Las Vegas Conference for 2013 The registration package for the 2013 Las Vegas conference is ready. Registration Packet: To download the registration packet PDF file, click here: 2013 Las Vegas Registration Packet. Registration Payment Page: To pay for your conference [click to read more]
Dear friends, we are pleased to present the Spring 2013 edition of Mishpocha!, the special Cleveland Conference 2012 edition. This edition includes speeches from the 2012 conference in Cleveland, including Robert Krell, Patrick Henry, Mordecai Paldiel, and others. Please [click to read more]
Please enjoy this video about the new Museum Of The History Of Polish Jews, in Warsaw Poland. (click on title above to view).
This article was published in the New York Times Sunday magazine (Eric Lichtblau, March 1, 2013). Many people thought the number of camps was around 10,000, but here we find a new number – upwards of 40,000. The author’s conclusion – every German [click to read more]
The 2012 annual conference was a resounding success, with nearly 400 child survivors, family, and descendants attending. We heard presentations from internationally known experts such as Robert Krell, Patrick Henry, Mordecai Paldiel, and Menachem Rosensaft. There were captivating panel discussions [click to read more]
Here is a collection of photos from the 2012 Cleveland Conference. To see a photo larger, please click on the photo. Audience Photos Portraits Dancing Speakers Also, professionally photographed images are available from Mark Franks, here: Pollack [click to read more]
We are pleased to be able to share R. Gabriele Silten’s book, Our Memories 2012. Our Memories is a book of poems, memoirs, and other documents submitted by child survivors and their families for the 2012 Cleveland Conference. Gabriele has [click to read more]
Our conference was a great success, with over 400 survivors and families, including 2G’s and 3G’s. We had many inspirational speakers, meaningful workshops, and engaging panels. Please keep looking at our website for updates. More photos to come. To see [click to read more]
Our good friend, Dr. Robert Krell spoke to us once again, and inspired us with his insights about our common past. To view his speech, followed by a brief biography, please click on the following link: Robert Krell speech Cleveland [click to read more]
We are pleased to publish the Spring 2012 edition of Mishpocha!, which features coverage of the successful Warsaw 2011 Conference. To download the PDF file, please click here.
2012 United Nations Holocaust Remembrance: The 2012 observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust focussed on the theme, “Children and the Holocaust”. The theme served to highlight the impact of mass violence [click to read more]
Polish public television TVP SA produced this documentary about the Warsaw 2011 conference. Click on the video below to watch. Polish and English with some Polish subtitles. Children Of The Holocaust (Polish TV) Warsaw 2011 from WFJCSHD on Vimeo. Polish [click to read more]
Warsaw 2011 Conference Opening Program Click on the “play” button below to watch the video. You can set it to full screen using the four arrow button the lower right. Warsaw 2011 WFJCSH Conference Opening Program from WFJCSHD on Vimeo. [click to read more]
On August 29th, the World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust and Descendants met in Warsaw Poland for an historic… Speeches Professor Adam Rotfeld gave a speech about forgiveness and reconciliation. To read the speech, click here: Professor Adam [click to read more]
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Since 1963 a special commission of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem, headed by the Israel’s Supreme Court, has been awarding Righteous Among the Nations medals and certificates of honour (Chasid umot ha-Olam). This decoration [click to read more]
New important article by Professor Joanna Michlic titled: “Remembering to Remember,” “Remembering to Benefit,” “Remembering to Forget”: The Variety of Memories of Jews and the Holocaust in Postcommunist Poland This interpretive essay considers the representations of Jews and the Holocaust [click to read more]
From Engage Online: After many years as professor of Yiddish and Judaic Studies at Vilnius University, Lithuania, and research director of the Vilnius Yiddish Institute, Professor Dovid Katz felt he could not remain silent at the growing campaign in the [click to read more]
By Yossi Melman According to the Estonian president’s distorted logic, the Jewish victims who were murdered by the Estonians during the Holocaust, and the Estonian hangmen who annihilated the Jews, are “partners.” It’s not a good idea to mention [click to read more]
By Timothy Snyder Who was worse, Hitler or Stalin? In the second half of the twentieth century, Americans were taught to see both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union as the greatest of evils. Hitler was worse, because his regime [click to read more]
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