Neuberger HEW 2016 Program Guide

The Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto presents

– November The Future of Memory

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Every year, more than 15 000 students from across Ontario visit the Neuberger’s Holocaust museum, attend our educational events, and participate in HEW programs.

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On behalf of our dedicated volunteer committee, loyal partners and sponsors, we are proud to welcome you to the 36th annual Holocaust Education Week, presented by the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.

Through the theme the Future of Memory, HEW 2016 will explore how future generations will perpetuate and innovate in the field of Holocaust education and remembrance. Whether through film, literature, art or new historical analysis, how the Holocaust is remembered in popular culture and the academic sphere will be of increasing relevance to the future of Holocaust studies and remembrance. This year, HEW explores how memory of the Holocaust will continue to adapt to a changing technological landscape, global context, and the impact of losing personal survivor accounts.

Core to Neuberger HEW is to provide students and young people with opportunities to hear firsthand testimony from Holocaust survivor speakers. Sadly, today’s students will be among the last to experience these integral accounts in person. Though HEW 2016 looks to the future of Holocaust education, we are proud to offer the transformative power of testimony for as long as possible. It is to these survivors, with gratitude and respect, that we dedicate the Future of Memory.

Holocaust Education Week would not be possible without the partnership of community members, generous sponsors, and audiences committed to fighting intolerance and discrimination through Holocaust education. We gratefully acknowledge the generosity and leadership of our diverse and dedicated HEW 2016 sponsors.

We thank our presenters, volunteers, colleagues, partners, generous donors and ambassadors, Neuberger staff, and especially Holocaust survivor speakers, who founded this event in 1980 and who continue to inspire audiences with their dedication to Holocaust education in hope of building a better future.

We are privileged to benefit from the dedicated leadership of our professional and advisory colleagues.

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto is our sustaining supporter, enabling us to bring programming throughout the year to the community and beyond. Neuberger HEW 2016 offers you an outstanding selection of compelling, timely programs at venues across our city and region. Please join us for this very important and meaningful week.

Dori Ekstein, Lily Kim, Lisa Richman 2016 HEW Co-Chairs

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We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of our donors and sponsors whose support ensures that Neuberger HEW can present more than 100 outstanding free educational programs to thousands of community members in cultural, educational, spiritual and community centres throughout the GTA and surrounding region. preseNtiNg spoNsors

The Elizabeth & Tony Comper Foundation lead spoNsors

Malka & Harry Rosenbaum

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Judy & Larry Tanenbaum and Family

Myra & Joel York

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HONEY & BARRY SHERMAN

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary

CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Toronto, Canada

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May & Fred Karp and Family

Fran & Ed Sonshine

Cohen Family Charitable Trust

Donors and Sponsors

We gratefully acknowledge the following sponsors who made their generous contributions in support of the 2016 Neuberger Holocaust Education Week in honour or in memory of loved ones. Sponsors who made donations in support of specific programs have tribute wording listed at the individual program.

Sylvia and Edward Fisch in honour of our children and grandchildren: Sherri, Darryl, Michelle, Randall, Adam, Marla, Zackary, Rachel, Aaron and Sidra.

The Sam & Gitta Ganz Family Foundation in loving memory of Sam Ganz.

Noah, Jessica & Daniel Geist in loving memory of their grandparents, Anna & David Geist, who survived the Holocaust to begin a new life in Canada.

The Glick & Glicksman Families in loving memory of Max & Guta Glicksman and Rose & Morris Glick.

Celine Szoges in memory of her grandparents, Johan Spitznal & Elizabeth Schwartz.

Nancy and Philip Turk in memory of the 6 million.

Edna & David Magder

Mary Seldon & Family

Maybird Investments Ltd.

Stacey Shein & Mayer Pearl

Julia & Henry Koschitzky

Frieda & Leslie Sherman

Leboff Family Charitable Foundation

The Nathan & Lily Silver Family Foundation

Rosie Uster, Phyllis Gould and Sandra Srebrolow in honour of our loving parents, Helen & Mayer Fogel.

Bonnie & Larry Moncik and Eleanor & George Getzler Yigal Rifkind

Martha Sud

Glenda and Alan Wainer in memory of Leisor & Ann Wainer and David & Diane Tessler.

Carole & Jay Sterling

Celine Szoges

Helen Stollar

Van Rijk Jewellers Inc.

Reesa & Avrom Sud

Nita Wexler & Hartley Hershenhorn

Keynote Event Sponsors

Nancy & Philip Turk

Tammy & Jerry Balitsky The Brown and Lindenberg Families

Jeff and Annalee Wagman, Echelon Wealth Partners

Gail & Stanley Debow

Glenda & Alan Wainer

The Sam & Gitta Ganz Family Foundation

Wendy & Richard Wengle

The Glick & Glicksman Families The Greenbaum Family Dorothy & Pinchas Gutter Robin & Eran Hayeems Donna & Richard Holbrook

Ernie Weiss Memorial Fund “In the Schools” Sponsors Pamela & Paul Austin Deborah Berlach & Ron Csillag Erika Biro The Abraham Bleeman Foundation

Guido Smit

“2G” Symposium Sponsors Lead Sponsors Canadian Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants Marilyn & Stephen Sinclair Speaker Sponsors Ruth Ekstein & Alan Lechem, Lillian & Rick Ekstein, Stella & Peter Ekstein Glied-Goldstein Family The Gottdenker Family Trust

Sharon and Norman Gottlieb in memory of Josef & Pauline Krystal.

Joy Kaufman, Eric, Lindsay and Loren Cohen

Lucille and David Griff in honour of Allan Weiss.

Janice & Howard Langer

Anita Ekstein and Family

Seymour Hershenfeld and Susan Weltman in honour of Edzia Weltman, a Holocaust survivor; in memory of Leon Weltman, a Holocaust survivor; and in memory of Sam & Freda Hershenfeld.

Naomi Rifkind Mansell & David Mansell

Shelley & Steven Ekstein and Nili & Paul Ekstein

Eleanor & Martin Maxwell with Scotia Bank, Bathurst/Sheppard Branch

Dori & Ari Ekstein

Tammy & Jerry Balitsky

Sylvia & Edward Fisch

The Blankenstein Family Foundation

Edna and David Magder in memory of her grandmother, Reisl Chana Brodi, and grandfather, Marc Weissman, who were murdered in the Holocaust.

Rapoport and Rosenthal families in honour of Mania Rapoport and in memory of Jack Rapoport, both Holocaust survivors.

Joyce & Aaron Rifkind

Jack Chisvin

The Frankel Family Foundation

Larry & Frieda Torkin and Family Rochelle Reichert & Henry Wolfond Workshop Sponsors

The Lillian and Norman Glowinsky Family Foundation

Marlene Brickman

GRA Charitable Trust

Marika & Bill Glied

Lucille & David Griff

Susan & Jack Kahn

Sally & Mark Zigler

Sheri Griffiths, BMO Bank of Montreal Commercial Banking

Survivor Testimony Sponsors

Susan Weltman & Seymour Hershenfeld

Felicia & David Posluns, Barry & Nelly Zagdanski, Ian & Sara Zagdanski

The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation Rhonda Silverstone & Nathan Rapoport

Anonymous

Edell Family Foundation

Jewish War Veterans of Canada

Lisa Richman & Steven Kelman

Lily & Daniel Kim

Supporters

Aida and Avie Seetner in memory of Anna-Lea Katz and Hyman Katz.

Helena & Jeffrey Axler, Feiga Glazer, Gerry Glazer & Lilliane Perez-Glazer

Frieda and Leslie Sherman in memory of Sam & Ann Salcman.

Cansew Inc.

Perri-Anne & Charles Magerman

Hilda & Jerry Cohen

Circle of Care

Ellen & Shawn Marr

Ari & Dori Ekstein & Family

Carole and Jay Sterling in memory of Ralph F. Dankner.

DH Gales Family Charitable Foundation of Toronto

Crowe Soberman LLP

Esther & Albert Michaels

Martha Sud and sons Avrom, Howard, Elliott and Warren Sud in memory of beloved husband and father, David Sud.

Danny Pivnick

Faye Minuk

Marina & Jon Geist

The Rash Family

Sarah & Morris Perlis

Ernest & Barbara Goldenberg Endowment Fund

Doris & Rammy Rochman

Annette Sacks

Liddy Beck & Steven Gottesman and Rina & Irving Gottesman

Lorraine & Alan Sandler

Hinda & Alan Silber

Judy & Les Scheininger

Charlotte & Ken Tessis with Gail & Aubrey Appel

Reesa and Avrom Sud in memory of David Sud who perished in the Holocaust and in memory of Louis Hotz.

Stephen Greenberg Roslyn & Ralph Halbert

Anne & Jeff Schwartz Aida & Avron Seetner

Dorothy Tessis and Family Ulmer Charitable Foundation

Letters

It is with great solemnity that I join everyone in commemorating the Holocaust during Holocaust Education Week.

This week allows us the opportunity to deepen our understanding of the Holocaust, a tragic action of hate and bigotry.

We stand together in remembrance for the millions of Jews and countless others who were murdered during the Holocaust and honour those who survived the Nazi atrocities.

As we reflect on the painful lessons of the Holocaust, we recognize that our deeper knowledge of the event strengthens our commitment to never stand silently in the face of violence or hate in any form. It is important that we honour the memories of the Holocaust victims by educating successive generations and ensuring that we continue to defend the rights of our fellow humans.

Thank you to the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre for organizing this important initiative. Please accept my best wishes for a productive and illuminating Holocaust Education Week.

Justin Trudeau Prime Minister Ottawa 2016

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On behalf of the Government of Ontario, I am honoured to extend warm wishes to everyone marking Holocaust Education Week.

This year’s theme—The Future of Memory —highlights the importance of preserving Holocaust testimony, documentation and interpretation for future generations.

History is a great teacher, for those who have the commitment and openness to learn from the past. In the words of Winston Churchill: “The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward.” I am grateful to the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre for its dedication to promoting knowledge and understanding about the Holocaust through its museum and programs such as Holocaust Education Week.

Only by studying and learning from one of the darkest moments in human history, can we learn to be vigilant against all forms of hatred and intolerance — and to cultivate mutual respect and understanding in our institutions and interactions.

Please accept my best wishes for a meaningful Holocaust Education Week.

Kathleen Wynne Premier

I would like to welcome everyone attending Holocaust Education Week hosted by the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.

The 2016 theme of Holocaust Education Week is The Future of Memory. During Holocaust Education Week, people will gain a broader understanding of the Holocaust by engaging in cultural and literary analysis and through inquiry-based learning where a new generation will be able to hear firsthand accounts from Holocaust survivors.

The anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, will also be commemorated during Holocaust Education Week.

On behalf of Toronto City Council, I thank all those involved in organizing this event. Please accept my best wishes for continued success.

Yours, Mayor John Tory City of Toronto

Letters

On behalf of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, we are honoured to welcome you to the 36th Annual Holocaust Education Week, the signature annual program of UJA’s Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre. Attracting more than 35,000 diverse individuals from across the GTA, Holocaust Education Week is a multifaceted event recognized worldwide for excellence. It builds upon the mission of its founders in teaching the history and legacy of the Shoah to new generations in new and engaging ways. We are proud to present a program with such an incredible range of community partners and participants.

This year’s program, on the theme of The Future of Memory, opens up a wide discussion on how the Shoah will be remembered, studied, examined and honoured in the years to come. This is an incredibly valuable topic given our commitment to supporting the next generation on their Jewish journeys. It allows us to deeply consider and reflect on our dedication to providing new generations with the opportunity to hear firsthand accounts from those who survived the Shoah. This year’s event features more than 100 programs, including 50 programs featuring survivor speakers. UJA Federation is proud to support Holocaust Education Week and participate in it. We invite you and your families to join us.

Sincerely, Morris Perlis Chair of the Board Adam Minsky President & CEO UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Since its founding by the survivor community in 1985, the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre has had the privilege of providing thousands of students with the opportunity to learn first-hand about the experiences of survivors. And, at the Neuberger, we are incredibly thankful for the survivors’ courage and dedication to sharing their stories. Providing these opportunities has remained at the core of all of our work. As a result, the Neuberger is committed to thinking deeply about the future of memory and to working with educators and institutions from around the globe to consider and strategize new and innovative approaches. The role of the Neuberger, community partners and sponsors in sustaining Holocaust Education Week becomes even more important as we move further away from the Shoah.

We are grateful for our sustaining partner, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, and for the generosity of the Elizabeth and Tony Comper Foundation, Malka and Harry Rosenbaum, and the Azrieli Foundation. We are also deeply appreciative of our partnership with the Azrieli Foundation who generously provide survivor memoirs free of charge to program participants.

Special recognition goes to HEW co-chairs Dori Ekstein, Lily Kim, and Lisa Richman. We are privileged to benefit from the commitment of our professional and advisory colleagues, especially Marilyn Sinclair, Immediate Past Chair. I also want to recognize the tirelessly committed Neuberger staff, Carson Phillips, Rachel Libman, Mary Siklos, Michelle Fishman, Kit MacManus, Iris Glesinger, Anna Skorupsky, and Austrian intern Lorenz Glettler.

I also want to welcome Dara Solomon, our interim director, who has just joined this wonderful team. I look forward to seeing you at HEW 2016.

Shael Rosenbaum Chair, Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, UJA Federation

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at a Glance

The Neuberger HEC education and program staff, along with experts and advisors in the field, curated this selection of programs for the 2016 Holocaust Education Week.

This publication is co-sponsored

by Judy and Larry Tanenbaum and family in memory of Fanny & Jacob Silberman, their son Julius, and Fanny’s mother Zysla Krongold—with profound respect and gratitude for the lessons they taught and the courageous optimism with which they taught them.

PRE-HEW PROGRAM

Tuesday 1 November 9:00 AM–4:00 PM WORKSHOP Educator Development Workshop on the Holocaust Facilitated by Kelly Watson and Michelle Fishman Page 14

Community program listings are included in date order beginning on page 42.

“2G” Symposium | P18

Wednesday 2 November

Thursday 3 November

FEATURED EXHIBIT Eternal Light On view through November 30 Amy Friend Page 15

7:30 PM LITERARY The Power of Memoir and Storytelling: How do we Teach Others about the Pain of the Past?

Featuring authors Nate Leipciger and Theodore Fontaine Page 16

7:30 PM OPENING NIGHT Between Tragedy and Farce: Normalizing Nazism on the Internet Featuring Gavriel D. Rosenfeld in conversation with Ron Levi Page 8

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR TESTIMONY PROGRAMS 2–14 November In Conversation with Holocaust Survivors In libraries and schools across the GTA

Friday 4 November 12:00 PM LUNCH ‘N LEARN The Swiss Banks Holocaust Litigation and Settlement: What Can we Learn from the Proposals to Allocate Residual Funds?

Featuring Ron Levi Page 17

Neuberger HEW 2016 includes a wide selection of library, school and survivor testimony programs, listed on pages 32–41.

Cover Image: In an HEW-commissioned series, visual artist Amy Friend explored the early 20th century collections of the Ontario Jewish Archives. The archivists believe that this photograph, along with several others included in the Eternal Light exhibit, comes from Vilnius, Lithuania, circa 1920s. For more information see pages 15, 26–31.

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at a Glance

Saturday 5 November

Monday 7 November

8:00 PM LITERARY My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past Featuring Jennifer Teege Page 17

10:00 AM–4:00 PM WORKSHOPS Personal Access to the ITS Archive With Diane Afoumado Page 21

Sunday 6 November 9:30AM–3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM Dialogue for Descendants: “Second Generation” (2G) Symposium for Children of Holocaust Survivors Featuring workshops and keynotes from Paula Draper and Paula David Page 18 11:00 AM SYMPOSIUM Legacy Symposium for Young Professionals Featuring workshops and keynote from Pinchas Gutter and Stephen Smith Page 19 7:30 PM CONCERT Music of Another World— Szymon Laks: 1901–1983 Featuring Simon Wynberg and the ARC Ensemble Page 20

12:00 PM LUNCH ‘N LEARN Addressing Austria’s Past: Responsibility, Remembrance and Restitution Featuring Hannah Lessing Page 21 4:00 PM PANEL The Future of Holocaust Memory Panelists: Karen Jungblut, Pinchas Gutter, Alice Herscovitch, Jody Spiegel; moderated by Anna Shternshis Page 22 7:30 PM FILM Son of Saul With Laszlo Rajk Page 22

Memoir & Storytelling | P16

Tuesday 8 November

Wednesday 9 November

9:30 AM STUDENT SYMPOSIUM Exploring the Future of Holocaust Education through Survivor Testimony: 36th Annual Student Symposium on the Holocaust With Michael Gray, Karen Jungblut, Kia Hays, and Pinchas Gutter Page 23

3:00 PM PANEL Community Safety, Insecurity, and Radicalization: Holocaust Memory and Education in the 21st Century Chaired by Ron Levi Page 24

4:00 PM PANEL History and Imagination: The Place of Literature in Holocaust Remembrance Moderated by Sara Horowitz Page 24 7:00 PM FILM Memory After Belsen With Edward Sonshine and Henri Lustiger Thaler Page 24

SON OF SAUL | P22

8:00 PM CLOSING NIGHT Bringing the Rimonim Home: A Personal Restitution Journey Featuring Hannah Lessing Page 9

POST-HEW PROGRAM

Thursday 10 November 1:00 PM LUNCH ‘N LEARN Exploring the Future of Holocaust Education in a Contemporary Setting With Michael Gray Page 25

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opening night In an illustrated lecture, Gavriel Rosenfeld will address the Holocaust Education Week theme of “The Future of Memory” by explaining how the history of the Third Reich is being “normalized” in contemporary culture. Drawing on his recent book, Hi Hitler!, Rosenfeld will show how the Nazi legacy is being portrayed on the Internet. He will explain how the World Wide Web presents both unprecedented opportunities and dangers for memory. While the web offers up new possibilities for educating people about the Nazi legacy, it simultaneously promotes its trivialization.

