In an effort to keep our community connected, every month we'll spread the word about other events, initiatives and resources that may be of interest to us:
EVENTS
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3GNY:
1.
DISCUSSION: THE HOLOCAUST AND ITS EFFECTS ON OUR FAMILY TODAY
Thursday, November 3, 2011, 7:30 – 9:30 pm
Fifth Avenue Synagogue, 5 E. 62nd Street (between Fifth & Madison)
Cost: $36
Join 3GNY and fellow grandchildren of survivors for a follow-up discussion with Amira Kohn-Trattner, a Licensed Certified Social Worker and leading analyst on how trauma is transmitted throughout generations. Amira will continue our discussion on a very real and poignant issue surrounding all Third Generation descendants of survivors and will address how the effects of the Holocaust can, and has, been passed down throughout generations.
Amira is an Israeli-born psychotherapist & psychoanalyst in private practice on the Upper West Side. She has been a consultant to the German government in restitution cases as an advocate to survivors, and has volunteered at international conferences for the US Holocaust Museum and the Shoah Foundation. Amira has extensive experience working directly with survivors as well as 2nd and 3rd generation descendants.
Purchase tickets
here. For more information, please email and RSVP to
info@3gnewyork.org
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2.
CONCERT: INTERFAITH CONCERT OF REMEMBRANCE
Saturday, October 22, 2011, 8 pm
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 112th Street & Amsterdam Avenue
Tickets: Concert is free, but seating is very limited;
Please RSVP for tickets to
info@3gnewyork.org
Join other 3Gs and distinguished guests for this unique experience, including music from the Brooklyn Philharmonic, at the 21s t Interfaith Conference of Remembrance:
The
Distinguished Humanitarian Award for 2011 will be bestowed on
Jerold D. Jacobson, a partner in Proskauer Rose, for his active participation in funding educational programs about the Holocaust, providing free legal services to Holocaust Survivors. Also, 3GNY will be honored for its work in Holocaust remembrance.
From Chairman Jerry Jacobs:
Over the past year we have witnessed dramatic changes throughout the world with political uprisings in Northern Africa and the Middle East, and the recent elimination of Osama Bin Laden. These events should make us ever more vigilant to spread the lessons of the Holocaust. We feel now the need to enhance that mission by educating the new, upcoming generations never to forget how and what happened, how and when it started, thereby insuring that they and their children -- all our children! -- will carry the memory of the horror of the Holocaust down through future generations.
Thus your moral and financial support is needed more than ever! Please
Contribute Now. We are a 501(c)(3) charitable organizations and your
contribution is tax deductible. Contributions will be listed in the program and privileged seating is assured. Contributors at the Participant level and higher will receive a personal invitation to our post-Concert reception, where you can meet the conductor, soloists, and distinguished guests, and honoree.
As always, the
Concert is free – all the more reason why advance
contributions are needed.
Bring your friends, family, and children. We look forward to greeting you at the Concert.
For more info about the concert, please email
info@3gnewyork.org
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3.
FILM AND DISCUSSION: THE PARTISANS OF VILNA
Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 7:00 pm
Center for Jewish History, 15 E. 16th St, New York, NY
This 25th anniversary program features a discussion with Josh Waletzky, director/editor and Aviva Kempner, producer/co-writer, moderated by Dr. Annette Insdorf.
For tickets and more:
http://www.cjh.org/event/1874
See also the Partisan Dinner below
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4.
LECTURE: THE HOLOCAUST AND THE DIASPORA OF ITALIAN PSYCHOANALYSIS
Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 6:00 pm
365 Fifth Avenue, Room 9206, Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies, CUNY, New York NY
With Sultana Banulescu
For more: 1-212-817-1949
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5.
PANEL DISCUSSION: COMPASSION AND COMMUNITY
Sunday, October 16th, 2011, 2:00 pm
Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center, 100 Crescent Beach Rd, Glen Cove, NY
Suggested donation: $10
Presented in partnership with The Permanent Mission of Albania to the UN, Islamic Center of Long Island, Albanian American Women’s Organization, and the Long Island Press
After WWII, the only European country with a greater Jewish population than before the war began was Albania, the population of which is majority Muslim.
