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David Ehrlich
Auschwitz Survivor
 VHCS Holocaust Memorial at Schara Tzedeck Ceremony
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7:30 pm | Sunday, April 11, 2010
Wosk Auditorium | Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver
On the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a young survivor of Auschwitz, David Ehrlich, will be the featured speaker at this year’s Yom HaShoah Commemorative Program. David Ehrlich was deported to Auschwitz as a young boy and later force-marched to Mauthausen and Melk concentration camps. He came to Canada as a war orphan in 1947.
The program, produced by Wendy & Ron Stuart (WRS Productions) will feature Vancouver’s Claire Klein Osipov, a consummate performer of Yiddish music, clarinettist Connie Gilin and Chazzan Michael Zoosman of Congregation Beth Israel.
Also featured on the program will be a number of talented local young people performing Yiddish and Hebrew songs. As it is every year, a central element of the program will be the candle lighting ceremony in memory of those who perished.
12 Noon | Sunday, April 11, 2010
Schara Tzedeck Cemetery, New Westminster | (map)
Helen Waldstein, author of Letters from the Lost will be the
featured speaker.
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COMMEMORATIVE PROGRAMS
The VHEC delivers Holocaust commemorative programs, which often feature survivor eyewitness accounts, second generation and other speakers, candle lighting, government proclamations or prayers.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
is a cultural or musical performance or film, featuring Italian performers or subject matter, presented in partnership with the Consulate General of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Norman Rothstein Theatre on or close to the UN declared date of January 27th, the Auschwitz liberation date.
Kristallnacht
is a scholarly lecture presented in partnership with Congregation Beth Israel on the Sunday close to November 9th, marking the Nazi state sponsored “Night of Broken Glass” of November 9, 1938.
Wallenberg Day
is public lecture or film, presented in partnership with the Consulate of Sweden and the Second Generation Group of the VHEC in honour of Raoul Wallenberg. It is held on or close to the internationally designated date of January 17th.
Yom Hashoah | Vancouver
features a survivor speaker and a musical program. Presented in partnership with the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, it is held on the day closest to the designated date on the Jewish calendar.
Yom Hashoah | BC Legislature
is a daylong trip to Victoria for survivors who are recognized by the Government of British Columbia. It is organized in partnership with CJC Pacific Region and the Victoria Holocaust Remembrance & Education Society.
Cemetery Services
are held twice annually at the Holocaust Memorial at the Schara Tzedeck Cemetery at noon on the Sunday between the High Holidays and the Sunday closest to Yom Hashoah. The program features a guest speaker and affords participants the opportunity to mourn those for whom this memorial is their only gravesite.
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