Tag: Holocaust Survivors
‘Yom Hashoah: A Day to Remember’ online program to feature survivor’s ordeals
The Touro College Hans Goldschmidt Institute for Human Rights and the Holocaust will mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 28 with an online program called “Yom Hashoah 2022: A Day to Remember” from noon to 1:30...
Holocaust survivors to pass torch of remembrance to next generation
Holocaust survivors from five continents will share their experiences during and after World War II and the Shoah as part of a 10-hour online conversation hosted by the Combat Antisemitism Movement, Zikaron BaSalon affiliated with the...
‘Real-time’ testimonials from survivors to highlight new Orlando Holocaust center
The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida, north of Orlando, will expand, relocate and be renamed as its mission shifts to preserving the testimonials and memories of survivors of the Shoah.
The new...
Holocaust survivor, 91, perishes in store basement in Mariupol
As she lay dying in a Mariupol basement, freezing and pleading for water, Holocaust survivor Vanda Semyonovna Obiedkova wanted to know only one thing: “Why is this happening?”
Ill and emaciated during the last two...
Mimi Reinhard, who typed out Schindler’s list, dies at 107
Mimi Reinhard, a secretary in Oskar Schindler’s office who typed up the list of Jewish men, women and children to be saved from death by Nazi Germany, died in Israel on Friday at the...
Ophthalmologist John H. Merey shares his Holocaust survival story
Dr. John H. Merey, who practices ophthalmology in West Palm Beach, Fla., was born in Budapest, Hungary, and survived the Holocaust, due to the heroic actions of Zionist Rudolf Israel (Rezső Kasztner) Kasztner. He recently shared...
Physicians for Holocaust survivors provide medical care to Ukrainian refugees
LeMa’anam, an association of doctors who treat Holocaust survivors voluntarily, has sent a large delegation of medical and humanitarian aid to refugees in Moldova.
The delegation includes 35 doctors and primary-care physicians for families and children,...
Claims Conference distributes record $720 million to support aging Holocaust survivors
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) announced on Wednesday that it has allocated $720 million in funds to more than 300 social welfare organizations to support home care and supportive...
Montreal Holocaust Museum initiates $80 million project to relocate to Jewish Quarter
The Montreal Holocaust Museum has undertaken an $80 million project to relocate into a new space in the city’s historic Jewish community.
The building on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in Le Plateau-Mont-Royal will feature interactive holograms of Holocaust survivors...
Latvia’s parliament passes $45 million Holocaust-restitution bill
Latvia’s parliament passed a bill that will provide compensation for unrecovered Jewish property and funding for the country’s Jewish community, reported The Associated Press.
The Law on the Compensation of Goodwill to the Latvian Jewish Community...