. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/firstperson/
- August 28, 2009 – January 3, 2010 – Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX
- Exhibit: A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People The exhibit draws its name from the pope's 1993 appeal marking the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and depicts the extraordinary contributions of Pope John Paul II to relations between the Catholic and Jewish faiths. The public is invited to a free preview reception from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009. Visit www.hmh.org/register.asp to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 100, or e-mail exhibits@hmh.org
- 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 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 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 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
FYI: For your information
- FYI… These are some of the American responses to the horrific act of violence at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum:
President Obama: www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Statement-by-President-Obama-on-Holocaust-Museum-Shooting/
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: http://speaker.gov/newsroom/pressreleases?id=1223
Senator Menendez: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuOH2YycFP8&feature=channel_page
ADL Director Abraham Foxman: www.adl.org/PresRele/Extremism_72/5546_72.htm - FYI… Virtual Shtetl has a chance of becoming the world’s largest source of information on Polish Jews. “Eight hundred towns, ten thousand photos and dozens of films – this is only our starting point and there is no limit to how large the portal will get in the future”, said Albert Stankowski, project coordinator. For more: www.shtetl.org.pl
- FYI… From Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland
We would like make contact with survivors and their families from the Lwów area who may be able to provide useful input into the development of an exhibit and/or be willing to be featured in it. Please contact Kate@galiciajewishmuseum.org or the exhibit's research curator, Jakub Nowakowski at: Jakub@galiciajewishmuseum.org - FYI… for a preview of an Israeli film on descendants of perpetrators: Hitler's Children. Time to Speak www.mayapro10.com
- FYI... Articles in the news...
- 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.
- German court says Nazi forced laborers entitled to pensions
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/03/1005615/german-court-nazi-forced-laborers-entitled-to-pensions- Shoah assets forum opens in Prague
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1245924936208- Prague Conference May Be Last Chance To Settle Holocaust Property Claims
www.forward.com/articles/108467/- Metro Views: Toothless declarations
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245924941373&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull- Israel to replace representative at Holocaust claims summit
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1092559.html- Holocaust assets conference opens in Prague
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gX803VljFpXKF_JqPgeMFsbC3cWwD992C6JG0- Jewish families fight for lost property
www.praguepost.com/news/1516-jewish-families-fight-for-lost-property.html- Spotlight On Holocaust-Era Assets, One Last Time
www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c55_a16126/Editorial__Opinion/Opinion.html- Heirs race to find Nazi-looted art
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE55M03A20090623- Czech EU presidency to be ended by Holocaust memorandum
http://praguemonitor.com/2009/06/17/czech-eu-presidency-be-ended-holocaust-memorandum- Lithuanian government wants further delay of compensation payments
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/06/gn_090623_lt.html- Holocaust meeting wants better care of survivors
www.examiner.com/a-2093323~Holocaust_meeting_wants_better_care_of_survivors.html- Last chance for Holocaust restitution?
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/30/1006242/last-chance-for-holocaust-restitution- Q&A with Eizenstat on Holocaust-era restitution
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/29/1006207/qa-with-eizenstat-on-holocaust-era-restitution- Declaration aims to ease Holocaust property restitution
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/29/1006208/declaration-will-aid-holocaust-property-restitution- For restitution seekers, 10 European countries that have obstacles
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/30/1006235/where-are-europes-top-10-on-restitution- Op-Ed: Action, not talk, is needed on Holocaust restitution
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/28/1006181/op-ed-holocaust-restitution-still-matters- Op-Ed: Should the killers be the victims' heirs?
- Survivors: We're waiting for justice
/www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1245184921986- EJC head urges Polish leaders to address restitution
- Opening the Bloody Vaults of History
http://online.barrons.com/article_email/SB124726727490525611-lMyQjAxMDI5NDE3MzIxNjM3Wj.html- Wexler: 'American-Russian Relations Are Not A Zero-Sum Game'
www.rferl.org/content/Wexler_AmericanRussian_Relations_Are_Not_A_ZeroSum_Game/1765862.html- Nazi-Era Looted Judaica Documented by Claims Conference in First ...
- Schneider named new head of Claims Conf.