Following the talk, Professor Ron Levi, HEW 2016 Scholar-in-Residence, will moderate a compelling and timely discussion with Professor Rosenfeld about the inflated place of Hitler, Nazism, and fascism in present-day western political discourse. Opening night of HEW will launch the week of programs with a thoughtful exploration of our understanding of current memory of the perpetrators of the Holocaust and its consequences.

Gavriel D. Rosenfeld is Professor of History and Director of the Program in Judaic Studies at Fairfield University. He is the author of Hi Hitler! How the Nazi Past is Being Normalized in Contemporary Culture (2015), Building after Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust (2011), The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism (2005), Munich and Memory: Architecture, Monuments and the Legacy of the Third Reich (2000), and the forthcoming edited collection, What Ifs of Jewish History: From Abraham to Zionism (2016). He is a frequent contributor to the Forward newspaper and edits the blog, The Counterfactual History Review.

Wednesday, 2 November | 7:30 PM Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue 100 Elder Street | Toronto 416–633–3838

Opening night of Holocaust Education Week is generously co-sponsored by Myra & Joel York and family, in loving memory of Sarah and Chaim Neuberger.

The 2016 HEW Scholar-in-Residence is generously sponsored by the Cohen Family Charitable Trust.

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Image courtesy of HipsterHitler.com.

Between Tragedy and Farce: Normalizing Nazism on the Internet Wednesday, 2 November, 7:30 PM

Hipster Hitler is a comic that satirizes both hipster culture and the exploits of the Third Reich using a combination of puns, parody, dark humor, anachronisms, and visual gags. In this image, Hitler is illustrated as a bespectacled, skinny-jeans-wearing urbanite. His t-shirt is a play on the name of a popular indie-rock band, Arcade Fire.

closing night Bringing the Rimonim Home: A Personal Restitution Journey Wednesday, 9 November, 8:00 PM In honour of closing night of Holocaust Education Week, Austrian National Fund director Hannah Lessing shares the compelling account of an unexpected and personal act of restitution. More than 75 years after Kristallnacht, Lessing discovered that a pair of silver Torah finials (rimonim) originally owned by her family was included in an Israeli auction house catalogue. Looted by the Nazis from a Vienna synagogue during the massive pogroms that took place on November 9–10, 1938, the finials appeared to have been purchased in good faith as part of a Judaica collection. Lessing will share the story of the discovery of the Judaica and her journey to bring them home to her 92-year-old father, photographer Erich Lessing, the sole survivor of his family. On the 78th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom, this program will explore the ongoing relevance of restitution on a personal, national and global scale, and the lingering impact of the events of Kristallnacht generations later.

Hannah lessing is Secretary General of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria and the General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism, as well as the Fund for the Restoration of the Jewish Cemeteries in Austria. The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism awards a symbolic payment to persons of Austrian origin who were persecuted by the National Socialist Regime during the Second World War. She is responsible for the administrative and organizational management of the three funds, which carry out their work in remembrance of the victims. She is co-head of the Austrian delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) and a highly sought after international speaker. Last year, she curated an exhibition of her father’s photography at the Jewish Museum Vienna.

Closing Night of HEW will also include a candle-lighting ceremony commemorating the 78th anniversary of Kristallnacht.

WedNesday, 9 November | 8:00 pm temple siNai 210 WilsoN aveNue | toroNto 416–487–4161

Closing Night of Holocaust Education Week is generously co-sponsored by Apotex Foundation, Honey & Barry Sherman; by Eleanor & Martin Maxwell, in memory of his sisters, Josephine and Erna Meisels, who died in the Holocaust; and by Scotiabank Bathurst & Sheppard Branch.

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“Holocaust memory is being relied on to counter antisemitism, racism, and struggles for community safety in our present” “Does the world know what happened to us?”, survivors of Buchenwald are recalled asking, on the day US troops entered the camp in April 1945 (Fox 2013). How all the more unspeakable, then, that among the dead of Buchenwald was Maurice Halbwachs, the French sociologist whose signal contribution was giving life to the concept of “collective memory,” by which he meant the social process of witnessing, remembering, and commemorating the past (Halbwachs 1950). One of Halbwachs’s core ideas is that collective memory is something we must engage in actively, to build connections that bridge the past with the present.

This year’s Holocaust Education Week focuses on “the future of memory.” This is a particularly poignant year to be asking this question, as we collectively reel from the death of Elie Wiesel.

Wiesel, himself a survivor of Buchenwald, represented the moral imperative of Holocaust memory: “I have tried to keep memory alive,” Wiesel explained in his Nobel Acceptance Speech, “[b]ecause if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices” (Wiesel 1986).

How, we are now being asked, will the Holocaust be remembered in the future? How will the Holocaust be recalled in popular culture, in artistic practice, in memorials, or in academic research?

And, I would add—following Halbwachs—how is Holocaust memory reflected and made collective in our present?

Take the recent genocide trial, in France, of a Rwandan national Pascal Simbikangwa, who had been captain of the Presidential Guard in Rwanda. Simbikangwa was convicted in 2014 by the cour d’assises in Paris for his complicity in the Rwandan genocide.

The very fact of this trial stems from a legal path that includes

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the Eichmann trial in the District Court of Jerusalem. Yet the Holocaust also figures more expressly: lawyer David Reingewirtz’s court pleadings that opened by discussing Joseph Kessel, a founding member of the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism, who reported for France Soir during the Nuremberg Trial; and most vividly, the presence in the trial audience of Holocaust survivors such as the now deceased Léon Zyguel (who had earlier testified in the Papon trial about the camps), representatives of the Sons and Daughters of Jewish Deportees from France, and representatives of the association Buchenwald, all of whom attended this trial at the Boulevard du Palais in solidarity for the victims of the Rwandan genocide. The point here is that the memory of the Shoah was vivid in the proceedings, whether through legal precedent, the oral pleadings, or through individuals in their attendance at trial.

Or take the Swiss Bank Holocaust-era litigation, a class action lawsuit that began in the US Federal Courts in 1996. Much of this famous litigation turned on locating owners and claims to redress. But there was another dimension to this litigation that gained less attention: submissions from civil society organizations worldwide to a “residual fund” available from the litigation. The Court decided to rely on these funds for the neediest of Holocaust survivors: yet what is also crucial about these submissions is that they provide insight into another dimension of the future of memory. Since these submissions were not based on the historical record of ownership, they proposed uses of these funds for projects—for survivors, for their heirs, for ravaged communities, and for memorial and educational opportunities. As a result, these

Scholar-In-Residence Programming Opening Night | Wednesday, 2 November

Between Tragedy and Farce: Normalizing Nazism on the Internet See p. 8 for more information.

Lunch ‘N Learn | Friday, 4 November

proposals offer insight into a future of memory, in which new projects were motivated by what philosopher Jeremy Waldron (1992) calls our “moral understanding of the past.” The point here is that this legal conversation relied on a moral understanding of the past to propose new projects that could honour Holocaust memory, and that such engagement is also part of the process of collective memory in the present.

As we look elsewhere, other modes of collective memory abound.

Take the legal growth of international courts to respond to genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. On 21 November 1945, the opening of the Nuremberg Trial was reported on the front page of the New York Times, above the fold: but in a thin column that was largely outflanked by other stories (McLaughlin 1945).

In contrast, decades later the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia—reflected that “I think about Nuremberg every day! The images constantly come to mind” (Paris 2001). Of course new courts, such as the International Criminal Court, operate in different situations and political environments, and there isn’t a straight line that connects them all. Yet all trace their lineage to the Nuremberg Trial.

We also see Holocaust programming working to address new struggles of community safety and antisemitism in Europe. When Jacques Fredj, who is the director of the mémorial de la Shoah in France, indicates in the days following the attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the HyperCacher that Shoah education is crucial for combatting antisemitism and racism—this is precisely collective memory at work (Fredj 2015). The continued and present importance of Holocaust memory was also evident in the First Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights of the European Commission last year, including among its action items Holocaust education and criminalizing Holocaust denial as hate speech. The point here is that Holocaust memory is being relied on to counter antisemitism, racism, and struggles for community safety in our present.

I would add something else. My examples above tend to focus on cases from law and from community safety. There is a reason for this: I am honoured to be a scholar in residence of Holocaust

The Swiss Banks Holocaust Litigation and Settlement: What Can we Learn from the Proposals to Allocate Residual Funds?

See p. 17 for more information.

Panel Discussion | Wednesday, 9 November

Community Safety, Insecurity, and Radicalization: Holocaust Memory and Education in the 21st Century See p. 24 for more information.

HEW 2016 Scholar-in-Residence is generously sponsored by the Cohen Family Charitable Trust.

Education Week who is trained in law and sociology. Indeed, my impression is that there is ever greater attention to the Holocaust and to Holocaust memory across academic disciplines. Law is, to be sure, one institution through which collective memory is transmitted, including through trials, but it is not the only one.

This year’s program engages the future of memory in the overwhelming absence of Elie Wiesel. This is profoundly disorienting.

Wiesel’s voice has been at the core of our collective memory of the Holocaust, and his work provides us with the intellectual and moral resources to continue the social process of remembering.

Such memory is, in Wiesel’s (2009) terms, a “sacred duty of all people of good will.”

Collective memory, Wiesel insists, is our moral imperative. In commemorating the life of Maurice Halbwachs, the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu (1987) insisted that our duty is to continuously take up the work of collective memory that engaged him and remember the violence that ended it. So I point you to the pages that follow as you consider how attention to Holocaust memory—testimony and our collective memory—is developed throughout the program, engages us, and shapes our present.

Neuberger HEW 2016 Scholar-in-Residence Professor Ron Levi holds the George Ignatieff Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto, where he serves as Deputy Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs.

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“Can the testimonies of survivors really compete with the ubiquity of updates and messages flooding an individual’s personal devices?”

In the immediate years after 1945, the systematic murder of Europe’s Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators during the Second World War was rarely considered as an entity in its own right. During the 1950s the genocide was rarely found on the educational agenda including those in Israel and among Jewish communities in the USA. Various events proved significant in framing the Nazi destruction of European Jewry as “the Holocaust” and augmenting it within western consciousness as a historical phenomenon of universal relevance and moral importance. These events included the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem in 1961; the broadcasting of the mini-series Holocaust on NBC in 1978, as well as the release of Spielberg’s Schindler’s List and the opening of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC, both of which took place in 1993. The 71 years that have now elapsed since the liberation of the camps by Allied troops have witnessed an evolutionary journey in how the Holocaust is remembered, taught and memorialised by students, academics and the public, within schools, universities, museums and wider society.

There is no reason to suggest this evolution will not continue and there is much cause for optimism regarding the future of Holocaust memory. The western world has dedicated centres for the study of the Holocaust, a corpus of scholarship and literature now reaching tens of thousands of titles and ever growing access to learning opportunities. The power and innovation of new technologies are also being harnessed to facilitate greater access to the records of the past. This is particularly true of survivor testimonies. The archive of the USC Shoah Foundation has around 52,000 testimonies from 57 countries in 33 languages, a collection

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that would take over 12 years to watch in its entirety. Particularly pioneering is the New Dimensions in Testimony, which enables Holocaust survivors to appear as a 3D hologram-like digital projection and interact with students of the future [testimony collection access coming soon to the Neuberger’s Ekstein Holocaust Resource Library; demo of the NDT program also coming soon to the Neuberger]. Other developments have come through engaging with young people via social media platforms as well as applications for mobiles and tablets which enhance visits to museums and historical sites.

Yet as we enter a post-survivor era, Holocaust memory faces new challenges. Will generations that are increasingly removed from the events of the Second World War be similarly removed in their levels of emotional engagement and interest? Does the market competition for consumers’ attention crowd out the memory of the Holocaust in a world that looks to the future more than it remembers the past? Can the testimonies of survivors really compete with the ubiquity of updates and messages flooding an individual’s personal devices?

Thankfully, Holocaust consciousness is deeply engrained within the popular psyche through poignant memorials, days of remembrance and the commitment of regional bodies, national governments and supranational organisations. Despite the challenges posed by an ever-evolving society and a post-Holocaust generation, the survival of Holocaust memory is not really in question. More pressing therefore is the issue of what form that memory takes and how we as a society choose to reflect upon it. My concern is

Educator-In-Residence Programming Young Professionals’ Symposium | Sunday, 6 November

The seventh annual symposium features engaging workshops that invite participants in their 20s and 30s to explore the future of Holocaust memory from different perspectives. See p. 19 for more information.

Student Symposium | Tuesday, 8 November

Dr. Gray will address learning about the Holocaust in contemporary settings as we face a pivotal point in Holocaust education—a future without survivors. Followed by interactive workshops and a closing keynote. See p. 23 for more information.

Lunch ‘N Learn | Thursday, 10 November

Exploring the Future of Holocaust Education in a Contemporary Setting.

Dr. Gray will share some of his research in this area and illuminate possible opportunities and challenges for the future. See p. 25 for more information.

that the popularity of the theme as a narrative in literature and film means that authors and producers might drive popular understanding of the Holocaust into an ethereal realm devoid of context or historical meaning. Alongside this is the danger that the Holocaust becomes simplified, trivialised and essentially reduced to a series of neatly compacted moral lessons which promote a specific educational or national agenda.

Dealing effectively with these challenges, as well as those of engaging a post-survivor generation, means imparting meaning into the Holocaust which transcends generational difference.

This involves students engaging with individual stories and the themes that make up our shared human experiences. Grounded within a specific historical context they must hear tales of love and hatred, narratives of fellowship and separation, and accounts of life and death. Rather than see Europe’s Jews as a homogenous group awaiting inevitable annihilation, Holocaust pedagogy must expound the complexities and variety of Jewish experiences, the agency and choices that were made by victims, bystanders, collaborators and perpetrators, as well as the conceptual difficulties with such terms. Practitioners must discuss the decision-making processes that led to a policy of systematic murder, the catalysing effect of war and how choices must be understood within a unique matrix of political, economic and environmental relationships.

Historians do not have a monopoly on the Holocaust or the future of its memory. Theologians, psychologists, writers and musicians amongst others must all add their own perspectives and interpretations and the field is substantially richer for their contributions.

Yet these other approaches must not detach the Holocaust from its context or remove it from its historical specificity.

A study of the Holocaust that recognises its complexities and sophistications and which refuses to ignore them, though they be difficult to understand, is the only appropriate foundation for the future of Holocaust memory. As a post-survivor generation takes up the challenge of continuing that memory, it inherits a legacy from the survivor community which is the depth and detail of their historical testimonies. These will inevitably play a key role in combining the historical with the human and the process with the personal. Though not present in body, their stories will no doubt live on and provide an absorbing and unique set of insights into what remains one of the most macabre, devastating, and yet compelling chapters of human history. The form that Holocaust memory takes in the future is impossible to foretell and likely to continue to manifest itself in different ways depending on time and place. Yet to be true to itself and to the individuals who lived through it or perished during it, the memory of the Holocaust must remain rooted and grounded in a historical understanding and the past. This is the duty of educators and scholars everywhere.

Neuberger HEW 2016 Educator-in-Residence Dr. Michael Gray is Head of Government and Politics and teacher of History at Harrow School in London.

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Educator Development Workshop on the Holocaust In cooperation with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre presents a one-day professional development event that will provide teachers with resources and pedagogical approaches to teach about the Holocaust. Led by Kelly Watson, USHMM Regional Education Corps, and Michelle Fishman, Education Associate at the Neuberger.

The workshop is open to middle school, high school, and community college educators. Participants will receive books and resources from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Breakfast and lunch included. Advance registration required.

Generously co-sponsored by Janice & Howard Langer in honour of their children and grandchildren.

Tuesday, 1 November | 9:00 AM–4:00 PM Lipa Green Building | Tamari Hall | 4600 Bathurst Street | Toronto Free | Registration Required: holocaustcentre.com/Workshops

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Image courtesy of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

The Neuberger HEC education and program staff, along with experts and advisors in the field, curated this selection of programs for the 2016 Holocaust Education Week.

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Eternal Light In Jewish tradition, the death of a loved one is commemorated by the lighting of a yahrzeit candle, often with a prayer which begins with a passage from Proverbs, “. . . the lamp of the Eternal is the soul of humanity . . .” For most Jews who perished in the Holocaust and so many who died before, there are no surviving family members to observe these rituals. And so it falls to future generations. For a visual interpretation of the theme Future of Memory, Neuberger HEW commissioned St. Catharines-based artist Amy Friend. Exploring the notion of light, as she has done previously in her Dare Alla Luce series, Friend used archival photographs of European Jewry before the Shoah to create a poignant and eternal tribute to life, love, and loss.

HEW Featured Visual Artist Amy Friend is Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at Brock University and a multimedia artist who exhibits and publishes her work internationally. She has been selected as a top 50 photographer by Critical Mass International Photography Competition for three years running and a Time Inc. Top Magazine Cover Pick for 2015. Amy Friend is represented

by C3 Arts.

Curated by Mira Goldfarb. Archival images courtesy of Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre.

Generously co-sponsored by Sally & Mark Zigler in honour of their parents, Fanny & Bernard Dov Laufer and Etty & Salo Zigler.

2–30 November Monday–Friday 9:00 am–9:00 pm; Saturday–Sunday 9:00 am–7:00 pm Miles Nadal JCC—The Gallery at the J | 750 Spadina Avenue | Toronto | 416–924–6211

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The Power of Memoir and Storytelling: How do we Teach Others about the Pain of the Past?

Explore two distinct narratives that examine loss, trauma and the use of memoir in the journey toward healing.

Holocaust survivor Nate Leipciger joins former chief of the Sagkeeng Ojibway First Nation and Residential School survivor Theodore Fontaine to talk about how they came to write and publish their memoirs. They will speak about the use of storytelling as a way of coping with their experiences, and the transformative power of sharing one’s tragedy.

Nathan leipciger was born in 1928, in Chorzow, Poland. He survived the Sosnowiec Ghetto and the camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Fünfteichen, Gross-Rosen, Flossenbürg, Leonberg, Mühldorf am Inn and Waldlager.

