"...I can't thank you enough for putting together our event with Ilse...They [the students] will never forget what they heard that day, and they will pass on Ilse's story so that it will be not lost..." ~Emily (Teacher)

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April 28th

Virtual Tour of Anne Frank's house available online

Submitted by Holocaust Aware... on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 10:07am

More than 1 million people visit the Anne Frank House each year. Now, to celebrate the museum's 50th anniversary, a virtual tour of the house is now available online.

View the house
Youtube link

April 14th

New Documentary Highlights the Journey of Kindertransport, including Kurt Herman

Submitted by Holocaust Aware... on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 1:18am

In 1939 Kurt Herman, along with 49 other children, 25 boys and 25 girls, were whisked away from Nazi Germany by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus of Brith Sholom near Philadelphia, PA. 70 years later, a documentary, directed by Steven Pressman of California, is being made to honor and remember these children.

View the trailer and the official website

April 13th

A 14-year-old boy's terrifying first days of World War II.

Submitted by Holocaust Aware... on Tue, 04/13/2010 - 9:52pm

An enlightening personal account from aish.com about Rabbi Simcha Shafran's experience during the first few days of World War II.

Read the whole story here

April 12th

Ilse Lindemeyer shares her story

Submitted by Holocaust Aware... on Mon, 04/12/2010 - 7:11pm

Holocaust survivor Ilse Lindemeyer shared her story with Samuel Yellin School students in Stratford.

via the Courier-Post

New Evidence on Raoul Wallenberg's Fate

Submitted by Holocaust Aware... on Mon, 04/12/2010 - 7:07pm

This is verbatim of an article from the Associate Press on April 1, 2010. The link is no longer available.

New evidence from Russian archives suggests Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with rescuing tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust, was alive after Soviets reported that he had died in a Moscow prison, a Swedish magazine and U.S. researchers reported Thursday.

The fate of Wallenberg, who was arrested in Budapest in January 1945 by the Soviet army, has remained one of the great mysteries of World War II.