HR!Day637 - Echoes of the Holocaust I
Day 637 Tues 2/21/23 Echoes of the Holocaust I
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Pope John Paul II commented on his 1979 visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, where at least 1.1 million people were murdered, 90% of whom were Jews: "No one is permitted to pass by the tragedy of the Shoah (the Holocaust). That attempt at the systematic destruction of an entire people falls like a shadow on the history of Europe and the whole world; it is a crime which will forever darken the history of humanity.” Eli Wiesel, the noted Jewish author, philosopher, humanist and Holocaust survivor said: “When you listen to a witness, you become a witness.”
The Holocaust (1933–1945) was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million European Jews by the Nazi German regime and its allies and collaborators. During the Holocaust 2/3 of European Jewry was murdered, 1/3 of all Jews in the world at that time. The Holocaust was a catastrophic trauma for Jews as well as a defining moment in Western history of the 20th century. It left an indelible mark on the lives of the survivors, whose legacy has been carried by their children, also know as the “Second Generation”. The children of survivors, who are today in the second half of their lives, are committed to telling the stories of their parents so that their legacy will be remembered and never forgotten. These two sessions will be dedicated to hearing their stories and the legacy they are committed to pass on to us all.
Convener:
- Ronnie Dunetz. I was born in the US in 1959 to an Israeli-born mother and a Holocaust survivor father, immigrated to Israel at the age of 21. I am currently a PhD candidate in Wisdom Studies at Ubiquity University, writing my dissertation on “Reflections of children of Holocaust survivors in their second half of life, on their life experience.” In my research I have interviewed 41 children of Holocaust survivors from 9 different countries. I have been a senior-level life & business coach for 19 years, a workshop leader, specializing today in the "sage-ing process": the harvesting of wisdom and meaning in life transitions during the second half of life. I have lived extensively in East Asia, pursuing traditional spiritual and internal martial arts through the years. My father, Max Dunetz, survived the ghetto, massacres, slave labor camp and Partisans of and around his native town of "Zhetl" (Dyatlovo), which is today Belarus. His parents, brother and sister were murdered in the Holocaust. He rebuilt his life in the US and Israel as a Jewish educator and journalist, preserving Yiddish language and culture and the memory of the Holocaust. I have created a film on my father’s testimony at the mass grave in Zhetl, which I have called “A Sacred Legacy”. It has been a defining story in my life. www.wisdom-opportunity.com.
- Peppy Margolis. I was born in Frankfurt, Germany, my parents, David and Sara Schwarzberg, met and married in Zeilsheim, a DP camp in Germany. We migrated to the US in March, 1950, with the help of HIAS we were settled in Westwood, New Jersey. Both of my parents were Holocaust survivors whose families were decimated. My mother, a sole survivor from her family, survived two death camps and was saved by a Russian soldier on the death march from Auschwitz. My father survived 2 labor camps and was liberated in Buchenwald. His parents and 3 siblings were murdered by the Nazis. Since my parents could not talk, I was their voice. In 1984 I received a scholarship to study in Yad Vashem, Israel, where I began my career in Holocaust education: I subsequently wrote the first elementary curriculum in the US, which was endorsed by The NJ Commission on Holocaust Education. As the Director of the Raritan Valley Community College Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, I organized programs about the Holocaust. I produced 3 films, among which is “The Second Generation, Ripples from The Holocaust,” which examines the challenges of being a Child of Survivors. The film also illustrates the many contributions we made to our families and society.
- Ed Stein. I was born in the Eschwege Displaced Persons Camp in the U.S. Military Zone of Occupation, Germany in 1947. My parents were both Holocaust survivors who met and married after the War. My mother was born in Kisvárda, Hungary-in late May 1944, my mother, her parents, and other relatives were deported to Auschwitz where both of her parents were murdered. After two months, my mother was sent to Stutthof where she performed forced labor on a regional farm, and survived one of the infamous death marches. My father was born in Berlin and grew up in Nazi Germany; under complicated circumstances, he and his parents were allowed to emigrate to Budapest, Hungary in June 1942. He survived, after enduring the Hungarian Forced Labor system in May 1944. We emigrated to the United States in Dec. 1947. I did my university studies in chemistry eventually receiving a doctorate in chemistry from MIT in Boston, where I’ve lived to this day. I’ve been self-employed for most of my work career and retired in 2021. Retirement has afforded me the opportunity to work on a family history, which has been extremely gratifying and has kept me extremely busy.
Co-convener:
- Jim Garrison, President, Ubiquity University
50 Participants
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