Nate and his father were liberated in May 1945 and came to Canada in 1948. Nate’s memoir, The Weight of Freedom, was recently published by the Azrieli Foundation. This summer, Nate accompanied PM Justin Trudeau during his visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau; in the fall, Nate visited Kenora, Ontario, to meet with Elders and Chiefs and to speak to First Nations high school students. theodore Fontaine is a member and former chief of the Sagkeeng Ojibway First Nation in Manitoba. He attended the Fort Alexander and Assiniboia Indian Residential Schools from 1948 to 1960. He has worked for various First Nations government sectors and was an advisor and executive director of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs. Theodore wrote the bestselling memoir Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools, and regularly speaks to numerous audiences on Indian residential schools. He continues to support other survivors and seek reconciliation directly with those who were perpetrators of his abuse.

Books will be available for purchase and author signing. Auditorium is fully accessible and ASL interpreters will be present during the program.

Generously sponsored and presented by The Azrieli Foundation.

Co-presented by Facing History and Ourselves, Ve’ahavta, and Equity Studies Program, New College—University of Toronto. tHursday, 3 November | 7:00 pm uNiversity oF toroNto NeW college | William doo auditorium 40 Willcocks street | toroNto 416–964–7698 Images courtesy of the personal collections of Theodore Fontaine and of Nate Leipciger via the Azrieli Foundation. Reproduced with permission.

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Image courtesy of Jennifer Teege.

The Swiss Banks Holocaust Litigation and Settlement: What Can we Learn from the Proposals to Allocate Residual Funds?

Over the past two decades, we have seen the resurgence of criminal trials for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. Yet in addition to this revival of the legal legacy of the Nuremberg Trials, civil restitution suits also emerged in the 1990s as a legal and political tool for redress after atrocities. The most prominent of these has been a class action litigation brought in American courts against Swiss Banks found to have retained and laundered looted Holocaust-era assets. The eventual financial settlement was $1.25 billion, and the distribution was complex.

This presentation from HEW 2016 Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Ron Levi analyzes the varying allocation proposals that were submitted during this litigation, and the decision reached over the allocation of any residual funds to the neediest of Holocaust survivors.

Scholar-in-Residence

Professor Ron Levi holds the George Ignatieff Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto, where he serves as Deputy Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs, and is an Associate Professor of Global Affairs and Sociology. He is a sociologist and legal scholar, whose research focuses on justice system responses to violence, crime, and human rights violations. Among his current projects, Prof. Levi is researching the strategies of international criminal courts from the Nuremberg Trial to the present, the practices of UN human rights professionals, the Swiss Banks Holocaust-era litigation, and new strategies in policing and counter-terrorism. Prof. Levi’s next research project will address community safety, insecurity, and radicalization in Europe. An awardwinning teacher, Prof. Levi is a past Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, has launched a Global Justice Lab in the Munk School of Global Affairs, and in 2014 was awarded the University of Toronto’s Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize. In 2016, he was appointed as a Permanent Visiting Professor in the University of Copenhagen’s Centre of Excellence for International Courts.

Please RSVP to Nicole Nassri at nnassri@stikeman.com. Space is extremely limited for this event. Upon registering, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with the location and final details of the event.

If you have not registered for the event ahead of time, nor received an e-mail confirmation, you will unfortunately not be granted access to the event.

HEW 2016 Scholar-in-Residence is generously sponsored by the Cohen Family Charitable Trust. Lunch ‘n Learn hosted by Stikeman Elliott LLP. Friday, 4 November | 12:00 noon ADDRESS PROVIDED UPON CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION

My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past At age 38, Jennifer Teege picked up a book at a library in Hamburg and discovered that her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the brutal Nazi commandant of the Plaszow concentration camp, portrayed by Ralph Fiennes in the film Schindler’s List.

Although she was placed in an orphanage and then adopted at a young age, Teege had some contact with her biological mother and grandmother. Yet neither revealed their family legacy, one indelibly marked by Goeth—the Nazi “butcher of Plaszow”— and his crimes as a concentration camp commandant. As she began to learn the scope of her grandfather’s crimes and address her subsequent depression, Teege delved into researching her family’s past.

In My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me, Teege explores the revelatory journey of discovering her grandfather’s crimes, seeking greater understanding of her biological family and searching for a sense of closure for the victims. After her emotional pilgrimage, Teege says, “I’m no longer a prisoner of the past. There is no Nazi gene: We can decide for ourselves who and what we want to be.”

Jennifer Teege worked in advertising for fifteen years and lives in Germany with her husband and two sons. She holds a degree from Tel Aviv University in Middle Eastern and African studies. Her first book, a New York Times bestseller, has garnered critical acclaim.

Book sale and signing to follow program. Limited parking.

Generously co-sponsored by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Saturday, 5 November | 8:00 PM Kehillat Shaarei Torah | 2640 Bayview Avenue Toronto | 416–229–2600

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Photo by Isaac Applebaum.

Suitcase belonging to Isaac Applebaum’s father used during family’s immigration to Canada in 1948. Image taken from “At My Mother’s Table,” Koffler Gallery installation, 2003.

Dialogue for Descendants: “Second Generation” (2G) Symposium for Children of Holocaust Survivors This first annual symposium exclusively for children of Holocaust survivors (and/or their partners) is a forum for education, discussion and engagement. Featuring two keynote speakers and four workshops, participants will consider different perspectives on their role in perpetuating the future of Holocaust memory.

The symposium opens with remarks from Dr. Paula J. Draper, an historian and educator who has published widely on the topic of memory, history and the Canadian perspective on the Holocaust. She was the historical consultant during the establishment of the Toronto Holocaust Education and Memorial Centre (now Neuberger HEC), and was lead interviewer for the Shoah Foundation (now USC Shoah Foundation) in Canada. Dr. Draper is presently researching the postwar experiences of Canadian Holocaust survivors.

Following the workshops, the symposium features a keynote address from Dr. Paula David, who lectures in Gerontology at the Factor Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto. Both her research and her frontline work focus on issues related to ageing Holocaust survivors and the impact of early life trauma on ageing. She coordinated the Holocaust Resource Project at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care for more than 20 years and has worked extensively with Holocaust survivors, leading group workshops, individual counselling and program development. She has developed teaching modules for professional staff working with survivors of genocide.

The “2G” symposium is generously sponsored by lead donors, Canadian Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants (CJHSD), and Marilyn & Stephen Sinclair, in loving memory of their father Ernest (Ernie) Weiss, a Holocaust survivor speaker. For a complete list of all symposium supporters, see page 3.

Sunday, 6 November | 9:30 AM–3:30 PM Terraces of Baycrest Retirement Residence | 55 Ameer Avenue 416–635–2883 × 5153 | neuberger@ujafed.org | ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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How Do I Want You to Remember the Holocaust? With Holocaust survivor speakers Judy Cohen (Hungary), Bill Glied (Yugoslavia), and Faigie Libman (Lithuania); moderated by Eli Rubenstein.

How to Research Your Parents’ History?

International Tracing Service with Dr. Diane Afoumado, USHMM. The Holocaust as an Inspiration for Art with authors Kathy Kacer and Edna Noy and filmmaker Isaac Applebaum; moderated

by Bianca Stern (Baycrest).

Holocaust Organizations in Toronto: Mission and Purpose—panel discussion with representatives from the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, March of the Living, Canadian Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants’ Association, Jewish Family & Child.

Participants may choose two of four workshops upon online registration—first come, first served. Attendance at this symposium is limited to children of Holocaust survivors (and/or their partners)— no exceptions. The program cost is $36 per person which includes a full day of content plus light breakfast, lunch and snacks.

Kashruth observed. Register online at www.ujaevents.com/registration/ descendants.

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Image courtesy of USC Shoah Foundation.

The Neuberger Centre is proud to partner with USC Shoah Foundation for a threemonth installation of New Dimensions in Testimony in our facility. Students and members of the public will have the opportunity to interact with a test version of the groundbreaking technology, experiencing a “virtual conversation” with Holocaust survivor speaker, Pinchas Gutter. Complete information will be available on holocaustcentre.com.

Legacy Symposium for Young Professionals The seventh annual symposium features engaging workshops that invite participants in their 20s and 30s to explore the future of Holocaust memory from different perspectives. Sessions will address this theme through survivor engagement, interactive technologies, and thought-provoking discussions. Special guests include HEW 2016 Educator-in-Residence Dr. Michael Gray, Holocaust survivors and Azrieli Foundation authors Nate Leipciger, Claire Baum and Leslie Meisels, HEW closing night speaker Hannah Lessing, PhD candidate Amir Lavie, and more. The program concludes with a keynote presentation from Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter and Stephen Smith, executive director of USC Shoah Foundation, who will discuss New Dimensions in Testimony—an initiative that enables people to have “virtual conversations” with Holocaust survivors long into the future.

Envisioned by concept developer Conscience Display, New Dimensions in Testimony was created with the technical expertise from USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies. Using state-of-the-art technology, New Dimensions in Testimony provides the opportunity to ask questions that instantly answered by the recorded image of the survivor. This allows users to walk down their own path of curiosity to learn about this important part of history. To create the lifelike exchange, advanced language-recognition software understands the questions being asked and instantly plays back one of the thousands of questions answered by the survivor. The presentation will be moderated by Ramona Pringle, Director, Transmedia Zone, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Communication and Design, Ryerson University, and CBC technology columnist.

Pinchas Gutter and his twin sister were born in Lodz, Poland, in 1933, to a Hasidic family. In 1939, his family was forced into the Warsaw Ghetto. In April 1943, they were deported to the Majdanek death camp, where Pinchas’ family was murdered on arrival. He was sent to a work camp, then to Buchenwald, and then on a death march from Germany to Theresienstadt. He was liberated by the Soviet Army in May 1945 and was taken to Britain with other children for rehabilitation.

He immigrated to Canada in 1985 from South Africa.

A symposium for people in their 20s and 30s. The program is free of charge. Light lunch will be served; Kashruth observed. Copies of the memoirs published by the Azrieli Foundation authors will be provided. Register online at www.holocaustcentre.com/YPs. Generously co-sponsored by Pinchas & Dorothy Gutter, in memory of his twin sister, Sabina; by Martin & Eleanor Maxwell, in memory of his sisters, Josephine and Erna Meisels who died in the Holocaust; by Jeff & Annalee Wagman, Echelon Wealth Partners; and by Jewish War Veterans of Canada. Co-presented by the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Toronto.

Sunday, 6 November | 11:00 am Ryerson University | Oakham House | 55 Gould Street | Toronto | 416–631–5689

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Image courtesy of André Laks family archive.

Szymon and his wife in Nice, France, 1948

Music of Another World: Szymon Laks, 1901–1983 In honour of Holocaust Education Week 2016, the ARC Ensemble (Artists of The Royal Conservatory) will present a concert with a focus on Laks’ delightful music and feature a pre-concert talk about the life and music of this gifted composer from HEW 2016 Artist-in-Residence Simon Wynberg, ARC Ensemble Artistic Director.

The Grammy-nominated ARC Ensemble has become one of Canada’s pre-eminent cultural ambassadors.

Its members are either senior faculty members of the Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School or alumni with distinguished solo careers. The ARC Ensemble has performed in major venues throughout North America and Europe including appearances at the Budapest Spring Festival, New York’s Lincoln Center Festival, the Stratford Festival, the Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw, and notably, a commemorative concert in Dachau in 2015 which marked the 70th anniversary of the camp’s liberation. Its recordings and performances are broadcast around the world. The ARC Ensemble has earned an international reputation for its exploration and recovery of a vast amount of music that was lost or marginalized due to political suppression. Its “Music in Exile” series, dedicated to composers who were forced to flee Hitler’s Europe, has been mounted to great acclaim in Tel Aviv, Warsaw, Rome, Budapest, Toronto, New York and London, and a number of 20th century masterworks have rejoined the canon as a result of the ensemble’s initiatives. Its sixth recording, to be released on Chandos in Spring 2017, is devoted to the music of the Polish/French composer Szymon Laks (1901–1983), who survived Auschwitz and Dachau and settled in Paris after the war.

ARC Ensemble: Marie Bérard and Erika Raum (violins), Steven Dann (viola), Winona Zelenka (cello), David Louie and Dianne Werner (pianos).

CD signing to follow the program. Free admission; pre-registration is required. Reserve tickets by visiting musicofanotherworld.eventbrite.ca or by calling 905–771–5526.

Co-sponsored by the Town of Richmond Hill.

Sunday, 6 November | 7:30 PM Beit Rayim Synagogue and School at The Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts 10268 Yonge Street | Richmond Hill | 905–771–5526

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Neuberger HEW 2016 Artist-in-Residence Simon Wynberg has been the artistic director of the ARC Ensemble (Artists of the Royal Conservatory), the organization’s ensemblein-residence, since its establishment in 2002.

He is responsible for its programming, touring, recording projects and overall development.

He founded and directed the Scottish Festival, Music in Blair Atholl from 1990 to 2011 and was Artistic Director of Ontario’s Music at Speedside and the Guelph Spring Festival from 1994 to 2002. In tandem with his work for the ARC Ensemble, he lectures and writes on music under National Socialism, and is particularly involved in the research, performance and restitution of works by composers who were exiled and marginalized because of it. As a guitarist, his entry in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians describes him as “not only a virtuoso performer of distinction but one of the guitar’s foremost scholars” and his pioneering work in the field of guitar repertoire has introduced performers to a large body of hitherto unknown music.

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Image courtesy of USC Shoah Foundation.

Personal Access to the ITS Archive Until 2007, the International Tracing Service (ITS), located in Bad Arolsen, Germany, was the largest closed Holocaust archive in the world. Established by the Allied powers after the war to help reunite families and trace missing family members, it holds millions of pages of documentation. The USHMM in Washington led an effort to open the archive to the public and remains the only North American access point for the 150 million documents.

In a personal consultation with Diane Afoumado, you can access the archive to search your family history.

Dr. Diane Afoumado is Chief of the Research and Reference Branch at the Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. She specializes in Holocaust survivors’ and victims’ resources. An historian who specializes in Holocaust studies, Afoumado has taught history at the University of Paris and collaborated on several research projects, including one with renowned historian and attorney Serge Klarsfeld on the French internment camps.

Between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm, Dr. Afoumado will offer individual consultations for people interested in accessing the ITS database. Appointments are limited; pre-registration is required at neuberger@ujafed.org or 416–635–2883 × 5153.

Monday, 7 November | 10:00 AM–4:00 PM Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre UJA Federation of Greater Toronto Lipa Green Centre | 4600 Bathurst Street | Boardroom #3 Toronto | 416–635–2883 × 5153

Addressing Austria’s Past: Responsibility, Remembrance and Restitution Hannah Lessing, Secretary General of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, will explore both moral and legal dimensions of restitution. The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism was established in 1995 in order to express Austria’s moral responsibility towards all victims of National Socialism.

The Fund has been able to acknowledge the suffering of approximately 30,000 survivors with symbolic payments. In 2011, it was entrusted with coordinating the redesign of the new Austrian exhibition at the Auschwitz memorial and with administering the funds for the restoration of the Jewish cemeteries in Austria. The General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism was established in order to comprehensively resolve open questions of compensation for victims. In a complex and elaborate procedure, the GSF has thus far disbursed approximately 212 million US dollars to more than 20,500 people and has almost completed its work. All payments disbursed by the funds are made in commemoration of the victims.

Limited capacity; RSVP required to Bryan Jones at rsvp@airdberlis.com or 416–865–4745.

Co-sponsored by Aird & Berlis and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Monday, 7 November | 12:00 PM Aird & Berlis LLP | Please RSVP for Location | 416–865–4745

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Son of Saul image courtesy of Hungarian National Film Fund.

The Future of Holocaust Memory The personal testimonies of Holocaust survivors have been foundational to Holocaust research and memorial culture. However, with the passing of time as fewer and fewer survivors remain among us, Holocaust scholarship, which relies on the transmission of personal and collective narratives of the Holocaust, must adapt in new and innovative ways.

Around the world, wherever Holocaust survivors immigrated, they leave behind written, audio, and video testimonies. These sources have ensured the transmission of their testimony to their children and grandchildren, researchers, students and teachers.

As our global society transitions to a new era of Holocaust testimony, those who are not survivors or their descendants increasingly play a critical role in the transmission of the history and memory of the Holocaust. The Neuberger’s panel of distinguished experts will discuss the potential opportunities and challenges facing the future of Holocaust testimony.

Panelists include Karen Jungblut, who as Director of Collections at USC Shoah Foundation, oversees USC Shoah Foundation’s New Dimensions in Testimony initiative, a project that enables people to have “virtual conversations” with Holocaust survivors long into the future; and Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter, one of the primary participants in New Dimensions in Testimony; Alice Herscovitch, Executive Director, Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, co-originator with the Neuberger HEC of the Canadian Collection partnership with USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive, recently launched in Toronto and Montreal; Jody Spiegel, Director of the Azrieli Foundation’s Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program, working to make the collections of survivor stories accessible in media beyond print; and moderated and chaired by Professor Anna Shternshis, Director, Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies, and Al and Malka Green Associate Professor in Yiddish Studies at the University of Toronto.

Generously co-sponsored by Joyce & Aaron Rifkind.

Monday, 7 November | 4:00 PM Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies | University of Toronto Jackman Hall | 170 St. George Street | Room 100 Toronto | 416–978–1624

Son of Saul This film follows Saul Auslander, a Jewish Hungarian prisoner working as a Sonderkommando at one of the Auschwitz crematoria who, over the span of two days in 1944, attempts to bury the corpse of a boy he takes for his son. In one final desperate act of morality, Saul pursues the impossible task of giving the boy a ritual burial, salvaging the body and finding a rabbi to recite the Mourner’s Kaddish (2015, Hungarian with English subtitles, 107 minutes).

Winner of the Palm D’Or at Cannes Film Festival and Best Foreign Film at the 2015 Oscars, Son of Saul is a haunting addition to the pantheon of Holocaust films. Its stark realism and tight focus on Saul’s face as he goes about his tasks allows the audience glimpses of the horrors implied through sound and background. The result is one of the most realistic depictions of the Holocaust on film, leaving a lasting impression on the viewer. Featuring special guest, László Rajk, Production Designer, of Son of Saul.