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/15/1006554/claims-conerence-elects-schneider-as-new-executive- Israeli Holocaust survivors receiving grants
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/13/1006478/israeli-holocaust-survivors-receive-grants- European Jewish leaders meet Polish president
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/08/1006391/european-jewish-leaders-meet-polish-president- Survivors sue major Israeli bank
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/25/1006125/survivors-sue-major-israeli-bank- Construction set for Polish Jewry museum
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/18/1005968/polish-jewry-museum-construction-set- Yad Vashem gets $4m. to promote Shoah education among Russian speakers
- Wiesenthal Center Criticizes Refusal of Berlin Prosecutor’s Office to Investigate Obvious Contradiction in Case of Most Wanted Nazi Dr. Aribert Heim
www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4441467&ct=7131373- U.S. Holocaust survivors: Pres. should address needs
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1090529.html- A Solemn Stop At Buchenwald
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/06/05/VI2009060501373.html?sid=ST2009060401217- Buchenwald
www.whitehouse.gov/search/?keywords=Buchenwald- Obama at Buchenwald
http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/06/05/1005677/obama-at-buchenwald- NBC Today Show interview with President Obama re: visit to Buchenwald. (video)
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/31120874#31120874- Elie Wiesel interview with Charlie Rose after his trip to Buchenwald with President Obama
www.charlierose.com/view/interview/10370 (video)- Buchenwald trip has personal meaning for Obama aide
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-buchenwald7-2009jun07,0,1066118,full.story- Obama links slavery, Holocaust memory
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/12/1006474/obama-compares-slavery-holocaust-in-interview- Holocaust victims remembered in Sevastopol
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/14/1006513/holocaust-victims-remembered-in-sevastopol- On D-Day, Remembering A Humble Hero
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/05/world/main5066523.shtml- Demjanjuk declared fit for trial
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006316/demjanjuk-declared-fit-for-trial- Germany files charges against alleged Nazi guard Demjanjuk
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4475603,00.html- German court rules Nazi Boere fit for trial
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/08/1006388/german-court-rules-nazi-boere-fit-for-trial- Security guard killed in Holocaust museum attack
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/10/1005797/security-guard-dies-in-holocaust-museum-attack- Solemn Reminder: A shooting at the Holocaust Museum shows how vital...
- Obama shocked by Holocaust shooting
- Security a constant worry for US Holocaust museum
- Holocaust Museum to close in slain guard's honor
- Holocaust Museum no stranger to anti-Semitism
- Holocaust shooting signals race turmoil, some say
- Slain Holocaust museum guard remembered as hero
- Teens in Holocaust museum heard shots, evacuated
- The Shooting at the Holocaust Museum
- Congress condemns museum shooting
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/12/1005834/both-houses-of-congress-condemn-musuem-shooting- 200 attend interfaith gathering at Holocaust museum
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/12/1005839/200-come-to-interfaith-gathering-at-holocaust-museum- Notoriety's Missing Links: Online Files Scrubbed After Museum Shooting
- Museum Suspect's Writings Had Not Triggered a Probe: Case Illustrates Fine Line for Law Officers
- 'Was He Capable of This? Yes.'
