Holocaust Voices
Remembering Dr. Guy Stern, Holocaust Survivor and Ritchie Boys Hero
REFLECTING ON THE LEGACY OF DR. STERN Dr. Guy Stern, the Director of our International Institute of the Righteous, has passed away at age 101. He would have celebrated his…
Remembering My Grandfather on the Anniversary of the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen
By Hannah Mills, Education Associate at The HC – On April 15, 2023, we marked the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp located in Lower Saxony…
A Memorial Tribute to Hans Weinmann, Devoted Friend to the Holocaust Memorial Center
By: Feiga Weiss, Head Librarian and Archivist – On Wednesday, September 15, 2021, Hans Weinmann was laid to rest in the Clover Hill Park Cemetery, in Birmingham. It was a…
Henry S. Dorfman’s Story of Survival by Becca Gallick-Mitchell of InstaGrandma’s Kitchen
By: Becca Gallick-Mitchell – Friend of the HMC My name is Becca Gallick-Mitchell, and I’m a third generation Holocaust educator, recipe developer/blogger, and the founder of the InstaGrandma’s Kitchen website…
My Story – George Erdstein
By: George Erdstein, Holocaust Survivor – A Matter of Luck My parents, Berthold and Ida Erdstein, were both born in Vienna. Drafted into the Austrian Army at the age of…
Q&A with Atina Grossmann on Jewish Refugees in India and Iran
By: HMC Editorial Staff – On June 27, 2021, we listened to Atina Grossmann, Professor of History at the Cooper Union in New York City, discuss the Jews who escaped…
“D-Day, Normandy, and Beyond,” Frank Everard’s collection of personal stories from Veterans and Victims
By: Frank C. Everards, Operator and oral historian of D-Day, Normandy and Beyond – The Zekelman Holocaust Center was pleased to invite Frank Everards to write a blog post about…
Whose story is being told?
By: Mark Mulder, Exhibitions Curator – Recently, I have been paying attention to a growing national fascination with true crime documentaries, shows, and podcasts. It has become so popular that…
