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Quilt Artist, Louise Silk. brings her artistry to the written page with fictional holocaust story "Tent Of Protection" based on the Rabbi's wife of the Warsaw Ghetto.

Through a uniquely educational approach, the original Standupster, Karen Z. Brass, has created a movement to fight bullying by sharing her father's experiences as a Holocaust survivor. Hear her story in her newly published book!

A new book by Pearl Goodman highlights that impact as she describes growing up in Toronto in the '60s with the influence of pop culture and the trauma of her parents' experiences in the Holocaust. Something to consider for Holocaust Education Week.

Remember Point Publishes World War Two, Nazi Occupation Collective Memoir eBook

The Nazis - through the Eyes of a Child is a new autobiography just released by MyVoice Publishing, detailing the escape of a Jewish child from the Holocaust.

Harbour of Hope will have its North American premiere in Minneapolis, the hometown of Joe Rozenberg. Rozenberg is one of three survivors from the WWII concentration camps portrayed in the heart breaking but life-affirming film.

After many great reviews and exceptional audience feedback, Harbour of Hope is hitting the international festival circuit. The International Premiere will be at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, the second largest documentary festival in Europe.

The characters in Who Will Carry the Word? struggle with their personal fears, concerns, and ultimately their hopes for future generations.

Long Journey Home, A Young Girl's Memoir of Surviving the Holocaust: by LUCY LIPINER

The Nazis - Through the Eyes of a Child by Margarete Mendelsohn is selling extremely well in America, and is our top selling book at present. The main sales are through e-Books.

J-CAT, The J’s Cultural Arts Theatre at the Michael-Ann Russell JCC will present its final show of 2012-13 season. J-CAT Community Theatre, and J-CAT Youth will present the powerful and poignant Dear Esther, directed by Michael Andron.

COMPLICIT, the untold story of why the Roosevelt Administration denied safe haven to Jewish Refugees

Remember Point Publishes Remarkable World War II, Nazi Occupation Memoir in Paperback and eBook on Amazon, Kindle, Barnes and Noble and More.

CLINTON, NJ (March 19, 2013) – If there’s one thing Carol Rosen knows for certain it’s this:  if her artwork doesn’t disturb people, deeply, she hasn’t done her job.

Quilt Artist, Louise Silk. brings her artistry to the written page with fictional holocaust story "Tent Of Protection" based on the Rabbi's wife of the Warsaw Ghetto.

Through a uniquely educational approach, the original Standupster, Karen Z. Brass, has created a movement to fight bullying by sharing her father's experiences as a Holocaust survivor. Hear her story in her newly published book!

We must continuously acknowledge, remember, and reflect upon the brutal atrocities the powerful inflict upon powerless. A stand for justice, education and understanding is badly needed. What can you do as an individual? Let's learn it together.

Terry A. Tegnazian, president and co-founder of Aquila Polonica Publishing, was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in recognition of her outstanding services to the Polish community.

Allen Weiss uncovers a pattern among children and grandchildren of survivors.

On the 74th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, German born Rosa Raskin describes her 50 year search for her lost sister.

Jack Altman, Holocaust survivor and member of The Legacy at Willow Bend, stood in front of 80 of his fellow friends, family and guests to share his personal story.

A new book by Pearl Goodman highlights that impact as she describes growing up in Toronto in the '60s with the influence of pop culture and the trauma of her parents' experiences in the Holocaust. Something to consider for Holocaust Education Week.

Remember Point Publishes World War Two, Nazi Occupation Collective Memoir eBook

The Harbour of Hope team has just published the list of Holocaust survivors arriving in Malmö on April 28, 1945 and is asking for help to identify persons on the lists.

The Nazis - through the Eyes of a Child is a new autobiography just released by MyVoice Publishing, detailing the escape of a Jewish child from the Holocaust.

The Legacy at Willow Bend initiated a Holocaust Survivor Series asking survivors to share their story with members of the community.

The team behind the awarded documentary Harbour of Hope is documenting survivor stories from WWII. In the film three survivors tell their life stories. Now the team is documenting more of the Holocaust witnesses coming to Sweden in Spring 1945.

With tensions high in the middle east the USA and Israel are looking to remind the masses that the Holocaust isn't "forgotten". Iranian officials are openly denying the Holocaust, while it is part of the US education system, and backed by Israel.

After receiving a Special Jury Mention at Krakow Film Festival Harbour of Hope is now continuing the tour of international festival screenings. Next stop is San Francisco where the film is selected for the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.

