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Generations of the Shoah International Newsletter
November, 2016
Dear Members and Friends,
Registration for the joint GSI, World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust and
Descendants (WFJCSHD) and Kindertransport (KTA) conference in Los Angeles is now closed
and there will be no last-minute registrations at the door. The response has been wonderful and
we are completely full. Sadly we cannot accommodate additional attendees.
There is a list of Kristallnacht commemorations listed below in the Upcoming Events section.
Also, in the FYI section you will find Holocaust-related news articles from all over the world.
Generations of the Shoah International (GSI)
Membership in our interactive leadership listserv is open to leaders / representatives of
landsmanschaft and other Holocaust-related 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: [email protected].
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 [email protected]. You must send us your
information no later than the 23rd of the month if you wish for it to appear in the upcoming
month’s issue.
To search the newsletter by geographic area: search by country for programs outside the USA or
use the city and / or state abbreviations for those in the USA.
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.
GSI has an “open” Facebook Group that anyone can join and invite others to join. Feel free to
introduce yourself to your brothers and sisters in the survivor community and communicate
directly with them without having to be cleared by a third party. Use the group to find old
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friends and relatives. Join us and meet new friends. Our page is visible to Facebook members at
http://tinyurl.com/clhxsf. Joining Facebook is free and easy: www.facebook.com.
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust and Descendants
(WFJCSHD),
Generations of the Shoah International (GSI) and
Kindertransport Association (KTA)
International, Intergenerational Conference November 4 – 7, 2016 Warner Center Marriott, Woodland Hills, CA
To register: www.genshoah.org/pdfs/gsi_2016_registration_packet.pdf
For more information: www.holocaustchild.org, [email protected],
3rd South Africa – Poland Heritage Conference November 6, 2016 2:00 – 5:30 pm
Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
For more and to RSVP: [email protected]
15th Annual Council of Holocaust Educators Conference
Refugees and their Flight for Life December 5, 2016 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Navesink Room, Student Life Center, Parking lot 7, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ
For more: www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/workshops/120515conf.pdf
Fall Conference for Educators
Teaching About the Holocaust and Other Genocides December 11, 2016 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY
For more information: www.mjhnyc.org/l_teachers_development.html.
The Jewish Refugee Problem During the Shoah (1933 – 1945) Reconsidered
December 18 – 20, 2016 Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel
For more information: [email protected] Call for Papers Application
International Conference for Leaders in Jewish Education
December 26 – 29, 2016
Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
Genocide Prevention through Education November 2, 2016 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ
For more: www.nj.gov/education/holocaust/programs/workshops/110216sem.pdf
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The Lessons of the Holocaust and
Decisions We Make Today
November 3, 2016 3:30 – 6:30 pm
Jack Adams School, Administrative Office, 50 Tower Street, Room 201, Huntington Station, NY
For more: [email protected]
Echoes and Reflections
November 4, 2016 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
East Valley Middle School, 4920 N. Progress Rd, Spokane, WA
For more: www.holocaustcenterseattle.org/events/286-teacher-seminar-echoes-11-4-16
Election Day Professional Development
Elie Wiesel’s Night November 8, 2016 8:30 am - 2:30 pam
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY
For more information: www.mjhnyc.org/l_teachers_development.html.
Women In The Holocaust – Echoes & Reflections November 10, 2016 9:00am – 3:00 pm
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
7th
-12th
grade educators. Advance registration required; www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/pages/for-
educators/professional-development/upcoming-workshops/
Echoes and Reflections: Teaching about Anne Frank November 11, 2016 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton NJ
For more information: http://echoesandreflections.org/events/program-in-princeton-nj/
Response And Resistance: Using Primary Sources to Teach About
Ghettoization During The Holocaust November 15, 2016 10:00am – 2:30 pm
Jewish Federation of NW Indiana, Munster, IN
7th
-12th
grade educators. Advance registration required;
www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/pages/for-educators/professional-development/upcoming-
workshops/
Gumpert Teacher’s Workshop
The Resettlement of Survivors of Genocide,
Crimes Against Humanity and Mass Atrocity November 17, 2016 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ
For more: www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/workshops/111716Gumpert.pdf
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Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Unsung Heroes at The Wiener Library November 20, 2016 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Wiener Library, 29 Russell Sq., London, England
Attendees are also required to bring their own laptops, basic computer skills required, wireless
internet will be provided. RSVP: www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Whats-On?item=288 For more
information: [email protected]
Children of Willesden Lane - A Refugee Story
November 29, 2016 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY
For more: www.mjhnyc.org/l_teachers_development.html. Registration through Facing History and
Ourselves: Children of Willesden Lane - New York
Echoes and Reflections Training December 2, 2016 8:00 am – Noon
JCC, 333 S. 132nd
Street, Omaha, NE
For registration: http://ihene.org/echoes-and-reflection-dec-2/
Annual K-8 Holocaust Workshop
Using Artifacts to Teach the Holocaust December 6, 2016 4:30 - 6:30 pm
Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
For more: www.nj.gov/education/holocaust/programs/workshops/120616artifacts.pdf
Localization of Videotaped Testimonies of Victims of National Socialism
in Educational Programs
January 9 – 11, 2017
Kardinal Konig Haus, Vienna, Austria
For more: www.erinnern.at/bundeslaender/oesterreich/termine/call-for-participation-workshop-
on-video-testimonies-of-victims-of-national-socialism
Gender and Sexuality in the Holocaust
January 9 – 13, 2017
US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
For more: www.ushmm.org/research/competitive-academic-programs/faculty-seminars/jack-and-
anita-hess-seminar-for-faculty
Echoes and Reflections and Elie Wiesel’s Night
April 5, 2017 3:30 – 7:30 pm
Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton NJ
For more: www.nj.gov/education/holocaust/programs/workshops/040517Echoes.pdf
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Medicine in the Holocaust and Beyond May 7 – 11, 2017
Western Galilee, Israel
For more: www.medicineaftertheholocaust.org
UPCOMING EVENTS
Now – November 13, 2016 — New Brunswick, Piscataway, Princeton, NJ
Seventeenth Annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival: including films that address issues of the
Holocaust and memory. For tickets/more information: http://bildnercenter.rutgers.edu/film
Now – November 13, 2016—Stockton University Art Gallery, L-Wing, Galloway, NJ
Exhibit: Drawing Against Oblivion: Portraits of Children of the Holocaust by artist Manfred
Bockelmann. For more: http://intraweb.stockton.edu/eyos/page.cfm?siteID=188&pageID=123
Now - November 18, 2016—Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest Art Exhibit: Commonalities, donated works of art by
Yonia Fain, Marsha Marx, John Less, and Chas Palminteri which all share a common theme of
the Holocaust. For more information: www.jfedgmw.org/access/access-federation-92016/art-
exhibit-presents-common-thread-of-holocaust.
