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Penn Hillel hosted a speaker event with Holocaust survivor and author Harry Pila on Nov. 12. Credit: Chenyao Liu. A Holocaust survivor spoke to the Penn community at Penn Hillel on Nov. 12. Harry Pila, the author of "The Journey of a Hidden Child," shared a firsthand account of his childhood during World War II. Over 85 community members ...
Rob joined the Holocaust & Humanity Center’s Trinity Johnson to reflect on the gifts he’s received from his parents, what he’s passing down to his own children about their family’s legacy, and the importance of remembering how upstanders made all the difference in this miraculous story. This episode is part of the Cynthia & Harold ...
You may wish to consult the Association of Holocaust Organizations to find out if there is a speakers bureau near you that works with Holocaust survivors. Every year, survivor speakers reach hundreds of different audiences, here at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, across the country, and abroad.
Max Eisen and Hedy Bohm are other Jewish Holocaust survivors who've spoken to London students through the collaboration. Mathew Sereda is the equity learning co-ordinator with the TVDSB.
Six million European Jews and people from other minorities were killed by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust. The speakers bureau connects Holocaust survivors with students both virtually and in person.
Judah Samet (Hebrew: יהודה סמט; February 5, 1938 – September 27, 2022) was a Hungarian-American businessman, speaker, and Holocaust survivor. At the age of six, he and his family were taken from Debrecen, Hungary, to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they spent eleven months.
For over three decades, Holocaust Survivors have volunteered their time at the Museum of Tolerance to speak about their experiences during World War II. Over 50,000 visitors per year meet and hear a Holocaust Survivor or 2nd Generation speaker.
In a disarmingly frank interview, Holocaust survivor Freddie Knoller, now in his 90s, tells his story of survival during World War II. Watch the full BBC Select documentary The Story of the Jews here
Six million European Jews and people from other minorities were killed by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust. The speakers bureau connects Holocaust survivors with...
Holocaust Speakers Bureau Renée Fink was born two years before WWII to Jewish parents in the Netherlands. In 1940 when the Germans invaded Holland, life did not change dramatically for...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, April 4, 2024: Today, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) launched the Survivor Speakers Bureau (SSB), a vast program of over 270 Holocaust survivors willing and able to tell their critical stories to students around the world.
NEW HAVEN — As a 15-year-old Jewish boy in Vienna, Austria, Isidor "Izzy" Juda — a Holocaust survivor who died Sept. 4 just two weeks short of his 102nd birthday — once saw Adolf Hitler's...
The Survivor Speakers Bureau — SSB, for short — is a vast database of Holocaust survivors willing and able to tell their stories. As the Holocaust survivor population wanes, it is more critical than ever that survivors tell their stories.
Zigi Shipper BEM (born Zygmunt Shipper; 18 January 1930 – 18 January 2023) was a Polish survivor of the Holocaust and public speaker. Born and raised in Łódź, Poland, he and his family were persecuted by the Nazis and, like the other Jews in the city, were forced to live in the Łódź ghetto.
Pesach and Doug have the honor of speaking with Sami Steigmann, a survivor of the Holocaust. Sami’s journey is quite unlike many other survivor stories; he was an infant during World War II, and has no direct memories of his time in the concentration camp. He recounts the personal history that he has been able to piece together over the years ...
GUIDELINES FOR ARRANGING A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SPEAKER . Holocaust survivors are people, Jewish or non- Jewish, who were displaced, persecuted, or discriminated against due to the racial, religious, ethnic, social, and political policies of the Nazis and their collaborators between 1933 and 1945.
Irene Miller, a Holocaust survivor, author, speaker, and educator will take you on a survival journey little written and known about.
Alexander Eisen, a Holocaust survivor and beloved educator and speaker known for his soft-spoken warmth and keen intellect, died in Toronto on Feb. 17. He was 94. His turn as a sought-after Holocaust educator came in his later years, famously first speaking at his grandson Jared’s bar mitzvah. At the funeral, Alex’s son Doron recounted the ...
Standalone Lecture. This is the most common format, with a survivor speaking about his or her Holocaust experience for 40-45 minutes followed by a 15-20 minute question-and-answer period with the audience.
The Museum of Jewish Heritage’s Speakers Bureau is comprised of Holocaust survivors, World War II veterans, and descendants of survivors who present their or their family’s experiences during the Holocaust to groups of 20 or more people scheduled in advance.
The Holocaust Center Speakers Bureau consists of more than 30 active speakers who share their stories throughout the Pacific Northwest. Our Speakers Bureau includes Holocaust survivors, survivors of other genocides, and Legacy Speakers.
Hearing a survivor speaker from the Holocaust, Nazi persecution or a subsequent genocide is a powerful experience; the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust provides advice and support for organising a speaker.
Generations Speakers are the children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. They have all been recruited, vetted, and coached by the Holocaust Center staff and veteran Generations Speakers to develop presentations about their survivor relative’s story.
BRICK – Holocaust survivor Maud Peper and her younger sister, Rita, spent most of World War II hidden away on a farm in the Netherlands, separated from their parents and forced to adopt new names and new identities while being concealed from the Nazis by the Dutch resistance.
SPEAKER: Holocaust survivor, Sidney “Sevek” Finkel. Sidney “Sevek” Finkel is the author of Sevek and the Holocaust, The Boy Who Refused to Die. This Holocaust seminar will focus on an eight-year-old Sevek, capturing the emotions of a boy who loses his home, his family and ultimately his humanity by the time he reaches the age of fourteen.