Georgette Hancock lives alone in Portland, Oregon, after her daughter, son-in-law and four grandchildren recently moved away. But Georgette says the staff at Jewish Family & Child Service in Portland supports her and cares for her, with the funds it receives from the Claims Conference. Life During the Holocaust Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1936, Georgette […]
Lajosné Kelemen passed away in July 2018, z”l. May her memory be for a blessing. “I’ve lost all of my childhood but you’ve brought it back.”–Elekné Fehér, a Hungarian survivor who attended the Szarvas summer program We know how important it is for elderly survivors to socialize together. For some Shoah survivors in Budapest, the […]
The following are testimonies of living individuals who were subjected to Nazi medical experiments and who were identified by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference). These testimonies and those of the other identified individuals will be turned over to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (in Washington, D.C.), Yad Vashem (in Israel) and other Holocaust institutions. The individuals listed below want their experiences to become part of the historical record, but asked to keep their names private because of the sensitivity of the material.
A Holocaust Education Curriculum Guide for Teachers for the Application of XR Technology About the Project This curriculum guide is a companion to the interactive VR (virtual reality) website, Tell me, Inge…. The project uses artificial intelligence to recognize students’ speech and enables them to engage with Holocaust survivor Inge Auerbacher directly, imitating a real-life interaction. […]
On the 85th Anniversary of Kristallnacht, a Virtual Reality experience brought to you by the Claims Conference, the USC Shoah Foundation, MakeMePulse in partnership with Meta, UNESCO and the World Jewish Congress will be released in 2024.