The Stupnickas and the Jews they had rescued remained close and on September 19, 1984, Yad Vashem recognized Janina and her daughter Anna as Righteous Among the Nations. A digital version of STRONGER THAN FEAR is available at claimscon.org/stronger-than-fear.

We are grateful for the 25 years Rabbi Menachem Hacohen z”l devoted to the Claims Conference and our mission to provide for Holocaust survivors and to ensure that the lessons of the Holocaust are not forgotten. May his memory be a blessing and legacy inspire us to carry on his vision of unity.

"Hearing from a survivor made history feel personal." At a Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Center program – in partnership with Yahad–In Unum and supported by a Claims Conference grant – 40 teachers from 5 African nations explored teaching the Holocaust in today’s world. https://bit.ly/4lSA7z4

"..but you weren't liberated from what happened to you. "The Shoah lives inside you, it doesn't disappear."

How does age affect people’s experiences in times of humanitarian crisis? This forthcoming book coedited by @ceschmidt.bsky.social, Betsy Anthony, and me explores the lives of #OlderJews before, during, and after the #Holocaust. wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814352052/

Pinchas Gutter and his family witnessed the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, hidden in a bunker until being discovered in May 1943 and deported to Majdanek, where his mother, Chaya, his father, Menachem, and his twin sister, Sabina, were murdered. Pinchas was liberated from Theresienstadt on May 8, 1945.

A Claims Conference supported film, Oscar-winning filmmaker László Nemes’s “Orphan” follows a boy's discovery of his mother’s survival during WW2 when a man claiming to be his missing father returns. The film will compete for the Golden Lion at this year's Venice International Film Festival.

#DOCNYCfest WORLD PREMIERE: PLUNDER, directed by Hugo Macgregor. “It’s not every day that you meet an old Nazi.” So begins Jonathan Petropoulos recalling the day when he met Bruno Lohse, Hermann Göring’s art agent, during WW2 @docnycfest.bsky.social #HolocaustEducation www.docnyc.net/film/plunder...

“Freezing weather and epidemics – but these horrors were only details. The most significant thing was the gas chamber and the crematorium. This was the logical end for any Jew entering Birkenau” – Algerian-born Holocaust survivor Gabriel Bénichou, Dec 15, 1926 – Jul 23, 2025.

“In every encounter with a survivor, I see a spark of the ability to rebuild life. Our partnership with the Claims Conference allows us to turn compassion into daily action" - Natali Zohar, Dir of the Department of Social Services in Netivot. #PartnersInCare

“Every day we thought we might not survive" - Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, born July 17, 1925. #ISurvivedAuschwitz: Anita was a cello player, and it helped save her life at Auschwitz. “They want music, they need the musicians; if they kill us, they won’t have it.” #RememberThis

Director Abby Ginzberg’s LABORS OF LOVE explores the enduring legacy of Henrietta Szold, one of the most influential American Jewish women who ever lived. San Francisco Jewish Film Festival: July 26 1130 AM - JCC San Francisco July 29 100 PM - Piedmont Theatre Tickets: jfi.org/sfjff-2025

From this afternoon's session on Kristallnacht VR with Rachel Ferrucci Barbara Ghammashi and Abigail Prade from @claims-conference.bsky.social Conference, chaired by Vincent Du. #ldml_25

This web-based #VR experience exploring the events of #Kristallnacht through Dr. Charlotte Knobloch's testimony, which brought together the @claims-conference.bsky.social, @uscshoahfoundation.bsky.social, @unesco.org, Meta, and #XR company makemepulse, will be presented at our Expo. #ldml_25

At the annual Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies Workshop, alumnus Dr. Dallas Michelbacher (2014-2016), an Applied Researcher at the @ushmm.bsky.social, an expert on the Holocaust in Romania and the author of the book "Jewish Forced Labor in Romania, 1940-1944," gave the keynote.