Pre-registration required. Call 416–631–5689 or online at holocausteducationweek.com. Limit 4 tickets per family.

Generously co-sponsored by the Consulate General of Hungary in Toronto and by the Brown and Lindenberg families.

Monday, 7 November | 7:30 PM Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk 5095 Yonge Street | 3RD floor Toronto | 416–847–0218

For program changes visit: holocausteducationweek.com or call 416–631–5689.

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Educator-in-Residence

Neuberger HEW 2016 Educator-in-Residence Dr. Michael Gray is Head of Government and Politics and teacher of History at Harrow School in London, one of the UK’s oldest and most famous schools. Michael studied history at King’s College London and then completed his PhD in Holocaust education at the UCL Institute of Education. To date he has published two books, Contemporary Debates in Holocaust Education and Teaching the Holocaust: Practical Approaches for Ages 11–18, as well as numerous peer-reviewed journal articles on subjects such as students’ perceptions of Jewish identity, the impact of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas on teaching the Holocaust, and students’ preconceptions of the Holocaust. He has presented internationally and works with the UK’s Holocaust Educational Trust in training teachers and educators around the country. Michael was recently involved in coding data for a national study of students’ knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust conducted by the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education. He has also developed a number of curriculum resources on the Rwandan genocide for Survivors Fund and is a member of the British Association for Holocaust Studies and the International Network of Genocide Scholars.

Exploring the Future of Holocaust Education through Survivor Testimony: 36th Annual Student Symposium on the Holocaust In honour of this year’s HEW theme, the Future of Memory, the Neuberger’s signature High School Student Symposium on the Holocaust will focus on exploring the future of Holocaust survivor testimony. A keynote address from HEW 2016 Educator-in-Residence Dr. Michael Gray will set the stage for the day-long multisession program. Gray will address learning about the Holocaust in contemporary settings as we face a pivotal point in Holocaust education—a future without survivors. He will go beyond the survivor model to investigate other forms of memory.

Following the opening keynote, students will have opportunities to engage with different forms of testimony, rotating through three smaller interactive sessions.

These include the USC Shoah Foundation’s New Dimensions in Testimony (NDT) project, an initiative that enables students to have “virtual conversations” with Holocaust survivors long into the future, recordings from the newly-launched Canadian collection of survivor testimony, and a documentary film. Special guests include USC Shoah Foundation’s Karen Jungblut and Kia Hays.

The program will conclude with a closing keynote from Holocaust survivor speaker Pinchas Gutter, discussing his work with the NDT project, reflecting on the process, and sharing his perspective on the different kinds of testimony. The symposium will offer students an interactive, inquiry-based forum to explore learning about the Holocaust for the future. For Pinchas Gutter’s bio, see page 19.

This program is generously supported by Fred and May Karp and Family.

Program open to high school students and their instructors. Free of charge. Registration required at holocaustcentre.com/Educators-Students/ Student-Symposium. For more information, contact Michelle: mfishman@ujafed.org. Unfortunately, this program is not open to members of the public.

Tuesday, 8 November | Registration 9:00 AM | Program 9:30 AM TIFF Bell Lightbox | 350 King Street West | Toronto | 416–631–5689

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Memory After Belsen image courtesy of Henri Lustiger Thaler.

History and Imagination: The Place of Literature in Holocaust Remembrance The role of literature in commemorating the Holocaust has been the subject of controversy. Some historians, philosophers and literary critics maintain that literature —and especially fiction —has no place in the remembrance of a historical event. They worry that when it comes to the Shoah, engaging the literary imagination trivializes the historical horrors and opens a door for Holocaust deniers. But others see a particular value in literature about the Shoah, which offers insights not available through historical accounts. A panel of writers and literary critics, moderated by Professor Sara R. Horowitz, will debate the place and value of literary approaches to Holocaust memory.

For updated information, visit holocausteducationweek.com.

Tuesday, 8 November | 4:00 PM Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies York University | Kaneff Tower | Room 519 4700 Keele Street | Toronto | 416–736–5823

Memory After Belsen This feature-length documentary explores the lives and memories of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, investigating the resonance of Holocaust memory through the generations. Bergen-Belsen serves as a model for posing broader questions about the transmission of memory of the Holocaust. How has the survivor generation impacted the second generation and how will next generations be responsible for preserving this history? Memory After Belsen explores multiple forms of Holocaust memory through the prism of wide-ranging and compelling oral histories. In a period with the sharpest decline of the survivor generation, Memory After Belsen focuses on the future of the memory of the Holocaust (2014, English, 76 minutes).

Special guests are executive producers Edward Sonshine and Henri Lustiger Thaler. The author and editor of seven books and many scholarly articles, Dr. Lustiger Thaler is an internationally recognized exhibition curator on the history of the Holocaust and an Associate Researcher at CADIS, of the Ecole des hautes etudes en science sociales in Paris, France, and Professor of Cultural & Historical Sociology at Ramapo College in the USA. A lawyer by training, Mr. Sonshine is CEO of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, a Director of the Royal Bank of Canada and Cineplex Galaxy Entertainment. Born in Bergen-Belsen, Mr. Sonshine immigrated to Canada at the age of two where he continues to live with his family. A dessert reception will follow the screening.

Generously co-sponsored by Fran & Ed Sonshine in memory of their parents, Ben & Helen Sonshine and Irving & Frida Lebovici.

Tuesday, 8 November | 7:00 PM Jacob Family Theatre | Posluns Auditorium Baycrest | 3560 Bathurst Street | Toronto

Community Safety, Insecurity, and Radicalization: Holocaust Memory and Education in the 21st Century This panel discussion focuses on issues of antisemitism and community safety in Europe. Concern over Jewish community safety continues to be prominent, including apprehension over Holocaust denial and trivialization. This session focuses on responses that seek to increase community security and address radicalization: in France, a prefect was appointed to protect religious and cultural sites; the Director of the Mémorial de la Shoah has identified Holocaust and genocide education as a means to combat antisemitism; and a European Commission Colloquium has included Holocaust education and criminalizing Holocaust denial as hate speech among its proposals to address hate crime and promote inclusivity. Building on these responses, this discussion will include invited panelists, chaired by HEW Scholar-inResidence Prof. Ron Levi, who will explore the meaning of community safety in the current context, the role of Holocaust memory and education in addressing radicalization, and how the European Jewish experience opens thinking into the role of memory in promoting community safety.

Registration required at munkschool.utoronto.ca/events.

Co-presented by the Consulate General of France. Generously co-sponsored

by Naomi Rifkind Mansell & David Mansell in honour of Joyce Rifkind. The HEW Scholar-in-Residence is sponsored by the Cohen Family Charitable Trust.

Wednesday, 9 November | 3:00 PM Munk School for Global Affairs University of Toronto 1 Devonshire Place | Toronto | 416–946–8900

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Image courtesy Michael Rajzman for the Neuberger.

Exploring the Future of Holocaust Education in a Contemporary Setting This Lunch and Learn program features Neuberger HEW Educator-in-Residence Dr. Michael Gray. Join us as he explores future practice of Holocaust education in contemporary settings. How will the Holocaust be remembered in the future? How will next generations continue to learn about the Holocaust in a reality without live survivor testimony? Dr. Gray will share some of his research in this area and illuminate possible opportunities and challenges for the future.

Keynote will be followed by an interactive Q & A. Light lunch provided; Kashruth observed. This program is designed for Jewish community professionals and educators; open to the general public (adults). Attendance by advance registration only. Please call 416–635–2883 × 5153 or email neuberger@ujafed.org. Limited space available.

Generously co-sponsored by the Holbrook family in loving memory of their infant son, Jeremy.

Thursday, 10 November | 1:00 PM Prosserman JCC | Room 123 | 4588 Bathurst Street | Toronto 416–635–2883 × 5153

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portfolio

The Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre inspired the development of the photographic series based on the HEW theme, the Future of Memory. Drawn from the collection of UJA Federation’s Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, the images present fragments of personal and, at times, universal histories. These photographs have the potential to imply new meanings for each viewer, offering a range of perspectives on history and photography.

Through hand-manipulated interventions I alter and subsequently photograph the images to create new photos. I carefully perforate each photo and shine light though the small openings in order to bring new light into the photograph. Each image is changed through this action; new interpretations are possible. My hope is to invite further contemplation and extend the possibilities inherent in a singular photograph.

Amy Friend, 2016

portfolio

© Amy Friend. Source Image: Unknown woman, (Vilna?), 192–? Ontario Jewish Archives, accession 1988-10-11.

© Amy Friend. Source Image: Crowds at Berlin Olympics, 1936. Ontario Jewish Archives, accession 2009-5-3.

© Amy Friend. Source image: Cantor Akiva Pitkowsky with his two daughters (Poland-Lithuania), 1901. Ontario Jewish Archives, item 1710.

© Amy Friend. Source Image: Unknown women and girls, (Vilna?), 192–? Ontario Jewish Archives, accession 1988-10-11.

Š Amy Friend. Source image: Passover seder for emigrants at Riga, Latvia, 1923. Ontario Jewish Archives, item 1887.

LIBRARY AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS

Central to the educational mandate of Neuberger HEW is to create opportunities to learn from first-person testimony of Holocaust survivors for as long as possible. While the future of testimony may rest with recorded testimony, oral and written memoirs, in addition to new technological methods, Neuberger HEW is proud to offer first-person testimony by Holocaust survivor speakers at venues across the city with the support of our public libraries.

These programs are organized individually by libraries committed to ensuring the future of Holocaust remembrance with support from the Neuberger. The libraries draw audiences from local communities and area schools to ensure students and community members from across the GTA have access to Holocaust education. Members of the public are welcome to attend these library programs.

In Conversation with a Holocaust Survivor Today’s students will be among the last to experience in-person accounts of those who survived the Holocaust. Neuberger HEW is proud to continue to offer first-person testimony by Holocaust survivor speakers at schools and libraries across the GTA for HEW 2016.

The following programs feature a Holocaust survivor speaker sharing testimony in the “In Conversation” format, developed with support from the Conference on Material Claims Against Germany, Inc. The Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre gratefully acknowledges members of the Survivor Speakers’ Bureau for their inspired contributions to Holocaust education. For a complete listing of programs with Holocaust survivor testimony and biographies for members of the Neuberger Survivor Speakers’ Bureau, visit holocausteducationweek.com.

Survivor portraits by Elliott Sylman, Sylman Photography, 2010 & 2015.

Programs featuring Holocaust survivor authors published by the Azrieli Foundation will include free copies of their memoirs. The Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program was established by the Azrieli Foundation in 2005 to collect, preserve and share the memoirs and diaries written by survivors of the twentieth-century Nazi genocide of the Jews of Europe who later made their way to Canada.

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Hungarian Holocaust survivor Eva Meisels will speak about her experience during the Holocaust.

Eva Meisels was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1939.

After her father was taken to a forced labour camp in 1942, Eva and her mother were in the Budapest Ghetto and eventually, a safe house. They obtained false papers from Raoul Wallenberg and were liberated by the Soviet Army. After the war, Eva went back to school and immigrated to Canada in 1956.

Copies of Suddenly the Shadow Fell are published by and generously provided by the Azrieli Foundation and will be available for author signing following the program.

Polish Holocaust survivor Manny Langer will speak about his experience during the Holocaust. Manny Langer was born in Lodz, Poland, in 1929. Manny was forced to live in the Lodz Ghetto before being transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and BergenBelsen concentration camps. After liberation, he travelled back to Poland where he found two surviving sisters. In 1946, he immigrated to the United States, and in 1951, Manny and his sisters immigrated to Canada.

Co-presented by Markham Public Library.

Wednesday, 2 November | 1:00 PM Richview Library 1806 Islington Avenue | Toronto 416–394–5120

Wednesday, 2 November | 10:30 AM Thornhill Community Centre Library 7755 Bayview Avenue, Markham 905–513–7977

Czechoslovakian Holocaust survivor Mark Lane will speak about his experience during the Holocaust.

Mark Lane was born in Czechoslovakia in 1929. In 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz where his family was murdered. In 1945 he was taken on a death march to Mauthausen in Austria. He was liberated in 1945 from Gunskirchen and immigrated to Canada in 1951.

Wednesday, 2 November | 1:00 PM Dufferin Clark Library 1441 Clark Avenue West | Vaughan 905–653–7323

Generously co-sponsored by Mary Seldon and family in memory of all our family killed in the Holocaust.

Romanian Holocaust survivor Felicia Carmelly will tell her story of survival. Felicia Carmelly was born in Romania in 1931. In October 1941, Felicia and her family were deported to the camps in Transnistria where 36 members of her extended family were murdered. Felicia was liberated by the Soviet Army in 1944, and returned to her home in 1945. After living under Communist rule in post-war Romania, Felicia immigrated to Canada in 1962. Copies of her award-winning book, Shattered! 50 Years of Silence, History and Voices of the Tragedy in Romania and Transnistria, will be available for purchase and author signing following the program. Copies of her memoir, Across the Rivers of Memory, are published by and generously provided by the Azrieli Foundation.

Wednesday, 2 November | 1:30 PM & 3:00 PM Barbara Frum Library 20 Covington Road | Toronto 416–395–5440

LIBRARY AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS

Survivor portraits by Elliott Sylman, Sylman Photography, 2010 & 2015.

AMEK ADLER b.

Poland 1928.

Survived ghettos, concentration and death camps.

Immigrated to Canada 1954.

Programs: see pages 41, 47.

CLAIRE BAUM b. Holland 1936.

Survived in hiding.

Immigrated to Canada 1951.

Programs: see page 19.

HEDY BOHM b. Romania 1928.

Survived slave labour, concentration and death camps.

Immigrated to Canada 1948.

Programs: see pages 36, 48.

FELICIA CARMELLY b. Romania 1931.

Survived concentration camps in Transnistria.

Immigrated to Canada 1962. Programs: see pages 32, 35, 41, 48.

HOWARD CHANDLER b. Poland 1928.

Survived slave labour, concentration and death camps.

Immigrated to Canada 1947. Programs: see page 35.

JUDY WEISSENBERG COHEN b. Hungary 1928. Survived slave labour, concentration and death camps. Immigrated to Canada 1948. Programs: see pages 18, 41, 51.

ALEXANDER EISEN b. Austria 1929.

Survived in the Budapest Ghetto and with false papers.

Immigrated to Canada 1952. Programs: see pages 35, 36.

MAX EISEN b. Czechoslovakia 1929. Survived concentration, slave labour and death camps. Immigrated to Canada 1949.

SALLY EISNER b. Poland 1922. Survived a ghetto, concentration and death camps.

Immigrated to Canada 1949.

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ESTHER FAIRBLOOM b. Poland, year unknown.

Survived a ghetto and in hiding. Immigrated to Canada 1951. Programs: see pages 41, 45.

SHARY MARMOR FINE b. Romania 1927.

Survived slave labour and death camps.

Immigrated to Canada 1948.

EDWARD FISCH b. Hungary 1933.

Survived a ghetto and in hiding.

Immigrated to Canada 1948.

Programs: see pages 35, 47.

GEORGE FOX b. Ukraine 1917.

Survived ghettos and death camps.

Immigrated to Canada 1948.

MIRIAM FRANKEL b. Czechoslovakia 1927.

Survived a ghetto and death camp. Immigrated to Canada 1948.

Programs: see page 41.

GERDA FRIEBERG b. Poland 1925. Survived a ghetto and concentration camp. Immigrated to Canada 1953. Programs: see page 41.

EDITH GELBARD b. Austria 1932.

Survived a holding camp, in hiding and with a false identity. Immigrated to Canada 1958.

BILL GLIED b. Serbia 1930.

Survived concentration, slave labour and death camps.

Immigrated to Canada 1947.

Programs: see pages 18, 41, 48.

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Survivor portraits by Elliott Sylman, Sylman Photography, 2010 & 2015.

ANITA EKSTEIN b. Poland 1934.

Survived a ghetto, in hiding and with false papers.

Immigrated to Canada 1948.

LIBRARY AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS

Hungarian Holocaust survivor Andy Réti will speak about his personal experiences in the Holocaust.

Andy Réti was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1942.

He survived in the Budapest Ghetto together with his mother and paternal grandparents. His father was murdered in a forced labour camp. Andy was liberated in January 1945. In October 1956, he was able to immigrate to Canada. Copies of Stronger Together are published by and generously provided by the Azrieli Foundation and will be available for author signing following the program.

Hidden Gold: A Family’s Survival Story Author Ella Burakowski will reveal the riveting story behind her discovery of how her family courageously survived a harrowing 26 months during the Second World War and her journey to writing Hidden Gold: A True Story of the Holocaust.

Books will be available for purchase and author signing following the program.

Polish Holocaust survivor Howard Chandler will speak about his experience during the Holocaust.

Howard Chandler was born in Wierzbnik, Poland, in 1928. He was a prisoner in Starachowice Labour Camp between 1942 and 1944, then in AuschwitzBirkenau, Buchenwald and Theresienstadt between 1944 and 1945. He immigrated to Canada in 1947 as a war orphan with other children from England.

Generously co-sponsored by Stephen Greenberg in honour of Howard Chandler.

Wednesday, 2 November | 2:00 PM Cedarbrae Public Library 545 Markham Road Scarborough | 416–396–8850

Thursday, 3 November | 1:00 PM Downsview Library 2793 Keele Street | Toronto 416–395–0700

Thursday, 3 November | 1:30 PM Wychwood Public Library 1431 Bathurst Street | Toronto 416–393–7683

Hungarian Holocaust survivor Edward Fisch will speak about his personal experiences in the Holocaust. Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1933, his father was conscripted in 1942 into the Slave Labour Battalion in Hungary; his mother was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944. Edward and his brother survived in Swiss protected houses. Edward immigrated to Canada in 1948.

