In this issue of Connections: Upcoming event: The 10-year anniversary of the Child Survivor Time Capsule, plus articles: The amazing true story of a baby illegally born and smuggled out of Kovno ghetto by Reee Ghert-Zand; Speech for my mother Roza Riaikkenen, Candlelighter Yom HaShoah 2024 by Margarita Riaikkenen; In Australia, a new Holocaust museum doubles down on its mission after Oct. 7; My Story… My History! Claude Sanicki; Almost 80 years after the Holocaust,

245,000 Jewish survivors are still alive; Greetings from Dr Steven Cooke, the CEO of the Melbourne Holocaust Museum; and photo of Les Zimmerman, Memorial Candle Lighter.