The annual workshop of the Claims Conference #SaulKagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies brought early-career scholars together to discuss their projects. It also allowed them to connect with former Fellows, including those currently working at the @ushmm.bsky.social. #HolocaustEducation

Holocaust survivor Helena Weinstock Weinrauch was born to Gisela and Maximilian Weinrauch in Dusseldorf, Germany, in 1924. She had a sister, Erna, who was six years older. The family moved to Drohobycz, Poland (today’s Ukraine), for her father’s work. In 1939, after a brief German occupation,

"Water! A drop of water! We are people too!" When he was 14 years old, Romanian Holocaust survivor Leonard Zăicescu and his father were arrested and taken to the Iași Police Station, where he witnessed executions and violence. From there, Leonard was put on the Iași–Podu Iloaiei train, one of the

🏛️ #Wanderausstellung NICHT ERREICHBAR – NICHT ABSCHLIEẞBAR 70 Jahre Luxemburger Abkommen zwischen Deutschland, Israel und der @claims-conference.bsky.social‬ Eine Ausstellung über #Verantwortung, #Erinnerung und #Wiedergutmachung 📅 bis 28.06.25 📍 Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, IG Farben-Haus

At a recent Claims Conference Survivor Speakers Bureau event, survivor Lawrence McColm shared how he was hidden in a Belgian orphanage as a child during the Holocaust. Now 85, he continues to speak out, preserving memory and fighting hate. #HolocaustEducation #ClaimsConference #VanishingWitnesses

Thanks so much to the @claims-conference.bsky.social for inviting me to provide feedback to some amazing early career scholar/fellows this week. It was great to see that our field is in such good hands!

In Jan 2025, Claims Conference released the first-ever, eight-country Index on Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness, exposing a global trend in fading knowledge of basic facts about the Holocaust. "There is still much more work to be done” – Claims Conference Pres Gideon Taylor. youtu.be/A-BCQ8vRZh8

Holocaust survivors James Wagman and George Falk shared their histories via the Claims Conference’s Survivor Speakers Bureau. James was smuggled from the Lviv ghetto. George spent the war in hiding. They share to ensure that the lessons of unchecked hatred are never forgotten. #HolocaustEducation

Holocaust survivor Esther Senot attended Le Juif et la France (Jews and France), a 1941 exhibition billed as a ‘public service announcement’ to 'help' French citizens recognize the Jews amongst them. She was deported to Auschwitz in 1943. #RememberThis #ItStartedWithWords youtu.be/XkVeL8xuJ6o

“The strength of this gathering is a testament to our collective memory. When community members come together to remember, we help to ensure the promise of ‘Never Again.'” -Maxine Kaufman, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Florida’s Gulf Coast.

"[EACH OF US] is an exploration of resilience and solidarity in the face of unimaginable adversity is both timely and timeless" -Thorsten Ritter, executive vice president of Beta Cinema. #HolocaustEducation The Claims Conference proudly provided a film grant to EACH OF US variety.com/2025/film/gl...

Do you want to know more about the history of the #Holocaust in Hungary? The new Hungarian Holocaust Research Network, co-founded by Claims Conference #SaulKagan Fellows (Istvan Pal Adam, Peter Buchmuller, and Borbala Klacsmann), includes helpful resources. hhrn.webnode.hu/en/ #HolocaustEducation

“You are my witness… please be kind to each other.” In April, Rosette Goldstein, born in Paris to parents from Łódź, Poland, shared her Holocaust story with students in Alaska. Her words stay with us. To host a survivor at your institution: claimscon.org/speakers youtube.com/shorts/T3h5R...

After his mother, father and twin sister were murdered in Majdanek, the two horses Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter found after being liberated from Theresienstadt 80 years ago became his family. #RememberThis youtu.be/OoKGANrIS-Q

Aiming to educate and spark powerful discussions, the Claims Conference's worldwide Emerging Filmmaker Contest focuses on short films about the Holocaust; the submission deadline is June 16. More information at film.claimscon.org #FilmContest #HolocaustEducation www.awn.com/news/call-en...

