We are indeed committed, explains Fritzie Fritzshall, Holocaust survivor and president of the museum. “We are committed to educating the future generation. They must know about the Holocaust, as well…
…Golabek and Lee Cohen, The Children of Willesden Lane. “This Pianist of Willesden Lane” is at the Geffen Playhouse through June 24th. For info call 310-208-5454 or check www.geffenplayhouse.com ….
…in Berlin, was wealthy. She and her brother Heinz were at private school before Adolf Hitler came to power, but then had to transfer to a Jewish school. Video www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=3xxfOKoblHk…
…on April 27, 2014 on CBS news program 60 Mnutes. Bob Simon is the correspondent. Harry Radliffe and Vanessa Fica, producers. Watch the video and read the transcript online: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/saving-the-children-during-world-war-11-60-minutes/…
…to local holiday camps such as Dovercourt Bay. Guests at the unveiling of the statue included more than 30 refugees who arrived on the Kindertransport. There’s a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yu7aVy6sXU&ab_channel=5News…
Quentin Tarantino’s Nazi revenge movie may have plenty of drama but the real story is even better. Kim Masters on the heroic band of Jewish commandos known as X Troop….
…vast remove from the insistent commercialism and banal self-indulgence of the contemporary art world. He once suggested that artists suspend commercial production for three years as a protest against capitalism…
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £47,000 to the Jewish Council for Racial Equality for a two-year education project on the Kindertransport. The aim is both to reflect the experience…
…reunited this week at a commemorative exhibit. The exhibit is open 16 October – 24 November, 2013. 90 year-old Henrietta Franks was 15 when she left Cologne, and “My sister…
…the Jewish Community Center in Utica. The play by Diane Samuels, “Kindertransport,” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. June 5-7 at Rome Community Theater, with a 2:30 p.m. matinee June…
…at bay, I tried to ask her why her father had not been at the station that morning. The right words would not come. “Your Pappi,” I stuttered. “Is he…
…materials and speakers for public forums, schools, synagogues, museums and community centers. The KTA sponsors regional informal and social gatherings and from 1990 -2015 held biennial national conventions featuring prominent…
Marianne Phillips and sculptor Frances Segelman who was commissioned to create a bronze bust of Marianne (Image: The Fed) A Prestwich Jewish charity has celebrated a Holocaust refugee and volunteer’s…
…major Jewish organizations, explained my project, and asked for help. How naive I was! Most either ignored me completely or openly laughed at me. Several had never even heard of…
…and father with emotion in his voice and watery eyes. http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/4325160.Council_leader_s_family_torn_apart_by_Holocaust/ 66 2009-04-29 00:00:00 Unlikely Trio Uncover Tales of Wartime Rescues The feature documentary, The Rescuers: Heroes of the Holocaust”…
…resulted from such well meaning beginnings come to light. “Often appearing on the exam syllabus, Kindertransport offers a wealth of material about life for German Jews prior to and during…
Simon Shaw An exhibition to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Kindertransport and Holocaust Memorial Day uses the artist’s own family’s involvement for inspiration. Artist and teacher Simon Shaw, of…
…Yeshiva University Museum and the Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin, the exhibition is arranged into eight sections, beginning in the days and months following Kristallnacht when Europe’s…
…humanitarian emergency like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The 72-year-old said his Jewish community has this week launched an initiative called ‘Ukrainetransport’. Rabbi Jonathan Romain from Maidenhead is hoping to use…
A statue has been erected of a British war hero compared with Oskar Schindler for his efforts to save hundreds of children destined for Nazi death camps. Trevor Chadwick helped…