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THIRTEEN years ago, researchers at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum began the grim task of documenting all the ghettos, slave labor sites, concentration camps and killing factories that the Nazis set up throughout Europe.

Hi Everyone,

We’re excited to share some photos from the Connect2: Friendly Visiting for Holocaust Survivors Crafts Group, held here at the JCC of Greater Coney Island ‘s Surf Solomon Senior Center for our Connect2 survivors, last Tuesday February 28th 2012.

A powerful documentary on the legacy of faith and commitment of a special cadre of Holocaust survivors. (53 min, Viewer discretion is advised)

http://www.aish.com/h/9av/mm/And_You_Shall_Tell_Your_Children.html#.TkCVdnDSc-4.facebook

 While on ski trip in Switzerland, Winton took a detour in Czechoslovakia to help the children of refugees. Nazi Germany had recently annexed a large part of Czechoslovakia and the news of Kristallnacht, a violent attack on Jews in Germany and Austria, had just reached Prague.