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B’nai Brith Proud to Revive Nizkor Holocaust Historical Archive

B’nai Brith Canada is proud to mark Yom Hasho’ah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) with the relaunch of its Nizkor website, an important and unique resource on the subject of the Holocaust. While many are looking for productive uses of their time in isolation during the COVID-19 crisis, a great option might be raising our historical awareness and keeping the memory of …

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Supreme Court Denies Nazi’s Deportation Appeal

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December 5, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – The Supreme Court of Canada has denied a former Nazi’s request to appeal the revocation of his citizenship. Helmut Oberlander was a member of a gruesome Nazi death squad unit that murdered more than 90,000 Jewish men, women and children during the Second World War. Efforts have been under way for more than two decades …

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Winnipeg Movie Screening of “Who Will Write Our History”

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October 24, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG – B’nai Brith Canada is very pleased to partner with Westwood Collegiate for this Community educational program about the Holocaust. Please join us for a screening of the film Who Will Write Our History at 7:00 p.m. on November 7th, 2019 at Westwood Collegiate Theatre, 360 Rouge Road. Everyone is welcome. In November …

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Concert Highlights Rescue of Bulgarian Jews During the Holocaust

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Oct. 11, 2018 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is excited to invite you to a musical gathering like no other. Exhibit: The Power of Free Spirit will be an informative and musical event highlighting the rescue of Bulgarian Jews during the Holocaust. Please join us …

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When Jews Were Sent to Internment Camps in Canada

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July 24, 2018 By Sara Gruszczynski Communications Associate B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – Earlier this year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to issue a formal apology for Canada’s decision in 1939 to turn away the MS St. Louis, a German ocean liner carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees. As monumental as this apology will be in rewriting …

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Montreal Holocaust Survivor Launches “Yiddish Ghetto Songs” Album

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June 13, 2018 By Mike Cohen Special to B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – Born in Poland, Sidney Zoltak was eight years old at the outbreak of World War II. Thanks to the bravery and kindness of a family of strangers who hid them in their barn, his family survived to the end of the war. Today, he …

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Canada to Apologize for the MS St. Louis

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May 9, 2018 By Noa Levin Communications and Social Media Associate B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that he will make a formal apology for Canada’s 1939 decision to turn away the MS St. Louis, an ocean liner carrying over 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution. The MS St. Louis set sail from Hamburg, Germany …

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B’nai Brith Urges Poland to Reconsider Controversial Holocaust Bill

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Jan. 29, 2018 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is strongly urging the Government of Poland to reconsider adopting proposed legislation that would outlaw blaming the country for any crimes committed during the Holocaust. The legislation, passed as a bill on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, suggests …

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Holocaust Survivor Emphasizes Faith and Love at Toronto High School

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Jan. 15, 2018 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – It’s a simple message: No matter how bleak or even inhumane your surroundings are, one must have faith in the existence and presence of good people and love will overcome. This was the message of Holocaust survivor Faigie Schmidt Libman, who spoke to a Grade …

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B’nai Brith Canada Launches Free Holocaust Education Program for High Schools

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Jan. 12, 2018 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Building on its history as a Holocaust education leader, B’nai Brith Canada has launched a free Holocaust education program, connecting survivors with high-school students across Canada. Recently, survivor Irene Kurtz spoke to more than 300 students and faculty members at Middlefield Collegiate Institute in Markham, Ont. The …

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