International Holocaust Remembra

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

2007 Holocaust Memorial Days

January 27th, 2006: We remember: participants from the world community
April 25, 2006 Holocust Memorial Day
Ein Ganim Prepares \|/ Remembers

Partner Activities - Partner's work during the 2006 memorials.
Bulletin Board archive.
Schindler's List - 8th graders are inspired by the movie.
Anne Frank - 2nd grader, Emily's presentation
Darfur - a 2006 look at the strife by Julian Middle School studnets

Anna Frank - Students in Belgium Dec. 2006

Activities - quizes, puzzles, lessons, etc. for teachers to use

Offsite Links:
Hana's Suitcase - an article from Japan of the book, the suitcase, and the award in 2006 at Yad Vashem.
Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project - she made lists of the children's real names and put the lists in jars, then buried the jars in a garden, so that someday she could dig up the jars and find the children to tell them of their real identify.
Life in the Shadows - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibition: Hidden children and the Holocaust.
Anne Frank - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibition: An Unfinished Story.
Music of the Holocaust - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Other exhibitions - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Tikkun Olam: David Dickerson's Web Site is a 70-MB, nonprofit, personal, educational Web site offering a wide range of information on the Holocaust/Shoah, antisemitism, Jewish culture and history, and other related topics.
Video Archive: "The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies is a collection of over 4,300 videotaped interviews with witnesses and survivors of the Holocaust."
La Gazzetta Del Mezzogiorno - article

Survivors Stories
Sonia Welis Frenkel - Facts written by her daugher Marsha
My Mom: Sonia Fenkel - Personal feelings by her daugher Marsha
Leo Heiman - by his grandson Amity W.
Testimonial by a living survivor - by Miri Porat
My Family - for the next generation - by Sarah Oren
Danuta Venclauskas - A True Heroine - by Marsha Goren
My Heroic Grandmother - by Harel R.
My Grandpa, Moshe - by Guy Z.
My Grandfather - by Tomar
Frau Schreiner - A German villager's view.
Grandmother's Aunt - by Magan. A family lost at Auschwitz
Nici Neweles - Escaping the Holocaust - Video - [4 parts]

Do you have a story to tell? Yes, we know it is difficult to talk and write about, but if you are able to share, we will be grateful, and you will be helping to teach another generation to remember.

Email either: Marsha Goren: gorenmm@zahav.net.il
or Janet Barnstable: jbarnstable@comcast.net

An Unforgettable Journey
Auschwitz Diary - thoughts of students from Ivan Goren Kovacic school in Croatia & their teacher, Rozalija Baricevic, during their travels in May, 2005. Also see the question/answer exchange between Ein Ganim and IGK.
March of Remembrance and Hope - Wesley Mullin's journey as a participant in the inaugural "March " in May, 2001.
Police Force at Majdanek Camp Ceremony - photos of the Memorial of Struggle & Martyrdom and the concentration camp itself.

Visit At Yad Vashem - Jerusalem, Israel

Suggested books:
The Cats in Krasinski Square, by Karen Hesse. This is a book about an amazing resistance event in the Warsaw ghetto. ISBN is 0-439-43540-4 (recommended by Brian Fahey)

Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry. Deals with the attemps by Denmark to protech their Jewish citizens during the German occupation.
(recommended by Doug Fahrendorff and the Hillcrest 5th grade) class activity

I read the book Anne Frank. I thought the book was amazing, how the little girl hid from the soilders. The story is very important.I also thought it was sad at the end. I think everyone should read this book.
Steven C., 3rd Grade Driggs School USA

Hitler Youth, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. This is a historical book with lots of pictures and first hand accounts of those who were in the Hitler Youth, as well as those who were persecuted during Hitler's reign. It is suitable for kids to read. ISBN is 0-439-35379-3 (recommended by Brian Fahey)
More books....

Memorial Day 2005 \|/ At Ein Ganim \|/ Peace

Comments: Worldwide memorial and tolerance sites.

Zola Development Award for Holocaust Teaching from the University of Hartford. May 10, 2006 - video