Now – December 4, 2016—Therese Maloney Art Gallery, Annunciation Center, College of Saint
Elizabeth, 2 Convent Rd, Morristown, NJ
Exhibit: Images for Remembrance, featuring works by 2G photographers Aliza Augustine and
Beth Burstein. For more: www.cse.edu/holocaustcenter or call (973) 290-4351.
Now – January 8, 2017— Bullock Texas State History Museum,1800 Congress Ave, Austin, TX
US Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda.
For more: www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=TESTEDCPTION
Now – January 31, 2017—US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
Exhibit: Some Were Neighbors: Collaboration & Complicity in the Holocaust. For more:
www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=TESWNCOLLCOMP0814
Now – February 15, 2017—California African American Museum, 600 State Dr,
Los Angeles, CA
USHMM exhibit: Politics, Race, and Propaganda: The Nazi Olympics Berlin 1936. For
more: https://www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=TENZOLYMPICS1016
Now – March 2017—various locations in Houston, TX
Handcrafted butterflies from around the world are on display across Houston to memorialize the
1.5 million children who died in the Holocaust. For more information: http://hmh.org/butterflies
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November 1, 2016, 7:00 pm—Warner Student Life Center, Brookdale Community College,
Lincroft, NJ
Jewish Defiance During the Holocaust with Yitzchak Mais, former Director of Yad
Vashem. Fees. For more and to register:
www.nj.gov/education/holocaust/programs/workshops/110116Defiance.pdf
November 1, 2016, 7:00 pm—US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
Holocaust Testimony, Evil and Suffering with Dr. Jennifer L. Gedders. For more:
https://www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=CHMEYERHOFFLEC1116
November 1, 2016, 7:00 pm— Conservatory, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, 875 Summit
Avenue, St. Paul, MN
Germany’s Two Genocides: From the Herero to the Holocaust, about the parallels between the
genocide of the indigenous Herero people, perpetrated in Namibia by Germany's Second Reich
in 1904, and the Nazi Holocaust three decades later. Restitution from the German government
has been sought in courts and these landmark cases will be discussed and the contributions of
these reparation cases to international law will be addressed. For more:
http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/events-and-programs/upcoming-events/germanys-two-
genocides
November 1, 2016, 7:30 pm—92nd St Y, Lexington Ave at 92nd St, New York, NY
Denial — The Holocaust on Trial, a discussion with Deborah Lipstadt, Floyd Abrams and
Bret Stephens moderated by Thane Rosenbaum. For tickets and more information:
www.92y.org/Event/Denial
November 2, 2016, 6:00 pm—The Wiener Library, 29 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DP, England
Roundtable: Making a Difference: Critical Responses to the Refugee Crises Then and Now. Speakers will reflect upon the historical examples of the work of Bertha Bracey and Eleanor Rathbone in
working and campaigning for refugees in the 1930s and 1940s, and consider parallels with the present day
situation, and the problems that such campaigners may encounter in attempting to gain sanctuary for
victims of war, oppression and persecution.
For information and to reserve your place: www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Whats-On?item=279
November 2, 2016, 6:30 pm—UN Headquarters, Conference Rm 1, New York, NY
Holocaust Remembrance and Public Memorials: the Complexities and Challenges of Facing
the Past, a discussion with Holocaust experts and scholars from Brazil, Japan, Israel, United
States, Ukraine and South Africa. For registration and more information:
www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/2016/2Nov.html
November 2, 2016, 6:30 pm—Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
Women in the Holocaust. Dr. Rochelle Saidel, author, Executive Director of Remember the
Women Institute, and Research Fellow at the International Institute for Holocaust Research at
Yad Vashem, will explore the changing roles and unique challenges women faced during the
Holocaust. Reservations required; www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/events
November 2, 2016, 6:45 pm—Classic Cinemas, 9 Gordon Street, Elsternwick Victoria 3185,
Melbourne, Australia Screening of Karski & The Lords of Humanity. For more: http://jiff.com.au/ or
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November 2, 2016, 7:00 pm—Cesar Showroom, 50 West 23rd
St, New York, NY
3GStories Launch. 3GNY is introducing @3GStories, a digital collection of memories and
tributes to our grandparents who survived the Holocaust. Fees. More information in FYI
section, [email protected], [email protected]. Buy Tickets Here
November 2, 2016, 7:00 pm—Weisman Museum of Art, Davis Gallery, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Reflections on the Unspoken, featuring UMN faculty Rebecca Krinkle and Leslie Morris
reading from her memoir on her family’s Holocaust history, with vocalist Ryland Angel. More:
http://chgs.umn.edu/news/centernews.php?entry=tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-
6588157040175245161.post-3475896728272611978
November 3, 2016, 4:30 pm— Annunciation Center, College of Saint Elizabeth, 2 Convent
Rd, Morristown, NJ
Opening Reception for Images for Remembrance exhibit, followed by panel discussion at 7:15
pm with Aliza Augustine; Beth Burstein; Peter Chametzky, Ph.D.; and Doug Depice. For
more: www.cse.edu/holocaustcenter or call (973) 290-4351.
November 3, 2016, 7:00 pm— Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge MA
The Vienna Project: Building Inclusive Communities, with featured speaker, Karen Frostig,
granddaughter of Austrian Holocaust victims and Director of The Vienna Project (2013-14);
Brian Corr, Executive Director of the Cambridge Peace Commission; and Alice Wolf, born in
Vienna. The program is held in commemoration of pogromnacht 1938 (also known as
Kristallnacht). For more: [email protected]
November 3, 2016, 7:00 pm—New Rochelle High School Museum of Arts and Culture, New
Rochelle, NY [Exhibit dates: Nov 1 – Dec10 and also Dec 17. Check for times.]