Join us as diverse communities hear from seven guest speakers around the globe who have come together for the first time to tell the incredible true story of Albanian Rescuers during the Holocaust. This unprecedented event brings to life the ultimate example of interfaith humanity and understanding.
Due to the overwhelming response to this event, you must RSVP in advance.
To reserve seating, please call 516-571-8040
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6.
FILM AND DISCUSSION: NOT IDLY BY – PETER BERGSON, AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST
Sunday, October 16, 2011, 6:30 pm
Center for Jewish History, 15 E. 16th St, New York, NY
A panel discussion with filmmaker Pierre Sauvage, historian Richard Breitman and other distinguished speakers will follow the screening.
For tickets and more: http://www.cjh.org/event/1887.
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7.
PARTISAN DINNER
November 7, 2011, 6:00 pm
Edison Ballroom, 240 West 47th St, New York, NY
All surviving Jewish partisans and their families are invited to gather to celebrate their shared legacy of fighting back. This gala dinner will commemorate their legacy by paying tribute to those still with us and honoring the memories of those who have passed away. Fees.
For an invitation / information: 415.563.2244 x 101 or event@jewishpartisans.org
DARFUR INITIATIVES / GENOCIDE PREVENTION
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FROM THE DARFUR VIGIL GROUP
WEEKLY TUESDAY VIGILS 12-2pm
US Mission to the UN, 140 E. 45th Street (btwn Lex and Third; look for the police booth).
Come for whatever amount of time you can, even if it's just for 15 minutes. *We will do this every week until the relief crisis is over. Check with "Darfur Events" on savedarfur.org, or call 917-529-4113.
***Please email eshkolit@gmail.com to sign up to receive important Darfur-related material.***
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2.
FROM THE NYC COALITION FOR DARFUR
http://www.savedarfur.org/page/group/NewYorkCityCoalitionforDarfur
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
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SELFHELP’S MEMOIRS PROJECT
Selfhelp NextGen is excited to announce that we're recruiting volunteers for the third installment of our groundbreaking Memoirs Project. Join us in documenting the stories of survivors who have never before given formal testimony. Volunteers for the project attend a training session and meet with clients over the course of two to three months to discuss their experiences as a survivor.
Volunteers summarize the interviews and submit the manuscripts to Selfhelp and the Claims Conference to be preserved in perpetuity. The responses to the first two rounds of the Memoirs Project have been overwhelmingly positive. One client who participated in the project fought with the Polish Partisan movement and then the Soviet Army, while another survived five concentration camps before the war finally ended. After hearing these stories directly from the people who survived these events, volunteers have found that experience powerful and unforgettable. Learn more about the Memoirs Project here. If you’re interested in participating in the next session, please contact Adeena Horowitz at ahorowitz@selfhelp.net for an application.
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2.
3G BOOK: WHAT PAPA TOLD ME
From Felice Cohen, a 3G:
My new book, "What Papa Told Me," (www.whatpapatoldme.com) is written by and from the perspective of a granddaughter of survivors and is about my grandfather's life before, during and after the Holocaust. It has been endorsed by Elie Wiesel and Yad Vashem in Jerusalem (http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/education/books/what_papa.asp) and is going to be reviewed in the Jewish Book World magazine this spring.
If you are a grandchild of survivors and have your own website and would like to link it to mine and vice versa, please email me at felfish@aol.com
www.whatpapatoldme.com
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3.
HOLOCAUST SIDDUR
Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg, (2G) in Edison N.J., is creating a Holocaust siddur. Any original poems, essays, artwork, etc. which might be used for prayer will be considered. Please e-mail Chaimdov@aol.com if you are interested in participating.
