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Jewish Day School Fellowship in Holocaust Education and Commemoration
The Azrieli Foundation’s Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program and Facing History and Ourselves Canada are proud to announce the launch of the Jewish Day School (JDS) Fellowship in Holocaust Education and Commemoration.
In Search of Light
The Abel family after the war. From left to right: Martha's sister, Eta, her mother, Sari, her father, Ödön, and Martha. Cluj, Rom...
Always Remember Who You Are
Anita with her parents, Edzia and Fisko. Synowódzko Wyżne, Poland, 1937. Miraculous Escape We didn’t know where my mother had bee...
Stories of Pesach: Holocaust Survivors Remember
Pesach, or Passover in English, often figures prominently in the stories of authors who survived the Holocaust as children. Introd...
A Tapestry of Survival
Leslie (right) with his brother Louis (Lali), holding their nephew, Adamka. Budapest, 1944. The War One day I went to visit a frie...
Lovers in a Dangerous Time
From Anka Voticky’s Knocking on Every Door Arnold and Anka with baby Milan, 1934. To my husband, Arnold. They say memories are go...
Introduce your students to the Human Experience of Auschwitz on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
This human-centred learning helps students approach the history of the Holocaust in the most effective way. Personal accounts, whe...