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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 175
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January 31, 2024, 10:04 pm
Holocaust survivor addresses audience in Canberra
"Some of my friends said I was paranoid, but history told me that it doesn't take much for a population – like we're seeing here in Australia ...," Eddy Boas told The AJN.
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Carly Adno
September 21, 2023, 11:06 am
Beloved Holocaust survivor dies aged 100
A founding member of the Sydney Jewish Museum, Harry Fransman, passed away five days shy of his 101st birthday.
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Shane Desiatnik
August 31, 2023, 12:48 pm
Survivor to speak in home city
Eddy Boas has been back to The Hague since, but he has never told his story to an audience there.
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Carly Adno
August 10, 2023, 6:43 am
Holocaust survivor celebrates 100th
The family made a new life in Australia, settling in Burwood then East St Kilda, and later in Caulfield.
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Mia Gardiner
July 27, 2023, 10:51 am
Survivor’s story becomes part of VCE curriculum
She tore up every photo, identification card and anything else she had into tiny pieces and put it in the toilet of the train she was on in France. But she kept the yellow star she had to wear during the war in France, showing that she was "juif" (a Jew).
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Mia Gardiner
July 27, 2023, 7:27 am
Memoir highlights survivor’s amazing life
Born in Czechoslovakia in 1924, Annetta and Stephanie were transported to Theresienstadt in 1942. The following year they were sent to Auschwitz, where the notorious Nazi Dr Josef Mengele experimented on them.
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Danny Gocs
June 27, 2023, 7:17 am
Orthodox teachings through social media
These days, Ezagui gets invited to numerous events and Jewish product launches. Ezagui, who collaborates with both Jewish and non-Jewish influencers, said she's often recognised as she goes about her day-to-day life.
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Elizabeth Karpen – JTA
June 22, 2023, 12:26 pm
Firefighters deeply moved by doing course
"There wasn't a dry eye in the room when 96-year-old survivor, Olga, shared her story – and that's from a group who, as firefighters, are used to going to horrific situations," Vaysbakh said.
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Shane Desiatnik
June 8, 2023, 12:17 pm
Smile On Seniors announce Charidy campaign
Smile On Seniors services more than 250 Jewish seniors across 12 non-Jewish facilities in Melbourne, with approximately 500 young volunteers, and collaborations with groups, schools and organisations.
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Hannah Schauder
June 5, 2023, 7:03 am
Survivor lauded in Parliament
She and her mother were smuggled out by a lay priest, Jonas Ochiny. Reunited with her father who had escaped a labour camp, the family went into hiding.
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Peter Kohn
June 4, 2023, 6:59 am
Lens on wartime Shanghai
Horst Eisfelder is being remembered for his comprehensive photography in the ghetto, which has created a record for posterity.
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Peter Kohn
May 21, 2023, 7:04 am
Survivor mourned at 102
Before the Communists swept across China in 1949, Lotti and Josef left for Australia. Lotti took part in the family's fashion business Delphine for over 20 years
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Peter Kohn
May 12, 2023, 7:21 am
100-year-old survivor throws first pitch
Kahan was born in Romania and she, along with the rest of her family, was sent to the Auschwitz death camp, and she has a prisoner number tattoo on her forearm.
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TIMES OF ISRAEL & AJN STAFF
May 8, 2023, 1:10 pm
Could you be friends with Adolf?
The duo speculated about what it would be like to meet him, adopting the point of view of someone – like Prudovsky’s grandmother – who had survived the Holocaust.
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Lindy Tamir
May 4, 2023, 12:02 pm
Sharing wise words on Yom Hashoah
Visibly moved, the students gave a round of applause for Wise, who has been very active for six decades in Holocaust education and communal activities in Sydney
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