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REMEMBER THEIR STORIES BLOG
Last summer, I started documenting my grandfather's story and decided to create a blog. My grandfather was interviewed and videotaped in March 1993 by the Holocaust Research Center in Buffalo, NY. I finally finished transcribing the video and posted his story to the blog, which I'm excited to share with you! For those of you whose grandparents are also survivors, please let me know if you are interested in posting their stories to the blog as well. I'd love to hear from you. Thanks for your support
http://remembertheirstories.blogspot.com/
- Jessica Karr
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THERAPY GROUP FOR THIRD GENERATION
From Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg, Ph.D:
I am planning to begin in the fall a therapy group for grandchildren of survivors, who are interested in exploring the impact of the Holocaust on their lives. The goal of the group would be to provide a safe therapeutic environment for sharing commonalities, and at the same time tap into each person's unique sense of identity, vulnerability, personal strength and creativity. The initial plan is to begin with a time limited pilot of ten sessions. The meetings will take place in my office (see address below) once a week in the evening for ten weeks. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
With kind regards, Rivka Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg, Ph.D Clinical Psychologist
350 West 57th Street, Apt. 3A New York, NY 10019; Tel: (212) 459-9060
rivkagreenberg@nyc.rr.com
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MULTIMEDIA PROJECT: CHERE MAMO: LETTERS FROM A CHARMED LIFE
Walter Wolff was 18 to 22 years old when these letters were written and he became an intelligence officer and an American citizen during his tenure in the Army. They are touching letters from a young man on the brink of adulthood who goes “home” to Europe after four years in the U.S. This Jewish refugee turned American G.I. tells his story as if he were in the same room as the reader.
Accounts of his stories include going through Mussolini's documents after his death, organizing and overseeing 40,000 Nazi prisoners and sorting them at the Ghedi Air Force Base, writing from his office after taking over Gestapo headquarters, liberating any Jews wrongfully captured by the Americans and more. His letters span his boot camp experience to his formal training and travel to Europe shortly after Roosevelt died. The letters include the antics of a young man’s journey and the moving musings of someone whose childhood had been robbed by the Nazis.
His experiences that were shelved and covered in dust for over 60 years live on today in his translated words and stories.
The project has been called: “heartbreaking and riveting…letters of enormous power that make history personal…I am thinking of Nemirovsky and Klemperer…”; Martin Levin has said that they are “ a wonderful labor of love”.
I am looking for a publisher.
The letters are a fascinating piece of our collective history now being written as a narrative.
Contact: Nina Wolff Feld chere.mamo@mac.com
http://www.cheremamo.com/Chere_Mamo/Chere_Mamo.html
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7.
NORTHWESTERN PROFESSOR NEEDS HELP FOR RESEARCH PROJECT ON POLISH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
Our team is currently working to support the Polish survivors and heirs of victims seeking justice for the atrocities committed against them during the Holocaust and would like to contact these survivors and heirs in order to begin hearing their stories. This project is in the preliminary stages, so we are looking for people who are willing to share their stories to build our research base.
We are approaching the 3GNY community for any help connecting our team with Polish survivors and heirs of victims. If you fit this description, please email me at the address provided below. I look forward to hearing from you and hope we are able to work together to bring justice to Polish victims of the Holocaust.
Thank you for your time, Anupama Selvam Northwestern University School of Law | anupama@u.northwestern.edu Research Associate to Leighton Professor of Law Anthony D'Amato 357 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60611 (Please note that the telephone numbers listed previously are associated with different projects and any information left here may not reach me.)
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HELP NEEDED FOR UNIQUE FILM ON THERESIENSTADT
My name is Estee Nemeth and I am an Israeli-American filmmaker creating an innovative film about the Holocaust and have been intensely researching the subject for the past three years. The film is an international and artistic project which is set in the Theresienstadt Ghetto and presents its unbelievable culture: its music, art and spiritual resistance. It focuses on two young children whose experiences are to be based upon hundreds of children survivor's testimonials.
I am contacting you because as I understand you are very much involved in Holocaust issues and institutes and I was wondering if you could perhaps advise me on any research support opportunities available for this type of project- especially for cultural and educational purposes?
Warmest regards,
Estee Nemeth
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BOOK OF WORLDWIDE HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION SITES
Naphtali Visser is a photographer who has embarked on a project to photograph approximately 50 sites of Holocaust remembrance throughout the world including monuments, museums and libraries as well as several Yom Hashoah commemoration events. Naphtali’s goal is to publish a book of these sites and events within the next 2-3 years. So far, he has photographed sites in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Boston, Miami, Paris, and Tel Aviv.
