Monthly Archives: March 2012

From Founding Director, The Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights,

Posted on March 31, 2012 by admin

Thank you so much for sharing this moving testimony about your recent trip to  Auschwitz to commemorate the women’s transport to Auschwitz.  For some reason, I was particularly touched by your description of the flower wreath that you placed there.  … Continue reading →

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Australia Honors 70 Anniv. First Transport of Women to Auschwitz 26 March 2012

Posted on March 30, 2012 by admin

We held our Promise Vigil our friend Barbara, who is Jewish. Her family came from Poland.  She came round to an early dinner on Monday. We read Baroness Crawley’s letter and the Chief Rabbi’s. These are pictures of her lighting … Continue reading →

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The 2nd Transport of Women #2779′s Story

Posted on March 28, 2012 by admin

We are on the train leaving Bratislava, Slovakia, and heading for Poprad to commemorate the 1st Registered Transport of Jews to Auschwitz. Our stop in Bratislava has a reason though, to acknowledge the 2nd registered transport to Auschwitz–also full of … Continue reading →

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List of Women’s Names Who Survived the 1st Registered Transport of Jews

Posted on March 28, 2012 by admin

This was read aloud in Birkenau on the 70th Anniversary of the arrival of the 1st transport of women to Auschwitz–they were also the first registered transport of Jews (that means their names were written down and replaced by numbers–unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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