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28 Anniversary Dinner
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Save the Date – November 11, 2012
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U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
his November, we will celebrate 28 years of preserving precious memories and promoting tolerance.
The Holocaust Memorial Center and its educational programming were made possible through the
hard work, dedication and generosity of many. It is up to us now to lead it into the future. Please join
Dinner Chairs Karen and Joel Kahn on November 11 to affirm your support for our critical mission.
Speaking to us that evening will be Father Patrick Desbois, a hero of our times. President of Yahad–In
Unum, Father Desbois has devoted his life to confronting antisemitism and furthering CatholicJewish understanding. Since 2001, he has received international acclaim for
his extraordinary work to locate every mass grave and site in the Ukraine
at which Jews were killed during the Holocaust, and to collect artifacts and
record video testimonies from eyewitnesses.
That evening, it will be our pleasure to honor Henrietta and Alvin Weisberg
Dinner Honorees
for their outstanding commitment to the Center and our community.
Henrietta and Alvin Weisberg
Longtime benefactors of Congregation Shaarey Zekek,
the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, the Jewish
Community Center, Hillel Day School, the Frankel
Father Desbois
EVENT INFO
Jewish Academy, the Jewish Theological Seminary and
The 28th Anniversary Dinner will be held at Congregation
Beaumont Hospitals, Henrietta and Alvin are the parents of Julie and Steven
Shaarey Zedek on the evening of Sunday, November 11, 2012.
Schlafer and Steven and Lori Weisberg, who is a docent at the Center. A
For more information, please call 248.553.2400, ext. 21.
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Courage & Compassion
The Legacy of the Bielski Brothers
July 15 – November 4
B
eginning on July 15, the Holocaust Memorial Center will bring
you the exhibit, Courage & Compassion: The Legacy of the Bielski
Brothers. In 1941, the Nazis initiated their campaign against the
Jews of Belarus. Brothers Tuvia, Zus and Asael Bielski refused to
become victims and committed themselves to rescue and resistance.
They escaped to the forest and recruited relatives, friends and
complete strangers. The brothers welcomed all who chose to fight
back, even if they could not engage in combat. Ultimately 1,200
Jews were saved from certain death.
This exhibit begins with life in Belarus, accounts of escape, and
the formation of probably the most famous partisan detachment.
Through panels, artifacts and interactives, the exhibit shows us the
courage and commitment of this intrepid band of rebels.
The exhibit will open on July 15 with a presentation by Tuvia
Bielski’s granddaughter, Sharon Rennert, and a special tour of
the exhibit. A
The Bielski Brothers, (left to right) Tuvia, Asael and Zus, and
members of their Jewish partisans group
My Desk
from
Stephen M. Goldman
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Building a
Lasting Legacy
A
s our Holocaust Memorial Center
Zekelman Family Campus
touches ever greater numbers of lives,
it becomes even more important
to assure its future. The value of
the museum and its programs is
inestimable, but the lights must
stay on, the bills must be paid and
educational outreach must continue.
I know that many of you would
like to make a significant gift so
that the Center can continue to
deliver its critical message to the
next generation, but your generosity
must be tempered by financial
responsibility for yourselves and your
families. There are ways to make a
significant gift without jeopardizing
your ability to meet current and
future personal obligations. You
needn’t be a millionaire to be a
generous donor while meeting your
responsibilities to your heirs.
Outright Bequests You can direct
in your will that the Center receive
a certain sum, property, stock or
percentage of your estate.
Providing Income for Family
Members If your financial
responsibilities to family members
extend beyond your lifetime,
testamentary charitable remainder
trusts or gift annuities can
provide both a gift to help the
Center and a stream of income to
your beneficiaries.
Educating the Next Generation
Your Generosity at Work
E
ach year, nearly 50,000 students visit the Holocaust
Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus. Their
token admission fees do not cover the cost of operating
the center. Your gifts are what make their visits possible.
Thank you!
The geographic diversity of our visitors is astounding!
Just since the beginning of March 2012, groups have
visited from these Michigan cities, including some you
may not even have known existed. A
Adrian
Albion
Allen Park
Alma
Auburn Hills
Bangor
Bath
Battle Creek
Belmont
Birmingham
Bloomingdale
Bloomfield Hills
Brown City
Burton
Caledonia
Canton
Carleton
Caro
Clarkston
Clinton Township
Dearborn
Detroit
Durand
East Lansing
Eastpointe
Erie
Farmington Hills
Fenton
Flat Rock
Flint
Flushing
Grand Blanc
Grand Rapids
Grosse Pointe
Harper Woods
Hartland
Hazel Park
Highland Park
Hillsdale
Holland
Holt
Howell
Inkster
Interlochen
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Kimball
Lake City
Thanks to your support,
students from all over Michigan
are learning why they must
fight prejudice and stand up for
the rights of others.
