NEW YORKERS REMEMBER THE HOLOCAUST AT IRWF ART EXHIBIT COMMEMORATING HOLOCAUST RESCUERS AND SURVIVORS
A crowd of eighty art lovers gathered on April 15, at the Cultural Space of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation, at the reception in honor of Blessings May Break from Stone, an exhibit of artwork created by Peter Bulow. Bulow, whose mother survived the Holocaust as a hidden child in Budapest, combined new works commissioned by the IRWF with existing pieces to develop a profoundly thought-provoking exhibit in honor of Holocaust Memorial Day.
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THE LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF POLAND FROM BARUCH TENEMBAUM, FOUNDER OF THE IRWF
”The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation mourns the tragic death of President Lech Kacynski, the First Lady of Poland and the other distinguished members of the Polish delegation who perished in the plane crash.
President Kacynski was a dear Member of our Foundation, and in this capacity, he has been an enthusiastic supporter of our mission, which is to research and divulge the legacies of the rescuers of victims of the Shoah.”
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STATE OF ILLINOIS PROCLAIMS OCTOBER 5, 2010 AS RAOUL WALLENBERG DAY
For the 3rd time, the State of Illinois has supported our initiative to establish October 5th as Raoul Wallenberg Day. Illinois is the first state to join our 2010 campaign, continuing its pioneering spirit, which began in 1990 when it was the first state to require Holocaust education in public schools.
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THE IRWF UNVEILS THE AMAZING STORY OF TWO CHILDREN WHO FOUND SHELTER WITH A BELGIAN COUPLE
Zenon Fajertag was a Jew born in 1940 in Brussels, Belgium, during the Nazi occupation. In 1941, when Zenon was only one year old, his father died from an incurable illness. Zenon’s mother began looking for a safe place to hide her little son. The courageous couple who agreed to took-up Zenon were Louise and Jospeh Materne. Joseph was working at the Belgian railways, and the family was living in a modest quarter of Brussels. They had no children of their own, but since they were fervent anti-Fascists, they had also given shelter to a Spanish boy named Juanito, whose parents were victims of the Spanish Civil War.
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WAS RAOUL WALLENBERG ”PRISONER Nº 7”?
When I established the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation, together with my late friend and former Chairman of the United States Committee on Foreign Affairs, Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the US Congress, he told me that his lifelong dream was to see his rescuer, Raoul Wallenberg, returning home. Tom passed away in 2008, without being able to realize his goal. Yet, his legacy lives on with me and with all my colleagues, staff and volunteers, who work days and nights at the Wallenberg Foundation to document and research the legacies of Raoul Wallenberg and the other rescuers of victims of the Shoah.
The recent revelations about Raoul Wallenberg’s fate might bring us a little closer to achieving Tom’s unfulfilled mission, which is shared by Raoul’s living relatives and by millions of people around the world.
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THE IRWF ARGENTINA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BELGRANO
On Wednesday, April 21, 2010, the Buenos Aires office of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation and the University of Belgramo organized the presentation ”One Person Can Make a Difference: the legacy of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who rescued tens of thousands of lives during the Holocaust.” The event took place at the auditorium ”Presidente Urquiza” at the University of Belgramo.
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NEW EBOOKS (In Spanish)
”El Legado de Moshe” – Miguel Cohen Soae
”Derecho Hebreo a través de la Biblia y el Talmud” – Dr. Mateo Goldstein
