Martyrdom and Resistance, May/June 2015

ID Transcript mare4105_01 "AMERICAN & INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES FOR YAD VASHEM Vol. 41-No. ISSN 0892-1571 T0WS0N UNIVERSITY un€ 2$9$$f?arlSivan 5775 THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM ANNUAL SPRING LUNCHEON This year's sold-out Annual Spring Luncheon was held on May 13th at the Jewish Museum on 92nd Street. Over 200 people attended the event, which honored Danielle Karten for her contributions to Holocaust remembrance and education. Our guest speaker was Alyson Richman, an accomplished author, who spoke about her new book The Garden of Letters. Also featured on the program were Co- Chair Daniella Pomeranc and featured speaker Rachel Shnay, who are active members of our Young Leadership Associates. Danielle Karten was presented with the American Society for Yad Vashem Achievement Award by Chairman of the American Society for Yad Vashem Leonard Wilf along with American Society Executive Director Ron Meier. She was recognized for her commitment to Holocaust commemoration and remembrance, which are central to the Karten family. She continues a longstanding family tradition of being actively involved in the American Society for Yad Vashem, which is being passed on to her children — Jonathan, Sharone and Izzy. Rachel Shnay delivered a RonB. Meier, executive director of the American description Of the emotional trip Society for Yad Vashem. she took to Poland with her ted her grandfather's picture her family's amazing story of sur- grandfather, in which they visited among those on exhibit in the vival in the Holocaust. From her Auschwitz and her grandfather's New Museum. grandmother's daring escape hometown. Rachel also told In her closing remarks, from German-occupied Poland to those gathered about her first trip I Daniella Pomeranc told those Siberia and her grandfather's to Yad Vashem, where she spot- gathered at the Luncheon about dedication as a partisan, Daniella's family's commitment to Yad Vashem has been passed to the third generation. ASYV Annual Spring Luncheon .......1,8-9,11 The chairman of the American An old Holocaust secret newly told... 2 Society for Yad Vashem, Leonard I pretended to be German to survive the Holocaust 3 A- wi,f> reminded us of the impor- The Jewish Kulturbund Theatre Company in Nazi Berlin 4 tance of raising the awareness of Through hell and back 6 the next generation. He praised The lost children of the Holocaust 6 the co-chairs of our Young Lost in the rubble of Warsaw 7 Leadership Associates, Abbi Old Nazis never die 7 Halpern and Barry Levine, for Letters from Jewish liberators 10 their efforts to reach out to the The Holocaust hero TV producer who exposed the Nazis' true evil 16 third generation. IN THIS ISSUE Society for Yad Vashem; Danielle Karten, honoree; and Leonard A. Wilf, chairman of the American Chairman of the American Society for Yad Vashem Leonard Wilf, spoke about the 70th Anniversary of the end of WW II. He reminded the Luncheon attendees of the importance of remembrance, education and commemoration to ensure that those, who perished in the Shoah, will not be forgotten. This year's Luncheon program included a special presentation by Rachel Shnay and remarks from Daniella Pomeranc about their experiences as grandchildren of survivors. It gives us great pride to know that members of the next generation are dedicated to Holocaust remembrance. "