Exhibit: Anne Frank: A History for Today, including photographs of the Frank family and other
occupants of the secret annex. For more: (914) 696-0738, [email protected]
November 3, 2016, 7:00 pm—Trent Elementary School, Spokane, WA
Carla, Holocaust Survivor & Resistance Fighter, Shares Her Story. For more and to RSVP:
November 5, 2016, 7:30 pm—Maurice Levin Theater, JCC MetroWest, 760 Northfield Ave,
West Orange, NJ Film Screening: A Blind Hero: The Love of Otto Wendt, a docudrama about one of the
Righteous Among Nations. For information & tickets: www.boxofficetickets.com/jccmetrowest
November 6, 2016, 3:00 pm—Rider University, Gill Chapel, Lawrenceville, NJ
Interfaith Kristallnacht Commemoration, featuring the film Confessions of a Hitler Youth. For
more: www.nj.gov/education/holocaust/programs/kristallnacht/110616Rider.pdf
November 6, 2016, 7:00 pm—White Meadow Temple, 153 White Meadow Rd, Rockaway, NJ
Kristallnacht Commemoration, featuring the film, Margit - Not A23029 and choral selections
performed by HaZamir North Jersey. For more information:
www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/kristallnacht/110616Temple.pdf
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November 6, 2016, 7:00 pm— Temple Sholom, 1925 Lake Ave, Scotch Plains, NJ
Abandonment: The Refugee Crisis, 1938/2016, presented in commemoration of Kristallnacht,
by Dr. Dennis Klein, author, professor of History and Director of the Jewish Studies program at
Kean University. For more information: www.sholomnj.org
November 7-11, 2016— College of Saint Elizabeth, 2 Convent Rd, Morristown, NJ
26th
Annual Week of Holocaust Remembrance: Holocaust-related "In-Class Faculty Sessions"
open to the community. For more: www.cse.edu/holocaustcenter or call (973) 290-4351.
November 7, 2016, 7:30 pm—Dolan Performance Hall, College of Saint Elizabeth, 2 Convent
Rd, Morristown, NJ
26th
Annual Week of Holocaust Remembrance: an Interfaith Kristallnacht service of
remembrance, featuring keynote speaker, Dr. Mary Boys, Dean of Academic Affairs and
Skinner and McAlpin Professor of Practical Theology at Union Theological Seminary, testimony
from Kristallnacht survivor Erwin Ganz, music, and prayers. Dessert reception will follow. For
more: www.cse.edu/holocaustcenter or call (973) 290-4351.
November 8, 2016 – January 17, 2017, 6:30 – 8:30 pm— The Wiener Library, 29 Russell
Square, London, WC1B 5DP, England
Course: Genocide After the Holocaust taught by Kingston University Professor in Holocaust
and Genocide Studies Philip Spencer. Fees. For more: www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Whats-
On?item=272 or contact Neta Lavee at [email protected]
November 8, 2016, 2:00 pm—Center for Jewish History, 15 W 16th
St, New York, NY
The Fountain of Judaism: JDC Aid to Traditionalist Jews in Interwar and Nazi-Occupied
Poland, a discussion with Glenn Dynner, Professor of Religion, Sarah Lawrence College. Free,
RSVP required: www.eventbrite.com/e/fountain-of-judaism-tickets-27757203543.
November 9, 2016, 12:00 noon—Law Library Media Center, LM 240 Madison Building, Library
of Congress, Washington, DC
Forgotten Transports. Film director, political scientist and historian Lukáš Přibyl documented
every word of witnesses to the Holocaust by painstakingly researched visual materials and
created a series of four award-winning documentary films which trace the history of Czech Jews
during the period of World War II. For more: [email protected], 202-707-8814 or [email protected]
November 9, 2016, 5:00 pm— Classic Cinemas, 9 Gordon Street, Elsternwick Victoria 3185,
Melbourne, Australia Screening of Karski & The Lords of Humanity. For more: http://jiff.com.au/ or
November 9, 2016, 6:30 pm— Goethe-Institut South Africa, 119 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood,
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kristallnacht Commemoration (1938 November Pogroms) with keynote speaker Professor
Michael Berenbaum. For more: www.holocaust.org.za/
November 9, 2016, 6:30 pm— Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
Kristallnacht Commemoration: Historian Richard Breitman will address US government
reaction to those events, and Kristallnacht survivor Marianne Schwab will reflect on her
experiences. Reservations required: www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/events
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November 9, 2016, 7:00 pm— Maxine and Robert Seller Theatre, JCC of Greater Buffalo, 2640
North Forest Road, Getzville, NY
The Mitzvah Project: a lecture and one-person play that explores the history and tragedy of the
tens of thousands of Germans of Jewish descent (“Mischlinge”) who served in the
Wehrmacht. To make a reservation, click here. Website: www.hrcbuffalo.org
November 9, 2016, 7:00 pm—Klingenstein Jewish Center, 580 McIntosh Rd, Sarasota, FL
Kristallnacht Commemoration with daughter of survivors Frannie Sheridan. For more:
www.jfedsrq.org
November 9, 2016, 7:30 pm—Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County,
275 McKinley Ave, New Milford, NJ
Community-Wide Kristallnacht Commemoration: Remembering Elie Wiesel with keynote
speaker NY Times reporter Joseph Berger, author of Displaced Persons and featuring the
photographic exhibit, The Earth has Not Forgotten: A Journey to Poland, by Debbie Teicholz-
Guedalia. RSVP to [email protected]
November 9, 2016, 8:00 pm—National Museum of American Jewish History, 101 South
Independence Mall East, Philadelphia, PA
Kristallnacht Commemoration: Philadelphia premiere of Karski & The Lords of Humanity
followed by Q & A with film director Slawomir Grunberg. For more: [email protected]
or www.jankarski.com
November 10, 2016, 12:00 pm—Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration in the Wilf
Memorial, followed by lunch and learn with Holocaust Survivor Ted Comet. Lunch
provided. For more information: [email protected] or call 973-929-3194.
November 10, 2016, 12:00 noon—Pickford Theater, Madison Building, Library of Congress,
Washington, DC
The Judische Kulturbund Project: Multimedia presentation and live musical performance in
cooperation with the Goethe-Institut and the Rabin Chair Forum of George Washington
University. To understand the project's vision of how the Kulturbund is relevant today, see a
short video at www.judischekulturbund.com/shared-stories/. For more: [email protected]
November 10, 2016, 12:30 pm—Ocean County College, Kean Ocean Gateway Building, Room
104, Toms River, NJ
Kristallnacht Commemoration with keynote speaker, Lawrence Glaser, Executive Director, NJ
Commission on Holocaust Education.. For more: www.kuhrc.org/events-page/the-night-of-
broken-glass-kristallnacht-commemoration/
November 10, 2016, 5:30 pm—Montclair State University, University Hall, Montclair, NJ
Hate: A Film Screening and Panel Discussion on the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism, featuring a
conversation with filmmaker Nadav Eyal, in commemoration of Kristallnacht. For more:
www.nj.gov/education/holocaust/programs/workshops/111016Hate.pdf
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November 10, 2016, 6:00 pm—George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair,
NJ Nazis, Rescuers and Cigars in the Philippines, featuring the film Rescue in the Philippines:
Refuge from the Holocaust. RSVP by November 8 to 973.655.6941, space is limited.
