Visit the Yad Vashem website to view a virtual tour of the new
Holocaust History Museum. http://www1.yadvashem.org/new_museum/virtual.html.
The virtual tour includes a visual excursion through the museum with accompanying
music.
Yad Vashem’s Central Database of Shoah Victims’
Names - now available at www.yadvashem.org to memorialize
and preserve the legacy of each individual Jew who died at the hands of
the Nazis and their collaborators, for future generations.
A revolutionary milestone in Holocaust remembrance, t his site provides
an opportunity to search for names, photographs and brief histories of
over three million Holocaust victims who died because they were Jewish.
As many names are still missing, t hose who possess information on victims
that are not recorded in the Database are urgently requested to submit
them. NOTE: Testimonies and names given in the past, to organizations
other than Yad Vashem ARE probably NOT in the Central Database. For this
reason, when possible, a search should be conducted prior to the submission
of names. There are two ways to submit names:
1. On-line via the website www.yadvashem.org - Enter
the Database from the home page and click on 4 Submit New Names on the
search page. * Use of the database is free of charge
2. Via a paper form, known as a Page of Testimony. A sample form and
instructions are attached to this letter and should be reproduced for multiple
submissions. Additional pages may be downloaded at: http://www1.yadvashem.org/download/index_download.html
Forms may also be ordered from Yad Vashem: via e-mail: names.research@yadvashem.org.il.
Tel: +972-2-6443582 or Fax: +972-2-6443579
User Guides for the Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names
are now available on Yad Vashem’s website. In this section you
can find user guides on searching the Online Names' Database, submitting
names of Holocaust victims online, and materials for implementing names
collection projects in a variety of models. http://www1.yadvashem.org/remembrance/names/site/User_Guides.html
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Special Tribute:
GSI would like to pay special tribute to our friend Martin
Goldman who is retiring from the federal government and will be stepping
down from his position as Director of the Office of Survivor Affairs of
the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). Martin has been a cherished
friend of the survivor community for many years and he has our gratitude
for all he has done for us and for the USHMM.
This is an especially difficult goodbye for us at GSI.
Martin offered us sage advice and nurtured us as we took our first steps
to form into an international organization. We shall always honor
him as a good friend and shall miss him. He will remain a member
of GSI
and we shall continue to look to him for advice and guidance.
Betsy Anthony, the Deputy Director of the Office of Survivor
Affairs at the USHMM, will not be returning to the Office of Survivor Affairs
at the USHMM. We wish Betsy much happiness in her new marriage and
in her life in Europe. She will also continue to be a cherished member
of GSI.
RESTITUTION
Jewish Victims of Nazi Medical Experiments to Receive Second Symbolic
Payment. For information: Statement from U.S. State Department
on Payments.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe opens in Berlin
May 12, 2005
For information: info@stiftung-denkmal.de
The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation (IRWF) is preparing a
tribute to the Swiss diplomat Carl Lutz who rescued Jews persecuted by
the Nazi regime during the Holocaust. Carl Lutz, Swiss Deputy Consul
in Budapest, was the first diplomat to initiate a large-scale rescue of
the Jewish population in Budapest. As a result of negotiations with the
Nazi regime, the issuance of 8,000 schutzbriefe, protection letters
authorizing the migration to Palestine, was authorized. Lutz went on to
issue 62,000 permits; he created 76 "Safe homes" and released thousands
of Jews from labor camps and death marches. We will appreciate if
you can help us find people who knew Carl Lutz or any of the other Swiss
rescuers, and/or individuals rescued by them during the Holocaust. You
can contact us with the information at: irwf@irwf.org or 212 737 3275 or
visit: www.raoulwallenberg.net.
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
"The Legacy of the Holocaust: Women and the Holocaust."
Krakow, Poland
May 26 - 28, 2005
Keynote speaker: Professor Nechama Tec, author of Resilience and Courage;
Women, Men, and the Holocaust. For more information: http://www.uni.edu/klink
International Conference
SCIENCE LAW ETHICS: Medical Research – Human Rights
University of Haifa
May 29 - June 2, 2005
History has recorded that scientific experimentation on human beings
assumed a bestial complexion during the war, when doctors of the Nazi regime
began using their victims as guinea pigs. Our international conference
will be devoted to an analysis of scientific research during three periods:
1) the Second World War. 2) Subsequent sixty years. 3) The
future.
