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Bound for museum: UofL professor, fleeing Nazis, filled notebooks with schoolwork, doodles, art

For most Jews fleeing the Nazis, the war years were a dark time shrouded in fear and uncertainty. Not always so for their children. Joseph Polzer, in particular, was protected at a chateau in Vichy France from 1940 to 41, … Read More >

Latest News Other Agencies October 29, 2019

J sends teens of many faiths to U.S. Holocaust Museum

People who go to Washington D.C. to see the sites have plenty to choose from. But when The J sent 13 Jewish, Muslim, and Catholic teens to the capital on June 28, it was only to see just one. The … Read More >

JCC Latest News July 24, 2017

Holocaust Researcher Brings Closure to Families

“You don’t see any tears but they are inside.” Happy tears that is. That’s what one thankful man said when Dr. Diane Afoumado found his original birth certificate from the concentration camp where he was born. Every day, every second … Read More >

Federation JCC Latest News May 13, 2016

USHMM Expert to Discuss How International Tracing Service Aids Holocaust Families

Diane Afoumado, the chief of the Research and Reference Branch at the Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., will be in Louisville on Thursday, May 12, and she will speak … Read More >

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Penner Selected for U.S. Holocaust Museum Regional Education Corps

Dan Penner was among 10 people nationwide selected to join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Regional Education Corps this year. Corps members will work in tandem with the Museum’s Levine Institute for Holocaust Education to bring a wide variety … Read More >

Latest News April 28, 2015

JCC Takes 15 Area High School Students to U.S Holocaust Museum

On Sunday, March 8, 15 high school students from 10 area high schools visited the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., on a trip funded by the Ida and Bernhard Behr Holocaust Memorial Education Second Century Fund. The … Read More >

JCC Latest News April 27, 2015
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