Linden
Livonia
Marine City
Marshall
Mason
Mattawan
Memphis
Midland
Monroe
Napoleon
Novi
Oak Park
Okemos
Ortonville
Pinckney
Plymouth
Brandon Alternative High
School from Ortonville,
Michigan with docent
Penny Deitch
Yom HaShoah
Holocaust Remembrance Day
photos by Brett Mountain Photography
Right: The Ferber and Kaufman families gather
together after Shari Ferber Kaufman’s (second from
right) stirring presentation.
Below:
Three generations of the Karp family light a
candle in memory of those who perished.
You can play a major role in the
future of Holocaust education in
Michigan through your estate plan.
The impact of your planned gift will
be felt for years to come. A
For more information, please contact:
Cheryl Guyer
Director of Development
248.553.2400, ext. 23
cheryl.guyer@holocaustcenter.org
Pontiac
Richmond
Roseville
Saginaw
Sandusky
Southfield
St. Clair Shores
Troy
Utica
Walled Lake
Warren
Whitmore Lake
Wyandotte
West Bloomfield
Westland
Ypsilanti
Left:
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Right: The Eisenberg family visits
the Portraits of Honor exhibit they
helped make possible.
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from Harper Woods, Michigan
with docent Alan Eidelman
Right: (left to right) Eric Silverberg,
Ellen Silverberg, Brian Sayles, Julia
Sayles, Suzanne Moran and Isabel
Moran from Temple Kol Ami
Right: Charley Silow shows
Holocaust Survivors,
including Barbara Cohen,
their new Portraits of
Honor Passports that will
be distributed to visiting
students as a learning aid.
Above: (left to right) George Vine, Julian and Rose Wagner,
and Abram Weberman
Right:
Jewish War Veterans Honor Guard
Survivor
grandchildren
(left to right) Jeffrey
Berris, Allison Karp
and Laurenne
Kaufman lead a
responsive reading.
Right:
Fryda Fleish and Helen
Mechlowitz (left to right)
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Ravitz Foundation
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Robin and Leo Eisenberg
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Jackie and Lawrence Kraft and
the Fannie Kraft Foundation
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Foundation
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Masco Corporation Foundation
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Family Foundation
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The Library Archives
Irrefutable, Mind-Numbing Evidence...
Photographs from the Concentration Camps
H
itler’s goal to exterminate the Jewish people was his “top secret” plan and it The most well known among concentration camp photos is the “Signal
is well known that taking pictures in the concentration camps was strictly
Corps Photos” taken by groups of U.S. Army cameramen. General
forbidden. Not well known was the existence of administrative offices within Eisenhower was enraged by the horrific scenes he encountered, and he
the camps called Erkennungsdienst, Identification Services, which took
ordered the Signal Corps to take photos. This operation became a model of
and developed photos, produced films of camp “happenings,” documented
efficiency with photos made available to the public within 24 hours, a great
medical experiments and
accomplishment at the time.
arranged special albums for
He also ordered all civilian
camp commanders. Most of
news media and military
this evidence was purposely
camera units to visit the camps,
destroyed at the end of the war,
record their observations in
although some did survive and
print, pictures and film and to
continue to surface. Camps such
send their reports back home.
as Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald,
Soldiers were encouraged to
Auschwitz, Stutthof and
take their own photos. These
Mauthausen all had these types
raw images flooded the cinema
of “services.” Extermination
newsreels, newspapers and
camps did not, as the prisoners
magazines of the day, and had
were murdered shortly
a far greater effect than any
after arrival.
anti-Nazi propaganda the Allies
could ever produce.
The largest collection of
Post-liberation photos donated by former U.S. servicemen and medical personnel.
concentration camp photos
This pictorial evidence defies
we have today comes from the photos taken by the liberators and soldiers
description. As gruesome and heartbreaking as these photos are, it is our
who entered the camps. Our Library Archive has become a repository
duty to preserve them for posterity. When photos arrive, we carefully enclose
for hundreds of these photos. We regularly receive photos found in attics,
them in acid-free sleeves, catalog and store them in a humidity controlled
basements, old albums or even walls of homes. Donors feel obligated to
environment. They are used for educational purposes only, such as in our
share them as contributions to history. Many donors are uncomfortable even permanent exhibits, for loan to other institutions and for training. This is our
having them in their homes. By donating them to our Center, donors do
mission and we are prepared to accept as many photographs as are brought
something positive with something so utterly evil.
to us. A
photo gallery
LEFT: Local artist Marc R. Maddin
(seated at far left) works with our
Survivor Speakers to create
beautiful slide shows that enhance
their presentations.
The American Jewish Committee
visits with German Consul General
Onno Hückmann.
Above: Carolyn Dorfman (seated in center) visits the
HMC with her sister Gayle Weiss, and her husband
and daughter Gregory and Rebecca Gallick, while in
town for International Holocaust Remembrance Day
performances of the Dorfman Legacy Dance Project
at the Berman Center.
Welcome
New Docents!
