Sukkot Celebrations Around the World: A 2023 Recap Rosh Hashanah Celebrations Around the World Holocaust Survivors and Their Family Members Launch Year-Long Digital Campaign โ Our Holocaust Story โ Sharing Stories of Survival That Made Their Families Possible โ on Holocaust Remembrance Day
The First-Place Film Follows Second And Third Generations Of Holocaust Survivors Who Tattoo Themselves As A Physical Reminder Of Their Parentsโ And Grandparentsโ Unimaginable Suffering. “I deeply appreciate the resilience exhibited by the subjects I interviewed….Their commitment extends beyond personal courage; they feel a deep responsibility to voice the narratives of survival passed down from […]
The Claims Conference provides support for in-home care for Holocaust survivors around the world
This week marked the 80th anniversary of the Nazi deportation of 1,600 Jews from Rhodes, Greece and the nearby island of Kos. Over 90% of those Jews were murdered in Auschwitz. The very same day – July 23, 1944- the Russian troops liberated Majdanek. Itโs hard to comprehend that while the Nazi leadership knew that […]
The loss of Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer deeply saddens the Claims Conference. She passed away at her home in Manhattan on July 12 at the age of 96. Perhaps best known for her work as a world-renowned psychosexual therapist, Dr. Ruth lived a multifaceted, inspirational life through her experiences on the Kindertransport and as a […]