Murder Suspect's Hateful Views Shocked Eastern Shore...- Holocaust museum shooter had promising start
http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/07/06/1006333/holocaust-museum-shooter-had-promising-sta- Shooting at Holocaust museum http://washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=10939&TM=81850.92
- Once again, 'never again'
http://washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=10950- 'I thought we' would die Holocaust survivors among those at museum on day of the shooting
http://washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=10963&TM=81850.92- Museum Volunteer Recounts Shooting (video)
www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/061809_museum_volunteer_recounts_shooting- Museum security guard speaks
http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/06/18/1005976/museum-security-guard-speaks- D.C. Council urges hate crimes charges
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/16/1005935/dc-council-urges-hate-crimes-charges- Where anti-Semitism is mainstream
http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/06/16/1005925/where-anti-semitism-is-mainstream- Number of hate groups is up, membership down
- Neo-Nazis in the U.S. Army
http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/06/16/1005924/neo-nazis-in-the-us-army- Holocaust Museum: America at its Best
http://forward.com/articles/107584/- Panel: No need to return Nazi victim’s art
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/13/1006483/panel-no-need-to-return-nazi-victims-art- Clarity for The Deniers
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/09/AR2009060902594.html?hpid=opinionsbox1- Holocaust survivors have moral obligation to tell who rescued them
www.raoulwallenberg.net/?en/news/holocaust-survivors-moral.5682.htm- Holocaust museum propaganda exhibit has modern echoes
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/01/1005521/holocaust-museum-propaganda-exhibit-has-modern-echoes- Op-Ed: Europeans still need Holocaust lessons
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/18/1005207/op-ed-europeans-still-need-holocaust-lessons- Op-Ed: Holocaust denial in Israel needs urgent attention
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/11/1005820/op-ed-holocaust-denial-in-israel-needs-urgent-attention- 'A sacred pilgrimage'
- Volunteer family tracer finds the graves of her own relatives
- Message in a Bottle - by Allison Hoffman
How Google helped connect a forgotten Holocaust letter to its author's descendants- Recognizing the Holocaust in Arabia
http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/06/09/1005759/recognizing-the-holocaust-in-arabia- Op-Ed: Palestinians’ plight, Holocaust are not analogous
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/09/1006431/op-ed-palestinians-plight-holocaust-not-analogous- Holocaust Survivor Receives Doctorate at 81
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/132393- Stories of Survival Speak From New Holocaust Museum
http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/reinventing/articles/stories_of_survival_speak_from_new_holocaust_museum.html?CMP=KNC-360I-MSN-BULL&HBX_OU=52&HBX_PK=holocaust_survivors- Encyclopedia focuses on Nazi camps, ghettos
http://washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=27&SubSectionID=25&ArticleID=10922&TM=57318.96- New York lawmaker says Holocaust memorial only for Jews
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/06/gn_090609_us2.html- Cultural world celebrates ‘Diary of Anne Frank’
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/01/1005539/cultural-world-celebrates-diary-of-anne-frank- A picture of Holocaust victim Anne Frank, aged 80
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/5462049/A-picture-of-Holocaust-victim-Anne-Frank-aged-80.html- 77 Square: Movies: Features: Extras-dense 'Anne Frank' gripping
- After Survival, a Journey to Self-Recovery
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/world/europe/11profile.html?_r=1- Survivors’ grandkids kickin’ it for U.S. soccer
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/06/1006341/survivors-grandkids-kickin-it-for-us-soccer- Holocaust revisionist Toben can appeal
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/02/1005557/court-lets-holocaust-revisionist-toben-appeal- 300 schools to become Holocaust specialists
- Canadian holocaust education plan to focus on St. Louis incident
- Canada achieves full membership in International Holocaust Task Force
www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php/200907021811/Canada-achieves-full-membership-in-International-Holocaust-Task-Force.html- Government pledges $1M to B’nai Brith for new task force on Holocaust
www.jewishtribune.ca/tribune/PDF/jt040609.pdf
Note: scroll down to read: Holocaust denial tackled by Yad Vashem speaker- The German Overture
http://reformjudaismmag.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=1484- Hosenfeld, memorialized in ‘The Pianist,’ is honored
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/21/1006013/hosenfeld-memorialized-in-the-pianist-honored- U.S. Helsinki group presses Lithuania on property
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/02/1006297/us-helsinki-group-presses-lithuania-on-property- Wyman Institute head slams Yad Vashem for omitting info on Bergson Group
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1245184859126- Foundation says documents will show Pius helped Jews
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/16/1005931/foundation-documents-show-pius-helped-jews- 'One Word by Pope Means 1,000s of Jews' - Jewish World - Israel News - Israel National News
- Odessa Holocaust museum dedicated
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/23/1006076/odessa-holocaust-museum-dedicated- $20M endowment campaign launched by Holocaust centre
www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17185&Itemid=86- Spanish prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for alleged Nazi guards in US
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/06/gn_090602_sp.html- Brazil establishes panel to probe rising neo-Nazism
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/06/gn_090608_br.html- Brazilian school district must teach Shoah
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/22/1006012/brazillian-schools-to-teach-shoah- Raoul Wallenberg Foundation: Norway vindicating Nazis
- Hungarian lawmakers reject Holocaust denial law
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/01/1006256/hungarian-lawmakers-reject-anti-holocaust-denial-law- Hungarians rally against memorial’s desecration
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/21/1006016/hungarians-rally-against-holocaust-memorial-desecration- Neo-Nazi group demonstrates in Budapest
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006314/neo-nazi-guard-demonstrates-in-budapest- Banned Hungarian Guard reinvents itself
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/12/1006464/banned-hungarian-guard-reinvents-itself- Guard uniform will incur fine
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/15/1006543/guard-uniform-will-incur-fine- 'Citizen scientists' at Palo Verde will assist Holocaust survivors
www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/297703.php- N.J. top court bans lawyer in Holocaust victims' case
www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/nj_top_court_bans_lawyer_in_ho.html- Lawyer accused of mishandling Holocaust accounts pleads with N.J. court
www.northjersey.com/politics/Lawyer_accused_of_mishandling_Holocaust_accounts_pleads_with_NJ_court.html- Midwest Holocaust education center's mission more important than ever
- 'Why do the Jews and no other groups have all these museums?'
