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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Caught up in the evil of the Holocaust, Norman and Amalie Petranker Salsitz survived and moved forward, but did not forget. youtu.be/3_06RRYKvIc

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Norman Salsitz honored his mother’s dying wish and kept the stories of their family alive.

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Council of Christians and Jews @ccjdialogue.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Excited to see our Poland participants for a Debrief Day this morning. Thanks @claims-conference.bsky.social and @theajruk.bsky.social for your support of this amazing project!

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Last week, nearly 300 people gathered at Zappa Jerusalem for the Claims Conference event, "The Post-Survivor Era - Between Denial, Technology, and Historical Truth.” #HolocaustEducation youtu.be/_f0lkh-olzA

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The Post-Survivor Era - Between Denial, Technology and Historical Truth

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Helen Sendyk wrote of the deportation Aktions in Chrzanów: “Families were torn apart, with mothers being taken away from small children. Fathers, sons and daughters were shipped away to forced labor camps. The old and the feeble dared not go out in the streets.” #RememberThis youtu.be/iSQA99_yQVA

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The old and the feeble dared not go out in the streets - remembering Jews of the Chrzanów ghetto

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Council of Christians and Jews @ccjdialogue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The CCJ Study Trip to Poland, Testimony of the Holocaust, starts today. Supported by @claims-conference.bsky.social and @theajruk.bsky.social we’ll be in Poland from 5-9 July. Follow us here for updates.

Cover of the study booklet: section of a Torah scroll (Leviticus 6:9-8:25) rescued from the rubble of the Warsaw
Ghetto, given to CCJ Secretary Bill Simpson in Warsaw in 1963, the twentieth anniversary of the ghetto uprising.

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

In 1939, the Jewish population of Piotrków Trybunalski numbered 10,000 – approximately one-fifth of the city’s population. By October 1942, most of the Jews of the ghetto, among them many refugees from outside the city, were deported to Treblinka and murdered. youtu.be/EvSCTTxS0zU

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10,000 Jews lived in Piotrków Trybunalski n 1939. Today there are none. #VanishingCommunities

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

To commemorate the 85th anniversary of the “Rafle du Billet Vert,” the Claims Conference unveiled “Faces of Memory: Images of the Green Ticket Roundup”. The exhibit is on 98 photos taken by German-Jewish photographer Harry Croner that had been missing for 80+ years. youtu.be/RX-fGhrGB7s

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Green Ticket Roundup

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Digital Holocaust memory needs more than platforms and tools. See the key takeaways from the survey report which highlights urgent challenges around staffing, online hate, funding, digital strategy and AI across the sector. #DigitalHolocaustMemoryFuture #DigitalMemory #HolocaustEducation

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Pepi survived the Holocaust. But one sound from childhood never left him. 80+ years later, he sets out with his best friend to find the flamenco song he heard beyond the walls of a concentration camp. Watch Pepi Fandango, streaming now on JLTV+ from June 10 – July 9 for FREE. #RememberThis

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

“I want to go on living even after my death! And therefore I am grateful to God for this gift, this possibility of developing myself and of writing, of expressing all that is in me. I can shake off everything if I write; my sorrows disappear; my courage is reborn" - Anne Frank, born OTD 1929.

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Music and the Holocaust @holocaustmusic.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Emil Burian was born #OTD in 1904 to a musical family: his father a baritone, his mother a soprano and his uncle a tenor. On 12 Mar 1941 Burian was arrested by the Gestapo, who destroyed many of his writings and compositions. #Dachau and #Neuengamme. holocaustmusic.ort.o...

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Congratulations to Dir. Ora DeKornfeld, the winner of the Best Short Documentary at the Mountain Film Festival, making her film THE GRANDFATHER PUZZLE Oscar-qualifying. Ora was the Claims Conference’s 2024 Emerging Filmmaker contest winner. The film can be seen at DC/DOX on Jun 13 in Washington, DC.

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Mazel Tov! to former Kagan Fellow Kim Wunschmann on receiving the International Creative Media Award - Silver Award in the Concept and Innovation category for her co-authored Oxford U Press book "Oberechen. A German Village Confronts Its Nazi Past. A Graphic History." www.cogeril.de/en/news-and-...

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Graphic History „Oberbrechen“ recieves ICMA Book Award Silver - Cogeril

On 9 March 2026, the 16th International Creative Media Awards (ICMA) were presented at the start of the London Book Fair. The Graphic History ‘Oberbrechen: A German Village Confronts Its Nazi Past’, d...

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The Claims Conference, in partnership with the Austrian government, is proud to unveil “Benno’s Light,” a mixed-reality experience that allows users to explore Holocaust survivor Benno Kern’s history. The project is part of the Claims Conference's mission to expand access to #HolocaustEducation

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congratulations to former Claims Conference Saul Kagan Fellow Amber Nickell on receiving the 2025 Ernst Fraenkel Prize from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social for her upcoming book! wienerholocaustlibrary.org/who-we-are/t...

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The Ernst Fraenkel Prize - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Our prestigious annual competition for academic manuscripts on the Holocaust is now open for submissions.

