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Holocaust survivor Herta Walcoff recalls escaping from German-occupied Austria
German troops invaded Austria in March 1938 and incorporated the nation into the German Reich in what is known as the Anschluss. When I visited Herta Walcoff in her home...
Boca International Jewish Film Festival to present free screening of âBetween The Templesâ at Movies of Delray
The Boca International Jewish Film Festival will present a preview screening of Sony Picture Classics' âBetween The Temples,â a film starring Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane, on Thursday, Aug. 22,...
Dutch Holocaust survivor Shelley Lazarus shares her story of survival
Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, had a Jewish population of more than 75,000 in 1940. In all, at least 80 percent of the prewar Dutch Jewish community perished during...
Author and Iranian Revolution survivor Jacqueline Saper will speak at National Jewish Retreat
Jacqueline Saper is a CPA, writer, public speaker, commentator, translator and survivor of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Her memoir, âFrom Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran,â was awarded...
Polish Holocaust survivor Jacob Hellner recalls hiding in a stable
On April 7th, 1943, the Gestapo rounded up 1,100 Jews in a forest near the village of PlebanĂłwka, Poland and shot them. The Germans and their accomplices used bloodhounds, burned...
Craig and Barbara Weiner to create Holocaust Museum of South Florida at FAU
In 2013, Craig and Barbara Weinerâs efforts led to the creation of the Craig and Barbara Weiner Holocaust Museum of South Florida at Nova Southeastern University's Alvin Sherman Library. Through...
Lee Mendelson shares surviving the Shoah as an orphaned baby
1.5 million of the European Jews murdered during the Holocaust were children. Belgian Holocaust survivor, Lee Mendelson, was among the thousands of orphans who survived this brutal carnage as hidden...
Tel Aviv Universityâs Professor Uri Ashery shares his innovative Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s research
Professor Uri Ashery is a prominent Israeli neuroscientist who heads the Learning and Memory Lab at Tel Aviv Universityâs (TAU) Healthy Longevity Research Center. Professor Ashery shared details regarding his...
Director/producer David Serero presents the world premiere of âThe Trial of Adolf Eichmannâ
âThe Trial of Adolf Eichmann" is a new play by acclaimed director/producer David Serero that is set to have its world premiere at the Center for Jewish History in New...
Simone Kaufman recalls her childhood in France during World War II
In 2006 as her 50th wedding anniversary was approaching, French Holocaust survivor and educator Simone Kaufman created a memoir that she gifted to her children. When I visited Simone in...