Nick Altwerger • Penny Deitch • Anita Devine • Alan Eidelman • Leslie Kutinsky • Michael Liebowitz • Gilbert Plotnik • Bette Rose
President
from the
Gary Karp
(left to right) Michael Treblin, Alexander Karp, Alan Zekelman, Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig z”l,
Steven Grant and Gary Karp in 2007
Remembering Rabbi Rosenzveig z”l
W
Our esteemed Women of Ravensbrück
featured in the exhibit, (left to right) Paula
Marks-Bolton, Lola Taubman, Agi Rubin,
Elizabeth Wees and Irene Snitchler
Ravensbrück photos: Jason Loudermilk
for Brett Mountain Photography
ith summer upon us, the Holocaust Memorial Center
continues to expand its message of hope, remembrance and
tolerance to people in all of our surrounding communities.
None of this would have been possible without the vision and
tireless efforts our founder, Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig z’’l. With
the help of the Shaarit Haplaytah and others too numerous to
mention, Rabbi Rosenzveig made the dream of this institution a
reality. He was relentlessly determined and resilient in overcoming
the many hurdles he faced, first in opening the doors to the
HMC and then nurturing it into an acclaimed institution of
remarkable sophistication.
It is in this spirit, and in recognition of the HMC’s roots, that we
recently put the final touches on a permanent dedication to Rabbi
Rosenzveig on the wall adjacent to the building’s main entrance.
Rabbi Rosenzveig inspired many of us to continue his formidable
work. It is his legacy that enables the HMC to educate and touch
nearly 50,000 middle and high school students annually. These
students, often knowing little about the Holocaust prior to their
visit, are consistently moved by the docent-led tours which are
then culminated by the experiences related in person by our
precious survivors. A
Sara Byer, Sheldon and Heather Siegel,
Associate Professor of History at
Oakland University Derek Hastings,
Donna Sklar and Deanna Tachna (left to
right) at Dr. Hastings’ presentation on
Rethinking the Roots of Nazism
Right: Women of Ravensbrück exhibit
supporters Alison and Richard Taubman with
Richard’s mother Lola Taubman
Below: Women of Ravensbrück exhibit
supporters Rob and Linda Powers (right), their
son Stephen, and her brother Rex Lanyi (left)
Florine Mark, President and
CEO of Weight Watchers Group,
speaks on “The Courageous
Women Inside Each of Us” at
the opening of the Women of
Ravensbrück exhibit.
• Linda Rosenbaum • Molly Seidl • Stewart Shear • Stanford Singer • David Tutor • Kris Updike • Michael Updike • Cheryl Victor • Lori Weisberg
Governance Committee
Gary Karp President
Steven D. Grant* Chairman
Alexander Karp
Larry Kraft
Abraham Pasternak
David Silbert
Michael H. Treblin*
George Vine
Martin S. Water
Abram Weberman
Alan Zekelman*
Non-Profit Org.
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Farmington Hills, MI
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Anniversary
Dinner
Board of Directors
Sidney Bolkosky
Molly Chernow
Leo Eisenberg
Stuart Falk
Adam Grant
Joel E. Jacob
Shari Ferber Kaufman
Bruce Kridler
Arie Leibovitz
Edward Malinowski
Aliza Nivy
Jack Shenkman
Gary Shiffman
Charles Silow
Russell Steinman
Eric Todd
Arthur J. Weiss
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HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER
Zekelman Family Campus
28123 Orchard Lake Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334-3738
Save the Date
Guest Speaker
Father Patrick Desbois
A Hero of Our Times
November 11
Stephen M. Goldman Executive Director
Guy Stern Director, Harry and Wanda
Zekelman International Institute of
the Righteous
Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig z’’l
Founding Director
*Past President
UPCOMING EVENTS
Exhibit Opening
Courage and Compassion:
The Legacy of the Bielski Brothers
Sunday, July 15 • 2:30 p.m.
The Bielski Partisans were a famous resistance
group operating against the Nazis during the
occupation of Poland and Belarus. The exhibit
opening will include a special presentation by Tuvia Bielski’s granddaughter,
Sharon Rennert.
Special Exhibit and Programs
A Hero Remembered:
The Raoul Wallenberg Centennial
July 29–August 5
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was one of
the ultimate heroes of the Holocaust, rescuing
tens of thousands of Jews in Nazi-occupied
Hungary. In 1945, Wallenberg was imprisoned by
the Soviet authorities.
A special exhibit and full week of programs
shed light on Wallenberg’s life, his extraordinary
courage, and Michigan connections. In partnership with
Eastern Michigan University
Teaching the Holocaust:
A Seminar for Teachers
August 13-17
Teachers and School of Education
students gather at this intensive, 5-day
training program focusing on children
during the Holocaust, worth 3 credit
hours or 9 SB-CEUs. This session
focuses on establishing a sound historical
background for teaching students of all
ages the lessons of the Holocaust.
$100 tuition includes SB-CEU fees,
course materials, and breakfast and lunch daily. An
additional fee will be assessed for undergraduate or
graduate credits.
n M
ore information: http://ep.emich.edu/holocaust.
n Contact Sarah Painter at spainter@emich.edu with
questions or to register.
For more information about programs and events,
please contact Rebecca Swindler at 248.553.2400 x13 or
rebecca.swindler@holocaustcenter.org
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