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

“Do you think I’m going to sleep tonight? No. But that’s a small price to pay for what we owe our loved ones.” The Claims Conference says goodbye to Holocaust survivor Sonia Klein, the oldest of Itzack and Jospa Joskowicz’s three children, who passed away on March 31, 2026. youtu.be/jZ5sbeoZkGM

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"There were nice people everywhere, but not enough" - remembering Sonia Klein

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Abe Foxman participated in Claims Conference social media campaigns and served on the Negotiating Delegation. An imposing figure in Jewish communal life, he survived the Holocaust as a child. Abe passed away on May 10 at 86. It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye. youtu.be/q5wkV3oYq3A

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“The resiliency of antisemitism is unparalleled" - Holocaust survivor Abe Foxman

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Fordham Law School @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Fordham Law Adj. Prof. Gideon Taylor’s class, “Human Rights: Coming to Terms with Historical Justice Through Reparations,” had the chance to speak with 95-year-old Holocaust survivor Elizabeth Bellak & her daughter, Alexandra, during the final week of spring classes. @claims-conference.bsky.social

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A group of people sit around a large conference table with laptops and notebooks. All are listening. There is a whiteboard in the background. The room has glass walls.

A group of people are seated around a conference table in a meeting room. One person is speaking while others listen attentively. A blank whiteboard and a large screen displaying a Microsoft Windows desktop are visible in the background. Several laptops and a bottle of Coca-Cola are on the table.

A person is sitting at a table signing a book while another person leans over to assist. A third person sits nearby, smiling. There's a whiteboard in the background and a bag on the table.

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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This is what @akranebit.bsky.social and I have been plotting these past years: translation and edition of Michael Pollak's classical study of Jewish women who were prisoner physicians in Auschwitz. We are grateful to @claims-conference.bsky.social for their generous funding!

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

“We were starving, and if you told me I could have a piece of bread but then be killed, I would still have the piece of bread.” Holocaust survivor David Moskovic was liberated from Buchenwald on April 11, 1945. youtu.be/e1ii_2SO3bM

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“I enjoy my life. I have three children and eight grandchildren. Life is beautiful, really.”

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Apr 14 at 530 pm: Join the Claims Conference and the Museum of Jewish Heritage for a special screening of three short films and a conversation with the filmmakers moderated by Aaron Katersky as part of our Strength of Courage film series. Details here: mjhnyc.org/events/strengthofcourageapril14

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Through film, we can engage broad audiences and ensure the lessons of the Holocaust remain visible and impossible to ignore. Please join the Claims Conference and the Museum of Jewish Heritage for the inaugural global Holocaust film series, Strength of Courage. Learn more at: claimscon.org/strength

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

In commemoration of Yom HaShoah, please join the Claims Conference, in partnership with the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, for a screening of “Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny” at the Brooklyn Public Library on Apr 15 at 2 PM. www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/str...

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Strength of Courage Global Holocaust Film Series Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny | Brooklyn Public Library

Documentary, dir. by Chana Gazit and Jeff Bieber U.S., 2025, 102 min

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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Honoured and delighted to have launched our new edited volume, Older Jews and the Holocaust, this week @lbilondon.bsky.social! With huge gratitude to them, especially Dr Magda Wrobel and @joannasliwa24.bsky.social @claims-conference.bsky.social for all their work planning this terrific event!

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Last night saw the New York launch of a new book, Older Jews and the Holocaust: Persecution, Displacement, and Survival, thanks to the Leo Baeck Institute New York and to @claims-conference.bsky.social for their support of this project!

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Agnes and Miriam Lindenblatt never knew what it was like to have grandparents. They were born shortly after WW2 to Holocaust survivors; their father, Vilmos Farkas, born in 1906 in Derecske, Hungary, and their mother, Terez Farkas née Weisz, born in 1919 in Napkor, Hungary. youtu.be/yPsLuCIdD2k

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Their parents carried the pain of family lost - Agnes and Miriam Lindenblatt's family's history

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

To mark the 88 years since the #Anschluss, Holocaust survivor Hedi Argent shared her memories from that time in Austria. Those days in March 1938 changed her family’s lives. Her father lost his job, she was expelled from school and her family lost their home. #RememberThis youtu.be/ip7CoCRmQdk

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Almost overnight, the country of Austria ceased to exist - Hedi Argent on the Anschluss

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Saul Kagan Fellows in Advanced Shoah Studies conduct cutting-edge research. Dr. Daan De Leeuw from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam received an International Dachau Committee award for his dissertation on Dutch Jewish slave laborers during the Holocaust. www.comiteinternationaldachau.com/en/954-stani...

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

March 5, 1944, at 5 am, the Gestapo came to the Adler family’s door. They had been surviving by living under a false identity. Jermie and Freda Adler were not home and survived the Holocaust. Chaje, Bertha, Nelly and Zigmund Adler were home and arrested and did not survive. youtu.be/Op6r5nyH7yw

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At 5 am the Gestapo came to their door - Freda Adler's family

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Not long now until the application closes for design sprint focused on making visible and connecting sites of non-commemoration. Do you have prototyping, UX, digital storytelling or design skills? Do you have expertise in Holocaust history, memory or heritage in the Balkans? www.digitalmemorylab...