Dutch Holocaust survivor Leonard Vis will speak about his experience during the Holocaust. Leonard Vis was born in Amsterdam in 1930. After Nazi Germany occupied the Netherlands, his family went into hiding. They all survived and were liberated in 1945. After the war, Leonard served two years in the Dutch Army before moving to New York. Leonard immigrated to Canada in 1967.

In the Presence of my Neighbours

Wednesday, 2 November | 2:00 PM Don Mills Library 888 Lawrence Avenue East Toronto | 416–395–5710

Thursday, 3 November | 1:30 PM Palmerston Public Library 560 Palmerston Avenue | Toronto 416–393–7680

The Last Train

Dutch Holocaust survivor Gershon Willinger will speak about his experience during the Holocaust.

Gershon Willinger was born in Amsterdam in 1942 to German-Jewish parents who were later murdered.

He was placed in hiding as a young orphan. In 1944, as a two-year-old child, he was deported and later was liberated in 1945. He became a social worker and immigrated to Canada in 1977.

Rona Arato’s award-winning children’s book, The Last Train, is the story of a Hungarian Jewish family during the Holocaust and the miraculous event that saved their lives. Told through the eyes of six- and 11-year-old brothers, Paul and Oscar, it celebrates their courage and the humanity of the American soldiers who liberated them. Books will be available for purchase and author signing following the program.

Wednesday, 2 November | 2:00 PM Mt. Pleasant Library | 599 Mt. Pleasant Road Toronto | 416–393–7737

Romanian Holocaust survivor Joe (Joseph) Leinburd will speak about his experience during the Holocaust.

Joe Leinburd was born in Suceava, Romania, in 1922.

In 1941, the Romanian Fascist Regime, collaborating with Nazi Germany, deported the entire Jewish population of Northern Bucovina and Bessarabia to Transnistria, an area in southwestern Ukraine. Miraculously, his entire family survived a death march from Moghilev to Murafa and was liberated in 1944. After spending two-and-a-half years in Displaced Persons camps, Joe and his wife immigrated to Canada in 1949.

Thursday, 3 November | 10:30 AM Danforth/Coxwell Library 1675 Danforth Avenue | Toronto 416–393–7784

Thursday, 3 November | 2:00 PM Gerrard/Ashdale Library 1432 Gerrard Street East | Toronto 416–393–7717

Romanian Holocaust survivor Felicia Carmelly will tell her story of survival. Felicia Carmelly was born in Romania in 1931. For her bio, see page 32.

Copies of her memoir, Across the Rivers of Memory, are published by and generously provided by the Azrieli Foundation. Copies of her book, Shattered!

50 Years of Silence, History and Voices of the Tragedy in Romania and Transnistria, will be available for purchase and author signing following the program.

Thursday, 3 November | 2:00 PM Spadina Road Public Library 10 Spadina Road | Toronto 416–393–7666

Filmmaker George Gedeon will screen and discuss his film, In the Presence of My Neighbours (2012, English). The film and talk will explore the plight of Greek Jews in the Second World War. Generously co-sponsored by Gail & Stanley Debow in memory of Max & Maria Reisberg.

Thursday, 3 November | 6:30 PM Victoria Village Public Library 184 Sloane Avenue | North York 416–395–5951

Dutch Holocaust survivor Gershon Willinger will speak about his experience during the Holocaust.

For his bio, see left.

Friday, 4 November | 11:00 AM College/Shaw Public Library 766 College Street | Toronto 416–393–7668

Austrian Holocaust survivor Alexander Eisen will speak about his experience during the Holocaust.

Alexander Eisen born in Vienna, Austria, in 1929.

After the Anschluss in 1938, the Eisen family fled to Hungary. In 1939, Alex’s father was arrested and fled to Palestine, leaving his family. The family endured the hardships of the Budapest Ghetto, but later managed to escape and live in hiding until liberation in 1945. He immigrated to Canada in 1952.

Friday, 4 November | 1:30 PM Davenport Library 1246 Shaw Street | Toronto 416–393–7732

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Czechoslovakian Holocaust survivor Mark Lane will speak about his experience during the Holocaust.

For his bio, see page 32.

Friday, 4 November | 11:00 AM Maple Library | 10190 Keele Street 905–653–7323

Czechoslovakian Holocaust survivor Mark Lane will speak about his experience during the Holocaust.

For his bio, see page 32.

Sunday, 6 November | 1:30 PM Bathurst Clark Resource Library 900 Clark Avenue West | Thornhill 905–653–7323

Austrian Holocaust survivor Alexander Eisen will speak about his experience during the Holocaust.

For his bio, see page 35.

Generously co-sponsored by an anonymous donor in memory of Danny Saltzman.

Monday, 7 November | 1:00 PM Deer Park Library 40 St Clair Avenue East | Toronto 416–393–7658

Children of the Holocaust Join us for a special screening of Children of the Holocaust (2014, English), animated short documentary films created by BBC Learning and Fettle Animation. A Q&A session following the screening will be moderated by Lorenz Glettler, Austrian Holocaust Memorial Intern (Gedenkdiener, Austrian Service Abroad) at the Neuberger.

Generously co-sponsored by Yigal Rifkind in honour of his mother, Joyce Rifkind.

Monday, 7 November | 10:00 AM Beaches Library 2161 Queen Street East | Toronto 416–393–7703

Romanian Holocaust survivor Joe (Joseph) Leinburd will speak about his experience during the Holocaust.

For his bio, see page 35.

Monday, 7 November | 2:00 PM Bloor/Gladstone Library 1101 Bloor Street West | Toronto 416–393–7674

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The Past in the Future: Re-Envisioning Holocaust Literature Dr. Frank Bialystok, Prof. Laura Wiseman, and Rona Arato will speak about various genres of Holocaust literature and the implications for the future: creative non-fiction, memoirs and diaries, and historical fiction.

Co-presented by the Ekstein Holocaust Resource Library at the Neuberger and the Association of Jewish Libraries. Generously co-sponsored by Helen Stollar in memory of all the children killed in the Holocaust.

Monday, 7 November | 7:30 PM Association of Jewish Libraries at the Ekstein Holocaust Resource Library Lipa Green Centre | 4th floor 4600 Bathurst Street | Toronto 416–635–2996

Paul-Henri Rips: Matricule E/96 Paul-Henri Rips, survivant de l’Holocauste et auteur de Matricule E/96, témoigne de l’expérience juive en Belgique pendant la guerre. Paul-Henri Rips, a Holocaust survivor and author of E/96, discusses his experience in Belgium during the Holocaust.

This program is in French. Paul-Henri will read from his memoir, Matricule E/96, published by the Azrieli Foundation. Copies of Matricule E/96 are generously provided by the Azrieli Foundation.

Tuesday, 8 November | 10:00 AM Toronto Reference Library 789 Yonge Street | Toronto 416–393–7014

Hungarian Holocaust survivor Andy Réti will speak about his experience during the Holocaust. For his bio, see page 35. Copies of Stronger Together are published by and generously provided by the Azrieli Foundation and will be available for author signing following the program.

Tuesday, 8 November | 10:30 AM Brentwood Library 36 Brentwood Road North | Etobicoke 416–394–5240

Romanian Holocaust survivor Hedy Bohm will speak about her experience during the Holocaust. Hedy Bohm was born in Oradea, Romania, in 1928. She was an only child, and attended a Jewish girls’ school.

In 1944, Hedy and her family were sent to a ghetto.

Within two months she was deported to AuschwitzBirkenau. She was then selected for forced work detail at an ammunition factory and shipped to Fallersleben, Germany. American forces liberated Hedy in April 1945. In 1948, Hedy and her husband immigrated to Canada.

Generously co-sponsored by the Axler, Glazer & Lang families, in honor of Feiga Glazer and in memory of the late Mozes Glazer, both Holocaust survivors.

Tuesday, 8 November | 1:30 PM Locke Branch 3083 Yonge Street | Toronto 416–393–7730

Polish Holocaust survivor Nathan Leipciger will speak about his experience during the Holocaust.

For his bio, see page 16. Nate will read from his memoir, The Weight of Freedom, published by the Azrieli Foundation. Copies are generously provided by the Azrieli Foundation and will be available for author signing following the program.

Generously co-sponsored by the Gottesman family in memory of Carol and Herman Gottesman.

Tuesday, 8 November | 1:00 PM North York Central Library 5120 Yonge Street | Toronto 416–395–5784

Polish Holocaust survivor Howard Kleinberg will speak about his experience during the Holocaust.

Howard Kleinberg was born in the village of Wierzbnik, Poland and was raised in a traditional, observant home. By October 1942, his life had changed forever. Before he had turned 20, Howard endured years of forced labour, hunger, hardship, cruelty, forced marches, as well as internment in several concentration camps. After liberation from Bergen-Belsen in April 1945, he learned that his parents, most of his relatives and friends had not survived.

Tuesday, 8 November | 1:00 PM Sanderson Library 327 Bathurst St | Toronto 416–393–7653

LIBRARY AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS

Survivor portraits by Elliott Sylman, Sylman Photography, 2010 & 2015.

MEL GOLDBERG b. Poland 1942.

Survived in hiding.

Immigrated to Canada 1948.

ELLY GOTZ b. Lithuania 1928.

Survived a ghetto, concentration and labour camps.

Immigrated to Canada 1964.

Programs: see pages 41, 47.

PINCHAS GUTTER b. Poland 1932.

Survived a ghetto, work, concentration and death camps as well as a death march. Immigrated to Canada 1985.

Programs: see pages 19, 22, 23.

DENISE HANS b. France 1938. Survived in hiding in a convent.

Immigrated to Canada 1956.

Programs: see pages 39, 41.

MAGDA HILF b. Czechoslovakia 1921. Survived a ghetto, slave labour and death camps as well as a death march. Immigrated to Canada 1953. Programs: see page 41.

LOU HOFFER b. Romania 1927. Survived concentration camps in Transnistria. Immigrated to Canada 1948.

NANCY & HOWARD KLEINBERG b. Poland 1925. Survived forced labour and concentration camps.

Immigrated to Canada 1947.

Programs: see pages 36, 41.

MARK LANE b. Czechoslovakia 1929.

Survived death camps and a forced death march. Immigrated to Canada 1951. Programs: see pages 32, 36.

MANNY LANGER b. Poland 1929.

Survived a ghetto, forced labour, concentration and death camps.

Immigrated to Canada 1951.

Programs: see page 32.

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NATE LEIPCIGER b. Poland 1928. Survived a ghetto, concentration and death camps. Immigrated to Canada 1948. Programs: see pages 16, 19, 36, 51.

FAIGIE (SCHMIDT) LIBMAN b. Lithuania 1934. Survived a ghetto, concentration and slave labour camps.

Immigrated to Canada 1948. Programs: see pages 18, 39, 41, 45.

ROSE LIPSZYC b. Poland 1929. Survived under a false identity.

Immigrated to Canada 1952. Programs: see pages 41.

JUDY LYSY b. Czechoslovakia 1928. Survived slave labour and death camps.

Immigrated to Canada 1952.

Programs: see pages 39, 41.

MARTIN MAXWELL b. Austria 1924.

Survived by escaping on a Kindertransport; returned on D-Day, was wounded and captured. Immigrated to Canada 1952. Programs: see page 41.

EVA MEISELS b. Hungary 1939.

Survived in the Budapest Ghetto, a safe house and with false papers.

Immigrated to Canada 1956.

Programs: see pages 32, 41, 43.

LESLIE MEISELS b. Hungary 1927.

Survived ghettos, slave labour and concentration camps. Immigrated to Canada 1967. Programs: see pages 19, 39, 41, 45.

ANDY RÉTI b. Hungary 1942.

Survived in the Budapest Ghetto.

Immigrated to Canada 1956.

Programs: see pages 35, 36, 41.

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Survivor portraits by Elliott Sylman, Sylman Photography, 2010 & 2015.

JOE (JOSEPH) LEINBURD b. Romania 1922. Survived camps in Transnistria.

Immigrated to Canada 1949.

Programs: see pages 35, 36.

LIBRARY AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS

Lithuanian Holocaust survivor Faigie Libman will speak about her personal experiences during the Holocaust. Faigie Libman (née Schmidt) was born in Kovno, Lithuania, in 1934. In 1941, she and her family were forced into the Kovno Ghetto. When the ghetto was liquidated in 1944, her father was taken to Dachau, where he was murdered. Faigie and her mother were transferred—first to Stutthof, then to three slave labour camps—before they were liberated by the Soviet Army. They immigrated to Canada in 1948.

Wednesday, 9 November | 1:00 PM Annette Street Library 145 Annette Street | Toronto 416–393–7692

Czechoslovakian Holocaust survivor Judy Lysy will speak about her personal experience during the Holocaust. Judy Lysy was born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, in 1928. She lived with her parents, sister and grandmother. In March 1944, Judy and her family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and from there to various slave labour camps. She was liberated in May 1945 by the US Army. She immigrated to Canada from Venezuela in 1952 with her husband and daughter.

Wednesday, 9 November | 1:30 PM Ansley Grove Library 350 Ansley Grove Rd | Woodbridge 905–653–7323

Hungarian Holocaust survivor Leslie Meisels will speak about his personal experiences during the Holocaust. Leslie Meisels was born in Nádudvar, Hungary in 1927. He lived with his parents, two brothers and both sets of grandparents. He survived the ghettos in Nádudvar and Debrecen, slave labour in Austria and the eventual deportation to Bergen-Belsen. He was liberated in April 1945 by the 9th US Army from a death train. His mother, father and both brothers also survived. Leslie immigrated to Canada in 1967. Copies of Suddenly the Shadow Fell are published by and generously provided by the Azrieli Foundation and will be available for author signing following the program.

Thursday, 10 November | 10:00 AM Caledon Public Library 150 Queen Street South | Caledon 905–857–1400

The Gradual Instant: A Conversation with Anne Michaels How will the future remembrance of Holocaust be created? Acclaimed poet and novelist Anne Michaels will be interviewed by Joseph Kertes, an award-winning author and the founding Director of The Humber School for Writers and The Humber School of Comedy. Books will be available for purchase and author signing following the program.

Generously co-sponsored by Bonnie & Larry Moncik and Eleanor & George Getzler and families in loving memory of their parents, Abraham and Ida Moncik.

Thursday, 10 November | 7:00 PM Richmond Hill Central Library 1 Atkinson Street | Richmond Hill 905–884–9288

z”l Bronia Beker, Esther Bem, Marian Domanski, Robert Engel, Mike Englishman, Arnold Friedman, Herb Goldstein, Ibolya Grossman, Elisabeth de Jong, Moishe Kantorowitz, Joseph Kichler, Max Kingston, Bronka Krygier, Wanda Lerek, Alexander Levin, George Lysy, Anita Mayer, Henry Melnick, Fanny Pillersdorf, Robert Rosen, Freda Rosenblatt, Judith Rubinstein, George Salamon, Magda Schullerer, Hanneliese Schusheim-Beigel, Peter Silverman, Yael Spier Cohen, Inge Spitz, Ann Szedlecki, Dennis Urstein, Ernst Weiss, Robert Weiss, Nechemia Wurman, Ada Wynston, Etty Zigler, David Zuckerbrot

IN MEMORIAM 2015–16 French Holocaust survivor Denise Hans will speak about her personal experiences during the Holocaust.

Denise Hans was born in Paris, France in 1938. In 1942, after her father, aunt and uncle were taken from her home and murdered, her mother sought places to hide her six children and two nieces.

Denise was hidden twice with farmers and then in a convent. She and two sisters stayed there until 1948, when they were reunited with their mother and siblings. Denise immigrated to Canada in 1956.

Monday, 14 November | 1:00 PM Jane/Dundas Library 620 Jane Street | Toronto 416–394–1014

The Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre was founded as the Holocaust Education and Memorial Centre in 1985. We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the dedicated Holocaust survivor educators, not pictured, who established this museum and worked to fulfill its mission throughout the past 30 years. We continue your work in your names.

George Berman, Felix Brand, Irene Csillag, Anne Eidlitz, John Freund, Mendel Good, Rosalind Goldenberg, Jerry Kapelus, Chava Kwinta, Freda Rosenblatt, Cypora Schneider, Helen Schwartz, George Scott, Samuel Shene, and Sally Wasserman.

Alex Levin was born in Rokitno (Volyn), Poland, in 1932. He survived a massacre at the Rokitno Ghetto where his parents and younger brother were murdered. He managed to escape into the forest with his older brother. He was liberated by the Soviet Army in 1944 and immigrated to Canada in 1975. His memoir, Under the Yellow and Red Stars, received the 2010 Pearson Prize Teen Choice Award. He passed away on June 14, 2016.

Yael Spier Cohen was born in Hesse, Germany, in 1929. In 1942, she was deported with her parents and brother to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. In 1944, the Nazis sent her to Auschwitz-Birkenau, along with her parents, who were murdered in the gas chambers. Yael was transferred to slave labour at an ammunition factory.

She was liberated on May 5, 1945, from Mauthausen, and was the only survivor in her family. She moved to Israel in 1945, and then later immigrated to Canada in 1952.

She passed away on February 19, 2016.

Inge Spitz was born in Potsdam, Germany in 1927, where she lived with her parents and her sister. After Kristallnacht, her father escaped, but her mother was deported to Riga in 1941. Inge and her sister left for France with a transport of Berlin Jews escaping Germany. In 1944, Inge led a group of children escaping to Switzerland.

The Spitz family survived and reunited in England. Inge and her husband immigrated to Canada in 1948. She passed away on November 13, 2015.

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LIBRARY AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS

VERA SCHIFF b. Czechoslovakia 1926.

Survived a concentration camp. Immigrated to Canada 1961. Programs: see pages 41, 46.

LEONARD VIS b. Holland 1930.

Survived in hiding.

Immigrated to Canada 1967.

Programs: see pages 35, 41.

LENKA WEKSBERG b. Czechoslovakia 1926.

Survived a ghetto, slave labour, a death camp and a death march.

Immigrated to Canada 1953. Programs: see page 41.