The conference will be sponsored by a number of world and international
organizations under the auspices of: UNESCO, The World Association for
Medical Law, The International Council of Nurses, The World Medical Association,
The World Psychiatric Association, The Israel National Commission for UNESCO
and in cooperation with: The Council for International Organizations of
Medical Sciences, WHO
For more information: www.science-law-ethics.com, http://medlaw.haifa.ac.il/sleh
The sixth biennial conference of The International Association of
Genocide Scholars (IAGS) will be held at Florida Atlantic University, Boca
Raton, Florida, USA.
June 4-7, 2005.
Ninety Years after the Armenian Genocide and Sixty Years after the Holocaust:
The Continuing Threat and Legacy of Genocide. For more information,
contact Dr. Stephen Feinstein, Director, Center for Holocaust and Genocide
Studies, College of Liberal
Arts, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0125, USA.
Tel: 612-626-2235. E-mail: feins001@umn.edu .
War Crimes and International Law:
The Legacy of Nuremberg
Summer 2005 Teacher Conference
July 10-15, 2005
This national teacher conference is hosted by the Truman Presidential
Museum & Library and the Harry S. Truman Library Institute, in cooperation
with the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education. Leading scholars
will present information and teaching strategies on the following topics:
the legal and historical foundations of war crime prosecutions, the Holocaust's
legacy, the Nuremberg and Tokyo war crimes tribunals, the legal issues
and precedents resulting from those trials, and post-WW II prosecution
for acts of genocide and war crimes occurring in other nations.
Teachers of students in grades 8 and above are encouraged to apply.
Full scholarships for travel, lodging and registration are available for
eligible educators. Three hours of graduate credit will be available through
the University of Missouri - Kansas City for an extra fee. Teachers
can download the agenda and application form here: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/nuremberg.htm.
To apply for this conference or for further questions please contact Mark
Adams at mark.adams@nara.gov or call 816-268-8236.
World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust
“Still Going Strong 1945-2005”
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
August 19-22, 2005. For more information: www.congres2005.nl
Save the Date - Sept 18, 2005
GSI New Jersey Conference at Rutgers University.
Details will be announced.
Beyond Camps and Forced Labour - 60 Years On
The Imperial War Museum, London.
January 11-13, 2006.
The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars from a variety
of disciplines that are engaged in research on all groups of survivors
of Nazi persecution. For the purpose of the conference, a SURVIVOR is defined
as anyone who suffered any form of persecution by the Nazis or their allies
as a result of the Nazis' racial, political, ideological or ethnic policies
from 1933 to 1945. For more information: www.secolo-verlag.de.
MISSIONS and GATHERINGS
March of the Living
May 3 – 9, 2005
18,000 people, including survivors and their families, are scheduled
to participate.
A summer study program in Poland, the Czech Republic and Washington,
DC
July 6-27, 2005
The summer seminar program on Holocaust and Jewish resistance was initiated
by Vladka Meed in 1984. The seminar will include educational activities
in Poland, the Czech Republic and Washington, DC, with the participation
of scholars from Israel's Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and the Study Center
of the Ghetto Fighters' House at Kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta'ot, and the United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. See basic menu of www.jewishlabor.org
for an online application.
Yad Vashem's Fifth Jewish Educators Seminar: 'Teaching About the
Holocaust'
July 18 - August 4, 2005
Yad Vashem will host a seminar for Jewish educators working in Jewish
education around the globe at its International School for Holocaust Studies
in Jerusalem. For more information, visit » www1.yadvashem.org/education/jes05.html
or email david.metzler@yadvashem.org.il.
UPCOMING EVENTS and COMMEMORATIONS
Now - May 8. 2005—Royal Netherlands Embassy, Ottawa, QC,
Canada
Traveling exhibition Anne Frank: A History for Today mgeary@ANNEFRANK.COM
Now – May 13, 2005. Muskegon County Museum, Muskegon,
MI
Traveling exhibit from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Schindler.