- Holocaust Museum forum on extremism notes disturbing trend
- Clarkston teen inspired to write prize-winning Holocaust essay
- San Francisco project brings Holocaust survivor, students to explore Jewish Poland
- Wyoming Area receives Holocaust Education materials
- Pupils tell of Auschwitz trip
- Study: 83% of students want more lessons on Holocaust
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3742471,00.html- Rethinking the Holocaust
http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/07/06/1006337/rethinking-the-holocaust- Holocaust: The Ignored Reality
www.nybooks.com/articles/22875?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_content=91964597&utm_campaign=July+16%2c+2009+issue+_+klqll&utm_term=Holocaust%3a+The+Ignored+Reality- The Myths of the Third Reich
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970204621904574248290469979768-lMyQjAxMDA5MDEwNjExNDYyWj.html- Holocaust exhibit too dark for Dayton
- National Public Radio interview re: The Survivor Cookbook
www.miamiherald.com/1272- The DNA Shoah Project Collaborates with Hewlett-Packard ...
- Racing chief apologizes for Hitler comments
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/07/1006336/wjc-calls-for-formula-1-chiefs-resignation- Documentarian's Tenacity Pays Off in Fundraising
- Israeli Interview Hebrew and English – Alisa Sommer, 105 years old Pianist, Holocaust Survivor
www.mako.co.il/news-channel2/Six-Newscast/Article-79ecfddb0a9c021004.htm&send=1&cat=&vcmid=41dcfddb0a9c0210VgnVCM100000290c10acRCRD- Reston draws a clear line. Shoah revisionist trounced in write-in vote
- Holocaust denier in town for fundraising talk
- Hitler comments spur call for racing chief’s resignation
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/06/1006336/wjc-calls-for-formula-1-chiefs-resignation- FYI… From the Nazi film archives showing footage from Poland:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK4PXgVUMCM&feature=related
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zHtCsrqRF0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9SasFWSQvk&NR=1- FYI… Berlin DP Camps Reunion in Lancaster, PA the weekend of September 11- 13, 2009
There will be a reunion of Survivors (and families) who were in the Berlin Displaced Persons (DP) and a documentary of those camps, that was just completed in Berlin, will be shown. For further information please contact Donia Gold Shwarzstein at: dgsrun@aol.com- FYI… I am a psychologist and psychotherapist in private practice and have been conducting short-term (12 sessions) second generation groups (for children of survivors and children of refugees from Nazi-persecution) in London since 1989. Gaby Glassman gaby@glassman.com
- FYI… NEXTGENERATIONS in Boca Raton, Florida, has created an oral testimony project. For more information: www.nextgenerations.org/Home.asp
- FYI… I am looking for anybody with the surname Petsch and Jewish roots in Poland, Prussia/Pomerania, i.e. former Germany. Any information or forwarding of this e-mail would be dearly appreciated. Contact Ilona Maria Petsch ilonamariapetsch@yahoo.com
- FYI… Searching… My name is Verena Walter and I am member of staff of the Centre for Research on Antisemitism/Technical University of Berlin, within the project "History of the Concentration Camps 1933-1945". I am also just finishing my PhD thesis on children in the Nazi concentration camps Sachsenhausen, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. I have found a chronicle of a boy who was around 14 when he was liberated by Americans on a death march in Germany. He took notes during nearly six years, i.e., in freedom, in the ghetto of Sosnowiec and in the concentration camps Blechhammer, Groß-Rosen, Buchenwald and Flossenbürg. His father was the "camp eldest" (Lagerälteste) of Blechhammer, Karl Demerer. His son had the name Heinrich and perhaps he is still living and changed his name. Does anyone know who this boy might be or where he may live today? Please respond: verena.walter@berlin.de
- FYI… The following is a plea from "Tamar" in Israel, a 72 year old survivor, to anyone who might know her relatives. She, with many other children, crossed the border from France to Switzerland in 1943. The names of her relatives (as she remembers them) are: Lisette Palestrant, Paul Rosenberg, Leib Rosenberg, Susan Sobelman, Izik Milan (or Milan Izik) Dora Israel-Menashe and her two children, Robert and Portnoy. She is requesting that even if you know someone with a similar story who crossed the [French/Swiss] border during that year [1943] but who does not appear in this list, to please contact her.
