Joining hands and hearts to keep Holocaust memory alive, fighting hatred and genocide
Joining hands and hearts to keep Holocaust memory alive, fighting hatred and genocide
Liberation75 has launched their library of events held as part of the virtual conference May 4-9, 2021 and you can watch the World Federation session here.
In the World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust and Descendants’ first virtual event, Michael Berenbaum speaks on current events to World Federation members on January 17, 2021. This event may now be viewed online here
Dr. Robert Krell, a speaker at several WF Conferences, participated in an online presentation: Holocaust Families – What we Learned from Elie Wiesel A conversation with Dr. Robert Krell, child Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist specializing in treating trauma in Holocaust survivor families, and Howard Reich, author of ‘The Art of Inventing Hope: Intimate Conversations with Continue Reading »
How do “Child Survivors Germany” cope with antisemitism and other challenges, since 1945 and even beyond 2020? There is a new book available in English language: Philipp Sonntag: Forever Alert – German Child Survivors in Action Before 1945 and Beyond 2019. Beggerow Verlag, Berlin, October 2019; 240 pages. This book is Volume V of the Continue Reading »
The World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust and Descendants (WFJCSH&D) will hold our 32nd Annual Conference in St. Louis, MI, November 4 – November 7 , 2021, at the St. Louis Marriott. The Kindertransport Association (KTA) will join the conference once again as will members of Generations of the Shoah International (GSI). Continue Reading »
The World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust and Descendants (WFJCSH&D) will hold our 31st Annual Conference in Vancouver, BC, November 1 – 4, 2019, at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel in association with Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (VHEC) . The Kindertransport Association (KTA) will join the conference once again as will members of Generations Continue Reading »
A film by Melissa Hacker, Narrated by Joanne Woodward Join director Melissa Hacker and NPR journalist Uri Berliner to watch and discuss the first documentary film to tell the heart-wrenching story of the Kindertransports. After the screening, Hacker and Berliner will talk about how the Kindertransport affected their own family histories. My Knees Were Jumping Continue Reading »
Again we have participated in a wonderful conference, this time at Florida’s east coast. The weather was great and we stayed in the nice Marriot West Palm Beach hotel, where we could sit and schmooze in a spacious lobby, a wonderful garden and relax and swim in the pool. The organisers had selected for us Continue Reading »
We are shocked, saddened and horrified by the tragedy that occurred yesterday at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. As Holocaust Survivors and descendants of survivors, we know all too well the tragedy of antisemitism and hatred. Our families were destroyed by violent antisemitism in Europe. We the Child Survivors experienced the tragedy and Continue Reading »
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