For more information: www.ushmm.org.
Now - May 30, 2005— Putnam Museum, Quad Cities Jewish Federation,
Davenport, IA Traveling exhibition Anne Frank: A
History for Today mgeary@ANNEFRANK.COM
Now - May 30, 2005— Lynden Pioneer Museum, Lynden,
WA:
The Anne Frank Story traveling exhibition. mgeary@ANNEFRANK.COM
Now - May 31, 2005— Holocaust Museum Center, Maitland,
FL
Traveling exhibition Anne Frank: A Private Photo Album
mgeary@ANNEFRANK.COM
Now - June 5, 2005— Sherwin Miller Museum, Tulsa, OK
Traveling exhibit from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Varian
Fry. For more information: www.ushmm.org.
Now -June 15, 2005—Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma
Traveling exhibit from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Fighting
the Fires of Hate. For more information: www.ushmm.org.
Now - July 5, 2005— Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston,
TX
“Unlikely Liberators.” This exhibition
tells the story of Japanese and African Americans who chose to serve their
country in Europe, many of whom went on to liberate concentration camps.
The exhibit coincides with the 60 th anniversary of liberation and Asian/Pacific
American Month. For information, call (713) 942-8000 or www.hmh.org.
Now – August 2005. American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore,
MD
Tapestries of Survival: The Fabric Art of Esther Nisenthal
Krinitz. www.artandremembrance.org .
Now - Sept. 24, 2005. Roberson Museum and Science Center, Binghamton,
NY
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibition: Remember
the Children: Daniel's Story. For more information: www.ushmm.org.
May 4, 2005, 6:30 p.m.— B’Nai Shalom of Olney, 18401
Burtfield Drive, Olney, MD
The Washington DC community-wide Holocaust Commemoration:
6:30 p.m. Dor L’Dor program where students can
speak with survivors, 7:30 p.m. commemoration with keynote speaker Richard
Z. Chesnoff. Formore information contact etfinder@juno.com.
May 4, 2005, 7:00 p.m.—The Battleship New Jersey, Camden
Waterfront, NJ.
State of New Jersey Yom HaShoah Holocaust Observance Commemorating
the 60th Anniversary of the End of WWII and the Liberation of The Concentration
Camps Honoring the Survivors of the Holocaust and the American GI's.
Rain location: Temple Emanuel - 1101 Springdale Road
- Cherry Hill, NJ. Speakers include Governor Richard Codey,
Survivor Fred Spiegel, and Liberator Arthur Seltzer. For
directions: » www.battleshipnewjersey.org. For information,
Shuttle or Senior Citizen bus transportation call the Holocaust Education
Center at 856-751-9500 x117 or email hklimberg@jfedsnj.org
May 4, 2005, 7 – 8:30 p.m.—Shrive Hall, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD
The Baltimore community-wide Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration:
60 Years On: From the Camps to Freedom. This special ceremony
will honor WWII Veterans on the 60 th anniversary of the end of the war.
For more information: dcaplan@baltjc.org.
May 4, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. – Congregation Beth Israel, Houston,
TX
Annual community-wide Yom HaShoah commemoration remembering those
who perished during the Holocaust and honoring those who survived.
This year’s theme: The Long Wait for Freedom: Liberation
from the Shoah. For information, call (713) 942-8000 or www.hmh.org.
May 4, 2005, 7:30 p.m.— Temple Sharey Tefilo- Israel, Scotland
Road, South Orange, NJ.
28th Annual South Orange-Maplewood Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance
Service: Forging Freedom - the 60th Anniversary of Liberation.
Speakers: Jaap Penraat, Righteous Rescuer and Hudson
Talbott, author of Forging Freedom: A True Story of Heroism During
the Holocaust. March of Remembrance, 6:45 pm. For more information,
contact Temple at 973 763-4116 or UJC of Metrowest Community Relations
Committee at 973 929-3064.
