The COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have distracted the scholarly world from discussion of many important subjects, including the Holocaust. To revitalize academic interest in Holocaust studies in Poland, three world-renowned Holocaust scholars are scheduled to headline a … Continued
By Phil Emberley For the first time in Ottawa, For the Child, an exhibit commemorating the Kindertransport, will be on display at City Hall, October 17th to 31st. The Kindertransport was a major undertaking prior to the start of … Continued
David Shentow Park Naming Ceremony, Bram Bregman’s Speech. David Shentow was a courageous man. He emerged from Auschwitz and other concentration camps with a determination to rebuild his life in a world that had forsaken people like him. That … Continued
By Andrew Duffy original article published by the Ottawa Citizen on September 8. CEO Andrea Freedman said it is the third time the monument has been desecrated by photographers since it opened in 2017 The Jewish Federation of Ottawa … Continued
By Artur Wilcznski On August 16th, CHES Chair Mina Cohn and CHES Board Member Artur Wilczynski met with Ontario Education Minister, Stephen Lecce and Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism, Michael Ford, to discuss the rise of antisemitism in Ottawa … Continued
For the Child – The Story of the Kindertransport October 17-31, 2022 Ottawa City Hall Hosted in Cooperation with the Embassy of Austria and the British High Commissioner under the Auspices of Mayor Watson Exhibition Overview … Continued
The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) and Liberation 75 have joined with the USC Shoah Foundation to create an ambitious, interactive IWalk App to encourage student groups and tourists to visit the Monument and to educate them about … Continued
By Dr. Hartley Stern “The room was 12 feet long by 11 feet wide. It was bare, it was cold, but it was a refuge.” These are the opening words of the book, ‘Hidden for 1000 Days’ my grandmother, Sarah Veffer, … Continued
By Dr. Phil Emberley I am the son of Dieter Werner Eger, born November 11, 1925. On August 25, 1939, my father, having bid farewell to his sorrowful parents – Berthold Eger and Minna Eger – boarded a train … Continued
By Judy Young Drache A CHES-RCMP webinar for RCMP officers on April 5th, 2022 CHES and the RCMP are creating two important programs that will be open to RCMP members across the country. In recognition of April as Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation … Continued