November 10, 2016, 6:30 pm—Deer Creek Country Club, Deerfield Beach, FL
NEXT GENERATIONS Opening Social. For more information: [email protected]
November 10, 2016, 7:00 pm—Brookdale Community College, Warner Student Life Center,
Navesink Rooms, Lincroft, NJ
Kristallnacht Commemoration: screening of the film Regina about Regina Jonas, the world’s
first formally ordained female rabbi who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt and murdered at
Auschwitz, followed by discussion with Rabbi Sally Priesand. For more: www.chhange.org.
November 10, 2016, 7:30 pm—Beth El Congregation, Bethesda, MD
Forgotten Transports to Poland: the final installment of a quartet of documentaries about
survival during the Holocaust, dealing with the difficult choices people escaping Nazi ghettos
and camps had to make in order to adapt and survive. For more: 301-652-2606
November 11, 2016 – January 3, 2017—Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, 47106 Wildhorse
Boulevard, Pendleton, OR
US Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit: Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race. More:
www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=TEWCDEADMED1116
November 11, 6:30 p.m.—Temple Emanu-El of West Essex, 264 Northfield Rd, Livingston NJ
Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration: A powerful and memorable night of memory, music,
and reflection with keynote speaker, Holocaust survivor Carl Dubovy, For more information:
www.emanuel.org/community/holocaust/ or call (973) 992-5560.
November 13, 2016, 11:00 am— Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
Museum Tour: Symbolic by Design. See how renowned architect Stanley Tigerman infused the
museum with historical and emotional symbolism. For more: www.ilholocaustmuseum.org November 13, 2016, 1:00 pm—Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY
Speaker Series: Testimony from Kindertransport Survivor Ruth Zimbler. Free with museum
admission. For more information: www.mjhnyc.org/v_general_speakers.html
November 13, 2016, 1:00 pm—Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas, NV
Kristallnacht commemoration with keynote speaker Martin Goldsmith, Sirius XM personality and
author of Alex’s Wake. For more: [email protected]
November 13, 2016, 1:30 pm—Gratz College, Melrose Park, PA
Teach In: Holocaust Denial: History on Trial with keynote speaker Deborah Lipstadt. For more:
www.gratz.edu/news/entry/deborah-lipstadt-at-gratz-for-holocaust-teach-in-inbox-x
November 13, 2016, 2:00 pm— Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County,
100 Crescent Beach Rd, Glen Cove, NY
Law and Order in Jewish DP Camps, Germany with George Lee, Holocaust Survivor, Chief of
Police & Fire, Föhrenwald DP Camp, 1945-1948 and John Friedman, Co-producer Hotel
Terminus. Suggested donation. To RSVP: (516) 571-8040 or [email protected]
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November 13, 2016, 2:00 pm—Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
In Conversation with…Nuremberg Trials Eyewitness Hal Bergen: Chicago Tribune reporter
Kathy Bergen will interview her father, Hal Bergen, as he shares his experiences in the
courtroom at Nuremberg and observations about ordinary Germans attempts to return to normal
life after the war. Reservations required; www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/events
November 13, 2016, 7:30 pm—Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY
The Power, a Kristallnacht musical event featuring international superstars Dudu Fisher, Gad
Elbaz and Lipa Schmelzer. The evening will open with a guest appearance from the Holocaust
Survivor Band. For tickets and more information: www.kingstheatre.com/shows/the-power-
with-gad-elbaz-and-dudu-fisher
November 14, 2016, 7:00 pm—North Suburban Temple Beth El, Highland Park, IL
Film screening of Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah. For more:
www.ushmm.org/events/spectres-highland-park.
November 14, 2016, 7:00 pm—Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Avenue, Seattle, WA
Stolen Legacy: Nazi Theft and the Quest for Justice. For more information
www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=WCPPSEATLE1116
November 15, 2016, 4:00 pm— Learning Center, Room 28, Drew University, Madison, NJ
Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration featuring screening of the film, The Night of Broken Glass, with
guest speaker Erwin Ganz, witness to Kristallnacht. For more:
www.drew.edu/chs/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/Erwin-Ganz-Flyer-20162.pdf
November 15, 2016, 7:00 pm—Stockton University Campus Center Theatre, Galloway, NJ
The Origins of the Holocaust in Africa? The German Genocide of 1904-1907, presented by
Dr. Elizabeth R Baer, Ida E King Distinguished Visiting Professor of Holocaust Studies. For
more: www.nj.gov/education/holocaust/programs/workshops/111516King.pdf
November 15, 2016, 7:00 pm—Temple Sholom of Chicago, 3480 N. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL
Film screening of Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah. For more: www.ushmm.org/events/spectres-chicago
November 15, 2016, 7:00 pm—Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
Stolen Legacy: Nazi Theft and the Quest for Justice. For more information: www.ushmm.org/events/stolen-legacy-sf
November 16, 2016, 5:00 pm—1210 Heller Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Necropolitics: Mass Graves and Exhumations in the Age of Human Rights. For more:
http://chgs.umn.edu/news/centernews.php?entry=tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-
6588157040175245161.post-5773424243441000562
November 16, 2016, 6:30 pm—Center for Jewish History, 15 W 16th
St, New York, NY
Out of the Ghetto: Struggle, Resistance and the Human Spirit, a discussion about
the monumental project to publish the entire Oyneg Shabes Archive, with Eleonara Bergman,
Samuel Kassow and Robert Shapiro. For more: www.yivo.org/Out-of-the-Ghetto. RSVP
Required: [email protected] or (212) 294-6143
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November 16, 2016, 7:00 pm—Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest’s Real to Reel Holocaust Film Series: What Our
Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy. For more information: [email protected] or 973-
929-3194.
November 16, 2016, 7:00 pm—Holocaust Museum and Education Center of SW Florida, 4760
Tamiami Trail North, Naples FL
Defiant Requiem, a film showing how the inmates of the Nazi camp Terezin used music and art
as their weapons against the Nazis. For more: 239.963.9347 or [email protected]
November 17, 2016, 12:00 noon—Pickford Theater, 3rd
Floor, Madison Bldg, Library of
Congress, Washington, DC
Book talk: GIRL: My Childhood and the Second World War, with award-winning Israeli writer
and illustrator, Alona Frankel. This memoir describes how Alona survived in hiding in Poland.
For more: [email protected] or [email protected].
