Archive: December 2009

Speech of Rabbi Moshe Waldoks, Boston 2009

Posted on December 29, 2009

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2009 Boston, MA. Conference

Posted on December 28, 2009

21st Annual International Conference: Generation To Generation… L’Dor V’Dor Speech of Rabbi Moshe Waldoks. Listen here: Click here to download the file. Jewish Rescuers Panel Presentation – George Mandel-Mantello, Presented by  Judith Cohen, USHMM Jews Rescued Jews Committee Report – Paula Kaufmann and Berrie Asscher Rue Amelot JRJ Award Thank You Poland Jewish Cemeteries Restoration Project Presentation Continue Reading »

Jewish Rescuers Panel Presentation: George Mandel-Mantello

Posted on December 28, 2009

George Mandel-Mantello Judith Cohen, USHMM Thank you for allowing me to address you.  I would like to talk today about a remarkable man and the rescue effort he led – the Romanian/Hungarian Jewish businessman Gyorgy Mandl, aka George Mandel-Mantello. The main parts of the story have been known for sometime, largely owing to David Kranzler’s Continue Reading »

Paula Kaufmann and Berrie Asscher

Posted on December 28, 2009

Two stories of young Jewish rescuers who operated in the Dutch Westerwheel underground group which included Jews and non-Jews. To read the full presentation, please click here to download the PDF.

Poland Jewish Cemetery Restoration Project, Inc (PJCRP)

Posted on December 28, 2009

Before WWII, Jewish religion, culture and heritage flourished in Poland. The Nazis murdered 3 million out of 3.5 million of Poland’s Jews and in the process purposely set out to destroy all traces of Jewish heritage, including cemeteries and synagogues. Today there are only an estimated 3,000 to 10,000 Jews living in Poland without the Continue Reading »

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