Jerusalem Working Group
for Recognition of Major Jewish Rescuers during the Shoah
POB 23718 Jerusalem 91236
lpfeffer@actcom.co.il


Fifteenth International Conference in Jerusalem, Israel

RESCUE AND RESCUERS: DIFFERENT FORMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Wednesday, December 27

Belgium House (Beit Belgia), Hebrew University - Givat Ram Campus
Jerusalem, Israel

Contacts:

Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Belgium House
011-972 2 5660192

Kingsborough Community College, CUNY in New York
(718) 368 – 5417 Fax - (718) 368 – 4654
CAdelstein@kbcc.cuny.edu
www.kbcc.cuny.edu/KCC_Holocaust_center

Jerusalem Working Group

(054) 726-7681 and lpfeffer@actcom.co.il


PROGRAM

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

 

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM - Registration and Coffee

 

9:30 AM - 1:00 PM - Morning Session

Chair: Professor Bernard Klein, Kingsborough Community College, CUNY

OPENING REMARKS - Larry Pfeffer, Jerusalem Working Group

TWO IMPORTANT RESCUERS SPEAK:  (Recorded video)

STATEMENT - Ms. Louise von Dardel, Raoul Wallenberg’s niece (Sent by mail)

COURAGE TO CARE, RESCUERS AND EDUCATIONAL DILEMMAS
Professor Nitza Druyan, Hofstra University, Long Island, NY
lijewish@worldnet.att.net

PRESENTING THE JEWS WHO RESCUED JEWS COMMITTEE
Chaim Roet, Chairman - Association of Jewish Resistance in the Holocaust
roetbgs@netvision.net.il

Also


Chana Arnon -  Association of Jewish Resistance in the Holocaust
chanarnon@yahoo.com

RESISTANCE AND RESCUE BY JEWISH YOUTH IN BUDAPEST
David Gur, Society for the Research of the History of Zionist youth movement in Hungary
Accompanied by his wife, Naomi, rescued by Raoul Wallenberg at the Danube's shore
gur-eng@zahav.net.il

RESCUE ACTIONS BY WILFRED ISRAEL
Elissa Dvir, Director of Wilfred Israel Museum of
 
Oriental Art and Studies, Kibbutz Hazorea
dvir_al@hazorea.org.il

RESCUE ACTION OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH FROM GERMANY, AUSTRIA AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Esther Golan, International lecturer and author
Yad Vashem School of Holocaust Studies
golanes@netvision.net.il

ANNE FRANK: A PARADIGM OF DUTCH RESCUE, A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

manfredg@netvision.net.i

DIPLOMAT RESCUERS: RAOUL WALLENBERG, SOUSA MENDES
Dr. Yoav Tenenbaum, International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
(Could not arrive due to unforeseen circumstances)
abigail@irwf.org

WALLENBERG’S FATE
Abigail Tenembaum, International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
(Could not arrive due to unforeseen circumstances)
abigail@irwf.org

* * * 

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch Break

2:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Afternoon Session

Chair: Nitza Druyan, Long Island Center for Jewish Studies

BLOCKING THE RESCUE: WHO AND WHY REVISITED
Professor Gilbert Kahn, Kean University, NJ
gkahn@kean.edu

GERMAN RESCUERS IN BERLIN
Professor Robert John Auman, Center for Rationality
Hebrew University, Nobel Prize winner in Economics 2005

PROFILE OF THREE JEWISH RESCUERS
Dr. David Kranzler, Historian, writer, lecturer (Recorded video)
kranzlerd@optonline.net

RAOUL WALLENBERG IN 1944/1945 AND TODAY:
HISTORY AND CURRENT IMPLICATIONS
Eli Yosef, Activist on behalf of Raoul Wallenberg
Elie_yossef@yahoo.co.uk

Easier to reach via mobile phone (054) 4402-308

RESCUE IN THE CAMPS BY JOSEPH AND RIVKA BAU
Hadassah and Clila Bau (daughters)
josephbau@hotmail.com

MAJOR JEWISH RESCUERS DURING THE HOLOCAUST AND
AIMS OF THE JERUSALEM WORKING GROUP
Larry Pfeffer, Jerusalem Working Group
lpfeffer@actcom.co.il

RESCUE IN AUSCHWITZ
Dr. Rose Bilbool, Sister of Dr. Gisella Pearl who saved about 1,000 women in Auschwitz

UNSUNG HEROES AND HEROINES: YOUTH ALIYAH AND THE RESCUE OF JEWISH CHILDREN FROM EUROPE DURING THE HOLOCAUST
Dr. Sara Kadosh, JDC Archives, Jerusalem
skadosh@jdc.org.il

* * * 

5:30 PM - Evening Session

Chair: Professor Gilbert Kahn, Kean University, NJ

MUSIC - SONGS ABOUT RESCUERS
Written and performed by David Ben Reuven (Herman)
davidherman@013.net

KASZTNER: HERO OR VILLAIN
Dr. Bernard Klein, Kingsborough Community College, CUNY
bklein@kbcc.cuny.edu

(Scheduled to talk, was ill)
Professor Ehud Duchovni, Weitzmann Institute
fhducho1@wisemail.weizmann.ac.il

RESCUE ISSUES TODAY
William Mehlman, AFSI and Jerusalem Working Group
wmehlman@zahav.net.il

DISCUSSION

 

Click on hyperlinks above for text of talks and to contact speakers.


Art Exhibit at the Conference

Switzerland Awakens

Help from the New World

Click on either picture to see larger image and explanation

The Jerusalem Working Group White Paper provides additional historic background

Paintings created for International Rescuer Day 2006

Hanalisa Omer
Rechov HaNerd 32a, Jerusalem 96626
Tel: (02) 643-2120 and (052) 305-6505

hanalisa@bezeqint.net
hanalisa.cjb.net


Two paintings about Raoul Wallenberg by Yehuda Vardi
  www.yvardi.com
Contact: Susie Vardi


Calligraphic art by Elyakim Bruck
(052) 256-8985 in Israel

 



Dec 31, 2006