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Holocaust survivor Ezra Ben Gershom (1922-2006) was born in Wurzburg as the fifth child of a German Jewish family. He survived the Holocaust by living under a false identity, including eluding the Gestapo by being on the move and sporting a Hitler Youth uniform. #RememberThis

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Holocaust survivor Barbara Ledermann Rodbell remained in hiding until Amsterdam was liberated by Canadian troops. Her father, Franz, mother, Ilse and sister, Susanne, were murdered in Auschwitz. Barbara immigrated to the US in Nov 1947. She and her husband, Martin Rodbell, raised four children.

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

"Between the Wires" tells the history of the Janowska camp in Lviv, Ukraine. Located in a city with the third-largest ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe, Janowska remains one of the least-known sites of the Holocaust, despite being one of the deadliest. @waitmanwbeorn.com is a former #SaulKagan Fellow 👏

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The Claims Conference highlighted the future of Holocaust education at the House of Austrian History with the presentation of a virtual reality study. The study demonstrated how technology can preserve the memory of the Shoah for future generations and showed the strong learning impact of VR.

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

“Being able to ensure direct payments to survivors in addition to the expansions to the social welfare services we are able to fund is essential in making sure every Holocaust survivor is taken care of for as long as it is required,” - Greg Schneider, Claims Conference EVP.

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

There are an estimated 196,600 Jewish Holocaust survivors globally, living across 90 countries. This is down from the 220,000 survivors estimated to be alive when the Claims Conference released this data in Jan 2025. The data forces us to accept that Holocaust survivors will not be with us forever.

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

#PartnersInCare The Claims Conference provides home care services for Holocaust survivors around the world. Our network of partner organizations helps ensure that Holocaust survivors are treated with sensitivity and compassion and know they are not alone.

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hana martin @nitramanah.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Important topic! Interesting discussion here w/Producer & Director Yoav Potash and editors Lauren Schwartzman and Aaron Butler ACE, moderated by editor Brian Kates www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSzu...

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AMONG NEIGHBORS Editors Chat

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Holocaust survivors are at a period of life where their need for care and services is growing. #InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay #PartnersInCare

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Claims Conference President Gideon Taylor, Chief Rabbi of Poland Rabbi Michael Schudrich and @yoavpotash.bsky.social will hold a conversation following a screening of Potash's film "Among Neighbors." www.symphonyspace.org/events/thalia-docs-among-neighbors

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Thalia Docs: Among Neighbors

Symphony Space is a performing arts center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan offering theater, film, literature, music, dance and family entertainment. Our mission is to connect art, ideas, and comm...

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Symphony Space @symphonyspace.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Join us next Tuesday for a screening of the powerful film Among Neighbors in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The screening will be followed by filmmaker Yoav Potash in conversation with Gideon Taylor, President of @claims-conference.bsky.social. bit.ly/4r2EM4p

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

In observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan 27, Claims Conference Pres Gideon Taylor and filmmaker Yoav Potash will participate in a conversation following a screening of the film "Among Neighbors" at Symphony Space in NYC. www.symphonyspace.org/events/thalia-docs-among-neighbors

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

"An old person sighed bitterly A young fist bent with fury For a third time the terrible times made us tremble And that froze with fright And once again the white snow turned red And the brown heart’s face blazed Victorious they faced death Crying out triumphant..."

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Mazal tov to Chiara Renzo, former Claims Conference #SaulKagan Fellow in Advanced Shoah Studies! Her Routledge book, “Jewish Displaced Persons in Italy 1943–1951 Politics, Rehabilitation, Identity,” received honorable mention for the 2025 Yad Vashem International Book Prize for #Holocaust Research.

https://www.routledge.com/Jewish-Displaced-Persons-in-Italy-1943-1951-Politics-Rehabilitation-Identity/Renzo/p/book/9781032223568

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Our exhibition gallery is back open this week, with the chance to see our latest groundbreaking curation Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust draws on our archive collection to explore the stories of those for whom Nazi persecution came at the end of their lives Plan your visit:

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Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust - The Wiener Holocaust Library

This exhibition explores the choices and humanity of older Jews in the face of persecution, flight and survival. Through rare photographs, personal stories and objects, the exhibition challenges our…

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The Claims Conference remembers Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss Geiringer. She participated in several Claims Conference events focused on Holocaust education and remembrance, including filming videos for our #NoDenyingIt and #ItStartedWithWords social media campaigns.

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Claims Conference @claims-conference.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

This Chanukah we celebrate the resilience of Holocaust survivors. Join the Claims Conference HERE - Claimscon.org/SurvivorsNight2025 - to celebrate International Holocaust Survivors Night (IHSN), Dec 18 at 2 pm ET/7 pm GMT/ 9 pm Israel time. The free event can be viewed from anywhere in the world.

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