Yom Hashoah -
Holocaust Remembrance Day  Community Program

Sunday, May 4. Mercer Island.
For details and flyer (pdf) click here.

3:00 - Remembrance Service at the Holocaust Memorial, SJCC

3:30 - Program at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation
Writing/Art Contest Winners will be awarded.
Keynote: Dr. John Roth, Holocaust Scholar, "Moral Responsibility in Our Post-Holocaust World."

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TEACHING TRUNKS


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SPEAKERS BUREAU

  
25 Holocaust survivors, liberators and descendents of survivors speak at schools and community organizations all over Washington State. 

ARTIFACT POSTER SERIES


EVERYDAY OBJECTS: Artifacts from Washington State Holocaust Survivors
A set of 12 posters. For classroom use or for an exhibit.

LESSON PLAN

Seattle Times Newspapers In Education (NIE) - Holocaust Series
The Holocaust: Resistance, Rescue, and Survival. 14 articles and a teacher guide.
Watch the Seattle Times April-June for our new series, "The Stories Among Us: Personal Accounts of Genocide."

LOCAL SURVIVOR STORIES

 
In March of 1939, my parents took me to a train station in Berlin for the trip to Hamburg. From there, I boarded a ship to Southampton, England, along with hundreds of other Jewish boys and girls. I didn?t know then whether I would see my family again?.Stephen A., born in Berlin, Germany in 1930, was part of the Kindertransport.

Stephen's story, and the stories of other local Holocaust survivors, are available at  
www.wsherc.org - under "Center Resources."

LIBRARY


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Cherry, Robert, and Annamaria Orla-Bukowska. Eds. Rethinking Poles and Jews: Troubled Past, Brighter Future. NY: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. Donated by Vanda Solomon.

Gimlette, John. Panther Soup: Travels Through Europe in War and Peace. NY: Alfred Knopf, 2008. Donated by David and Linda Stahl.

Jeffreys, Diarmuid. Hell?s Cartel: IG Farben and the Making of Hitler?s War Machine. Advance Readers Addition. NY: Metropolitan Books, 2008.

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Thank you for your support of Holocaust education and the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center!

HOLOCAUST CENTER EVENTS

Congratulations to the 2008 Holocaust Writing and Art Contest Winners!
This year we received 800 entries from 75 schools across the state of Washington.  Thank you to everyone who participated!
See list of winners
Winning entries will be available to view online in mid-May.

The Stories Among Us: Personal Accounts of Genocide
Seattle Times Newspapers In Education Program
April 9 - June 11, 2008 in the Seattle Times
A series of 10 articles appearing on Wednesdays. Teachers can register to receive the series and the accompanying teacher guide for free.

The Diary of Anne Frank 
March 21 - May 17, 2008. Intiman Theater, Seattle.
Teaching materials available through the Holocaust Center. Contact us at info@wsherc.org.

Raoul Wallenberg Dinner
May 29, 2008. 5:30pm. 
Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle. $35.
Keynote speaker: Manli IN, daughter of Consul General Feng Shan Ho, who helped thousands of Jews escape from Vienna during WWII.     Co-sponsored by the Holocaust Center.

SAVE THE DATE - Holocaust Center's Fundraiser Luncheon
October 29, 2008. Westin, Seattle.
Honoree: Leo Hymas, Liberator of Buchenwald Concentration Camp and Member of the Holocaust Center's Speakers Bureau.

Teaching materials for Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)

Local teacher awarded Spirit of Anne Frank Award
Nick Coddington, history teacher at Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma, and JFR alumni, has been awarded the prestigious Spirit of Anne Frank Award given each year Anne Frank House USA located in New York. The award ceremony will be held in New York in June. Nick was nominated by the Holocaust Center. www.annefrank.com.

OTHER: Programs, Events, Professional Development

Never Again, Again: The Darfur Crisis
May 3, 2008. Intiman Theater, Seattle. 4:30 pm.
Free event is presented in association with Intiman's production of "The Diary of Anne Frank." Panel discussion including Diane Baer (Save Darfur), Mawut Mayen (one of the "Lost Boys" from Southern Sudan), and Ben Weintraub (STAND).

Six-Generation Celebration: Family Tree Exhibit Grand Opening
May 4, 2008. Congregation Ezra Bessaroth, Seattle.
Sponsored by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society.

World War II and the North - Exhibition, Lecture and Film Series
May 6 - June 29, 2008. Nordic Heritage Museum
Exhibit - "Norwegian Resettlement of Jewish Refugees after WWII. Lectures and Films - May through June. For details - click here. 

Gasana Mutesi: Post-Conflict Africa
May 6, 2008. Downstairs at Town Hall, Seattle.
After losing their parents to genocide in Africa?s Great Lakes region, Gasana Mutesi and her husband, Charles Nkazamyambi, founded Amani Africa, a grassroots organization in Rwanda dedicated to establishing sustainable peace by engaging young people in the reconciliation process. Mutesi talks about the hopeful results being realized by African grassroots organizations and highlights Amani Africa?s community?centered approach to reconciliation combining education, economic empowerment, and human rights promotion. Free, no tickets required. Reception with Ms. Mutesi following the talk. Visit www.africagrassroots.org or call 813/624-3551 for more information.

Israel@60 Celebration
May 7, 2008. Benaroya Hall
Academy Award winner Theodore Bickel, star of Broadway and the hit television show Frasier Bebe Neuwirth and the Seattle Symphony led by Gerard Schwarz will provide the entertainment as we celebrate 60 years worth of accomplishment, culture and diversity.

Music of Remembrance
Ray of Sunshine: Holocaust Remembrance Concert
May 12, 2008. 7:30pm. Benaroya Hall.

Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Conference
June 22 - 24, 2008. USHMM, Washington DC.
For teachers with less than 5 years experience teaching about the Holocaust. Workshop is free of charge. Travel scholarships available to teachers at qualifying schools. Participants receive stipend to the USHMM bookshop and materials. Interested in applying?  Let Ilana Kennedy at the Holocaust Center know - we might be able to help - ikennedy@wsherc.org.  

International Conference on the Holocaust and Education
Teaching the Shoah: Fighting Racism and Prejudice
July 7-10, 2008. Yad Vashem, Israel.
Scholarships available.