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Dr. Robert Krell, Founding President of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
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Dr. Robert Krell, Founding President of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, delivered the keynote address at the United Nations' commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, 2012.
Watch the video
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English, German and Russian, with English subtitles (180 minutes)
France, Germany, 2009
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Sunday, March 11, 2012 | 1-5 pm
Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
With Special Guest | Director, Michaël Prazan
In June 1941, Nazi mobile killing squads, known as Einsatzgruppen, were dispatched throughout Eastern Europe. By the spring of 1943, the 3000 members of the Einsatzgruppen, led by highly-educated officers and aided by local collaborators in each country, had systematically murdered over a million Jews and tens of thousands Roma, handicapped, partisans, Communists and Soviets. Who were these men who organized and carried out mass murder at close range?
Tickets $18
Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre: 604-264-0499
or purchase online at www.vjff.org
In partnership with the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival
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Until April 12, 2012
Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
Janusz Korczak was one of the world’s first advocates of children’s rights. On August 6, 1942 he became a heroic figure. On that day, this famous and beloved doctor, writer and educator was forced by the Nazis to gather together the two hundred orphans under his care in the Warsaw ghetto and report for deportation. Refusing all offers for his own rescue, he led the children with quiet dignity to the tram that would take them to their deportation to Treblinka, an extermination camp where they were murdered. Janusz Korczak & The Children of the Warsaw Ghetto examines the life of Janusz Korczak, the experiences and tragic fate of the children in the Warsaw ghetto and looks at how the violation of children’s rights during the Holocaust is reflected in the global fight for children’s rights in the world today.
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Copyright © 2007
Avoda Institute, Ltd.
All rights reserved.
Photographs by Sophie Giraud
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Until May 31, 2012
Set in Remies, France in 1941 and based on a true story, Pigeon focuses on a Jewish man's daring flight from the Nazi-occupied area to the "free zone" in the south. The workshop gives students the opportunity to discuss the concepts of victims, perpetrators, bystanders and rescuers during the Holocaust, as well as moral responsibility and decision-making.
The program also features a presentation by a Holocaust survivor speaker. This is a unique experience for students to hear first-hand about the life of a Holocaust survivor.
Recommended for grades 6-12.
Information & Bookings
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012 | 7:30 pm
Wosk Auditorium | Jewish Community Center
Featuring
Alex Buckman, Holocaust Survivor
& Claire Osipov
Andrew Brown & Cantor Michael Zoosman
Artistic Producers Wendy Bross Stuart & Ron Stuart
WRS Productions
All Holocaust Survivors are invited to participate
in the candle lighting ceremony
To participate please call:
604.264.0499
Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver and Government of BC
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