Naphtali is seeking funding to cover the costs of traveling to many sites in Europe as well as a connection to a potential publisher. He would love to hear from anyone that might be able to help him realize this project or anyone that is simply interested in hearing more about the project.
He may be contacted at naf@naphtaliphoto.com.
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THE SHOAH VICTIMS’ NAMES RECOVERY PROJECT
http://www1.yadvashem.org/names/whyCollect.htm
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“THE ENOUGH MOMENT” PROJECT
To bring attention to human rights issues… Human rights activist John Prendergast and Oscar-nominated actor Don Cheadle bring us an empowering and hopeful new book, The Enough Moment, as they reveal the steps being taken by engaged citizens—"Upstanders"—famous and unknown, here and abroad, to combat genocide, rape, and child soldierdom in Africa, and show how you can be a part of the movement. Facing History is helping The Enough Project with its educational outreach and Karen Murphy, Facing History's Director of International Programs, will be introducing the evening.
Please Join Us! http://www.enoughmoment.org/
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FILM: TAPESTRIES OF HOPE
Tapestries of Hope is an astounding story told through the eyes of filmmaker Michealene Cristini Risley. The film is a powerful documentary that exposes the horrors of the rape and sexual abuse of thousands of young girls in Zimbabwe by men who believe it will cure HIV/AIDS.
Documenting the work of CNN Hero, renown child and human rights activist Betty Makoni and her organization, Girl Child Network, Tapestries of Hope follows the journey to healing taken by the girls who arrive at GCN daily. Caught in the crossfire of a country devastated by poverty, limited medicine and the increasing use of girls as charms to heal illness, Tapestries of Hope allows us to witness the resiliency of these girls who refuse to be defined by their abuse.
The movie is scheduled to help raise awareness of the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) and urge audience members to contact their representatives. For show times and locations: http://www.screenvision.com/s/showing/TapestriesOfHope/
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HAITI JEWISH REFUGEE LEGACY PROJECT
We are a newly formed group focused on connecting with European Jews who fled to safety in Haiti during the Shoah. We are looking for survivors with first-hand experience, as well as their descendents, and welcome any suggestions on ways we can search for refugees. See our Haiti Holocaust Survivors blog: http://haitiholocaustsurvivors.wordpress.com and/or you may reach us by phone at (650) 322-7103. Harriet and Bill Mohr, The Haiti Jewish Refugee Legacy Project
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FROM IVOLUNTEER
iVolunteer is a dynamic visitation program that sends volunteers to the homes of Holocaust survivors, providing them with companionship and much-needed assistance. iVolunteer began in September of 2007 and already have a team of 40 volunteers visiting survivors in their homes throughout Manhattan. We provide programming for the Holocaust survivors and volunteers like Friday night dinners, holiday parties and other special events.
We're proud to let you know that we were featured in the Jewish Press (attached article) and Crown Heights.
info:
http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=11173
Our new blog:
www.ivolunteerworld.com
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SURVIVORS WITH VISION PROBLEMS?
"Project for Holocaust Survivors" at Bikur Cholim of Boro Park has been running Low Vision Friendship Groups for the past 4 years! Meetings, which are free, are held once a month, over a kosher lunch. Transportation is provided from door to door from all neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Topics discussed include keeping track of phone numbers and money, safe neighborhood travel, and getting around in unfamiliar places.
Participants will be connected to free-of-charge resources, such as to free 411 on their phones, and talking watches. Friendships are formed, and seniors have opportunities to share information and learn new skills together.
Please call Devorah Naomi Singer, Group Coordinator at "Project for Holocaust Survivors," for more information, at (718) 438-2020, ext. 7425.
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WEBSITE TO SHARE GRANDPARENTS’ STORIES
From a 3G in North Carolina…
My name is Elyse Bodenheimer and I am twelve years old. My bat mitzvah was on January 24, 2009 and for my bat mitzvah project I did a website, www.myjewishlegacy.com, for our generation to share the stories of the Holocaust survivors. I decided to do this because I wanted our generation to have a place to document the journeys and experiences their family had to endure. Learning about my grandparents who survived the Holocaust, made me feel proud and important to be a Jew. I am hoping that this will keep the memories alive!