All of Tamar's relatives listed in the email were in the Mouvement de Jeunesse Sionist, MJS, convoy that crossed from France to Switzerland on October 20, 1943. It was the next to last MJS that made it across the border. The next day, they tried to pass two convoys across the border; one made it and the other, with Mila Racine, was caught. That was the end of the MJS reseau. If you are familiar with Aloumin in Israel, please let us know. Send your emails to Holocaustchild@comcast.net- FYI… I am the granddaughter of a member of the Dutch Resistance who helped Jewish families escape from occupied Holland during the war and have volunteered with the Red Cross Tracing project. I am looking for the last letters received from people who did not survive the Holocaust in order to publish them as a book. Each letter will be photographed and the photograph will be shown on one page. The letter will be translated, if necessary, and typed out on another page. A photograph of the person (if available) or any commentary or background the family would like to include will be shown as well. A portion of any profits from the book will be donated to a Holocaust education organization. I realize that this is a delicate and sad request, but I hope that the value of the letters, in education and providing insight into the realizations of people that there was a time limit on how long they could safely remain in their home country, will outweigh the sadness. I would like to help people understand that the writers of these letters were not just tragic historical figures, but also real people. If you have such a letter, or know someone who might, please contact me. My name is Elisabeth Pollaert Smith. You can contact me at epollaert@gmail.com. Thank you very much for your assistance.
- FYI… From the Museum of the History of Polish Jews Museum construction gets underway
- FYI… The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum continues to build its collection of original photographs, documents, and artifacts relating to the experiences of the Holocaust in Europe, Palestine, the Far East, and the Americas. They are looking for original documents, letters, diaries, artwork, music, photographs, clothing, religious materials, memorial (Yizkor) books, personal artifacts, toys, historic film footage, home movies, and other artifacts from the time period surrounding the Holocaust. If you have materials that you would like to bring to their attention, please contact: Kyra Schuster, Division of Collections, KSchuster@ushmm.org.
- FYI… Filmmaker and 2G Aviva Kempner discusses her newest film, Yoo Hoo Mrs. Goldberg! and how the Holocaust impacted her filmmaking career: www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=106482968&m=106486123
- FYI… Journalist and creative writer Shlomit Kriger is inviting Holocaust survivors to leave a legacy by sharing their artistic creations through an anthology that will feature creative writing pieces, helping to celebrate their indomitable spirit. Submissions can be in the form of a poem, song, or short story and can be about the Holocaust or any other topic that has moved the survivors. All submissions must be in English and no longer than two pages for poetry and songs and 1,500 words for short stories. Up to two pieces may be submitted. Along with their submissions, contributors should include their name and contact information at the top of each page, as well as a cover letter with a brief paragraph about themselves. Send submissions by e-mail: holocaustanthology@yahoo.ca or by mail: Holocaust Anthology, c/o Shlomit, P.O. Box 984, 1 Promenade Circle, Thornhill, Ontario, L4J 8G7, Canada by August 31, 2009 [new date]
- 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]
- Webmaster: Anna Schiffer.
- Klara Firestone [Second Generation, LA, CA]; Sandy Hoffman [Generations After, WI];