KinderBlock 66, accepted at two film festivals
KinderBlock 66: Return to Buchenwald has been accepted to the Sarasota and the Arizona Film Festivals. The documentary will also be screening at Buchenwald in April.
Block 66 was a division of the Buchenwald concentration camp where European Jewish children from all over the continent were transferred into in early 1945. The block was led by Antonin Kalina, a Czech Communist, and his deputy, Gustav Schiller, a Polish Jew. The youths in the block did not work and were protected against being sent out of the camp. The block leaders watched over the children and cared for them to the extent possible, seeing in these youths hope for the future. They strove until the last days of the war and beyond to keep them from danger and alive. On April 11, 2010, sixty-five years later, several of the surviving boys from block 66 returned to Weimar and to Buchenwald. KinderBlock 66 is their story.
The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation (“IRWF”) has made KinderBlock 66 one of its key projects, and will be accepting tax-deductible contributions earmarked for its production. Click here to find out how.
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Article published in The Jerusalem Post
An article written by the Founder of the IRWF, Mr. Baruch Tenembaum, and its Chairman, Mr. Eduardo Eurnekian, was published this month in The Jerusalem Post. The article was written for the April 18th commemoration of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day).
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IRWF Lights A Candle At Holocaust Remembrance Program
Invited by the Delegation of Argentine Jewish Associations, the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation attended the Holocaust Day and Heroism Remembrance Act, on the 69th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The event took place at the Teatro Coliseo in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Representing the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation and its founder, Baruch Tenenbaum, Chairman Eduardo Eurnekian lit a memorial candle for the millions of Jews killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Among the speakers at the event was President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Ricardo Lorenzetti, as well as Israeli Ambassador Daniel Gazit. In his speech, Gazit focused on the Righteous Among the Nations, with particular emphasis on the legacy of Raoul Wallenberg and the humanitarian lessons that emerge from his heroic actions during the Holocaust.
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The real legacy of the victims of the Armenian Genocide
An article written by the IRWF’s Chairman, Mr. Eduardo Eurnekian, was published this month in The Jerusalem Post. The article was written for the April 24th commemoration of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.
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Holocaust Hero, Raoul Wallenberg, Re-discovered in Australia
Melbourne – A Holocaust Hero, a Swedish Student, Raoul Wallenberg (1912 – ) is surprisingly ‘re-discovered’ in Australia by this alum of his American university. His life, now 100 years since his birth, inspires individuals who can make a difference.
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