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Friday, February 9, 2018
A well-attended ceremony to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz was held at Ottawa City Hall on January 26th, 2018. In the audience were elected officials from all levels of government, Holocaust survivors, rabbis, and members of the public. The memorial is a partnership between the Centre for Holocaust Education and... More
Thursday, February 1, 2018
In Honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Ottawa last Friday, Mayor Watson presented a Proclamation of the Day. The Mayor Proclaimed January 27th as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Ottawa and urged all citizen of Ottawa to commemorate this day to honor all victims of the Nazis. This is the first time such a... More
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Excerpt from cija.ca/weremember: “Together, let us remember those brutally murdered by the Nazi regime and join as one to reaffirm our collective commitment to ‘Never Again’. We invite you to a memorial to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day where we will pause to remember the millions of Holocaust victims and renew our commitment... More
Thursday, January 18, 2018
The Evidence Room is currently on view, through February 16th 2018 in the Lightroom Gallery at Carleton University’s Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism. This powerful installation features some of the thousands of documents which historian Robert Jan van Pelt introduced as evidence in a court case in London in 2000. His expert testimony... More
Anna Heilman December 1, 1928 (Warsaw, Poland) - May 1, 2011 (Ottawa, Canada) Anna Heilman was one of the prisoners from Auschwitz who plotted to blow up the crematoria. She was born in Warsaw, Poland on Dec. 1, 1928 and passed away on May 1, 2011 in Ottawa, Canada. "Anna was one of the... More
One of the many remarkable Holocaust Survivors in this country was Hungarian-born John Hirsch, who arrived in Canada in 1947 as an orphan and rose to become one of the greatest artists in Canadian theatre history. On this year’s 70th anniversary of his arrival, among 1,123 Jewish Holocaust orphans, Hirsch’s story was told through... More
Ambassador Barkan at CHES Forum for Descendants with moderator Prof. Rebecca Margolis and panelists Prof. Jan Grabowski, Elin Beaumont and Lawrence Greenspon.[/caption] The program for Descendants of Holocaust Survivors, presented by the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) on November 14th at KBI Congregation, was as insightful... More
Thursday, October 12, 2017
To honour the inauguration of the National Holocaust Monument, the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) in cooperation with the National Holocaust Monument Council presented From Vision to Reality, at Library and Archives Canada on September 27th, 2017. The event, which was sold out, was a powerful, moving and inspiring evening.... More
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
The Embassy of Israel in Canada and Carleton University’s Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) hosted a solemn event at Library and Archives Canada on Sept. 27 to honour the inauguration of Canada’s National Holocaust Monument. The event brought together more than 300 survivors, their families, and distinguished guests from... More
Friday, September 29, 2017
The Liberal party of Canada, headed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is working on an apology for the Canadian 1939 decision to turn away a boat full of German-Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, Global News reported on Wednesday. Despite hopes that Trudeau would address the issue during the inauguration of the National Holocaust Monument,... More
The long wait for a national Holocaust memorial ended Wednesday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau inaugurating the city’s newest monument in downtown Ottawa. For many in the invitation-only crowd that gathered inside the National War Museum — a heavy downpour forced the event to be relocated across the street from the monument — it... More
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recalled Canada turning away a boat of German Jews in 1939, as he inaugurated the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa. Sources say the Liberals are working on an apology for the incident. Please note: If the video below doesn't load, please click here to view the video on The Globe... More
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