May 5, 2005, 16:30— Hillel Street 23, Jerusalem, Israel
Second Generation Group Meeting: Poetry and Prose Reading of your own
work in English and Hebrew. Registration required: telephone 03-566-5701/2/3
May 5, 2005, 10:00 a.m. – noon—Jewett Hall, University
of Maine, Augusta, ME
Yom Hashoah Commemoration with speaker Max Slabotzky, a survivor of
Auschwitz-Birkenau. For further information please contact the Holocaust
Human Rights Center of Maine at PO Box 4645, Augusta, Maine 04330-1644,
207-993-2620, or by email at hhrc@gwi.net .
May 5, 2005, 12:30 p.m.—ADL National Headquarters, United
Nations Plaza, NY, NY.
Yom Ha Shoah Program of Remembrance sponsored by the Hidden Child
Foundation/ADL. Memorial candle lighting and mourner's Kaddish to be held
outside and Wall of Remembrance, followed by a special commemorative program
by the first, second and third generations on the terrace on the 12th floor.
For more information: 212 885-7900.
May 5, 2005, 6:30 p.m.— Virginia Holocaust Museum, Richmond,
VA
Heroes In Our Midst, commemorating Yom Ha'Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance
Day. Survivors from the community will speak, and the Mourner's Kaddish
will be said for those that perished in the Holocaust. Sponsored by the
Joint Holocaust Education Committee from the Jewish Federation of Richmond
and the Virginia Holocaust Museum. aavital@jewishrichmond.org
May 5, 2005, 6:45 p.m.— Congregation B'nai Israel, Millburn
, NJ
Yom HaShoah Observance Program, "Memories of My Life in a
Polish Village." Discussion and slide presentation with survivor
and artist Toby Knobel Fluek. The program will be followed
by a Ma'ariv service. For more information: Lilli Finkler lillianff@yahoo.com
or Lori Schor LorSchor@aol.com.
May 5, 2005, 7:30 p.m.—Ohev Sholom Synagogue, Jonquil St.,
Washington, DC
A Yom Hashoah Seder will be guided by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld.
Tel: 202/ 882-7225. For more information, contact rabbiherzfeld@yahoo.com.
May 5, 2005, 7:30 p.m.— Washington DC JCC, 1529 16 th Street
NW, Washington DC
Sixty Years of Freedom: Stories of Resistance and Survival.
Join Author Emek Tanay and filmmaker Aviva Kempner in commemorating
the 60th Anniversary of V-E Day. Dr. Tanay, a forensic psychiatrist,
reflects on how his work today relates to his experience as a Holocaust
survivor. He will discuss his newest publication, Passport to Life:
Reflections of a HolocaustSurvivor. Aviva Kempner will show
clips from the special 20th anniversary Collector's Edition DVD of her
film Partisans of Vilna. There will be a book and DVD
signing following the program. For more information: danette@dcjcc.org
or visit www.dcjcc.org.
May 5, 2005, 7:30 p.m.—Park Synagogue-Anshe Emeth Beth Tefilo
Congregation, Cleveland Heights, OH
Yom Hashoa V’Hagvurah, Holocaust and Heroism Day.
For more information: Avig1799@aol.com.
May 5, 2005—Anshei Shalom Synagogue, Boca Raton, FL
Holocaust Commemoration: Next Generations, the local group
of children and grandchildren of survivors, will be speaking to the congregants
of this synagogue on the importance of keeping the legacy alive.
For more information: ndershaw@yahoo.com.
May 6, 2005, noon—The State Building, 9th and French Streets,
Wilmington, DE.
The annual public commemoration of Yom Hashoah in Delaware: the
program recognizes the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
The speaker will be Sol Gibbs, Delaware's only living Jewish veteran
to have liberated concentration camps at the end of WWII. For more
information, contact Regina Kerr Alonzo at alonzo@kennett.net.
May 8, 2005, 11 a.m. – noon— Congregation Emmanuel
Cemetery, Cedar Hill Road, Victoria, British Columbia
The Victoria Jewish Community and friends will be remembering the victims
of the Nazi
genocide on Yom HaShoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day. We will have
a short service at the Holocaust Memorial. All survivors, and members of
the second and third generations, will be invited to place a flower on
the Memorial during this ceremony. kool@pacificcoast.net
May 8, 2005, 2:00 p.m.— Congregation Shalom - Milwaukee,
WI
The community-wide Yom Hashoah Commemoration will feature keynote speaker,
Tova Friedman, one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz. The public
is invited - for more information; call Dorene at the Jewish Community
Center, 414-964-4444 or click on: JCC Milwaukee - Yom Hashoah 2005/5765
• A Day of Remembrance.