HELEN YERMUS b. Lithuania 1932. Survived a ghetto and concentration camp. Immigrated to Canada 1948. Programs: see pages 41, 42.

ROMAN ZEIGLER b. Poland 1927.

Survived slave labour and death camps.

Immigrated to Canada 1948.

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FAYE SCHULMAN b. Poland 1919.

Survived a ghetto and in the forest with partisans.

Immigrated to Canada 1948.

GERSHON WILLINGER b. Holland 1942.

Survived in hiding and concentration camps. Immigrated to Canada 1977.

Programs: see pages 35, 41, 46.

Survivor portraits by Elliott Sylman, Sylman Photography, 2010 & 2015.

SALLY ROSEN b. Poland 1929.

Survived a ghetto, concentration and death camps.

Immigrated to Canada 1948.

closed school programs

We gratefully acknowledge the participation of GTA schools from diverse school boards and backgrounds during Holocaust Education Week. We thank them for their ongoing commitment to Holocaust education for students. Many of these programs feature first-person Holocaust survivor testimony from a speaker in the “in conversation” dialogue format, designed for students. These programs are not open to the public.

Anne Frank Public School In Conversation with Lenka Weksberg Generously co-sponsored by Doris & Rammy Rochman in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

Glenforest Secondary School In Conversation with Amek Adler Generously co-sponsored by Anita Ekstein and family in loving memory of Frank Ekstein.

Goodwin Learning Centre In Conversation with Andy Réti Greenwood College School In Conversation with Gerda Frieberg Generously co-sponsored by Lorraine & Alan Sandler in memory of 1.5 million Jewish children who were murdered in the Holocaust.

Kenton Learning Centre In Conversation with Faigie Libman

Arrowsmith School & Timothy Eaton Memorial Church Remembrance Day Ceremony with Felicia Carmelly

King Christian School In Conversation with Helen Yermus Generously co-sponsored by Circle of Care.

A.Y. Jackson S.S. In Conversation with Bill Glied

The Leo Baeck Day School - South Campus (Kimel Family Chapel) In Conversation with Faigie Libman

Bakersfield Public School In Conversation with Rose Lipszyc Bialik Hebrew Day School In Conversation with Martin Maxwell Bishop Strachan School In Conversation with Bill Glied Blessed Cardinal Newman C.H.S. In Conversation with Sally Wasserman Branksome Hall In Conversation with Eva Meisels Generously co-sponsored by Roslyn & Ralph Halbert.

Cedarvale Community School In Conversation with Magda Hilf Centrepoint Learning Centre In Conversation with Martin Maxwell Christ the King Catholic Secondary School In Conversation with Martin Maxwell Crescent School In Conversation with Gerda Frieberg ÉSC Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel Témoignage de Muguette Myers, auteure des mémoires Les Lieux du courage Parrainé par la Fondation Azrieli.

Earl Grey SPS In Conversation with Martin Maxwell East York C.I. Remembering and Acts of Kindness: Magda Hilf Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School In Conversation with Miriam Frankel

The Linden School In Conversation with Howard Kleinberg Louis-Honoré Fréchette School Hidden Gold with author Ella Burakowski Maple High School In Conversation with Judy Lysy Mother Teresa Catholic Elementary School In Conversation with Leonard Vis Netivot HaTorah Day School In Conversation with Esther Fairbloom Northern Secondary School In Conversation with Gerda Frieberg and Elly Gotz Generously co-sponsored by Roslyn & Ralph Halbert.

Peoples Christian Academy In Conversation with Felicia Carmelly Royal St. George’s College In Conversation with Rose Lipszyc Generously co-sponsored by Guido Smit in tribute to Jan Smit, Righteous among the Nations.

Sacred Heart High School Religious Studies Classes In Conversation with Esther Fairbloom Sir Richard Scott Catholic Elementary School In Conversation with Denise Hans

Stouffville Christian School In Conversation with Faigie Libman Generously co-sponsored by Lily & Daniel Kim in memory of her grandparents in British Columbia; and in memory of Ada Wynston, without whom Christian-Jewish Dialogue Toronto wouldn’t have been possible.

Thornhill Woods Public School In Conversation with Gershon Willinger Toronto French School In Conversation with Bill Glied Generously co-sponsored by Erika Biro in memory of George Biro.

Westmount Collegiate In Conversation with Eva Meisels William Lyon Mackenzie CI In Conversation with Vera Schiff The Woodlands Secondary School In Conversation with Miriam Frankel Ulpanat Orot (Bnei Akiva Schools) The Woman in Gold & Hannah Lessing Generously co-sponsored by the Frankel Family Foundation, in loving memory of Miriam Frankel’s parents, sisters and brother.

University of Toronto - Mississauga, Women and Gender Studies Program Women and the Holocaust Judy Weissenberg Cohen Generously co-sponsored by Circle of Care.

Upper Canada College Student Program Generously co-sponsored by Nita Wexler in memory of her parents, Sidney & Norma Fromer; and by Hartley Hershenhorn in memory of his father, Kelly Hershenhorn, and in honour of his mother, Zelda Hershenhorn.

Yeshivat Or Chaim (Bnei Akiva Schools) The Future of Holocaust Education with Professor Doris Bergen Generously co-sponsored by Nili & Paul Ekstein and Shelley & Steven Ekstein in memory of Mordechai & Hilda Stern and members of their family.

The York School The Future of Memory: Journeys of Past and Present with Dylan Wagman & Jacob Sofer and Holocaust survivor Leslie Meisels

Stephen Lewis Secondary School In Conversation with Leonard Vis Generously co-sponsored by the Ernie Weiss Memorial Fund in loving memory of Ernie Weiss, who survived the Holocaust, and the entire family from Mád, Hungary, who did not.

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community programs

One of the greatest strengths of Neuberger HEW is the city-wide participation in presenting and attending community programs. The Neuberger is grateful for this broad commitment to Holocaust Education Week and is pleased to list these independent programs on the following pages of the HEW printed program and online guide.

The views expressed by any presenter are their own and do not represent the views of the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, its funders, or UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.

Aliyah DaDa—the Holocaust in Romania

In Conversation with a Holocaust Survivor

Aliyah DaDa (2015, directed by Oana Giurgiu) is a Dadaist-style documentary about the Jewish people in Romania and their several migrations to Israel. The documentary sets out on a journey to uncover the reality of Romanian Jews’ aliyah told across history and in changing political times.

Lithuanian Holocaust survivor Helen Yermus will speak about her experiences during the Holocaust.

Helen Yermus was born in Kovno, Lithuania, in 1932.

She had to endure hardship, intimidation and fear in the Kovno Ghetto, where her brother was taken away and murdered. In 1944 the ghetto was liquidated, and her father was deported to Dachau, where he died of starvation. Helen and her mother were taken to the Stutthof concentration camp.

Both survived the camp and immigrated to Canada together in 1948. At this interfaith program, Helen will speak to her experiences and lead a discussion on the Holocaust and the benefits of interfaith relations.

Co-presented by the Consulate General of Romania in Toronto and Glendon College.

The Neuberger is proud to present the annual Holocaust Education Week in a region with widespread interest in and support for ongoing Holocaust education.

Sunday, 30 October | 5:00 PM Glendon College 2275 Bayview Avenue | Toronto 416–585–2444

Last Folio: Yuri Dojc

Servants of God

Time stood still in a small Jewish village in Slovakia until nearly 10 years ago when Canadian photographer Yuri Dojc returned. He visited a local Jewish school which had been locked since 1943. Decaying books on dusty shelves, the last witnesses of a once thriving culture, are treated by Dojc like the survivors that they each are—every one captured as a portrait, speaking a thousand words.

Co-presented by Shaarei-Beth El Congregation of Oakville and St. Simon’s Anglican Church.

The Museum of Poles Saving Jews in World War II opened in Markowa, southeastern Poland, in March 2016. Its mission is to commemorate those who risked or lost their lives observing universal human values under Nazi persecution in Poland. The film Servants of God honours Josef and Wiktoria Ulma and other Righteous Among the Nations. Screening followed by the personal testimony of Polish Holocaust survivor Sally Wasserman, who was rescued by a Polish couple.

Wednesday, 2 November | 7:00 PM St. Simons Anglican Church 1450 Litchfield Road | Oakville 905–849–6000 × 11

Presented by the Art Gallery of Hamilton.

EXHIBIT ON VIEW 22 October 2016–14 May 2017 Art Gallery of Hamilton 123 King Street West | Hamilton 905–527–6610 | artgalleryofhamilton.com

Gruber’s Journey (Călătoria lui Gruber) This 2008 Romanian film centres on Italian writer Curzio Malaparte, a member of the Italian Fascist Party. Fighting in Eastern Europe, Malaparte suffers an allergic reaction and desperately seeks the medical aid of Dr. Josef Gruber in Iaşi. During his search for the missing Jewish doctor, he witnesses shocking atrocities against the Jews in the city.

Co-presented by the Consulate General of Romania in Toronto and Glendon College.

Sunday, 30 October | 2:00 PM Glendon College 2275 Bayview Avenue | Toronto 416–585–2444

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Presented by Scarboro Missions.

Tuesday, 1 November | 7:00 PM Scarboro Missions 2685 Kingston Road | Scarborough 416–261–7135

Turkish Passport This public screening of Turkish Passport is followed by a conversation with a Holocaust survivor.

Diplomats posted to Turkish embassies and consulates in several European countries actively sought to save Turkish Jews from the devastation of the Holocaust. Turkish Passport recounts these acts of courage through extensive documentary research and interviews.

Co-presented by the Intercultural Dialogue Institute GTA and Nile Academy.

Wednesday, 2 November | 10:00 AM Nile Academy | 5 Blue Haven Crescent Toronto | 416–285–0115

Cultural Rupture and Restitution: The Contested Fate of Plundered Eastern European Jewish Libraries and Archives Professor Kalman Weiser, Silber Family Professor of Modern Jewish Studies, will focus on the theft and destruction of Jewish archives and libraries during the Holocaust, the complications of their recovery, reconstitution, preservation, and, ultimately, their interpretation by generations distant from prewar Jewish life.

Presented by Temple Emanu-El. Thursday, 3 November | 1:30 PM Temple Emanu-El | 120 Old Colony Road Toronto | 416–449–3880

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Remembering Resistance One of the more successful resistance groups in The Netherlands was the Westerweel Group, which rescued some 250 Jewish youth. What characterized its members? What was involved in this rescue effort?

Guido Smit was born in a kibbutz. His Jewish mother fled from Germany to Holland a few weeks before the Second World War broke out. His father, Jan Smit, was a member of the Westerweel Group. In 1964, Jan Smit was recognized as one Yad Vashem’s Righteous among the Nations.

Thursday, 3 November | 7:00 PM St. Bonaventure Roman Catholic Church 1300 Leslie Street | Toronto | 416–447–5571

Aktion T4—the Nazi “Euthanasia” Program Framed as a euthanasia program, Aktion T4 was a Nazi initiative that identified and exterminated people with mental, physical and developmental disabilities at killing centres, which were a precursor to the death camps. This interactive session teaches how a government used the medical establishment, bolstered by propaganda and legislation, to convince its population that some people were “unworthy of living.” It will link memories of the past with current experiences and atrocities. Presenters: Alanna Sheinberg, Nicole Lipsey & Ellen Rajzman.

Presented by Reena Community Residence.

Thursday, 3 November | 7:00 PM Reena Community Residence 49 Lebovic Campus Drive | Vaughan 905–889–6484

In Conversation with a Holocaust Survivor Hungarian Holocaust survivor Eva Meisels will speak about her personal experiences during the Holocaust. For her bio, see page 32. Copies of Suddenly the Shadow Fell are published by and generously provided by the Azrieli Foundation and will be available for author signing following the program. A short video, Holocaust Lessons for Humanity, will also be screened. Refreshments will be served. This program is open to all ages.

BESA: The Promise More than seven years in the making, Besa: the Promise presents a powerful human drama compounded by a devastating twist. It is a story that bridges generations and religions, uniting fathers and sons, Muslims and Jews.

Presented by the Noor Cultural Centre.

Thursday, 3 November | 7:00 PM Noor Cultural Centre | 123 Wynford Drive Toronto | 416–444–7148

Co-presented by the Aurora United Church.

Thursday, 3 November | 7:00 PM Trinity Anglican Church 79 Victoria Street | Aurora 905–727–1935

De la clandestinité à l’immigration au Canada: le destin d’une enfant cachée Née en 1931 à Paris, Muguette Myers est l’auteure des mémoires Les Lieux du courage publiés au printemps 2016 par la Fondation Azrieli.

Lors d’une rencontre-discussion, Muguette témoignera de cette période sombre, rendant hommage au courage sans faille de sa mère et des habitants de Champlost, jusqu’à son immigration au Canada au lendemain de la guerre.

Elle sera accompagnée par Antoine Burgard qui termine actuellement sa thèse de doctorat en histoire, portant sur l’immigration des jeunes survivants de l’Holocauste au Canada dans l’immédiat après-guerre. Des exemplaires des mémoires seront gracieusement offerts par la Fondation Azrieli à la suite du programme, pour être dédicacés par l’auteure.

Co-parrainée par la Fondation Azrieli.

Thursday, 3 November | 7:00 PM Alliance française Toronto 24 Spadina Road | Toronto 416–922–2014 or 514–282–1155

Soviet Jewish Memory of Encountering Perpetrators of the Holocaust Anna Shternshis is the Al and Malka Green Associate Professor of Yiddish Studies and the director of the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto. Shternshis is the author of Soviet and Kosher: Jewish Popular Culture in the Soviet Union, 1923–1939. She will speak about the memories of the Soviet Army during the liberation of the death camps. Books will be available for purchase and author signing following the program.

Presented by Beth Sholom Synagogue.

Thursday, 3 November | 7:30 PM Beth Sholom Synagogue 1445 Eglinton Avenue West | Toronto 416–783–6103

The Real Inglorious Bastards The story of Operation Greenup, when two young Jewish emigrants and a Wehrmacht officer parachuted one perilous winter night into the Austrian Alps, risking their lives to strike back at Nazi Germany. Screening followed by discussion with the film’s producer and a family member of one of the film’s subjects who fought the Nazis. This program addresses questions of how “the future of memory” is created through technology and narrative.

Co-presented by the Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism and Don Heights Unitarian Congregation.

Thursday, 3 November | 7:30 PM Don Heights Unitarian Congregation 18 Wynford Drive | Toronto 416–854–0133

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Talking About the Holocaust with Our Children

Lessons of the Holocaust: An Author’s Presentation

How do we answer our children’s questions about the Holocaust and make it accessible and relevant to them? How young is too young to begin the discussion, and how do we ensure the memory of the Holocaust be passed onto the next generation?

Award-winning author Kathy Kacer will share her knowledge and experience as we navigate through this difficult but important journey as parents and educators. Books will be available for purchase and author signing following the program.

When Professor Michael Marrus was a student, the Holocaust—the catastrophe of European Jewry— was hardly a footnote to the study of the Second World War. Now, it is seen as a foundational event of the 20th century. Who defines the lessons from the Second World War? Where do we look—to victims, perpetrators, others? Why do the lessons change over time? Books will be available for purchase and author signing following the program.

Presented by Robbins Hebrew Academy.

Thursday, 3 November | 7:30 PM Holy Blossom Temple 1950 Bathurst Street | Toronto 416–789–3291

The Power of Good

Memory in the Shadows

Friday, 4 November | 4:00 PM Hazelton Place Retirement Residence 111 Avenue Road | Toronto | 416–928–0111

Thursday, 3 November | 7:30 PM Robbins Hebrew Academy 1700 Bathurst Street | Toronto 416–781–5658

A Man of Conscience This documentary film recounts the thrilling story of Morris Saxe, a humanitarian who managed to bring 79 children from Poland to his farm school in Georgetown, Ontario in the 1920s. Saxe faced difficulties both from the government and his own community yet persevered to save these children from the devastation of the Second World War. David Fleishman, Morris Saxe’s grandson, will introduce the film.

Register at bethdavid.com or call 416–633–5500.

Presented by Beth David Synagogue.

Thursday, 3 November | 7:30 PM Beth David B’nai Israel Beth Am Synagogue 55 Yeomans Road | Toronto 416–633–5500

The Dark Side of Memory Lindsay Ann Cox will present her research on Christian-Jewish relations in this panel on the future of Holocaust education. She will outline challenges and possible solutions to understanding the Holocaust in the 21st century.

Presented by Forest Hill United Church.

Friday, 4 November | 2:00 PM Forest Hill United Church | 2 Wembley Road Toronto | 416–737–8258

Presented by Holy Blossom Temple.

Mitch Smolkin is the sole Canadian contributor to In the Shadows of Memory: The Holocaust and the Third Generation, a collection of essays published in 2016 by Valentine Mitchell Press. He will read from his chapter entitled “Strength in the Shadows: Shifting Perspectives on the Integrity of Intergenerational Healing,” a work focusing on the intergenerational transmission of trauma. He will also speak about current research into how we process and cope with traumatic experience. Books will be available for purchase and author signing following the program.

Presented by Beth Radom Congregation.

Thursday, 3 November | 7:30 PM Beth Radom Congregation 18 Reiner Road | Toronto | 416–636–3451

Brundibar Revisited: Arts-Based Approaches to Holocaust Education

This 2002 documentary tells the story of Nicholas Winton, who organized the Kindertransport rescue mission of 669 children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War.

Memory and Justice: The Armenian Genocide Raffi Sarkissian, founder and chair of the Sara Corning Centre for Genocide Education, will present about the importance of memory and justice and the challenges faced in remembering and commemorating the Armenian Genocide in the face of genocide denial and the passing of the surviving generation. This program takes place during Friday night services.

Presented by Temple Kol Ami. Friday, 4 November | 7:30 PM Temple Kol Ami | 36 Atkinson Avenue Thornhill | 905–709–2620

This 2014 documentary follows a Berlin-based youth theatre group as it stages the opera Brundibar, which was performed more than 50 times by Jewish children in the Theresienstadt ghetto. Accompanied

by Greta Klingsberg, one of the few remaining survivors of the original cast, the young Germans travel to Theresienstadt to learn about the terrors of the Holocaust, and the conditions in which the opera played an invaluable role (2014, English, 88 minutes). Post-screening discussion facilitated by Dr. Belarie Zatzman.