November 17, 2016, 7:00 pm—US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
Lecture: The Polish Police: Collaboration in the Holocaust. For more information:
www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=MALEVINELEC1116
November 18, 2016, 12:00 pm— Classic Cinemas, 9 Gordon Street, Elsternwick Victoria 3185,
Melbourne, Australia Screening of Karski & The Lords of Humanity. For more: http://jiff.com.au/ or
November 19, 2016, 4:00 pm—Michigan Theater, 603 Liberty, Ann Arbor, MI
Screening of the film Karski & The Lords of Humanity followed by a Q & A with film director
Slawomir Grunberg. For more: [email protected] or www.jankarski.com
November 20, 2016, 2:00 pm—Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY
And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank, a multimedia play,
weaving videotaped interviews of Holocaust survivors with live actors. For tickets and more
information: www.mjhnyc.org/calendar_nov16.html
November 20, 2016, 2:00 pm—Center for Jewish History, 15 W 16th
St, New York, NY
Family Secrets: Jewish-Christian Relations and the Holocaust, with Professor Katharina von
Kellenbach and Pastor Heidi Neumark. For more: http://programs.cjh.org/#
November 20, 2016, 5:00 pm—Beth Tikvah, 1459 Pine Ridge Rd, Naples, FL
Film screening: The People vs. Fritz Bauer - Thriller about a good German prosecutor's efforts
to bring Nazis to justice. For more: [email protected] or 239.963.9347
November 21, 2016, 2:00 pm—Lido Cinemas, 675 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn Victoria 3122,
Melbourne, Australia
Screening of Karski & The Lords of Humanity. For more: http://jiff.com.au/ or
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November 21, 2016, 7:00 pm—Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY
And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank, a multimedia play,
weaving videotaped interviews of Holocaust survivors with live actors. For tickets and more
information: www.mjhnyc.org/calendar_nov16.html
November 21, 2016, 7:00 pm— New Rochelle High School, North Avenue at Braemar Avenue,
New Rochelle, NY
Film: My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes, the story of sports idol Gino Bartali and other
brave Italians who defied the Nazis and Fascists to rescue Jews during the Shoah, followed by Q
& A with Vincent Marmorale, President of the Italy and the Holocaust Foundation. For more:
(914)696-0738, [email protected]
November 22, 2016, 6:30 pm—Center for Jewish History, 15 W 16th
St, New York, NY
Norman Manea Celebration, honoring the work and influence of Norman Manea, Holocaust
survivor and one of the most important contemporary Jewish-Romanian-American writers. For
more: www.yivo.org/Honoring-Norman-Manea
November 22, 2016, 7:30 pm—South County Civic Center, Jog Road, Delray Beach, FL
NEXT GENERATIONS Holocaust Film Series. For more: [email protected]
November 23, 2016, 6:00 pm—Wiener Library, 29 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DP,
England
Encounters with Albion: Britain and the British in Texts by Jewish Refugees after 1933, a
discussion with Anthony Grenville about his forthcoming book which analyses the image of
British society as conveyed in over 50 texts by Jewish refugees from Nazism - novels, memoirs,
autobiographies, diaries and collections of letters. The book’s opening chapters run parallel to
the Wiener Library’s exhibition A Bitter Road and visitors will have the opportunity to view the
exhibition before the talk. For tickets: www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Whats-On?item=280
November 26, 2016, 11:00 am— Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
Museum Tour: Symbolic by Design. See how renowned architect Stanley Tigerman infused the
museum with historical and emotional symbolism. For more: www.ilholocaustmuseum.org
November 26, 2016, 12:30 pm—Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
Survivor Talks – In Our Voices: hear Holocaust Survivors tell their stories in person and
answer audience questions. For more: www.ilholocaustmuseum.org
November 27, 2016, 3:00 pm—Centrepointe Theatre, 101 Centrepointe Dr, Nepean, ON,
Canada Film screening of Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Q & A following the screening led
by Louis-Philippe Mendes, grandson of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. Tickets by donation.
For more information contact: [email protected]
November 28, 2016, 1:00 pm— Wiener Library, 29 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DP,
England
PhD and a Cup of Tea: Wiener Library Documents Section 532. Ph.D. candidate Miriam
Schulz, will discuss her research on the Wiener Library’s Documents Section 532 –– the archive
of the as yet unknown, first Jewish historical committee documenting the Holocaust in Eastern
Europe. For information and tickets: www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Whats-On?item=282
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November 29, 2016, 7:00 pm—Camden County College Blackwood Campus, Civic Hall,
Connector Building, Blackwood, NJ
Documentary Screening: Germans and Jews followed by a discussion with the filmmakers. For
more: www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/workshops/112916Film.pdf
November 29, 2016, 7:00 pm— New Rochelle High School, North Avenue at Braemar Avenue,
New Rochelle, NY
A Conversation with Anne and Martin, a dramatization developed from excerpts from the Diary
of Anne Frank and Dr. King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail which evokes important messages
from these legendary figures, as they write of their hopes and plans for a united world. For
more: (914)696-0738, [email protected]
November 30, 2016, 7:00 pm—Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY
Where Memory Leads: My Life. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Saul Friedländer discusses
his new memoir with Professor James Young. For tickets and more information:
http://www.mjhnyc.org/calendar_nov16.html
December 4, 2016, 11:30 am—Mizner Court, Boca Raton, FL
NEXT GENERATIONS BAGELS AND BOOKS, book discussion The Glass Room by Simon
Mawer. For more: Betty Schultz: [email protected]
December 4, 2016, 1:00 pm—Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY
Speaker Series: Testimony from a Holocaust Survivor. Free with museum admission. For more
information: www.mjhnyc.org/v_general_speakers.html
December 11, 2016, 11:00 am— Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
Museum Tour: Symbolic by Design. See how renowned architect Stanley Tigerman infused the
museum with historical and emotional symbolism. For more: www.ilholocaustmuseum.org
December 11, 2016, 12:30 pm—Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
Survivor Talks – In Our Voices: hear Holocaust Survivors tell their stories in person and
answer audience questions. For more: www.ilholocaustmuseum.org
December 11, 2016, 2:00 pm—Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY
The Nazi Hunters: a conversation with French activist and attorney Serge Klarsfeld and
award-winning journalist and author Andrew Nagorski. For more information:
http://www.mjhnyc.org/calendar_dec16.html
December 13, 2016, 7:00 pm—B'nai Torah Congregation, 6261 Southwest 18th St, Boca Raton, FL
A Relentless Pursuit: Bringing Holocaust Perpetrators to Justice. For more information:
www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=SERELPURBR1216
December 14, 2016. 11:00 am— Funky Flamingo Studio, 1234 NE 6th
Ave, Fort Lauderdale,
FL
NEXT GENERATIONS Story Expressions Art Class. For more: [email protected]
December 15, 2016. 11:00 am— Clive Daniel Home, Boca Raton, FL
NEXT GENERATIONS Cooking Class Series: “A Taste of Life – The Past to the Present”. For
more: [email protected].
