For Holocaust Survivors

This page aims to provide information and resources of special interest to Holocaust survivors.  If there are items that you would like to see added, please contact us at 206-774-2201 or info@wsherc.org..

Upcoming Programs/h1>

Tickets for these events are free and provided through the Holocaust Center.

Bagel Brunch
September 22, 2010.
10:00am - 11:30am at the Holocaust Center.
Come and enjoy the company of other survivors over brunch and schmooze with Holocaust Center staff!
Please RSVP admin@wsherc.org..

VOICES FOR HUMANITY: Sixth Annual Luncheon
Thursday, October 14, 2010.
Westin, Seattle. 11:30am - 1:30pm.
Honoring: Survivor, Speaker, and Educator Robert Herschkowitz.
Speaker: Robert Jan van Pelt, Auschwitz scholar, proefessor, and author. Hosted by: Enrique Cerna, Executive Director of Productions, KCTS.

Music of Remembrance presents Sparks of Glory: Art and Defiance
2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 16, 2010
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheeff Auditorium

Music of Remembrance - Fall Concert: The Dybbuk/b>
November 8, 2010
For free tickets please email admin@wsherc.org or call 206-774-2201.

Exhibit - Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photography of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman
January 13 -February 17, 2011.
Hillel, University of Washington, Seattle
Opening Reception - January 13, 2011. Keynote speaker: Mitch Braff, Executive Director of the Jewish Partisans Educational Foundation
Teacher Seminar - January 14, 2011. Guest Speaker: Mitch Braff. Clock hours available.

 

Socialization (Cafe Europa) programs for Nazi victims have been supported by grants from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

 

Ongoing Opportunities

These opportunities are free. Contact the Holocaust Center for more information.

Let's Schmooze!
Join us for one of our impromptu morning coffees. Get together with old friends and make new friends. Contact the Holocaust Center for more information - info@wsherc.org or 206-774-2201. (See photo at top from recent gathering.)

Home Visits
It's nice to have company...Know someone who needs a home visit? Contact the Holocaust Center at 206-774-2201 or info@wsherc.org.

Help us find the artifacts and tell the stories.

Every object, every photo, every letter to relatives has a story waiting to be told...

The Holocaust Center is working to find, catalog, preserve, and use artifacts from the Holocaust. This is the perfect time for your to reach into the corner of your attic and find the journal or identity card you have been saving.

The Holocaust Center has state-of-the-art preservation materials that will ensure the artifacts for safe keeping so that they will be a part of Holocaust education for many years to come.

Please consider whether you might have something that the Holocaust Center can preserve and use for education. Artifacts can be given to the Holocaust Center as a loan or a gift.

Resources

Companionship Services
Coffee? Shopping? Some good conversation and company? If you, or someone you know, could benefit from a companion, please contact Geri Dube, MA/LMHC at gericounsels@aol.com or 425-358-0083.

Jewish Family Services - Aging and Adult Programs (including resources for Holocaust survivors)
http://www.jfsseattle.org/aging.html

Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center - Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/services/intl/holotrace/
The Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center is a national clearinghouse for persons seeking the fates of loved ones missing since the Holocaust and its aftermath. We assist U.S. residents searching for proof of internment, forced/slave labor, or evacuation from former Soviet territories on themselves or family members. This documentation may be required for reparations.