Elyse Bodenheimer Charlotte, NC
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ZACHOR MEANS REMEMBER
Our organization is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust. We provide students of Holocaust education programs with a ZACHOR pin, as a tangible reminder of what they have learned.
For more info: (702) 949-9887, ZACHORFOUNDATION@AOL.COM,
WWW.ZACHORFOUNDATION.ORG
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PROJECT ALADDIN
A cultural and educational initiative to promote Jewish-Muslim dialogue based on mutual knowledge, mutual respect, and rejection of Holocaust denial and trivialization: www.tarikh.org and Aladdin Online Library www.aladdinlibrary.org.
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HE AUSCHWITZ ALBUM
Memorializing Hungarian Jews' Arrival at Auschwitz: http://www1.yadvashem.org/exhibitions/album_Auschwitz/mutimedia/index.HTML
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ANIMATED FILM ON HOLOCAUST
To view a short animated film on the Holocaust geared to young viewers: www.archive.org/details/OrlyYadinSylvieBringasSilence
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WEBSITE TO SHARE GRANDPARENTS’ STORIES
From Noah Lederman, a 3G: For the past few years I've been writing my grandparents' story. It's called My Grandparents' Holocaust and it is the story of their survival intertwined with my efforts to uncover the past they had kept so secret. I have a blog, which features videos and excerpts from the book:
www.mygrandparentsholocaust.blogspot.com
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BROKEN BIRDS, THE STORY OF MY MOMILA
By Jeannette Katzir Broken Birds examines the Holocaust, not as an event frozen in history, but as a looming force shaping the lives of future generations. Like so many other survivors, my parents immigrated to America after World War II, attempting to regain a sense of normalcy in Suburban California. Despite new surroundings, they could not escape the psychological effects of their pasts. They raised my four siblings and me according to the laws they learned during the war—laws that are an ill fit for normal life. As we grew into adults and formed families of our own, we found ourselves at odds with the lessons our mother taught us—lessons to cling desperately to one another while viewing the world outside our home as a place filled with imminent danger.
Broken Birds is the memoir of my experiences as the daughter of Holocaust survivors, from the horrific events that shaped my parents to the collapse of a family whose identity was built around the atrocities they survived. Broken Birds is the work of extensive study of both my own family history and the experiences of families like mine. I have spent the last few years of my life digging through old family documents and photographs and lining my parents’ stories up against the events of history. I also gained invaluable insight from the personal testimonies of other survivors, whose perspectives enabled me to better understand and explain the parents who raised me.
Their stories, my parents’ stories, and the stories of all first and second gen survivors fuel this book.
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HELP FINDING CHILD SURVIVORS FOR BOOK
Dear Friends, Historian and author Beth Cohen has requested our help in finding interviewees for her next book, which is about the child survivors' experiences upon their arrival in the U.S. shortly after WWII. If you wish to participate in this project, please contact Beth Cohen directly at: (310) 559-1466 or sjcbbc@aol.com.
If you're not familiar with Beth Cohen's first book, Case Closed: Holocaust Survivors in Postwar America (see below), I urge you to look it up. It deals with a period in our history that had previously been ignored or minimized.
With best wishes, Rachelle Goldstein Vice President Hidden Child Foundation/ADL
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LOOKING FOR INTERVIEWEES FOR UPCOMING BOOK
Dear Friends, Author Toni Kamins is seeking people to interview for an upcoming book. Her requirements are listed below, along with her contact information. If you wish to participate in this project, please call or e-mail Toni Kamins directly.
From Toni Kamins: For a forthcoming book I would like to make contact with 1. Men and women who as children were sent by their parents or other relatives to a convent or monastery or Catholic boarding school for safekeeping during the Shoah. 2. Men and women whose parents or surviving relatives had to fight or sue to get them back from those who hid them as in the case of the Finaly children in France. 3. Children of people who fit these descriptions and who can relate their parents' stories if the parents are now deceased or incapacitated. 4. Anyone in these circumstances who converted to Christianity and remained a Christian after the war. Please note that I am not looking for people who were hidden by Christian individuals or families unless they fall into category 2.
