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Papers and ephemera relating to Yom Hashoah "Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust and the Resistance"

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Series DescriptionJewish Board of Deputies and the Holocaust Remembrance Committee correspondence and relevant ephemera such as booklets, Yom Hashoah programmes, publications relating to commemorating Yom Hashoah and often used as research material. Includes messages from the Prime Minister; scripts; newspaper clippings; Annual Community Commemoration of Yom Hashoah; Yom Hashoah yearly programmes for the day; Includes the programme for the 50th Anniversary of the Holocaust in Hungary; Days of Shoah Remembrance Programs; Auschwitz poem by Lily Brett; letter of thanks to assistance in the Holocaust Commemoration Events; remembering the Holocaust & Resolution by Dr Michael Joel; Holocaust Awareness Week; holocaust Commemorations; press release in Australian Jewish News; concert by the Sydney Jewish Choral Society; public recitation of names on Yom Hashoah Holocaust Day of Remembrance; paper on a tribute to the Jewish Youth of Budapest and poems by Hannah Senesh; list of children perished in the holocaust of Sydney families; address by Gerry Levy; newspaper clippings; papers and programme on tribute to the musicians and artists in the concentration camp; a Generation Lost publication; list of survivors who have lit candles on Yom Hashoah; translation of the Partisan Song from Yiddish; paper by Jan Karski, Ida Ferson; booklet on Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day; speech notes for Michael Marx at the Martyrs Memorial Service; 1995 Jubilee year message from Michael Marx; list of righteous of nations in Australia; call sheets for Yom Hashoah etc. income and expenditure of Holocaust Awareness Week; a letter to my daughter; autobiography from Regina Feldman Zielinski, programme on 50th & 60th Anniversaries of The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; Yom Hashoah Observances; Dr Samuel Pisar's visit; programme re tribute to Theresienstadt; speeches and logistics for Martyrs Memorial Service at Rookwood; participation in the discussion panel on "Nazis in Australia"; witness testimonies from Sonia Den (nee Brokman), Fay Waigensberg, Shulem Schonberger, Eva Grunstein, Leslie Korda, Jana Gottshall, Gershon Wilkenfeld, Dr Ron Weise; Regina Zielenski, Marianne van der Poorten, Oscar Borecki, Zigmund Gregor, Dr Bronia Hatfield, David Huban etc.; introduction to Vic Alhadeff; tribute to Sam Fizsman; tribute to murdered Mlawa Jews in Polish language; representatives from schools at the Yom Hashoah commemoration; letters and photos from overseas survivors; schedules of guest speakers such as Professor Yisrael Gutman during Holocaust Awareness Week; report from the Jewish Community Council of Victoria; final script of the 60th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; a play "1942 - The Last Days of Korczak's Children"; Yom Hashoah scripts; Magda Spira; Samuel Schuldiener; Flo Jaku; Peter Rossler; Eva Grinston; Morris Shell stories; 50th Tribute Australia Remembers 1945 - 1995 held at the Opera House; etc.
Series Number034
Dates(s)1980 to 2013
ProvenanceHolocaust Remembrance Committee
Related RecordsSee Administrative History
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