In this issue of Connections: At 91, this Holocaust child survivor celebrates 80 years since her liberation; The Story of Post-War Immigration to Australia; The Voyage of the Misr; Laszlo Makay Hungarian migrant who spent 20 years at Bonegilla; Save the Date – Survivors Luncheon and In Memorium – Henri Korn and Cesia Goldberg.

In this issue of Connections: Windermere Children memorial garden unveiled; Message from MHM CEO: Dr Breann Fallon; Antisemitism in Australia today by Richard Rozen OAM; International Migrants Day: Waves of Jewish migration to Australia; Claude Sanicki – CSH Coffee Club; Ruth Scheuer OAM: Documentary – Ruth’s lifetime of work for WIZO and Israel; The Jewish Community in India: by Nissy Concisom.

In this issue of Connections: Children’s Homes in France during the Holocaust, Yad Vashem. The World Holocaust Remembrance Center; A very Moving Week in Vienna – Jewish Welcome Service Vienna Tour – April 2025 by Dr George Deutsch OAM; “A Life Well Spent!” – Claude Sanicki; Lucky Escape 1942 – Ruth Scheuer OAM; In Memorium – Anne Korman.

In this issue of Connections: Children’s Homes in France during the Holocaust, Yad Vashem. The World Holocaust Remembrance Center; A very Moving Week in Vienna – Jewish Welcome Service Vienna Tour – April 2025 by Dr George Deutsch OAM; “A Life Well Spent!” – Claude Sanicki; Lucky Escape 1942 – Ruth Scheuer OAM; In Memorium – Anne Korman.

In this issue of Connections: Netflix tells tale of 7 siblings who miraculously survived the Holocaust to restart life in US; to Eddy Boas (Sydney Child Survivor) from Her Excellency the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia and His Excellency, Mr Amir Maimon, Ambassador of Israel to Survivors Luncheon at NSW Parliament House recently; Photos from the Melbourne Holocaust Survivors’ Luncheon; 300 Years on – Admitting a Wrong – Gary Fabian OAM; Joseph Oppenheimer 1698 – 1738; A Look at Antisemitism by Dr Paul Valent and Child Survivors of the Holocaust Book Launch ‘In the Sunset of My Days’.

Connections Newsletter, February 2025

This issue contains articles on: the new Child Survivors of the Holocaust Anthology “In The Sunset of My Days”; Holocaust survivor felt ‘intoxicated’ by freedom; “History Repeats” by Dita Gould; Israel in the Kimberley: How the Top End nearly became a global Jewish hub; The Luciano Manara by Viv Parry; Greetings from the CEO of the Melbourne Holocaust Museum.

In this issue of Connections: Instructions for viewing the Child Survivors Group ‘Time Capsule 10-Year Reunion’ event video; a number of photos of the ‘Time Capsule 10-Year Reunion’ event.

This issue contains articles on: “Hidden Child: how I survived the Holocaust” by Baroness Regina Sluszny; “Boys with Rabbits” by Dr Paul Valent; Child Survivors’ wall hanging keeps on weaving the stories in its new home; “Escape to and from Shanghai” by Peter Nash and Greetings from new Melbourne Holocaust Museum CEO, Dr Steven Cooke.

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.

In this issue – Dr Paul Valent’s transcription of his keynote speech: “Mirror on the Past …Reflections on our future – Antisemitism 2023”; Transcript of speech by Panellist Gary Fabian OAM; Transcript of speech by Lisa Lewis, Volunteer Coordinator, Courage to Care Victoria; Transcript of speech by Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann; In Memory: Szaja (John) Chaskiel OAM, Dita Gould’s 90th birthday.

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In this issue – ‘Hidden child’ Holocaust survivor lives how his father dreamed; “Antisemitism and the lessons I learned from my mother”; The Resurging Antisemitism in Germany; Irena Sendler and the Girls from Kansas; Film ‘Revenge: Our Dad the Nazi Killer’; Greetings from the Melbourne Holocaust Museum; and  In Memory: Charles Kessler.

Graphic: Roza with her rescuers Maria and Kasys Baksha 1944

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In this issue – A transcript of Dr Paul Valent’s keynote speech: “The Nature of Memory Across the Generations” at Holocaust Centre for Child survivors of the Holocaust and guests plus photos.

Graphic – Bernadette Gore meets French Holocaust Survivor Esther Wise.

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This issue contains a fascinating interview with Max Wald OAM, who has worked for many years interviewing Holocaust survivors for the Melbourne Holocaust Museum and is Vice President of the Australian Jewish Genealogical Society (Vic).

The theme for this issue is ‘Memory’, with articles by Dr Paul Valent, Paulette Goldberg, Rena Quint and Francine Lazarus plus an invitation to an upcoming event by Dr Paul Valent on ‘The Nature of Memory Across the Generations’. This issue also contains:

Greetings from Jayne Josem, CEO & Museum Director of the Melbourne Holocaust Museum,

Obituary for the late Danielle Charak OAM.

90^th birthday celebration for Paul Grinwald.

This issue contains photographs taken at the recent Child Survivors Group special tour of the newly built Melbourne Holocaust Museum and special greetings from Jayne Josem, Melbourne Holocaust Museum, Director and CEO.

This issue contains a fascinating article ‘Holocaust survivor left on a bench as a baby finds new family at 80’.

This issue contains a fascinating article ‘Holocaust survivor left on a bench as a baby finds new family at 80’.

Greetings from the Melbourne Holocaust Museum, CEO.

An Interview of Irma Hanner; Lisa Lewis, Volunteer Relationships Coordinator – Courage to Care; Odette Aronwald – Esther Wise, French Holocaust Survivor;

New Year Message to Child Survivors of the Holocaust from Dr Paul Valent and information about Paul’s book “Heart of Violence”;

Greetings from CSH Sydney: Francine Lazarus, Child Survivor of the Holocaust, and invitation to special Child Survivors Group tour of the Melbourne Holocaust Museum.

In this issue: the surprising true origin of Paddington Bear, after Queen Elizabeth’s video; greetings from Jayne Josem, Melbourne Holocaust Museum Director & CEO; ‘I remember one Winter…’ – reflections by Child survivors: Joe De Haan, Francine Lazarus, Roza Riaikkenen and Paul Grinwald; and Tribute to Caroline Jones – CSH Sydney.

At this exciting time in our history, this edition of Centre News reflects on the past, looking back to the very first issue published in 1984.

At this exciting time in our history, this edition of Centre News reflects on the past, looking back to the very first issue published in 1984. We celebrate the important contributions of the past editors. This issue looks deeper into the research of the Gandel Holocaust Survey and explores what some of the findings mean. Our feature article is an edited version of Professor Phillipe Sands keynote speech at the Betty and Shmuel Rosenkranz Oration. We are excited to update you on news of the redevelopment of our museum, as the main building phase nears completion. Please enjoy this edition of Centre News.

In this Passover issue, we have an article about a German writer who confronts history and himself.

In addition, we provide: a book review by Dr Paul Valent of “Survivors; Children’s Lives after the Holocaust” by Rebecca Clifford; greetings from Jayne Josem, Melbourne Holocaust Museum Museum Director & CEO and Litzi Lemberg, President of CSH Sydney; ‘I remember…’- Passover reflections from a number of Child Survivors: Joe De Haan, Judy Kolt, Netty Tepe-Schoemaker and Anne Handelsmann; and In Memorium for Sue Wright and Halina Robinson.

Image: Portraits of some of the children of Auschwitz documented by Alwin Meyer. (Alwin Meyer Archive/Hubert Kreke/State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim/Zoltan Kozma/via JTA)