Toni Kamins New York, NY Tel: 212-367-9782 Mobile: 917-273-8869 Email: tonikamins@gmail.com Website:
www.tonikamins.com
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USHMM’S “REMEMBER ME” CAMPAIGN
On Monday, March 21, 2011, the Museum launched “Remember Me?,” an international campaign that will engage the public by asking them to help us identify 1,100 children who were orphaned, displaced, or separated from their families during the Holocaust and World War II.
The “Remember Me?” integrated marketing campaign is the result of an intensive team effort between the staffs of the Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center and the Marketing office to raise public awareness about these young victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution. Our offices designed the project to use all of the Museum’s marketing tools to enlist the public’s help in piecing together information about the children’s wartime and postwar experiences, and facilitate renewed connections among these young survivors, their families, and other individuals who were involved in their care during and after the war.
The “Remember Me?” campaign serves to increase awareness about the Museum’s Survivors and Victims Resource Center and the services it provides to Holocaust survivors, their families, and other victims of Nazi persecution. The campaign’s centerpiece is the “Remember Me?” Web site, www.ushmm.org/rememberme, which features a gallery of images and makes it easy for the public to submit information they might have about the children pictured there. As our offices learn more about each individual, the associated Web site bio will be updated.
The pictures, which come from the Museum and other institutions, were taken after the war by relief agencies in hopes of reuniting the children with their families. The Marketing Office will also be placing advertisements in select Jewish newspapers around the country to direct traffic to the Website as well as promoting the initiative through our e-community. We will also be reaching out to a broad, international audience through our social media and Google ad word campaigns. Please visit the site and share it with your friends and family using the social media tools provided.
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3G LOOKING FOR FAMILY FROM RADOM, POLAND
I am helping a friend try to find out what happened to my grandfather's and grandmother's families during WWII. Does anyone have grandparents from the Skaryshew area of Radom that might remember a Sara Blume Goldstein Singer/Zynger, widow of Avram Leib Singer (died 1912), who survived the Holocaust and later died in 1946 in Tel Aviv? She had twin brothers Ysak and Yakov who also survived and went to Tel Aviv. Any help appreciated. Please email Ellen Pulley at
erpulley@cavtel.net
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INTERESTED IN STUDY ON GRANDCHILDREN OF SURVIVORS?
My name is Daniel Greenfield and I am currently part of a psychology research team at Muhlenberg College, looking at trauma patterns in grandchildren of Holocaust survivors.
Our study looks at Jewish Identity, Knowledge about the Holocaust, and Psychological Well-Being.
We have IRB approval for this study. Our study aims to explore information about the well-being of a huge part of the Jewish Community. In order to make this study relevant, we need your help. If you are interested, please click on the link below for more information: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22BVD7CA6SU/
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JOURNALISM GRADUATE STUDENT SEEKS 3G INTERVIEWS FOR THESIS ON GRANDCHILDREN OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
Sarah Testa, a graduate student at Boston University, is writing her thesis on grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. She is currently conducting interviews to gain a greater understanding of the third generation's worldview, beliefs, and sense of history and family; in general, she wishes to accurately and thoroughly represent the members of this sometimes overlooked generation. Phone and email interviews will be likely, and should not take up too much time. Email Sarah Testa for details: srtesta@gmail.com.
EXHIBITIONS / THEATRE
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DEADLY MEDICINE: CREATING THE MASTER RACE
Thru – January 7, 2012
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
36 Battery Place, New York, NY
From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany carried out a campaign to "cleanse" German society of individuals viewed as biological threats to the nation's "health." Enlisting the help of the medical profession, the Nazis developed racial health policies that began with the mass sterilization of "genetically diseased" persons and ended with the near annihilation of European Jewry. This exhibition explores this history and challenges viewers to reflect on efforts to promote the possibility of human perfection today.
To learn more, visit the Upcoming Exhibitions page of the Museum's website.