Presented by Prosserman JCC. thursday, 3 November | 7:30 PM Lipa Green Centre | 4600 Bathurst Street Toronto | 416–638–1881 × 4235

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Holocaust Survivors in Israel Michael Maor will speak about Holocaust survivors in Israel, and efforts to bring Eichmann to justice in Israel. Maor spent his formative years fleeing for his life in Europe until his arrival in Israel in 1945.

Then, he served in many branches of the Israeli Army and Intelligence Services. The program occurs during Shabbat services, followed by a kiddush and Q & A. See p.46 for Michael Maor’s keynote.

Presented by Pride of Israel Synagogue.

Saturday, 5 November | 9:00 AM (during Shabbat services) The Pride of Israel Synagogue 59 Lissom Crescent | Toronto | 416–226–0111

To Unveil and Heal Jacquie Buncel is a poet and Holocaust educator.

She will read from her collection, Turning the Corner at Dusk. She will explore her mother’s experience as a hidden child in France and her father’s story as a child survivor and orphan. The horror lives alongside altruism and resistance—a testimony to the strength of the human spirit. Jacquie will explore second generation learning, remembering and moving forward as part of the Shabbat service.

Presented by Congregation Shir Libeynu.

Saturday, 5 November | 10:30 AM (SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE) MILES NADAL JCC 750 Spadina Avenue | THIRD FLOOR Toronto | 416–465–5488

Sustaining and Maintaining Memory How can we meet the challenges of keeping the memory of the Shoah alive when the survivors pass away? Dr. Jack Lipinsky discusses the advantages and disadvantages of various print and electronic methods and the possible issues that may arise with changing the authenticity of survivor memories.

Presented by Stashover Slipia Congregation.

Saturday, 5 November | 11:45 AM (during Shabbat services) Anshei Staszow-Slipi Congregation 11 Sultana Avenue | Toronto | 416–787–5443

Transforming the Grip of Memory: A Workshop

In Conversation with a Holocaust Survivor

For those who are not Holocaust survivors, our formative experiences learning about the Holocaust shaped us deeply, in both constructive and traumatizing ways. This participatory workshop integrates theory and personal narratives, offering tools to discern and heal the impact of these memories on our individual and collective identity, fears, creativity, relationships and sense of the possible. Workshop facilitator Rabbi Miriam Margles, rabbi of Danforth Jewish Circle, earned an MTS from Harvard and a BFA from York University.

Lithuanian Holocaust survivor Faigie (Schmidt) Libman will speak about her experience during the Holocaust. Faigie Libman was born in Kovno, Lithuania, in 1934, an only child. In 1941, she and her family were forced into the Kovno Ghetto.

When the ghetto was liquidated in 1944, her father was taken to Dachau, where he perished. Faigie and her mother were transferred—first to Stutthof, then to three slave labour camps—before they were liberated by the Soviet Army. They immigrated to Canada in 1948. The program includes Hebrew songs and dances.

Presented by First Narayever Congregation.

Saturday, 5 November | 1:30 PM First Narayever Congregation 187 Brunswick Avenue Toronto | 416–927–0546

In Conversation with a Holocaust Survivor Hungarian Holocaust survivor Leslie Meisels will speak about his experience during the Holocaust.

For his bio, see page 39. Copies of Suddenly the Shadow Fell are published by and generously provided by the Azrieli Foundation and will be available for author signing following the program.

Presented by the Rock Community Church.

Saturday, 5 November | 7:00 PM Rock Community Church 249 Clarence Street | Woodbridge 416–881–8200

In Conversation with a Holocaust Survivor

Presented by Friends of Jesus Christ, Canada.

Saturday, 5 November | 7:00 PM Friends of Jesus Christ, Canada 181 Nugget Avenue | Scarborough 416–605–7212

Transmission of Memory Scott Masters created the acclaimed Oral History Project at Crestwood College. His students learn about the events and atrocities of the Second World War and are encouraged to connect with a survivor of the era through home visits and visits to local hospitals and retirement homes. His multimedia approach is recognized as a useful pedagogical tool. Scott and some of his students will discuss the impact of their projects on their lives.

This program is sponsored by Anne Zworth Holocaust Education Fund and presented by Temple Har Zion.

Saturday, 5 November | 7:00 PM Temple Har Zion 7360 Bayview Avenue | Thornhill 905–889–2252

This program will feature a short film, Toyland, a musical performance, and the personal testimony of Polish Holocaust survivor, Esther Fairbloom.

Esther Fairbloom was born in the ghetto in Tarnopol, Poland, likely in 1941. When the Nazis began deporting Jews from the ghetto, her sister hid on a farm.

Her mother asked the Mother Superior of the Catholic orphanage to hide six-month-old Esther. After the war, Esther learned that her parents had been killed. At the age of five, she was reunited with and adopted by an aunt and uncle. She immigrated to Canada ten years later.

Presented by St. Timothy Presbyterian Church.

Saturday, 5 November | 7:00 PM St. Timothy Presbyterian Church 106 Ravenscrest Drive | Toronto 416–626–7789

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Musical Memories of the Vilna Ghetto A moving, bittersweet reflection on the rich cultural hub of the Vilna Ghetto, which gave birth to a unique wealth of songs about daily life, love, survival, bravery and resistance. Cantor Deborah Staiman will illuminate and chronicle life in the Vilna Ghetto through songs, including Vilne, Shtiler Shtiler, Friling, and recount the story of Shmerke Kaczerginski (1908–1954), Vilna poet, cultural activist, folklorist, partisan and eminent collector of Shoah songs, whose life was devoted to preserving memory. With pianist Asher Farber and violinist Jessica Deutsch.

Presented by National Council of Jewish Women of Canada Toronto.

Saturday, 5 November | 7:30 PM National Council of Jewish Women of Canada Toronto 4700 Bathurst Street | Toronto 416–633–5100

March of the Living: Passing the Torch of Holocaust Memory Since 1988, over 220,000 young people and Holocaust survivors have traveled to Poland and Israel on the March of the Living where they visited oncethriving sites of Jewish life. On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the students and survivors march from Auschwitz to Birkenau in memory of all victims of Nazi genocide and against prejudice, intolerance and hate. The Canadian March of the Living Teen Choir will present songs performed on the trip, interspersed with touching Holocaust stories.

Presented by St. Ansgar Lutheran Church.

Saturday, 5 November | 7:30 PM St. Ansgar Lutheran Church 1498 Avenue Road | Toronto 416–783–3570

Bringing Eichmann to Justice Michael Maor will speak about the involvement of the Mossad in capturing and bringing Eichmann to trial in Israel. Maor spent his formative years fleeing for his life in Europe until his arrival in Israel in 1945, where he served in the Israeli Army and Intelligence Services.

Presented by Congregation Bnai Torah.

Saturday, 5 November | 8:00 PM Congregation Bnai Torah 465 Patricia Avenue | Toronto 416–665–6651

The Sound of Silent Voices This project allows student composers the opportunity to musically interpret poems written by children during the Holocaust. After each poem is read by Holocaust survivor Gershon Willinger, the Ton Beau String Quartet will perform a moving composition inspired by that poem. Rabbi Daniel Korobkin, senior rabbi at BAYT, will also participate. Dr. Zachary Ebin, artistic director, will introduce each poem and composer.

Admission $20. Students $10. Register online at www.bayt.ca or at the door.

Presented by Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation.

Saturday, 5 November | 8:30 PM Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation | 613 Clark Avenue West Thornhill | 905–886–3810

Rona Arato is the award-winning author of the children’s book The Last Train. Arato’s second book on the Holocaust, The Ship to Nowhere—On Board the Exodus, tells the story of 11-year-old Rachel Fletcher and her journey to Palestine. Books will be available for purchase and author signing following the program.

Presented by Congregation Habonim.

Sunday, 6 November | 11:00 AM Congregation Habonim 5 Glen Park Avenue | Toronto | 416–605–0850

Hitler could not Destroy their Memory: The Yiddish Video Project :‫זייער ָאנדענק איז ניט צו ֿפ ַארניכטן‬ ‫דערוויסט זיך וועגן ייִדישע‬ ‫שרַײבערס און קינסטלערס אין‬ ‫ווידעא־‬ ָ ‫סאנדלערס גרויסן‬ ַ ‫באריס‬ ָ ‫ראיעקט‬ ָ ‫ּפ‬ Learn about the writers and artists of one of the world’s most vibrant pre-Holocaust cultures—who they were and why they matter today. In his massive video project, Boris Sandler, editor emeritus of the “Forverts,” brings to a new generation the lives, loves, arguments and streets that made Yiddish culture live. This lecture, including a screening of a few short films, will be in Yiddish. The films have English subtitles.

In Conversation with a Holocaust Survivor

Co-presented by the Committee for Yiddish UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, Toronto Workmen’s Circle/Arbeiter Ring, Friends of Yiddish.

Czechoslovakian Holocaust survivor Vera Schiff (nee Katz) will speak about her experience during the Holocaust. Vera Schiff was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1926. In 1942 the entire Katz family was deported to Theresienstadt, where all but Vera perished. She was liberated by the Soviet Army in May 1945. Vera is the author of the awardwinning Theresienstadt: The Town the Nazis Gave to the Jews; Hitler’s Inferno: Eight Personal Histories from the Holocaust and Letters to Veruska.

Sunday, 6 November | 11:00 AM Toronto Workmen’s Circle 471 Lawrence Avenue West | Toronto 416–631–5702

This program will be given in church (instead of the usual homily). Books will be available for purchase and author signing following the program.

Co-presented by Thorncliffe Park Postoral Charge and Don Mills United Church.

Sunday, 6 November | 10:00 AM Thorncliffe Park United Church 16 Thorncliffe Park Drive | Toronto

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We Polish Jews: The Troubled Holocaust Legacy of Julian Tuwim, 1894–1953 Poet Julian Tuwim was among the first and most powerful literary voices of the Holocaust experience.

Born in Lodz, Tuwim was a leading Polish-Jewish poet during the 1920–30s. In 1944, Tuwim wrote an anguished lament and manifesto of murdered Jewry, ‘We Polish Jews,’ as a refugee in New York.

In Tuwim’s writing, identity, belonging, betrayal and memory coalesce in unexpected ways. This presentation will be given by Dr. Myer Siemiatycki, a professor in the Department of Politics & Public Administration at Ryerson University. Books will be available for purchase and author signing following the program.

Presented by Lodzer Centre Congregation.

Sunday, 6 November | 2:00 PM Lodzer Centre Congregation 12 Heaton Street | Toronto | 905–763–0554

In Conversation with a Holocaust Survivor Lithuanian Holocaust survivor Elly Gotz will speak about his experience during the Holocaust. Elly Gotz was born in Kovno, Lithuania, in 1928. His father worked in a bank and his mother was a nurse. Beginning in 1941, Elly spent three years in the ghetto in Kovno and then one year in Dachau concentration camp, where he was liberated by the American army in 1945. After the war, he lived in Germany, Norway, Rhodesia and South Africa. Elly immigrated to Canada in 1964.

Co-presented by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem—Canada (ICEJ) and Catch the Fire Toronto.

Sunday, 6 November | 2:00 PM Catch the Fire Airport Church 272 Attwell Drive | Toronto 647–232–5394

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Samuel Bak: The Artist of Jewish Fate

Hungarian Holocaust survivor Edward Fisch will speak about his experience during the Holocaust.

For his bio, see page 35. The program includes social media education that explores Holocaust memory.

Samuel Bak was born in Vilna in 1933, on the eve of the Holocaust. Aged six when the Nazis invaded his world, his community, family and childhood were shattered. Through his art, Bak creates a visual language to tell and remind the world of its most desperate moments, by using symbols and asking questions. He lets the viewer decide how, if at all, to fix it. The idea of Tikkun Olam occupies Bak constantly. This program will be presented by Rouhama Danto.

Presented by the BWG Diversity Action Group.

Sunday, 6 November | 2:00 PM Bradford West Gwillimbury Library 425 Holland Street West | Bradford 416–825–1479

In Conversation with a Holocaust Survivor Polish Holocaust survivor Amek Adler will speak about his experience during the Holocaust. Amek Adler was born in Lublin, Poland, in 1928 and grew up in Lodz. In 1939, his family escaped to Warsaw and then to Radom. In 1943, Amek was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and from there was eventually shipped to Dachau, where his father and one brother perished. Amek was liberated on April 28, 1945 and immigrated to Canada in 1954. This is a free program for visitors to learn about the Holocaust and the importance of remembrance.

Presented by Old Fort Erie.

Sunday, 6 November | 2:00 PM Old Fort Erie | 350 Lakeshore Road Fort Erie | 905–871–0540

Rock the Shtetl Rock the Shtetl honours the soulful music of the Jewish past with a contemporary sensibility. This program is based on a repertoire of Klezmer melodies and Yiddish songs, music that was intrinsic to Eastern European Jewish life before the Holocaust.

Music is an important vehicle for keeping alive our collective memory of an aspect of the world that was and for bequeathing that memory to future generations.

Presented by Shaarei Tefillah.

Sunday, 6 November | 2:30 PM Shaarei Tefillah Congregation 3600 Bathurst Street Toronto | 416–787–1631

Understanding the Impact of the Holocaust on Descendants of Survivors The Wierzbniker Society’s Annual Memorial Program and candle-lighting ceremony will be combined with a presentation by Mitch Smolkin who will discuss how trauma can be transmitted across generations and read and perform from his writing. For more information, see p.44. Books will be available for purchase and author signing following the program.

Co-presented by The Wierzbniker Society and Bialik Hebrew Day School.

Sunday, 6 November | 3:00 PM Bialik Hebrew Day School 2760 Bathurst Street | Toronto 416–485–3390

Presented by Revera–Forest Hill Place Retirement Residence.

Sunday, 6 November | 2:30 PM Revera–Forest Hill Place Retirement Residence | 645 Castlefield Avenue Toronto | 416–785–1511

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Enemy of the Reich

Musicians in Exile

Film screening about Noor Inayat Khan, a Muslim princess who became a spy for the British, was captured in France, and executed in Dachau. Raheel Raza will explore Noor Inayat Khan’s life during the Second World War.

Austrian concert flautist Ulrike Anton and pianist Anna Ronai perform a concert for flute and piano that features works by composers who were either forced into exile or murdered by the Nazi regime.

Dr. Anton, a well known flautist and musicologist, will also speak about each composer.

Presented by Muslims Facing Tomorrow.

Sunday, 6 November | 4:00 PM The Living Arts Centre 4141 Living Arts Drive | Mississauga 416–505–1613

In Conversation with a Holocaust Survivor Romanian Holocaust survivor Felicia Carmelly will speak about her experience during the Holocaust.

For her bio, see page 32. Copies of her book, Shattered! 50 Years of Silence, History and Voices of the Tragedy in Romania and Transnistria, will be available for purchase and author signing following the program. Copies of her memoir, Across the Rivers of Memory, are published by and generously provided by the Azrieli Foundation.

Presented by the Consulate General of Romania in Toronto.

Sunday, 6 November | 4:00 PM Consulate General of Romania in Toronto 89 Don Mills Road, Unit 501 Toronto | 416–585–2444

The Last Mentsch After a lifetime of running from his past, an ageing German-Jewish Auschwitz survivor (Mario Adorf), joined by a young Turkish woman (Katharina Derr), sets out on a powerful journey to rediscover his roots. A moving and deeply human portrait of trauma, connection, and healing. Toronto premiere with guest speakers author/artist Bernice Eisenstein at 4:00 pm and Rabbi Elyse Goldstein at 7:30 pm. $15 General Admission (including seniors); $10 Young Adults (age 18–35). Box office opens one hour before the screening start time. All single tickets are cash sale only and subject to availability.

Presented by the Toronto Jewish Film Society; co-presented by City Shul and Goethe-Institut Toronto.

Sunday, 6 November | 4:00 PM & 7:30 PM Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre 750 Spadina Avenue | Toronto 416–924–6211

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Co-sponsored by the Austrian Cultural Forum.

Sunday, 6 November | 6:00 PM Melrose Community Church 375 Melrose Avenue | Toronto 416–785–1980

“...‫”ובחרת בחיים‬ ‫שבוע הנצחת השואה בטורונטו ותכנית המפגש גאים‬ .‫להזמינכם למפגש מרגש עם מיכאל מאור‬ ‫*המפגש יתקיים בשפה העברית‬

Michael Maor will speak on the theme of Holocaust survivors in Israel, and efforts to bring Eichmann to justice in Israel. This presentation will be in Hebrew.

Presented by Hamifgash.

Sunday, 6 November | 6:00 PM Schwartz/Reisman Centre Community Volunteer Boardroom 9600 Bathurst Street | Vaughan 416–638–1881 × 4472 | GalyaS@srcentre.ca

What Constitutes Genocide?

Re-examining Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo More than 6 million people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Yet when we speak of genocide and Central Africa, most think Rwanda.

Why? Burundi has seen the same kind of violence as Rwanda, but is considered a “civil war.” This panel will look at the differences in coverage and discuss the politics of genocide, which determines how things are seen as well as remembered.

A Voice among the Silent: The Legacy of James G. McDonald This documentary is the first to shine light on James McDonald’s remarkable efforts to warn the world of Hitler’s plan for the Jews. The son of Catholic immigrants, McDonald was one of the first Americans to meet Hitler in 1933. Shocked by Hitler’s threats, McDonald, as the League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, worked tirelessly to find safe havens for refugees fleeing Nazi Germany.

Discussion with filmmaker Shuli Eshel to follow screening. DVDs available for purchase and signing.

Co-presented by Beth Torah Congregation and Chenstochover Aid Society.

Sunday, 6 November | 7:00 PM Beth Torah Congregation 47 Glenbrook Avenue | Toronto 416–782–4495

Preserving Memories for Future Generations Holocaust survivors William Glied and Hedy Bohm together with March of the Living students discuss personal experiences during the Holocaust and the effect on young people so distant from the past.