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December 20, 2016, 7:30 pm—South Country Civic Center, Jog Road, Delray Beach, FL
NEXT GENERATIONS Holocaust Film Series. For more: Barbara Byer: [email protected]
December 21, 2016, 3:00 pm—Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY
Film Screening: A Town Called Brzostek, followed by a discussion with filmmaker Simon
Target, Professor Jonathan Webber, and Holocaust survivor and former resident of Brzostek
Ruth Pagirsky. For more information: http://www.mjhnyc.org/calendar_dec16.html
December 31, 2016, 11:00 am— Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
Museum Tour: Symbolic by Design. See how renowned architect Stanley Tigerman infused the
museum with historical and emotional symbolism. For more: www.ilholocaustmuseum.org
December 31, 2016, 12:30 pm—Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
Survivor Talks – In Our Voices: hear Holocaust Survivors tell their stories in person and
answer audience questions. For more: www.ilholocaustmuseum.org
January 3, 2017, 7:00 pm—Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue, 120 North Country Road, Palm
Beach, FL
Screening of Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah. The film explores the 12 year journey
that led to the creation of the nine hour film Shoah. For more information:
www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=SELANZPB0117
January 4, 2017, 10:30 am—Bellaggio Clubhouse, 6525 Bellaggio Lakes Blvd, Lake Worth,
FL
Screening of Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah. The film explores the 12 year journey
that led to the creation of the nine hour film Shoah. For more information:
www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=SELANZLKEWR0117
January 4, 2017, 7:00 pm—Congregation B’nai Israle, 2200 Yamato Rd, Boca Raton, FL
Screening of Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah. The film explores the 12 year journey
that led to the creation of the nine hour film Shoah. For more information:
www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=SELANZBR0117
January 11, 18, 24, February 1 and 8, 2017, 7:00 pm—Las Olas Chabad Jewish Center, Fort
Lauderdale, FL
NEXT GENERATIONS Yiddish Class Series: A Journey into Yiddish Language. For more:
January 12, 2017, 11:00 am— Clive Daniel Home, Boca Raton, FL
NEXT GENERATIONS Cooking Class Series: “A Taste of Life – The Past to the Present”. For
more: [email protected].
January 18, 2017, 7:30 pm—South Country Civic Center, Jog Road, Delray Beach, FL
NEXT GENERATIONS Holocaust Film Series. For more: Barbara Byer: [email protected]
January 19, 2017, 6:15 pm—Temple Beth El, Boca Raton, FL
NEXT GENERATIONS Nathan Hilu Art Exhibition. VIP Reception and presentation
honoring Rabbi Jessica Brockman. For more: [email protected]
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January 27 – December 31, 2017—Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum, HaGeta’ot, Galilee, Israel
US Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit: Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race. More:
www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=INTTEXDEADMEDISR0117
January 29 – June 18, 2017—National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA
US Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit: State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda.
More: www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=TESTEDCPTION0117
FYI…FOR YOUR INFORMATION
FYI… Online newsletters
Sir Martin Gilbert book club www.martingilbert.com/sir-martins-book-club-newsletter/
FYI… From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Hate Has Power. Knowledge Has More.
Discover the danger of denial in today’s world.
FYI… 3GNY is introducing @3GStories, a digital collection of memories and tributes to our
grandparents who survived the Holocaust. 3GStories is our very own “Humans of New York”
style Instagram and Facebook feed, with the goal to have enough submissions to upload a new
photo weekly and build this to be a digital archive of Holocaust survivors and their stories. To
submit your family story and picture, you need to have an Instagram account. To create one, go
here: www.instagram.com/3gstories/ If you would like to email us your story instead, please
email: [email protected]
FYI… Bukovina Jewish Heritage Sites deals with the following types of Heritage Sites:
Jewish cemeteries and Holocaust-era mass graves including memorials sites; Concentration
camps and memorial sites; Ghettos; Synagogues. The website and information are at:
www.eylonconsulting.com/bukovina . Additional materials can be found at:
www.eylonconsulting.com/bukovina/blog/ or at [email protected]
FYI… Poland: Holocaust Study Trip 2017: June 25 – July 2, 2017
The Holocaust Center for Humanity invites you to explore the history and culture of Poland.
Come with us to the places important in the history of the Holocaust and enter into a dialogue
with local witnesses, experts, and educators. Trip includes: Warsaw, Treblinka, Tykocin,
Schindler's Factory, Krakow, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Shabbat dinner at the Krakow Jewish
Community Center. Register Now | Learn More
FYI… The documentary No Asylum: the Untold Chapter of Anne Frank's Story is streaming
live on iTunes, GooglePlay, Amazon and Hulu. For more information: NoAsylumFilm.com
FYI… The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre has a new website:
www.jhbholocaust.co.za/
FYI…For the latest on the Baltics: http://defendinghistory.com/welcome-to-defending-history
FYI… XVI International Writing Contest: Remembering the Holocaust – Path to Tolerance
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Open to students 8th
grade and up, including college. Also open to teachers/educators. Deadline
November 15, 2016. For information: http://en.holocf.ru/pages/31
FYI… Videos, audios and /or slideshows of interest:
German Propaganda Newsreel: Battle for Normandy And Warsaw Uprising
Exploring Hitler’s House, The 101st Airborne at Berchtesgaden
5 Most Valuable World War II Treasures Still Missing Today (Watch)
WWII Relic Hunting On The Eastern Front – Digging Up History (Watch)
Along Germany's Coast, A Nazi Resort Becomes An Upscale Destination
Rosh Hashanah 2016: Theresa May's message
Women who escaped Nazi Germany reunited after "six degrees of separation"
Meet the Tailor Who's Been Helping Presidents Dress the ...
First Person 2016: Marcel Drimer
A Life Left Behind: The Leah Grochowksa Gutman Collection (Curators...
Join those who stand up for the truth
Dedication of the Herman Stern Historical Marker in Valley ...
Author's Night - Suzanna Eibuszyc
100-year-old Holocaust survivor finally becomes US citizen ...
Why white nationalists hear a political ally in Donald Trump
FYI… Articles in the news…Note: links 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
using a search engine, e.g., Google, Yahoo or others.
