Diversity Council of Kean University

To foster growth of active and compassionate individuals in order to reduce intolerance, harassment/intimidation, and to promote social justice in society.

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Keep Holocaust memory alive to inspire citizens and leaders to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity. Learn more about the Ritchie Boys who knew the threat the Nazis posed, but did not let it deter them.
#HolocaustEduction #DigitalResources #WeRemember

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Screening of the film "They Survived Together", a documentary film about a family fleeing the Nazi invasion of Poland, will take place on Saturday evening, April 30th. To register, click here: https://t.co/BX4474rn9U

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Every year we come together to say, #NeverForget. Join us virtually on 4/24 at 2 PM ET for the Annual Gathering of Remembrance, presented by @MJHNews, in observance of #YomHaShoah. #HolocaustRemembrance
Register at: https://t.co/dorJGNTwyU

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This week's testimony is from Henry Yungst. He talks about the family he lost and being moved to several different concentration camps where he witnessed many atrocities. He was being transported to Dachau when he was liberated.
Full testimony here: https://t.co/Ca0hZKeKUB

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This week's testimony is from Paul Schmelzer. He served in the Polish Army before being taken as a prisoner of war. He stayed in and escaped numerous slave labor camps before moving to the United States with his wife and son in 1949.
Full testimony, here: https://t.co/lsvoe2WgVX

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This week's testimony is from Helena Bokor. Her journey of survival was long and hard, but she learns of her sister and brothers survival and immigrates to the United States in 1958.
Full testimony, here: https://t.co/20PPzFI8Fl

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Henry Lowenbraun, born in 1922, Poland, discusses the train ride to Auschwitz; his 12 day cattle train ride to Nordhausen concentration camp; the liberation of the camp and his immigration to the United States on April 6, 1949.
Full testimony here: https://t.co/DuIcUJZnbk

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This week's testimony is from Gertrude Sonnenberg. She recalls the bombing of Germany and how her family hid. In a labor camp called Riga she mentions many atrocities that she witnessed.
Full testimony here: https://t.co/4Og0B0b1qw

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Herma Rappaport, born in Vienna, 1924, discusses her childhood, the physical abuse she suffered at the hands of the Germans, being sent to England on a Kindertransport, and her immigration to the United States in 1948. Full testimony, here: https://t.co/t25r18krUc

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On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides. #WeRemember #Holocausteducation

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Robert Rothschild, born on January 9, 1924, discusses his childhood, the increase in antisemitism after the Nazis took power, being arrested and sent to Buchenwald, and his time in a camp on the Isle of Man. Full testimony here: https://t.co/t25r182QvC

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Learn to become a facilitator regarding
issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion this upcoming Thursday, January 27th.

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The International Day of Acceptance has been celebrated since the year 2010. It is a celebration Day that honors the late Annie Hopkins who was the founder of 3E Love, created to educate people to embrace their diversity and making them Love Life by seeing things beyond abilities

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Rose Kramer, born on January 21, 1921 in Beuthen, Germany talks on her recollections of her three years in a ghetto; her transport to Auschwitz concentration camp and her liberation from Neustadt-Glewe concentration camp.
To learn more, click here: https://t.co/acvkpMp5H1

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Samuel Halpern discusses his childhood in Ukraine. He recalls the memory of losing one of his brothers and his survival with another. His father was taken to Belzec concentration camp while his family was sent to Terebovlya. He was liberated in 1944.
https://t.co/5fsPg0YpsT

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Martha Eckstein, born in 1937 in Kazimierz, Poland discusses her families planned escape; leaving with their what possessions they could carry. Receiving help from HIAS and leaving by ship, from Germany; arriving at Ellis Island in 1947. The testimony: https://t.co/3IlMb5tfdQ

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Lotte Baum, born on August 9, 1915, discusses her childhood in Germany, the destruction of property during Kristallnacht, being transported to Auschwitz in 1944 and Liberation in 1945 by the Russians.

To watch her full testimony, click here: https://t.co/CNp36psxE5

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David Dorfman, born January 22, 1933, moved to the States with his father in 1939. He recounts his mother's experiences in Gurs concentration camp. She became pregnant by a guard in Gurs and gave birth, escaped, and joined a French underground group. https://t.co/YxJr1FWN6P

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Ida Schwarz, born May 20, 1925, discusses her early life in Tarnów, Poland. Being transferred to Auschwitz concentration camp in October 1943 she recalls the death march of the inmates. After liberation she immigrated to the United States in 1949. For more https://t.co/aeyheWABXu

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Facing Hate- October 20, 2021 (Online Webinar)
What do we need to understand in order to confront
contemporary antisemitism as an ever present ideology
that retains its utility in the modern era?
For more information about this event visit: https://t.co/QIu7BzwkEY