ARTICLES & OTHER NEWS (COURTESY, GSI NEWSLETTER; SEE BELOW FOR MORE ON GSI)
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On the Margins of the Holocaust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrFKZ5k5RRw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Holocaust historians debate: Could more Jews have been saved? (7/17/2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNpGWVVkBYk
After 70 years, secret soldiers emerge from shadows
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44088310
Branko Lustig Bar Mitzvah in Auschwitz and Steven Spielberg Message
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQqe3W4fslc
Sara Lustig Speech to the March of the Living & Chaim Topol Remarks to Branko Lustig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxIx_g3JeyM&feature=related
Eli, Eli sung by Chaim Topol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcBPBirScdI&NR=1
Show Your Thanks to World War II Vets by Watching This 2-min Video
http://media.causes.com/1060527
The Final Victory, the Story of Felix Zandman Vishay
http://www.vishay.com/landingpage/zandman/co_drz_video.html
Rewriting History: A Documentary
http://rewriting-history.org/
Glimpses of Yiddish Czernowitz (trailer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e2QGERYUXY&feature=player_embedded
The Ger Mandolin Orchestra Project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUNy9_gv_y8
My number was 70819 Dr. Martin Kieselstein
http://www.slideshare.net/IlanKieselstein/my-number-was-70819-dr-martin-kieselstein
Holocaust-era property database becomes largest
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/08/01/3088796/holocaust-era-property-database-reaches-15-million-records
Claims Conference: A Failure of Leadership
http://wordfromjerusalem.com/?p=3044
Claims Conference Expects To Recover Only 2 Percent Of Fraudulent Payments
http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/breaking_news/claims_conference_expects_recover_only_2_percent_fraudulent_payments
Letters to the editor of the Jerusalem Post regarding the Claims Conference
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Letters/Article.aspx?id=233138 scroll down to the part that starts with “No Rubber Stamp”
Bill Helps Holocaust Survivors Get Services
http://www.forward.com/articles/140865/
New bill would help Shoah survivors age in place
http://www.shmais.com/jewish-news/item/new-bill-would-help-shoah-survivors-age-in-place
Holocaust survivors, relatives unlock wartime secrets through International Tracing Service database
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-x-0810-international-tracing-servi20110810,0,61036.story
'We encourage our visitors to interact with the displays' – Madame Tussauds
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/53624/we-encourage-our-visitors-interact-displays-%E2%80%93-madame-tussauds
Alter Hitler figure, British Jewish group asks Madame Tussauds
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/08/31/3089184/jewish-group-asks-madame-tussauds-to-alter-hitler-figure
A Holocaust survivor raised a fist to death
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-survivors-20110805,0,5045071.story?page=1&track=rss
Leading Holocaust survivors' rights advocate dies at 86
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=682
Holocaust survivor, 82, dies in Hurricane Irene floodwaters in the Catskills
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/08/30/2011-08-
Hitler’s Talking Dogs
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/opinion/13dowd.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
'Jewish Indiana Jones' charged in NY Torah fraud
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44261463/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
SWC Official appointed Chair of 40-country European Shoah Legacy Institute Working Group
http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4441467&ct=10890805
The Days After
http://www.thejewishweek.com/arts/photography/days_after_0
On this day: John Demjanjuk charged
http://www.thejc.com/news/on-day/51518/on-day-john-demjanjuk-charged
SWC: Acquittal of Kapiro is an Outrageous Miscarriage of Justice Which Insults the Memory of the 1,246 Victims of the Novi Sad Massacre
http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4441467&ct=10916597
Nazi war crimes suspect acquitted
http://fb.me/NE99aVHs
Nazi soldiers sentenced in Italy for massacre
http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/51376/nazi-soldiers-sentenced-italy-massacre
Child Holocaust survivors meet in Poland for first time
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/08/22/3089060/child-holocaust-survivors-meet-in-poland-for-first-time
Rare White Rose goes to Holocaust Centre
http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/51296/rare-white-rose-goes-holocaust-centre
Death Camp Survivors' personal plea to Facebook to change Holocaust-Denial policy
http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=7548639
Holocaust survivor returns favor to MIT’s music library
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2011/08/04/holocaust_survivor_donating_reparations_to_mits_music_library/
Ultra-Orthodox man buys diaries of Nazi doctor Mengele for $245,000
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/ultra-orthodox-man-buys-diaries-of-nazi-doctor-mengele-for-245-000-1.374642
The Hague pays for Nazi-looted artwork
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/08/16/3089004/the-hague-pays-for-nazi-looted-art-work
The Gestapo’s Most Hated Woman
http://googlingtheholocaust.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/the-gestapos-most-hated-woman/
O Sister, Where Art Thou?