May 8, 2005, 2:30 p.m.— Hunter College Assembly Hall, New
York, NY
Annual Gathering of Remembrance: This annual event will
bring together Holocaust survivors and their families and New York's political
and community leaders, in a candle-lighting service that fulfills the sacred
Jewish obligation to remember. Co-sponsored by the Museum of Jewish
Heritage and the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance Organization, in association
with the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors. This program
is not sponsored by or affiliated with Hunter College. Tickets required.
www.mjhnyc.org
May 8, 2005, 4-5:30 p.m.—Silver Spring Presbyterian Church,
Silver Spring, MD
Interfaith Yom Hashoah Commemoration with Tikvat Israel Congregation.
In My Mother’s House, reflections on mothers by
survivor ReginaSpiegel, daughter of survivors Genie Glucksman
and granddaughter of survivors Pamela Finder. For more
information: 301-439-4646.
May 8, 2005, 4:30 p.m.— Virginia Holocaust Museum, Richmond
, VA
An Evening with Madame F is based on the experiences of
Fania Fenelon, a musician and cabaret singer who performed in the Women's
Orchestra at the Birkenau death camp. For more information contact Anna
Avital at 545-8626 or aavital@jewishrichmond.org.
May 9, 2005, 8 p.m.— Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Berlin,
Germany
Memorial Concert on the occasion of the official Inauguration
of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. For ticket information:
www.fullhouse-sercie.de
May 9- May 16, 2005— Laredo, TX
Traveling exhibition Anne Frank: A History for Today MINI
mgeary@ANNEFRANK.COM
May 9, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. on the steps of the State Capitol - Austin,
TX
A statewide Yom Hashoah commemoration presented by Holocaust
Museum Houston and the Texas Coalition for Holocaust Education. For
information, call (713) 942-8000 or www.hmh.org.
May 9, 2005, 7 p.m.—Jewish Community Center, Woodridge,
CT
America's Rescue of Children of the Holocaust will be
the topic in this part of the Connecticut observance of Holocaust Memorial
Week. Sponsors - Greater New Haven Section of the National Council
of Jewish Women and the Jewish Federation of CT
For more information about this event: JAOPERA11595@aol.com. For
more information about the children’s rescues and resource materials
for teachers, researchers and others:
http://www.onethousandchildren.org.
May 9, 2005, 7:30 p.m.— Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall
at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Concert In Defiance! Two world-premieres highlight
this May's Music of Remembrance concert: Lori Laitman's /The
Seed of Dream/, and /Terezin Cabaret Music/. The pre-concert lecture,
given by composer David Schiff at 6:45 p.m., discusses: "Jewish
Identities: How music and words become defiantly Jewish." General
Admission: $25. For tickets, call 206-365-7770 or visit www.musicofremembrance.org.
May 11- June 11, 2005— Montreal Holocaust Center, Montreal,
QC Canada
Traveling exhibition Anne Frank: A History for Today mgeary@ANNEFRANK.COM
May 11, 2005, 11:30 a.m.— Lincoln Theater, 1215 U Street NW,
Washington, DC
Annual Holocaust Commemoration sponsored by 23 federal agencies.
This year the program will feature survivors of the Holocaust and the genocide
in Rwanda. Shoah survivor Regina Spiegel and Tutsi survivor
Norah Bagirinka are the featured speakers. The program will
be moderated by ABC news anchor Leon Harris. For more information:
Steve Frank at 202-586-7478 or http://holocaustremembrance.org .
May 11, 2005, 6 p.m.—Park East Synagogue, New York, NY
Tribute to Carl Lutz. Speakers include his daughter, Mrs.
Agnes Hirschi, and Michael Vertes, who was saved by Carl Lutz. For
more information: irwf@irwf.org
May 15, 2005, 11:00 am— Temple Beth Israel, 7100 W.
