Article by Professor Dan Michman on the relationship between the Holocaust and other genocides, followed by coverage of Rabbi James Kennard’s presentation on the uniqueness of the Holocaust

Our April 2014 edition of Centre News includes a plethora of interesting articles, among them a fascinating piece by Professor Dan Michman on the relationship between the Holocaust and other genocides, followed by coverage of Rabbi James Kennard’s presentation on the uniqueness of the Holocaust, delivered  at the ‘Betty and Shmuel Rosenkranz Oration: Commemorating the 75^th Anniversary of Kristallnacht.’  The journal also includes an insightful and detailed essay by Dr Gideon Greif titled ‘The Sonderkommando in Auschwitz-Birkenau: The Dearth Factory’s squad of Jewish Workers.’  As this year marks the 3oth anniversary of the establishment of the Melbourne Holocaust Museum, there are several references in this issue to the history of the MHM and to the Centre’s  future direction.

If you have not yet read and enjoyed the April 2014 edition of Centre News, please take the opportunity to do so.

Our latest edition of Centre News includes a plethora of interesting articles, among them a fascinating piece by Hariz Halilovich, ‘Postcard from Sarajevo,’ a story marked by pathos, empathy and heroism.

Our latest edition of Centre News includes a plethora of interesting articles, among them a fascinating piece by Hariz Halilovich, ‘Postcard from Sarajevo,’ a story marked by pathos, empathy and heroism. Dr Bill Anderson, as always, has written an insightful essay, this time on the liquidation of the ghettos, while indomitable Holocaust survivor, Kitia Altman OAM has crafted a fine piece about memories of the Warsaw ghetto uprising.

‘Lost and found at the Salvos’ is a story which has a lovely Melbourne touch and will ‘speak’ to thousands of Melbournians familiar with our community’s past. And those of us familiar with the Raoul Wallenberg ‘saga’ will find both articles about the Swedish diplomat of special interest. And there is so much more! So, if you have not yet had the opportunity to read and enjoy the September edition of Centre News, please take the opportunity to do so.

Our latest edition of Centre News includes a plethora of interesting articles, among them Bunhom (Hom) Chhorn's chilling account of the Cambodian genocide.

Our latest edition of Centre News includes a plethora of interesting articles, among them Bunhom (Hom) Chhorn’s chilling account, delivered in January on United Nations Holocaust Memorial Day, of the Cambodian genocide, of which he is a child survivor. Accounts from the autobiographical novel of Maria Lewit and from Maria Censor’s autobiography, both based on their experiences during the Holocaust, provide a vignette of the turmoil and trauma of living under Nazi rule.

A host of other articles covering a variety of subjects and personal experiences, among them Rachel Croucher’s fascinating personal journey, Adam Brown’s piece, ‘What about the women?’ and an account of MHM curator and head of collections’ visit to Vienna and Berlin make excellent reading. Rachel is a volunteer researcher at the Centre, and Adam, a Deakin University academic, is a MHM consultant.

This issue of Centre News includes an overview of the recent re-enactment of the 1938 historic William Cooper Aboriginal protest which took place shortly after Kristallnacht, the text of Nina Bassat’s keynote address on rescue and courage to care, delivered on the occasion of the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Day, and of Saba Feniger’s presentation at the annual Betty and Shmuel Rosenkranz oration last November. The Anne Frank exhibition, to which there has been an overwhelming response, is also given coverage in our publication.

We hope that you enjoy this edition of Centre News.

In this issue:

Contents

• Nazi Currency in Occupied Europe compiled by Michael Oliver & Izi Marmur
• German Youth and the Holocaust
• Letter from Bishop Christopher Prowse
• Portraits of Volunteers’ Exhibition
• 400,000 Students Visit Centre since 1984
• Renowned Israeli General Lights Candle at Centre
• Nazi Hunter, Dr. Efraim Zuroff, at Centre
• Local Shop Donates Award Money to Centre
• Book Reviews
• How I Feel The Holocaust Should Be Remembered by Helen Shardey, MP
• Third Generation Workshops at the Centre by Natalie Krasnostein
• Remembrance for Good and Bad by Dr. Natan Kellerman, PhD
• Archive’s Acquisitions
• Donations, Bequests & Sponsorships
• Foundation Donors
• Personal Announcements
• Yiddish by Moshe Ajzenbud

In this issue:

• From the President
• Editor’s letter
• Director’s cut
• Education
• Australia contributes to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation
• The Rescuers: an overview
• They saved our lives
• The Rescuers: postscript
• Arnold Zable: in conversation with Leah Kaminsky
• We cannot forget
• After 69 years…
• Meilech’s dream
• Deakin University Holocaust research update
• Miracle, destiny, luck…
• Reflections of an Austrian intern
• Quiet heroes of the Holocaust
• ‘Privilege’, judgement and Holocaust film: unearthing a sensitive subject
• Book review: The Wrong Boy
• Reflections on the Adult March of the Living
• MHM Social Club
• Friends of the Melbourne Holocaust Museum
• Young Friends host a ‘Meet and Greet’
• Seen around the Centre
• Stories from the Collection
• New acquisitions
• Remembering his family through giving
• Rose Freilich and Phillip Maisel OAM: celebrating 180 years!
• Henri Korn: Jewish Care Volunteer of the Year
• Obituary: Pinhas Wiener
• Community news

