Challenging “Wiedergutmachung” The Slave Labor Negotiations of 1998–2001, a presentation of a new book

The Institute of International Relations would like to invite you to a presentation of a new book by Andreas Mink Challenging “Wiedergutmachung” The Slave Labor Negotiations of 1998–2001 on Thursday, 2nd May 2013, 16:00 at Institute of International Relations, Nerudova 3, Prague 1 (www.iir.cz).
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Grandfather's Hidden Photos Inspire Holocaust Film

04.04.2013 (AP, written by Bridget Murphy) -- A Massachusetts college professor's discovery of photos his grandfather took during World War II has inspired a new documentary on the Holocaust, as seen through the eyes of one American soldier.
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Holocaust Survivor Cookbook’ author to speak

7.2.2013 (azjewishpost.com) -- Chabad of Tucson will host an evening with cookbook author Joanne Caras on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. at Congregation Young Israel.
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Czech Republic: Nominate Sir Nicholas Winton for the Nobel Peace Prize

In 1939 a British man, Sir Nicholas Winton, saved 669 mainly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia, which was under occupation by Nazi Germany.
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Friends of the JHC Film Screening: "The One That Got Away" (2012)

25.1.2013 (jhc.org.au) -- Friends of the JHC present a special film screening of "The One That Got Away" (2012). Premiered at the Melbourne Jewish Film Festival 2012.
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JHC Film Club: "The Shop on Main Street" (1965)

25.1.2013 (jhc.org.au) --The Shop on Main Street (1965) 125 mins (English subtitles) Directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos An inept Czech peasant is torn between greed and guilt when the Nazi-backed bosses of his town appoint him “Aryan controller” of an old Jewish widow’s button shop.
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UN Holocaust Memorial Day 2013

25.1.2013 (jhc.org.au) -- Mrs Nina Bassat AM will be the keynote speaker at the 2013 UN Holocaust Memorial Day. Mrs Bassat serves as President of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria and is a child survivor of the Holocaust.

The commemoration, organized annually by the Jewish Holocaust Centre, is held to accord with the November 2005 Resolution of the UN General Assembly proclaiming 27 January, the day in 1945 on which Auschwitz was liberated, as the annual international memorial day to mark the Holocaust.

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2013 Holocaust & Jewish Resistance Teachers' Program

2013 Holocaust & Jewish Resistance Teachers' ProgramJune 30-July 18, 2013
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City to host Holocaust Memorial Day

24.1.2013 (thisisbristol.co.uk) -- MEMBERS of the public can gather at City Hall to remember the atrocities of the Holocaust tomorrow.

The Holocaust Memorial Day, hosted by Bristol City Council, is free and open to all to remember the Holocaust and subsequent genocides.

Bristol Mayor George Ferguson will be opening the event with a few words about the importance of memory and of building bridges. Readings from students from Bristol Cathedral Choir School will then be followed by a short, hard-hitting video called 'Lessons Learned?'

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Holocaust Memorial Day play highlights plight of Jewish children

24.1.2013 (northhamptonchron.co.uk) -- The courage of Jewish children during the Holocaust has inspired young people in Northamptonshire to present a play focused on their plight during the Second World War.
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