Oakland Park Blvd., Sunrise, FL
Keynote Speaker: Howard Cwick , Liberator of the Buchenwald Death Camp
Also featured: Morris Friebaum and daughter, Janice Friebaum , who will
have just returned from the 60th Anniversary commemoration of the liberation
of the Hessental Camp in Germany. For more information: www.jewishbroward.org
May 15, 2005, 2:30 p.m.—Museum of Jewish Heritage, New
York, NY
Teaching the Representation of the Holocaust - A panel
discussion exploring how and why we teach about the Holocaust. www.mjhnyc.org
May 15, 2005, 3 p.m.—The Garden of Remembrance, White Plains,
NY
There will be a Ceremony Commemorating the60 th Anniversary of the
End of World War II and the Liberation of Auschwitz. The Garden
of Remembrance is on Martine Ave, by the corner of Martin Luther King,
Jr. Blvd. For more information: 914-696-0738.
May 15- June 30, 2005—The Diefenbaker Center, Saskatoon,
SK, Canada
Traveling exhibition Anne Frank in the World: 1929-1945
mgeary@ANNEFRANK.COM
May 22, 2005, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.— Florida Atlantic University,
Boca Raton, FL
An educational workshop will include these workshops: Climbing
the Branches of Your Family Tree, 2 nd Generation Responsibilities: Even
Holocaust Survivors Get Old, Life During the Displaced Camp Era.
For more information: ndershaw@yahoo.com.
May 22, 2005, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.— Temple Emanuel, 10 East
66th St, New York, NY.
The Jewish People and Islam: History and Present Conflict, speaker
Karen Barkley. Associate Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
and
Saving the Children , speakers Robert Snyder of
the American Friends Service Committee (the Quakers) and Valery Bazarov
of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS). Sponsored by the Hidden Child
Foundation/ADL in honor of the Quakers and HIAS for alleviating human suffering
over many decades. Luncheon between 12:00 and 1:00 pm.
$12 per person. Responses must be received by May 10, 2005. For
more information: hidden-child@adl.org .
May 22, 2005, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.—Tikvat Israel Congregation, Rockville,
MD
The Generation After, in conjunction with GSI,
will host a speakers’ developmentworkshop.
Additional information on page one of this month’s GSI
Newsletter. For more information: gsi@imeg.com. Pre-registration
required.
May 22, 2005, 11 a.m.—Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York,
NY
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who
Rescued a Million Yiddish Books - Aaron Lansky talks about
his 25-year effort to save the world's Yiddish books as chronicled in his
book Outwitting History. www.mjhnyc.org
May 22, 2005, 12:30 p.m.— Marriott at Sable Oaks, South
Portland, ME
The Twentieth Anniversary Annual Meeting of the Holocaust Human Rights
Centerwill feature Martin Goldsmith, author of The Inextinguishable
Symphony, as its keynote speaker. The meals are kosher, and the
cost of the luncheon is $25. Reservations are required. For further
information please contact the HHRC at PO Box 4645, Augusta, Maine 04330-1644,
207-993-2620, or by email at hhrc@gwi.net
May 22, 2005 2:00 p.m.— Liberty State Park, Exit 14b NJ Turnpike,
Jersey City, NJ
Liberation Monument Rededication Sponsored by The Office of the
Governor in cooperation with The Departments of Military and Veteran Affairs
Treasury, Environmental Protection and The New Jersey Commission on Holocaust
Education. Join along with dignitaries, military personnel,
survivors and the community. For information: gsi@imeg.com .
May 22, 2005, 2 p.m.—Auditorium, Virginia Holocaust Museum,
Richmond, VA
Annual Film Series: Paragraph 175 - The title of this film refers
to the German Penal Code of 1871 that prohibited male homosexuality. Winner
of the 2000 Sundance Film Festival prize for documentary directing, this
film records interviews of survivors of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals
in the Holocaust. Sponsored in part with Equality Virginia. Admission is
free. aavital@jewishrichmond.org
May 22, 2005, 4:00 p.m.— Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust,
Los Angeles, CA
Second Generation Los Angeles will hold a commemoration in celebration
of the 60th Anniversary of Liberation and the end of WWII. Featured
speaker will be Col. Warren Dunn, retired, one of the liberators
of Dachau concentration camp. The public is cordially invited.