http://googlingtheholocaust.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/o-sister-where-art-thou/
A (Not So) Innocent Abroad: A woman named Carola
http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Opinion/Article.aspx?id=234359
The newest avatar of an ancient hatred
http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Opinion/Article.aspx?id=234370
Transferring Memory
http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/10527/menachem_rosensaft_transferring_memory_the_task_of_children_and_grandchildren_of_holocaust_survivors_
Jewish enough for Hitler
http://www.jewishmag.com/156mag/jewish_enough_for_hitler/jewish_enough_for_hitler.htm
Fire forces evacuation of Israel’s Yad Vashem
http://news.yahoo.com/fire-forces-evacuation-israels-yad-vashem-142555462.html
Israeli orchestra breaks seven-decade taboo by performing work of Hitler's favourite composer
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2018583/Israeli-orchestra-break-seven-decade-taboo-performing-work-Hitlers-favourite-composer.html
Israelis performing Wagner in Germany – a national disgrace
http://wordfromjerusalem.com/?p=3036
Warsaw Ghetto expert Ruta Sakowska dies
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/08/23/3089079/warsaw-ghetto-expert-ruta-sakowska-dies
New Zealand Holocaust center honored
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/08/25/3089116/new-zealand-holocaust-center-honored
Nazi Germany, by way of Atlantic City
http://googlingtheholocaust.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/nazi-germany-by-way-of-atlantic-city/
Kristin Scott Thomas stars in Holocaust film Sarah's Key
http://www.thejc.com/videos/arts-videos/kristin-scott-thomas-stars-holocaust-film-sarahs-key
Shoah Tale Loses Punch On Screen
http://www.thejewishweek.com/arts/shoah_tale_loses_punch_screen
Holocaust survivor who inspired Life is Beautiful mourned
http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/51567/holocaust-survivor-who-inspired-life-beautiful-mourned
Gad Beck, profiled in Miami Herald a decade ago, now the last known gay survivor of Holocaust http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2011/08/gad-beck-profiled-in-miami-herald-a-decade-ago-now-the-last-known-gay-survivor-of-holocaust.html
Edison rabbi, a voice for Holocaust remembrance
http://em.gmnews.com/news/2011-08-24/Front_Page/Edison_rabbi_a_voice_for_Holocaust_remembrance.html
Dr. Seuss Takes on Hitler
http://googlingtheholocaust.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/dr-seuss-takes-on-hitler/
Holocaust Haiku
http://googlingtheholocaust.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/holocaust-haiku/
The Holocaust Was The Murder Of Six Million Jews
http://www.jewishmag.com/155mag/holocaust_cause/holocaust_cause.htm
Egypt party leader: Holocaust is ‘a lie’
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/5/egypt-party-leader-holocaust-is-a-lie/
Never Turn Your Head
http://www.ocfamily.com/t-FeatureStory_Holocaust_education_poem1110.aspx
Naperville teen starts website to remember Holocaust victims
http://t.co/5dftz0U
World’s Oldest Holocaust Survivor Still Plays the Piano at 107
http://beta.wosu.org/classical101/worlds-oldest-holocaust-survivor-still-plays-the-piano-at-107/
Personal Holocaust story on Man Booker longlist
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/52279/personal-holocaust-story-man-booker-longlist
Paintings of Hitler's parents up for auction
http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/52658/paintings-hitlers-parents-auction
German neo-Nazi party refers to gas chambers in campaign ads
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/08/15/3088977/german-neo-nazi-party-refers-to-gas-in-campaign-ads
“Harry Potter’s” Jason Isaacs on Playing “Racist” Lucius Malfoy
http://www.jewishjournal.com/the_ticket/item/harry_potters_jason_isaacs_on_playing_lucius_malfoy_racist_20110715/
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