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The unwarranted cost of iconic status

Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt in 1929, the daughter of Edith and Otto Frank. By age 10, when her family fled Germany for the Netherlands, she had already known discrimination and dislocation. By age 15, like 1.5 million other…

TVNZ honours Nazi soldier, minimises Holocaust

A recent Sunday programme on TVNZ reported on a “remarkable survivor” of World War II who arrived in New Zealand in the 1950s. This was not a Jewish refugee who survived the war and the horrors of death camps. Nor…

Yad Vashem Seminar – ‘Teaching dilemmas through the Holocaust for empathy, not judgement’

Walking down the halls of Jewish history can be a daunting and emotional task, especially when you are brought face to face with those who survived some of the the worst of it. In order to truly understand, you must…

Holocaust Centre of New Zealand visits Nelson students to teach humanity

Nelson students have been part of a new humanity education outreach programme that aims to reach regional centres in the South Island. Last week, members from the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand visited Nelson College, Nelson College for Girls and…

Remembering the Holocaust | Inge Woolf

The Shadows of Shoah Exhibition was launched in 2013 by New Zealand Prime Minister John Key. Since then it has toured museums, galleries and public spaces the length of New Zealand. 27 January is United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day….

Shadows of Shoah River of Tears “An amazing spectacle”

Shadows of Shoah’s new exhibition River of Tears will complete its season in the Gold Coast on 02 December and will be coming to New Zealand in 2017. Queensland’s Dr Michael Shnukal commented on the work: The producers have obviously…