Israel to give more money for Holocaust survivor welfare
Compensation budget for Holocaust survivors gets NIS 34M infusion
World’s Oldest Man, After Century Wait, Celebrates Bar Mitzvah at Last
World’s Oldest Man, After a Turbulent Century, Is Bar Mitzvahed at Last
World's oldest man celebrates bar mitzvah
World’s oldest man celebrates bar mitzvah 100 years late
World's oldest man finally celebrates bar mitzvah aged 113
Israeli Teens Mobilize to Help Holocaust Survivor Whose Home Was Ransacked by Burglars
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How a previous refugee crisis destroyed my grandfather’s faith
When a German refugee accidentally captured Mount Zion
Prince Charles secretly visited grandmother’s grave while in Jerusalem
Holocaust Film Gets Secret Screening In Gaza
Take Rouhani to your Holocaust museum
Full Transcript of Bernard-Henri Lévy Address at Commemoration of Babi Yar Massacre in
Kiev
Look How Far Ukraine Has Come Since the Babi Yar Massacre
75 years after Babi Yar massacre, Ukraine reexamines its dark history
The Last Survivor of the Babi Yar – When 34,000 Innocents Were Massacred by Nazi Soldiers
Babi Yar: Ukraine’s Dark Historical Anniversary of a Dreadful WW2 Massacre
Babi Yar: Why Holocaust Remembrance Still Matters
Babi Yar Massacre Site in Ukraine Marked with Holocaust Memorial
Joseph Stalin’s Hated Son Died in a Nazi Concentration Camp in World War Two
When "Putin" Becomes an Excuse for Hitler-Glorification ...
Early Book Praising Hitler May Have Been Written by Hitler
Early biography praising Adolf Hitler – was written by Hitler
Early biography comparing Hitler to Jesus was likely written by Fuhrer himself
Book crediting Hitler as Germany's savior may have been self-written
Guess Who Ghost Wrote One of the First Books Praising Hitler? It Was Adolf.
History Professor Claims Hitler Wrote Another Book Two Years Before “Mein Kampf”
New Book Tells How Hitler Was Crazed on Over 70 Different Mind-Bending Drugs By the End
of WWII
The Full Horror of the Nazis’ Treatment of Women is Explored in this Important Book
Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld – The German Who Saved “The Pianist” And Is Honored by Israel
Replica of part of Hitler’s bunker goes on display in Berlin
Artists Project Giant Image Of Hitler On Buildings, Causing Outcry In Berlin
Hitler’s Childhood Home Faces Possible Demolition by Austria
Austria Seeks to Seize, and Possibly Tear Down, Hitler’s House
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Austria Decides To Tear Hitler's House Down
Austria to tear down Hitler's birth house
Hitler’s Birth Home May Not Be Demolished After All
Heidegger Was Really a Real Nazi
Guess who’s coming to dinner, in Germany
A reckoning with history
Vienna court sentences policeman for ‘Heil Hitler’ shout
The Nobel Peace Prize Winner Who Infuriated Hitler
West German Justice Ministry dominated by former Nazis until the 1970s, study says
Commemoration marks 75 years since the start of Jewish deportations by the Nazis - Deutsche
Welle
Remembering Nuremberg, 70 Years Later
The Last Nuremberg Prosecutor Has 3 Words Of Advice: 'Law Not War'
On anniversary of Nuremberg trials, American AG lauds recognition of rape as war crime
The German officer who saved 13 Jewish 'spies' from the Nazis
The banker who used Nazis to help save Jews
The long, twisted shadow cast by Nazi medical experiments
Woman Learns About Her Stay in WWII Refugee Camp Thanks To An Old Photograph
Germany Confronts, in Unique Exhibit, Its ‘Holocaust of the Bullets’
Hitler's vile cretins
Skorzeny: The Mythical Nazi Commando (Part 1)
Skorzeny: The Mythical Nazi Commando (Part 2)
Germany police shooting: Gunman blasts four cops in neo-Nazi raid - Daily Star
West German Justice Ministry dominated by former Nazis until the 1970s, study says
West German Government Was Full of Ex-Nazis After World War II
German MP: No anti-Semite or Nazi will silence me
Nazi jargon revival causes alarm in Germany
Billions of Dollars of Treasure Looted by the Nazis Is Still Hidden
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5 Most Valuable World War II Treasures Still Missing Today
Consternation In Germany After An Abandoned Nazi Resort Becomes A Desired Upscale
Destination
Why The Nazis Beheaded a Famous Author’s Sister – Then Sent His Family the Execution Bill!
The tragic story of the champion Jewish fencer who fought for Hitler
The Jewish fencer who fought for Hitler (Mashable)
This is how ‘the most dangerous man in Europe’ hunted his fellow Nazis for Israel
Auschwitz war criminals targeted with help of virtual reality
Virtual reality helps net last Auschwitz criminals
Virtual reality is helping to bring the last of Auschwitz’s war criminals to justice
3-D Auschwitz model to help in last Nazi trials in Germany (Deutsche Welle)
95-Year-Old Auschwitz Paramedic Charged in 3,681 Murders ...
German trial of Auschwitz medic collapses over bias complaints
Tiny wooden clog charm resurfaces at Auschwitz
Tiny Wooden Charm Found in Auschwitz Attic Likely a Symbol of Resistance Against Nazis,
Says Head of Memory Sites Foundation
Tiny Forbidden Pendant Unearthed in Auschwitz Attic
Property Restitution An Issue In Poland Long After Communism
Helping the Polish heroes who saved Jews in World War II
Historian may be charged with 'slandering Polish nation ...
Historian may face charges in Poland for writing...
How Poland’s Great Filmmaker Confronted His Country’s Holocaust History
In a Catholic Town, a Tribute and Reunion For Poland’s Jews
Reconciliation In Kielce?
Meet the female Schindler who saved 2,500 kids by posing them as gentiles
The Woman Who Smuggled Over 2,500 Jewish Kids Out Of the Warsaw Ghetto In Suitcases or
Medical Bags
Slovenia transfers mass grave remains of Nazi collaborators
Fate of former Schindler's list factory is met with Czech ambivalence
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Schindler’s Factory Moves Closer to Becoming Czech Museum
Czech kids’ volleyball team named for poison used by Nazis
Uphill battle for group that wants to save Oskar Schindler’s factory
Fight Over ‘Schindler’s List’ Factory Rages as Czech Town Questions Holocaust Rescue Tale
Holocaust survivor denied Czech award in government spat
Another Treasure Hunt for Nazi Gold: This Time It’s $50 Billion in Gold and Diamonds In A
Czech Town
GOLD RUSH Nazi gold worth £50 BILLION could be found in tiny Czech town abandoned by
Hitler’s troops in 1945, treasure hunters say
Hungarian neo-Nazi kills cop during home raid - Times Of Israel
In Hungary, ITeach Accredited and IWitness Integrated into National Textbook
Hungarian neo-Nazi kills cop during home raid
The Hungarian Holocaust Revisited- New books about Dr.Kasztner
Hannah Arendt statue unveiled in Budapest
Romania to open first state-run Jewish Museum - Times of Israel
Dutch survivor’s diary called an Anne Frank story with a ‘happy’ ending
Writer Elena Ferrante is daughter of Holocaust survivor, says journalist
Is Elena Ferrante the child of a Holocaust survivor?
Elena Ferrante ‘Unveiled’ as Jewish German Translator
The Story Behind a Name
Is The Truth About Elena Ferrante In Her Name — Or Her Books?