From Alaska to Newfoundland, from classrooms to community centers, 30 Claims Conference Survivor Speaker Bureau events were held in April, with 20 taking place during the week of Yom HaShoah. To host a Holocaust survivor at your school or organization visit claimscon.org/speakers #VanishingWitnesses

Before she passed away, Ann asked her daughter, Lena, to share her and her husband’s story. She has. On April 29, 1945, Holocaust survivors Fred and Ann Gilbert met through a fence during the liberation of Dachau. From that moment, they were rarely apart. #VanishingWitnesses youtu.be/oOzVrIDjw6M

Applications are now open for the Claims Conference’s 2025 Emerging Filmmaker contest. Directors can submit a screenplay or documentary treatment for a short film about the Holocaust and/or the experiences of Jewish Holocaust victims. The deadline is June 16. More information at: [email protected].

Fordham Law Adj. Prof. Gideon Taylor’s class, “Human Rights: Coming to Terms with Historical Justice Through Reparations,” had the chance to speak w/ 88-year-old Holocaust survivor Michael Danon on Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah) during a special class visit. @claims-conference.bsky.social

70% of Holocaust survivors will be gone in just 10 years, a global report warns. “Our time is almost up,” says the Claims Conference, urging the world to preserve survivors’ voices before it’s too late.

“I will do everything I still can so that future generations will learn about what happened – the Iasi Massacre – and that it may become known in the memory of future generations" - Holocaust survivor Leonard Zăicescu, a Iași death train survivor. #VanishingWitnesses youtu.be/WqpnEzaHu08

Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter is one of the last witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. “It’s sobering to see exactly how few of us Holocaust survivors are left. We have an important piece of history that only we hold and only we can tell." Report: claimscon.org/vanishing youtu.be/vBgnGmDnKbE

"Vanishing Witnesses: An Urgent Analysis of the Declining Population of Holocaust Survivors" is a population projection report based on extensive data collected by the Claims Conference since 1952. The report reveals projections of the time we have left with these eyewitnesses. youtu.be/r0RKDN0QYqw

Mr Kurz's story is important, of course, as is that of everyone who experienced this; too many we will never hear about. It's a matter of integrity to take responsibility, even by being informed and being a witness, and not letting hate win (again). #ItStartedWithWords #NoDenyingIt

"My story specifically isn't important. What is important is to know what the conditions were, that the world should never forget how it happened...Those conditions, what happened to my family, should never happen again” - Holocaust / Bergen-Belsen survivor Fred Kurz. youtube.com/shorts/0EulC...

History and hope: Almost 80 years after the end of WW2, Chodorow, Poland-born Holocaust survivor Toby Levy spoke at New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn, NY. She shares her story as a member of the Claims Conference’s Survivor Speakers Bureau. For more information, please visit claimscon.org/speakers

Anne Frank’s diary Tuesday, 11 April 1944 “You can tell by the way the men are talking that there's been a break-in! […] The color had drained from our faces, but we remained calm... Where were the men? Were they fighting with the burglars? We were too scared to think; all we could do was wait.”

Holocaust survivor David Moskovic was liberated from Buchenwald on Apr 11, 1945. His family was taken from their village (Konus) to Auschwitz; his mother was sent to the gas chambers. David's father and brother died on a death march. His sister Edith also survived. youtu.be/e1ii_2SO3bM

Two former Claims Conference #SaulKagan Fellows, Drs. Aleksandra Bankowska and Tomasz Frydel, joined the editorial board of the prestigious scholarly journal #HolocaustStudies of the Polish Center for Holocaust Research. Peruse the issues and a wealth of articles ⬇️ www.zagladazydow.pl/index.php/zz

Chasing Portraits, my documentary film, is screening in Des Moines, IA on the 24th of April. I’ll be in town on the 27th to give a talk and do a Q and A. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📢 Our latest exhibition, Traces of Belsen, launches next week! Accompanying the exhibition we're hosting a series of events, both in-person at the Library and online, to uncover even more about the remarkable history of Bergen-Belsen camps. Sign up for your free tickets 🔗 buff.ly/CNxipof

Alberto Israël never spoke of the Holocaust as a child. He was one out of 2k Jews deported by the Nazis in July 1944 from the island of Rhodes. He and 150 other Jews from Rhodes survived Auschwitz. 1,850 of them did not. youtu.be/zquvlPypgdA