For more information: KFire413@aol.com.
May 22, 2005, 7 p.m. - The Baltimore Jewish Council (BJC) and Beth El
Congregation, Baltimore , MD
"A Morality Tale from the Holocaust" - Featuring Christopher R. Browning,
author of Ordinary Men: Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution
in Poland. Free and open to the public. For more information,
call the BJC at 410-542-4850.
May 23- June 15, 2005— Sullivan, MO
The Anne Frank Story traveling exhibition. mgeary@ANNEFRANK.COM
May 23- June 25, 2005— Sullivan MO
Traveling exhibition Anne Frank: A History for Today MINI
mgeary@ANNEFRANK.COM
May 25, 2005, 7 p.m.— Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York,
NY
The Holocaust's Reach into Arab Lands - Dr. Robert
Satloff explores the role of Arab nations in the Holocaust both as
Nazi collaborators, and selfless rescuers of Jews. www.mjhnyc.org
May 26, 2005, 7:30 p.m.— Maurice Levin Theater, Leon &
Toby Cooperman JCC, Ross Family Campus, 760 Northfield Avenue, West
Orange, NJ.
Screening of the award winning documentary, Paper Clips,
honoring of Survivor Martha Rich in recognition all of her work
on the Paper Clips Project . Linda Hooper, principal of Whitwell, Tennessee
Middle School will be the guest speaker. For information and reservations:
jtekel@ujcnj.org .
June 5 –December 2005. Virginia Holocaust Museum, Richmond,
VA
G. Roy Levin Art Exhibit Opening - G. Roy Levin created beautiful masterpieces
on found objects such as fruit crates and boxes using Holocaust photos.
After his death in June 2003, his estate gifted this artwork to the Virginia
Holocaust Museum. The works will be on display in the Museum's art gallery
until December 2005. aavital@jewishrichmond.org
June 7, 2005, 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.— Crystal Plaza, Livingston,
NJ.
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of liberation, a Salute to
Liberators Luncheon, sponsored by the United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum (USHMM). Speaker: Bill Parsons, Chief of Staff, USHMM. Couvert
$36 per person. For more information contact Celeste Maier at (202) 488-2634,
CMaier@ushmm.org or Shelley Binder at (212) 983-0825
June 8, 2005, 7 p.m.— Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York,
NY
The Search for Josef Mengele - Dr. David Marwell,
Museum Director and former U.S. Department of Justice Investigator, will
take the audience behind the scenes of one of the largest and most complex
historical investigation ever undertaken. www.mjhnyc.org
June 20- July 5, 2005—Appalachian State University, Boone,
NC
The Anne Frank Story traveling exhibition. mgeary@ANNEFRANK.COM
July 2005-July 2006— Tour of 20-24 communities in Texas(by
Holocaust Museum Houston). Traveling exhibition: Anne
Frank: A History for Today MINI
mgeary@ANNEFRANK.COM
August 7, 2005, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.— Mizner Court, Boca Raton,
FL
Next Generations will have their Bagels and Books
meeting to discuss The Plot Against America. For more information:
ndershaw@yahoo.com.
FYI: FOR YOUR INFORMATION…
The Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation was formed in April 1998
to teach students about the importance of tolerance, respect and responsibility
through character education and community service. Inspired by the
Kleins’ personal message of survival, acceptance and hope, students
learn from the past and translate that understanding into positive action.
The Klein Foundation challenges today’s youth to assume responsibility
and make a difference by addressing the needs of the hungry in their local
communities.
In October, 2003, the Foundation partnered with TIME Classroom
to create "Stand Up, Speak Out, Lend a Hand," a unique multimedia
educational kit sent nationally one million high school students.
Working in conjunction with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
the Klein Foundation will distribute its TIME Classroom project to the
Museum's "Fellows" for use in their national workshops. To receive this
free kit for your school, contact kleinfoundation@usa.net.
In the fall of 2005, the Klein Foundation will partner with the
Southern Poverty Law Center to address the issues of anti-Semitism and
intolerance in its larger context. For more information, visit www.kleinfoundation.org.