The Difficulty and Intrigue of Getting to Know Elena Ferrante
Survivors Not Railroaded By France
Hollande acknowledges France’s role in interning thousands of Roma during WWII
French, Dutch towns commemorate Alfred Dreyfus, Holocaust survivor Jules Schelvis
Irish Diplomat One of the First to Recognize the Danger of Hitler, Says New Biography
Auschwitz death camp survivor dies aged 90
UK devised WWII plan to save royal family from Nazis
80 Years Ago, Jewish London Fought Off the Fascists on Cable Street
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'Shameful' House of Lords event condemned after audience 'blames Jews for Holocaust' - Jewish
Chronicle
Outrage As Churchill’s Home becomes Hitler’s Headquarters For Movie
Child of 'Britain's Schindler' appeals for help for refugees
'Holohoax' hashtags and 'Zio' slurs - when will Twitter take anti-Semitism seriously?
For Jews in post-Brexit Britain, German citizenship is no longer verboten
UK Jews seek restoration of German citizenship post-Brexit
Iby Knill honoured for breaking her Shoah silence | The Jewish Chronicle
Father of Nobel physics winner fled to UK from the Nazis
Nobel Prize winner in physics is son of German scientist who escaped Nazis
Survivor Lore Rosen: Saved by Kindertransport and self-reliance | Survivor
Auschwitz death camp survivor dies aged 90 - BBC News
BBC's Antiques Roadshow to mark Holocaust with special show in 2017 | The Jewish Chronicle
CSL to name park after Elie Wiesel
Park in Montreal to be named for Elie Wiesel
Holocaust survivors’ testimonies get digitally preserved Canada
Toronto holocaust centre to launch survivor testimony ...
Suffer the children: A child of Holocaust survivors examines how trauma…
Hitler Salutes, Swastikas Invade University of Toronto
Swastikas found at seven sites in and around Toronto U.
The developing world thinks Hitler is underrated (Foreign Policy)
Would You Hide a Jew From the Nazis? - The New York Times
Two American Heroes of World War II – A Pastor and his Wife
Remembering a man who saved thousands
Mourning My Mother Hasn’t Been Easy, But Not for the Reason You’d …
Antisemitism Experts Disagree on Legitimacy of Holocaust-Aleppo Comparison During Second
Presidential Debate
Read 13-year-old Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s essay in her synagogue bulletin
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Read Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Teenage Essay on the Holocaust
When Curious George Made a Daring Escape From the Nazis
A Young Holocaust Survivor Helped Invent the Presidential Debate
‘You have to be ready to stand up for facts’ Holocaust ...
A Holocaust Historian’s Trial Hits the Big Screen
'Denial's' real-life scholar who fought Holocaust revisionists says movie confronts those 'who
think it's OK to change facts'
Oscar-Winning Actress Rachel Weisz Reveals Family Holocaust Story and Its Connection to Her
‘Denial’ Role More...
Denial: Important Movie About Professor's Victory Over Holocaust Denial Bully | Huffington
Post
The Chosen Ones: An Interview With Deborah Lipstadt
On Rosh Hashanah, Meet the Woman Who Made History as a Female Cantor
Chicago Holocaust Museum Stretches the Limits — With Focus on Today
How a painting stolen by the Nazis ended up at the University of Oklahoma
Jewish-American ex-sailor, 90, recalls Cyprus internment
Meet the Holocaust Survivor Who Took Down A Mugger
Holocaust survivor who fought off mugger gets letter from Hillary Clinton
Holocaust Survivor Who Fought Purse Snatcher Gets Note From Hillary Clinton
‘If I Sleep for an Hour, 30 People Will Die’
The Late Herman Stern To Be Honored Today In Veterans ...
The Unlikely Story of Nachman Libeskind’s Survival
What Elie Wiesel Taught Me About Being a Writer
The Double Yizkor: What a son’s suicide—and his grandfather’s Holocaust experience—taught
one family about life
NY Met sued for return of $100-million Picasso sold by German Jew before WWII
Met Faces Suit by Jewish Family Over ‘Looted’ Picasso Masterpiece
Metropolitan Museum sued over Picasso sold in Nazi era
NY museum returns, buys back Nazi-looted painting
Lawsuit Against New York Museum Demands Return Of Picasso Masterpiece Lost In WW2
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Joe Blundo commentary: Color photos of Holocaust a bold reminder
A Jewish Photographer Challenges His Black-and-White Vision of the Holocaust
One Photographer's Journey to 12 Nazi Concentration Camps - Feature Shoot
12 Nazi Concentration Camps: Photographs by James Friedman Fotofocus 2016 WMKV Cares
Red, Green and Brown: Communists, Islamists, Nazis — and Jews
Facebook exec, Rwanda survivor among 5 tapped for Holocaust memorial council
Dallas Holocaust Museum To Relocate, Expand Mission
Newspaper Magnate Was on Friendly Terms with Nazis
Comics hero Frank Miller wants a Superman who ‘confronts his Jewish roots’
Comic Book Master Frank Miller Wants Superman to Face WWII and His Jewish Roots
Jewish cemetery in New York state vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti
Jewish U of Virginia Students ‘Horrified’ By Nazi-Style Graffiti Sprayed on Wall of Popular
Housing Complex
US students expelled over Facebook group on killing Jews, black people
Antisemitism in America is rising on the Right and the Left
Swastika attack targets Indian-American candidate for Congress with Jewish-sounding surname
Catskills Bookstore Sparks Protests by Comparing Donald Trump to Nazis
Donald Trump supporters shout down Holocaust denier at Nevada rally
Documentarian Ken Burns Warns Donald Trump’s Rise Is ‘Hitler-esque’
Mel Gibson Said the Holocaust “Was a Numbers Game” in a 2004 Readers Digest Interview
with Peggy Noonan
A Brief History of the Holocaust: Japan and the Jews
Germany tells Philippine envoy Duterte Hitler remarks ‘unacceptable’
Philippines’ Duterte apologizes to Jews for Hitler comparison
Philippines President Apologizes to Jewish Community After Holocaust Analogy
Philippines’ Duterte apologizes at synagogue for Hitler remark
Philippine president apologizes to Jews over Holocaust remarks
When Jews found refuge in an unlikely place: Pakistan ...
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Esther Finder [Generations of the Shoah – Nevada and Holocaust Survivors Group of Southern Nevada],
Anat Bar-Cohen [The Generation After, DC],
Klara Firestone [Second Generation, LA, CA], Sandy Hoffman z”l [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]
Raymonde (Ray) Fiol [Holocaust Survivors Group of Southern Nevada]
Sarah Weiss [Executive Director, The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education],
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