They followed their conscience… Germans Against Hitler – the Story of the Helmrich Couple, Holocaust Rescuers Sunday, August 20, 2023 at 2:00 PM EST Register Here Eberhard and Donata Helmrich, from Berlin, were anti-Nazis throughout the Nazi period. A...
Dear Survivors, Members of the Board, Volunteers, Teachers, and Friends, We are so thrilled to inform you that in Governor Ron DeSantis’ recently signed “Framework for Freedom Budget for Fiscal Year 2023–24”, the Holocaust Documentation & Education Center, Inc....
Anne and Margot Frank’s Pen Pal Letters In the Fall of 1939, in Danville, Iowa, ten-year-old Juanita Jane Wagner picked a name from a list of pen pals. Her teacher, Miss Birdie Mathews, had visited the Netherlands and brought back names and addresses of Dutch...
Even if you have seen other films on the Sousa Mendes story, this film series is well worth watching. Created by Portuguese television in partnership with the Sousa Mendes Foundation, this five-episode series tells a multiplicity of stories concerning the heroic...
“Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future” —Elie Wiesel Date: Thursday, June 8, 2023 Time: 5:00 PM EST Elie Wiesel, the Nobel prize-winning writer, was the most influential person to bring the world’s attention to the enormity of...
Ninety years ago this month, university students in Nazi clubs led an enthusiastic crowd in the burning of more than 25,000 “un-German” books in a Berlin public square. These planned, torchlit purges occurred in 34 university towns across Germany. In the aftermath of...
This new bi-lingual website provides a comprehensive and searchable online database for Yiddish music, containing lyrics, translations, sheet music, and audio and video performances to over 400 Yiddish songs. Visit the Website...