In this issue:

• From the President
• Editor’s letter
• Director’s cut
• Education
• Melbourne Holocaust Museum celebrates prestigious MAGNA award and record number of visitors
• From access to integration: digital technologies and the study of Jewish history
• Chasidei Umot HaOlam
• Elliot Perlman: writing about history, memory and human rights
• Good Living Street
• Remembering the Shoah is not enough
• Surviving the Cap Arcona disaster
• The healing process
• Faith
• A time to remember
• Introducing Reuben Zylberszpic and Dominik Armellini
• Valuing laughter: the role(s) of humour in Holocaust films
• Kristallnacht commemoration and special tribute to Shmuel and Betty Rosenkranz
• Light in the darkness: the Jewish and Hellenic experience of rescue
• Celebrating 65 years since the arrival of the SS Johan de Witt
• Mazal tov to Phillip Maisel, Willy Lermer and Fred Steiner
• Book reviews
• MHM Social Club
• Friends of the Melbourne Holocaust Museum
• Seen around the Centre
• Stories from the Collection
• New acquisitions
• Twins celebrate their bar mitzvah by giving to the Melbourne Holocaust Museum
• Celebrating Kitia Altman and Sabina Josem
• Obituaries
• Community news

In this issue:

• From the President
• Editor’s Letter
• Director’s Cut
• Education
• Understanding ‘Double Genocide’: a lethal new threat to Holocaust memory and honesty
• Moshe Ajzenbud: keeping Yiddish alive
• The future of remembrance
• Reviving Jewish identity in Poland
• Forever in our hearts: Child Survivors of the Holocaust art exhibition
• Remembering the Shoah is not enough
• Efraim Zuroff: pursuing Nazi war criminals
• Liberation
• Journey to the killing fields with Patrick Desbois
• Conspiracy in Paris, November 1938: medical fraud as a pretext for the Kristallnacht pogrom
• ‘Woman of Belsen’
• Three generations of Goldbergs on the March of the Living
• Presentation of Aboriginal artwork to the Melbourne Holocaust Museum
• Reflections of an Austrian Holocaust Memorial Servant
• Reflections of (and on) the past: the MHM Film Club
• Auschwitz shoes
• Club MHM
• Friends of the Melbourne Holocaust Museum
• Seen around the Centre
• The birthday party
• Significance assessment of the Centre’s Lodz Ghetto Collection
• Stories from the collection
• Sharing the joy of celebration
• Mazel tov Maria Lewit OAM
• Obituaries
• Community News

In this issue:

• From the President
• Editor’s Letter
• Director’s Cut
• Education
• On Holocaust and Genocide
• Using the Melbourne Holocaust Museum Museum for teaching and learning about the Holocaust
• Responding to the challenge of our times: Technological inovation at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum
• Preserving our collection for proterity
• The Melbourne Holocaust Museum celebrates 27 Year
• Henryk Slawik – The Polish Wallenberg
• MHM acknowledges Baroness Von Neurath’s selfless acts of courage
• Events
• The career of my Engish language
• Book review
• A student reflects on his visit to MHM
• Club MHM
• Friends
• Seen around the Centre
• Stories from the collection
• New acquisitions
• Poem: Beyond
• Obituaries
• Community News

• From the President
• Editors letter
• New museum opens at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum
• A labour of love
• Survivors and liberators commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz
• Staff changes at MHM
• Never Again
• Out Of The Dark: The emotional legacy of the Holocaust
• Education
• March of the Living: A personal reflection
• That Gadget
• Events
• Deakin University team researches the Centre’s history
• Club MHM
• The MHM’s bequest program gains momentum
• Seen around the Centre
• Friends
• To Life: MHM Friends art auction
• Stories from the collection
• New acquisitions
• Obituaries
• Thanks

In this issue:

• From the President
• Editors letter
• Director’s Point of View
• Continuing the survivors vision
• Remembering the Centre’s Founders
• Fabric Of The Future: Acknowledging out sponsors
• O, Ye Summer of ’39
• MHM – A Journey of Discovery
• Spots Of Light: To be a woman in the Holocaust
• Out Of The Dark: The emotional legacy of the Holocaust
• Abhijit Chattaraj – Bringing a new vision to the centre
• Museum upgrade state of play
• Education
• March Of The Living
• Events
• Volunteers
• A Win-Win for AJAX Football Club and MHM
• Bequests
• Friends
• Seen around the Centre
• Collections
• Obituary
• Thanks

In this issue:

• From the President
• Director’s Point of View
• Feature: Kristallnacht
• News
• Museum
• March of the Living
• Volunteers
• Friends
• Seen at the Centre
• Collections
• Thanks

In this issue:

• Editorial
• UN Holocaust Memorial Day 2008
• From the President by Pauline Rockman
• MHM Museum Upgrade Goes Ahead by Jayne Josem
• Articles of Interest
• ‘Glimpses’ Documentary Film Event by Frankie Pinch
• Thomas Keneally Talks About His Book “Searching For Schindler” by Stan Marks
• Survivors’ Stories
• Book Reviews
• Inaugural Remembrance Ceremony at Caulfield Grammar by Bernard Korbman (Executive Director)
• Archives’ Acquisitions
• Personal Announcements
• Inaugural Annual Shmuel & Betty Gala Oration Dinner
• Yiddish by Moshe Ajzenbud

In this issue:

• From the President
• Editors letter
• Director’s Point of View

Against all odds:

• Against all odds: The establishment of the Holocaust Centre
• Fabric Of The Future: 25 years celebration dinner
• Our volunteers and guides celebrate 25 years
• The Melbourne Holocaust Museum as a medium of memory
• Australia and the Shoah survivors
• Book review
• Education
• Museum
• Events
• Volunteers
• Foundation
• Friends
• Seen around the Centre
• Collections
• Obituaries
• Poems
• Thanks

In this issue:

• The Importance of Education
• The New Education Director
• Memory Service At The Centre
• Was It Really Seventy Years Ago?
• Israel’s 60th Birthday
• Guides’ Graduation
• Preparing for the Future: Audio Guides
• A Lifetime of Community Work
• Scholarship Winners
• UN Holocaust Memorial Day
• Dr Natan Kellermann’s Trauma Workshop
• Emmanuel Santos Wall of Photos
• Courage to Care
• New Museum in Novogrudok
• The Jewish Past and Future of Shanghai
• The Roller Family
• A Personal Response to the Nation’s Apology
• Humor Born of Sadness
• One Woman’s War, Life, Loves Remembered
• Kindertransport Play

In this issue:

• From the President
• Editor’s Letter
• Director’s Cut
• Education
• Upgraded Museum Launched on 10th of July
• Keeping the Survivors’ Vioces Alive
• Bono Wiener – A Tribulte
• Reflections from a Life-Changing Journey
• From Kiev to Krakow
• A letter from Bavaria
• The Width of Two Fingers
• Custodians of Memory
• History and Meaning of Prisoners’ Tattooed Numbers
• Exciting New Donor Recognition Kiosk
• Marvellous Model
• Sue Wright’s Memoir Published in Australia
• Events
• Club MHM
• Seen Around the Centre
• Friends
• Stories From the Collection
• New Aquisitions
• Obituary
• Thanks

In this issue:

• Survivors Enrich Australian Life by Foreign Minister Alexander Downer
• Don’t Be Afraid of the Future by Shmuel Rosenkranz (Immediate Past President)
• Visitors to the Centre
• Friends Scholarship and Grant
• Surviving the Post-Holocaust in Israel by Dr. Natan Kellerman PhD
• State Governor visits the Centre
• Book Reviews
• Launch of Holocaust Testimonies at Monash University
• Steven Spielberg’s Special Video Message
• Dr. Doug Greenberg at the Centre
• Round the Centre’s Departments
• The International Tracing Service and the Archive Controversy by Lionel Sharpe
• Volunteers’ Annual Awards
• Holocaust and Christian / Jewish Theology
• Don’t Hide the Holocaust from Children & Tell The Children
• Archives’ Acquisitions
• Personal Announcements & Future Events
• Yiddish by Moshe Ajzenbud

In this issue:

• Prime Minister John Howard’s Message
• Many Religions, Victims and Others Commemorate Centre’s UN Holocaust Day
• New Yorkers advise visitors to experience Melbourne’s Holocaust Centre
• Book Reviews
• What Testimonies Reveal
• Overseas Students Study at Centre
• Holocaust Centres and Their Message
• Who Was Dietrich Bonhoffer? by Rabbi John Levi
• Famous Aboriginal’s Great Grandson Visits The Centre
• Child Survivor Awards
• Importance of Holocaust Remembrance by Mariela Sztrum (Education Officer, Sydney Jewish Museum)
• Argentinian Academic Visits Centre
• Archives’ Acquisitions
• Personal Announcements
• Yiddish by Moshe Ajzenbud

In this issue:

• Shmuel Rosenkranz’s Inaugural JCCV Award
• Message from Sir Elie Wiesel
• Use of Humour in Therapy by Dr. Nathan Serry
• Israeli Professor Gathers Local Testimonies
• Problems in Post-Holocaust Theology by Rabbi Fred Morgan
• Seminar with Indigenous Community
• Why Yiddish? by Moshe Ajzenbud
• The Magical World of Sarah Saaroni by Stan Marks
• Memorable Auction Raises Over $120,000
• Students’ Inspirational Words About the Centre
• JCCV Award to Centre Volunteers
• UJEB Bat Mitzvah Visits to the Centre
• Israeli Ambassador Honours ‘Righteous Among The Nations’
• Arthur Calwell and Jewish Refugees
• My Year As A Guide by Kitia Altman
• Archives’ Acquisitions
• Personal Announcements
• Yiddish by Moshe Ajzenbud