Bill Glied was born in Subotica, Serbia in 1930. He was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944 along with his family. He was later transferred to the Dachau concentration camp in Germany and worked as a slave labourer. Bill was liberated by the US Army in April and immigrated to Canada as an orphan in 1947. For Hedy Bohm’s bio, see page 36.

Sponsored by the Dr. Emil & Bessie Glaser Memorial Lecture.

Sunday, 6 November | 7:00 PM Beth Tzedec Congregation 1700 Bathurst Street | Toronto 416–781–3511

Presented by the United Jewish People’s Order (UJPO).

Sunday, 6 November | 7:00 PM Winchevsky Centre 585 Cranbrooke Avenue | Toronto 416–789–5502

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Nobody was Interested, Nobody Asked

Helping the Jews in German-occupied Poland

Max Beer’s 2015 film explores the immigration history of Holocaust survivors who came to Montreal, their new lives here, and their reception by the local community. Screening followed by a discussion with the director, Max Beer.

Aid to the Jewish people is one of the most important and discussed topics of the history of the German occupation of Poland during the Second World War. Five outstanding specialists in the field, Professors Natalia Aleksiun, Samuel Kassow, Dariusz Stola, Paweł Śpiewak and Joshua Zimmerman, will explore the contested topic in a panel moderated

by Professor Piotr Wróbel. Special attention will be given to Żegota, the clandestine Council for Aid to Jews.

Presented by Beth Tikvah.

Sunday, 6 November | 7:30 PM Beth Tikvah Synagogue 3080 Bayview Avenue | Toronto | 416–221–3433

A Blind Hero: The Love of Otto Weidt This powerful docudrama focuses on the little-known story of Otto Weidt, one of the Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem. In 1943, when Berlin was declared “judenrein,” Weidt—who was deaf and nearly blind—risked his life to save the lives of dozens of his employees, most of whom were Jewish and also blind. Includes short pre-film lecture about disabilities and the Holocaust with Dr. Geoffrey Reaume.

Presented by the Access and Inclusion Department and Active 55+ Program, Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre.

Monday, 7 November | 1:00 PM & 7:00 PM Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre 750 Spadina Avenue | Toronto | 416–924–6211

UJA Young Leaders’ Dinner of Miracles Opportunities are limited for Jewish young adults to interact with Holocaust survivors in a meaningful way. UJA Young Leaders’ Dinner of Miracles is a special moment for both groups to share a meal and experiences in an informal setting. Over a three-course dinner, join hundreds of young adults for the 12th annual evening of dialogue and interaction with Holocaust survivors. Featuring a keynote from Jennifer Teege, granddaughter of notorious Nazi commandant of Plaszow, Amon Goeth, and emceed by Jeanne Beker.

Space is limited; registration required. $60 ticket includes three-course dinner, Kashruth observed.

Register today at: www.ujaevents.com/registration/ DOM2016. Tickets intended for those in their 20s and 30s. Business attire.

Monday, 7 November | 6:30 PM Forest Hill Jewish Centre 360 Spadina Road | Toronto lprag@ujafed.org | 416–635–2883 × 5374

Co-presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Canada, the Polish-Jewish Heritage Foundation of Canada and Konstanty Reynert Chair of Polish History at the University of Toronto; with support from Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies and Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Chair of Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto.

Monday, 7 November | 7:00 PM George Ignatieff Theatre U of T | 15 Devonshire Place Toronto 416–575–3420

Testimony Staged reading of a new play about a man whose survivor mother committed suicide years earlier and his refusal to come to terms with it. His daughter, who works as an archivist of survivor testimonies, tries to understand his reticence to accept his mother’s suicide and his indifference towards Holocaust remembrance as a whole. Featuring dramatized monologues written by Medina members recalling stories of family members’ experiences with the Holocaust.

Co-presented by the Medina Theatre Ensemble.

Monday, 7 November | 7:30 PM Temple Sinai | 210 Wilson Avenue Toronto | 647–977–6015

Return to the Hiding Place When the Nazis begin killing Jews in Holland during the Second World War, a group of youth fought to save the lives of the innocent. Return to the Hiding Place recounts Corrie ten Boom’s army of untrained teenagers who navigated a deadly labyrinth of challenges to rescue the Jewish people in one of history’s most famous dramas (2014, English, 1 hour 42 minutes).

Co-presented by St. Gabriel’s Passionist Parish and the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem– Canada (ICEJ).

Monday, 7 November | 7:30 PM St Gabriel’s Passionist Parish 670 Sheppard Avenue East | Toronto 416–221–8866

The Fourth Generation: How Holocaust Memory is Changing Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto, and author of numerous books and articles on religion, ethnicity and gender in the Second World War, Dr. Doris Bergen will talk about this year’s Holocaust Education Week theme with a focus on how Holocaust memory is changing. Admission by advance reservation only ($20) by November 4. Lunch at 12:00 noon; Lecture at 12:40 p.m.

Lunch ‘N Learn presented by Beth Tikvah.

Tuesday, 8 November | 12:00 PM Beth Tikvah Synagogue 3080 Bayview Avenue | Toronto 416–221–3433 × 316

Our Responsibility to Remember Looking to the future, how will we take responsibility for new generations learning about the victims of the Holocaust? How will they hear the personal stories of those who survived? Through selected video clips and student projects, this program will explore how artistic skills, photography, and new technologies are being used to carry forward the visual and auditory memories of victims and survivors of genocide. Selected materials will be on display, including items from the John and Molly Pollock Holocaust Collection.

Presented by the Centennial College Libraries with the School of Advancement and the Centre for Global Citizenship, Education and Inclusion.

Tuesday, 8 November | 1:30 PM Centennial College | 941 Progress Avenue Toronto | 416–289–5000

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The Future of Memory This program features the students of Crestwood Preparatory College and their instructor, Scott Masters, discussing their decade-long project to interview Holocaust survivors, interspersed with video clips. For a complete description, see p. 45.

Presented by Baycrest.

Tuesday, 8 November | 2:00 PM Baycrest | Jacob Family Theatre 3560 Bathurst Street | Toronto 416–785–2500 × 2271

What Has the Holocaust Taught Us? 71 Years Later Professor Jacques Kornberg will give a 50-minute lecture on what we have learned from the Holocaust after seventy-one years. His lecture will be followed by short reflections given by expert commentators.

The program concludes with time for audience questions.

Presented by the University of Toronto, Regis College.

Tuesday, 8 November | 4:30 PM Regis College | Chapel 100 Wellesley Street West | Toronto 416–922–5474

Rock the Shtetl With Jonno Lightstone. See p. 47 for description of this musical program.

Presented by Kensington Place Retirement Residence.

Tuesday, 8 November | 6:30 PM Kensington Place Retirement Residence 866 Sheppard Avenue West | Toronto 416–636–9555

Unheard Voices from the Asia-Pacific War ALPHA Education has been working hard to preserve the memories of the Asia-Pacific War, but there are still too many unheard experiences that leave gaps in our historical consciousness today.

To bridge the gaps, youth will share how they carry the responsibility of remembrance through oral history projects and digital archive initiatives. The future of the Asia-Pacific War memories lies with their engagement. Books will be available for purchase and author signing following the program.

Co-presented by ALPHA Education and the Equity Studies Program at New College.

Tuesday, 8 November | 6:30 PM University of Toronto | New College William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks Street | Toronto 416–299–0111

Confronting the Demon— Dispelling the Demon Eliane Labendz and Katka Reszke: two women on an identity quest. Growing up in a family of Polishborn Shoah survivors, Eliane was never told that she was Jewish nor much about Poland. Katka was born and raised in Poland with no awareness of her Jewish ancestry. They reveal their ways of making sense of experiences of memory and transition set against the landscape of troubled Polish-Jewish history, and a new curious present and future.

Co-presented by the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Toronto and Congregation Habonim.

Tuesday, 8 November | 7:00 PM Congregation Habonim 5 Glen Park Avenue | Toronto

Child Survivors and the Toronto Jewish Family and Child Service Dr. Paula Draper will speak about child survivors who came to Canada from 1948, and how JF&CS struggled to help them when social work was a young field and no one could imagine what survivors had experienced. Dr. Draper is a Holocaust historian specializing in memory history. She created and oversaw the Holocaust Documentation Project of the then-Toronto Holocaust and Educational Memorial Centre (now Neuberger HEC). She has taught at the University of Toronto and York University.

Presented by Beth Lida Forest Hill Congregation.

Tuesday, 8 November | 7:30 PM Beth Lida Forest Hill Congregation 22 Gilgorm Road | Toronto 416–489–2550

The Holocaust and the Science of Memory On the cutting edge of neuroscience, Dr. Daniela Schiller’s research explores the possibility of traumatic memories being modified or altered, including the experience of Holocaust survivors and their memories. In conversation with Dr. Elliott Malamet, Dr. Schiller, herself a daughter of a survivor, will examine the nexus between Holocaust memory and trauma, and whether specific memories can be fixed or even “erased,” and the complex ethical questions surrounding such an enterprise.

Presented by Torah in Motion.

Tuesday, 8 November | 8:00 PM SHAAREI SHOMAYIM CONGREGATION 470 GLENCAIRN AVENUE | TORONTO 416–789–3213

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In Conversation with a Holocaust Survivor

Musical Memories of the Vilna Ghetto

In Conversation with a Holocaust Survivor

Polish Holocaust survivor Nathan Leipciger will speak about his experience during the Holocaust and his recently-published Azrieli Foundation memoir, The Weight of Freedom. For his bio, see page 16.

Copies of The Weight of Freedom are generously provided by the Azrieli Foundation and will be available for author signing following the program.

See p. 46 for description of this musical program.

Hungarian Holocaust survivor Judy Weissenberg Cohen will speak about her experience during the Holocaust. Judy Weissenberg Cohen was born in Debrecen, Hungary, in 1928. She was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944 and survived BergenBelsen, a slave labour camp and a death march. She was liberated in 1945 and immigrated to Canada in 1948.

Presented by Christie Gardens.

Wednesday, 9 November | 2:00 PM Christie Gardens Apartments & Care Inc. 600 Melita Crescent | Toronto 416–530–1330

Presented by Beth Emeth Yehuda Synagogue.

Tuesday, 8 November | 8:00 PM Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue FISCHTEIN HALL | 100 Elder Street | Toronto

Modifying Emotional Memories When emotional memories become traumatic, it might be beneficial to erase fear memories altogether preventing them from resurfacing. New evidence in non-human species suggests this might be possible using pharmacological manipulations.

Dr. Daniela Schiller is currently testing this possibility in humans by examining whether laboratory induced emotional memories can be erased using pharmacology as well as drug-free behavioral manipulations. Dr. Schiller is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai, NY. Presented by Mount Sinai Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Health Complex.

Wednesday, 9 November | 12:00 PM Mount Sinai Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Health Complex Ben Sadowski Auditorium 18TH Floor | 600 University Avenue Toronto | 416–586–4800

The Lesser-Known Transnistria Concentration Camps Arnold Buxbaum is a survivor of the Transnistria concentration and extermination camps of Jews of Bukovina, Bessarabia, Ukraine, and the cities of Dorohoi and Botosani. The experiences of survivors such as Arnold may be lesser-known than those of other concentration or extermination camps. Learn about this subject by hearing Arnold Buxbaum’s personal experiences and by watching a film about these camps.

Traumatic Memory, Narrative and Identity—Pathways to Understanding

This is a regular Sunday Worship Service featuring Judy Cohen’s testimony. Program includes a special music, scripture reading and message on theme.

Research suggests a family’s or community’s narrative profoundly affects attitude and identity of future generations. Prof. Bonnie Burstow, expert on traumatic memory, and Jeff Wilkinson, educator and researcher, will explore how dialogue enhances present and future understanding by increasing knowledge and acceptance of experiences and memory of the historical other. Human rights advocate and educator, Dr. Karen Mock, will moderate.

Sunday, 13 November | 11:00 AM Hallelujah Fellowship Baptist Church 425 Pacific Avenue | Toronto 416–762–6427

Presented by the Antisemitism and Holocaust Education Project (Enhancing Social Justice Education), Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Wednesday, 9 November | 4:00 PM Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Peace Lounge | 7th floor 252 Bloor Street West | Toronto 416–782–1050

Presented by Hallelujah Fellowship Baptist Church.

The Tattooed Torah The story of Sefer Torah #683—one of the 1564 Czech Memorial Sifre Torah which constituted part of the treasure looted by the Nazis from 1939–1945 from the desolated communities of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia. Keynote speaker Rabbi Emeritus Larry Englander.

Presented by Solel Synagogue.

Friday, 18 November | 8:00 PM Solel Synagogue | 2399 Folkway Drive Mississauga | 905–820–5915

In Conversation with a Child of Holocaust Survivors Kitty Tepperman, daughter of Holocaust survivors Erna (Zweig) and Joseph Peretz, will speak about her parents’ personal experiences during the Holocaust.

Open to the general public; specially recommended for teens and their families.

Presented by BBYO Ontario.

Wednesday, 9 November | 6:30 PM Leo & Sala Goldhar Conference and Celebration Centre | 9600 Bathurst Street Vaughan | 416–398–2004

Presented by Bernard Betel Centre.

Wednesday, 9 November | 1:30 PM Bernard Betel Centre 1003 Steeles Avenue West | Toronto 416–225–2112

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SARAH AND CHAIM NEUBERGER HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTRE SURVIVOR SPEAKERS’ BUREAU

Amek A. Adler Claire Baum George Berman Hedy Bohm Felicia Carmelly Howard Chandler Judy Cohen Irene Csillag Anne Eidlitz Alexander Eisen Max Eisen Sally Eisner Anita Ekstein Esther Fairbloom Shary Marmor Fine Edward Fisch George Fox

Miriam Frankel John Freund Gerda Frieberg Rosalind Goldenberg Edith Gelbard Bill Glied Mel Goldberg Mendel Good Elly Gotz Pinchas Gutter Denise Hans Magda Hilf Lou (Leizer) Hoffer Jerry Kapelus Howard & Nancy Kleinberg Chava Kwinta Mark Lane Manny Langer Joe Leinburd Nathan Leipciger Faigie Libman Rose Lipszyc Judy Lysy Martin Maxwell Eva Meisels Leslie Meisels Andy Reti Sally Rosen Vera Schiff Faye Schulman Helen Schwartz George Scott Leonard Vis Lenka Weksberg Gershon Willinger Helen Yermus Roman Ziegler SARAH AND CHAIM NEUBERGER HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTRE

Program Assistant Kit MacManus Librarian Anna Skorupsky Gedenkdiener Lorenz Glettler Administrative Assistant Iris Glesinger Lichtinshtein Advisory Committee Heshy Altbaum Howard Driman Dori Ekstein Anita Ekstein Catherine Gitzel Bill Glied Joseph Gottdenker Pinchas Gutter Lily Kim Lisa Richman Joyce Rifkind Doris Rochman Rammy Rochman Jonathan Samuel Honey Sherman Leonard Vis Myra York Honorary Members Max Eisen Gerda Frieberg Elly Gotz Nate Leipciger UJA FEDERATION OF GREATER TORONTO

Chair of the Board Morris Perlis Vice Chair Bruce Leboff

Chair Shael Rosenbaum

President & CEO Adam Minsky

Immediate Past Chair Marilyn Sinclair

2016 HOLOCAUST EDUCATION WEEK

Interim Director Dara Solomon

Co-Chairs Dori Ekstein Lily Kim Lisa Richman

Managing Director Carson Phillips, Ph.D. Manager of Operations Mary Siklos Manager, Public Programs Rachel Libman Education Associate Michelle Fishman

Liaisons & Volunteers Steven Albin Gail Avinoam Goldie Babarci Ken Bernknopf Claire Braseliten Robert Buckler Karen Budahazy

Felicia Carmelly Honey Carr Sharon Chodirker Eric Cohen Sally Dale Jennifer Daly Howard Driman Ellen Gardner Sandra Gitlin Marilyn Goldberg Nicole Greenwood Hartley Hershenhorn Karen Igra Eileen Jadd Sheri Kagan Stephanie Kirsh Kendra Knoll Joy Kohn Eliane Labendz Karen Lasky Susan Lehner Arla Litwin Roz Lofsky Shely Mann Martin Maxwell Annette Metz-Pivnick Naomi Parness Jodi Porepa Hilary Rabie Andy Reti Joyce Rifkind Doris Rochman Rammy Rochman Jillian Rodak Julia Rowan Barbara Rusch Annette Sacks Mary Schneider Julie Silver Joan Shapero Rita Slapack Guido Smit Celine Szoges Kitty Tepperman Alan Wainer Jennifer Walsh Nita Wexler Rhonda Wolf LEGACY SYMPOSIUM

Co-Chairs Jillian Rodak Jessica Pollock Committee Elizabeth Banks Stephanie Corazza Jon Livergant Dayna Simon Brenna Singer

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Co-Chairs Dori Ekstein Marilyn Sinclair Committee Isaac Applebaum Tamara Balitsky Marlene Brickman Annette Filler Michelle Glied-Goldstein Samuel Lepek Alan Lipszyc Felicia Posluns Honey Sherman Cori Shiff Dorothy Tessis Myra York SPECIAL THANKS

Mira Goldfarb Donna Bernardo Ceriz Jeff Springer Austrian Cultural Forum Bernhard Faustenhammer Bettina Miller CIJA Jordan Kerbel Paul Michaels Madi Murariu HipsterHitler.com James Carr USC Shoah Foundation Kia Hays Karen Jungblut Scott B. Spencer USHMM Peter Fredlake Kristin Thompson Brochure Design Lauren Wickware laurenwickware.com Cover Artwork Amy Friend amyfriend.ca Brochure Printing Raw Brokers ISBN 978-0-9811031-3-66

Travel Study Programs

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Student Symposia

Raoul Wallenberg Day Film Screening

Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day)

Holocaust Survivor Testimony Preservation

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