President William J. Clinton has endorsed Morris Wolff's book "Whatever Happened to Raoul Wallenberg" which tells the story of Wallenberg, who saved the lives of many Jews during WWII and Morris Wolff's efforts to free him from Soviet imprisonment.

Author, Jack Mayer is pleased to announce that his book, Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project is receiving rave reviews and several awards.

Harbour of Hope will have its North American premiere in Minneapolis, the hometown of Joe Rozenberg. Rozenberg is one of three survivors from the WWII concentration camps portrayed in the heart breaking but life-affirming film.

After many great reviews and exceptional audience feedback, Harbour of Hope is hitting the international festival circuit. The International Premiere will be at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, the second largest documentary festival in Europe.

The characters in Who Will Carry the Word? struggle with their personal fears, concerns, and ultimately their hopes for future generations.

Frank Towers and Carol Thompson discuss the upcoming WW II veterans and holocaust survivors reunion.

Ukrainian Orthodox Bishop asks Christian faithful to remember Jewish brothers and sisters on January 27th & 28th, Holocaust Remembrance.

Author Batya Casper’s latest book, Israela, delivers an insider, intimate look at a society and their conflicts.

Author Dave Longeuay’s latest book delivers a spellbinding look at an underpublicized era in world history.

Chicago novelist Deby Eisenberg debuts with her book "Pictures of the Past," a powerful epic family and historical saga that is set in Chicago, Paris and Berlin, reliving events from pre-World War II Europe, but beginning in contemporary times.

“Gut Wrenching and Heart Rending. Weinblatt’s characters and characterizations compel the reader to read onward. At the end of the read one feels both hope and admiration for the human spirit.” ---- Holocaust Center of Toledo

Beginning at 2 p.m., and co-sponsored by the Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania, fans will have the opportunity to meet and hear from the author whose book is now being taught in numerous schools and universities in several states.

Based on a true story, this powerful new book follows the lives of two extended Hungarian families, the Rézlers and the Földes, one gentile and the other Jewish, through three decades.

Holocaust Memorial Center acquires an authentic World War II-era railway boxcar from Germany that was used to transport Jews and other prisoners from camp to camp, often 100 or more at a time, during the Holocaust.

Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund Is the Latest Israeli Institution to Sponsor Project HEART

Annual fundraising event to honor Lauren and Sam Bienenstock of Bienenstock Court Reporting & Video for their dedication and commitment to the center. Award-winning independent filmmaker and television editor Sharon Rennert will be keynote speaker.

Sponsors for museum's newest exhibit include: Ernest Wachtel, one of the surviving members of the Ritchie Boys, and his family, as Silver Sponsors; and American House Senior Living Communities and The Detroit Jewish News as Bronze Sponsors.

Seminar at Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, and co-hosted by Eastern Michigan Univ., uses the latest academic scholarship and best instructional practices to make lessons about the Holocaust understandable and meaningful for students.

Searchable, user-friendly database is the largest single-source of Holocaust era property records

The exhibit, “Secret Heroes: The Ritchie Boys,” running through February 5, 2012, focuses on the lives and achievements of a special band of World War II soldiers fighting a psychological war against the Nazis.

“The Radical Museum: Democracy, Dialogue & Debate” features an international collaboration of 14 highly-respected museum leaders on why contemporary museums should break free from traditional constraints to become dynamic agents of social change.

Jacob's Courage is a tender love story of two young adults living in Salzburg at the time when the Nazi war machine enters Austria. The novel explores the dazzling beauty of young love, powerful faith and enduring bravery.

Today's article is the story of a Chicago community organizer that utilized gangster and Hitler styled tactics to grow and wield power and influence.

As Jews around the world celebrate Shavuot—the holiday that commemorates receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai—Temple Ahavat Shalom is celebrating the completed restoration of a 350 year-old Torah.

Event to raise funds for the construction of a WWII Veterans Memorial to be constructed at the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus.

Also The Original Signed Document Of Germany's Surrender Agreement Ending WWll

Nearly 75 years after the Philippine government took bold steps to offer refuge to Jews under Nazi persecution, Boys Town Jerusalem paid tribute to the Philippine nation.

This month at the Los Angeles Jewish Home, survivors of the Holocaust will be helping out another survivor: a 350 year-old Torah from the Czech Republic, hidden away during the Holocaust in an abandoned synagogue.

The Statistically-Valid Study of MOL Participants from 2000-2008 Shows that the Impact of MOL Reaches Beyond Holocaust Education to Areas Such as Human Rights, Jewish Identity, Faith, Practice and Israel