Helen & Joe Farkas Center for Holocaust Study

Helen Farkas was a Holocaust Survivor and spent the last 50 years of her life speaking and educating younger generations about the #holocaust. #Shoah #education

[Helen & Joe Farkas Center for Holocaust Study @FarkasMemorial]

Helen's Book #RemembertheHolocaust is back in Print.

She was a prolific speaker about her experiences in #Auschwitz and the #nazi death march.

After surviving the #Holocaust she had to escape from behind the iron curtain.

#Shoah #educaction #Jewish

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Helen's Daughter #AmberAguirre is a world renound #ceramic artist. This weekend she has pieces at the LA art show. Proceeds of the artist's portion of sales are going to support brain cancer research at ucla.

Helen's granddaughter has been fighting brain cancer since 2020.

[Helen & Joe Farkas Center for Holocaust Study @FarkasMemorial]

Amber Aguirre is Helen's daughter & much of her work is inspired by contemporary issues like racism, the police state & institutional inequity.

[Workhouse Arts @Workhouse_Arts]

The Workhouse Arts Center 13th Annual Clay International is now on display through Sunday, October 22.

Artwork: Police Action by Amber Aguirre

#art #artwork #artists #clay #clayart #clayartwork #clayartist #freeevent #ceramic #ceramics #ceramicsart #ceramicsartwork

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Just weeks before she passed away, Helen was still meeting new members of our family. I hope baby Zev keeps this moment in his heart somewhere as he grows up. Photo: January, 2018

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In 1955 after surviving the #Holocaust in #Auschwitz, the Soviet invasion of Romania, and years as displaced persons Helen became a naturalized citizen of the USA. My family's gratitude for their difficult journey is a daily reminder of the power of the human spirit.

[Helen & Joe Farkas Center for Holocaust Study @FarkasMemorial]

The world can not be a civilized place until we are compassionate enough to offer save haven to victims of genocide and war. Humanity, compassion, tolerance.

#Genocide doesn't happen without the complicit silence of others.

#Holocaust #education

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[Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council @Muslim_Jewish]

Art can be an effective way to teach students about the Holocaust & the impacts of hate. This Catholic school in California made charcoal drawings of local survivors through @FarkasMemorial, a program that could be replicated across educational spheres.
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The Farkas Center is still operating & educating about the #Holocaust to teach empathy & tolerance.

#shoah #education #Holocausteducation #Jewish

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Helen's daughter Amber started collecting the family recipes before she passed away & her granddaughter made them into a #cookbook of #Hungarian comfort Food. These recipes are a blessing to us ❤️💜

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[Dan Grunfeld @Dan_Grunfeld]

My book detailing my family's journey from Auschwitz to the NBA was released a year ago today. Antisemitism, prejudice, and hatred in any form are such dangerous and destructive forces. We can't forget what's at stake when people aren't treated fairly.

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@cincyhhc Love, not hate

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@UCL_Holocaust Were any of the camps not segregated by gender? At Auschwitz, Treblinka & others all prisoners were seperate by gender.

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#Tolerance, not hate is the answer.

#endhate #Holocaust #Genocide
#Shoah

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Only loving eachother can end hate

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[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

@ZeroDarkKitty The Holocaust happened. It is a fact, not an opinion.

Holocaust deniers are not people who have a different opinion. They are liars.

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How many children / grandchildren of Holocaust survivors have #cancer? Epigenetics can teach us a lot about how trauma affects future generations.

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Never forget

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Helen and her Granddaughter

[The Jewish Chronicle @JewishChron]

Our JC special edition cover - 'What is the point of saying "Never Again" if the world stays silent'

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Yesterday we lost another survivor. Helen's sister in law Illush was one of the last surviving family members who was a survivor. Illush survived the Holocaust & cancer and was a loving mother, grandmother & Auntie. We will miss you Illush Farkas 😢

[Holocaust Memorial Day Trust @HMD_UK]

#OnThisDay in 1943, the first transport of #Roma and Sinti people from Germany arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

It is estimated that as many as 23,000 Roma and Sinti were deported to Auschwitz, and that around 20,000 of them were murdered. #OTD