Conference: The Holocaust of the Dutch Jewry – New findings in historical research and conversation with members of the second generation

March 15, 2022

This event was held in Hebrew, the second panel was held in English

 

Full program [Hebrew]

 

Watch the recording of the conference:

Opening remarks and first panel –  https://youtu.be/lOLVF3M-pG8

Greetings and opening comments by Prof. Arieh Kochavi, Head of the Weiss-Livnat International Center for Holocaust Research and Education

Panel 1: Our parents story and our stories: conversation with second generation Dutch Holocaust survivors

Chair: Prof. Hadas Wiseman, Faculty of Education, Head of the Strochlitz Institute

Participants:

Ron Cohen Pereira, The Ghetto Fighters House

Ya’ela Cohen, Elah Center for Coping with Loss, MSW, psychotherapist and group instructor

Dr. Soniya Pau, Social worker and lecturer at the University of Haifa and Ruppin Academic Center

Nani Braunstein-Bickman, formerly Righteous Among the Nations, Yad Vashem

 

Panel 2: New research on the Holocaust in the Netherlands – https://youtu.be/wTobzP_KP7w

Chair: Anat Weiner, Manager of the Weiss-Livnat Center for Holocaust Research and Education

Participants:

Prof. Dan Michman, Head of the International Holocaust Research Institute, Yad Vashem – New research in the field

Rivka Baum, Aluma of the International Holocaust Studies MA Program – Research on Dutch female guards in Auschwitz (In English)

Annemiek Gringold, Curator of the New Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, The museum’s vision and purpose (in English)

 

Panel 3: Dutch Righteous among the Nations

Chair: Yoav Yaron, Weiss-Livnat Center for Holocaust Research and Education

Koos Weber, grandson of a righteous among the nations from the Netherlands, produced the documentary film “The Train of Thoughts”, shares his research and unique commemorative project. The film documents the bicycle journey of Martina Zinn and Coos Weber along the route of the “Lost Train” from Bergen-Belsen to Trobitz in April 1945.