Invitation to the "Sauver les enfants, 1938-1945" Exhibition Inauguration

This document is a formal invitation from The Presidential Inaugural Committee. It requests the presence of the recipient at the inauguration ceremony for Barack H. Obama as President of the United States of America and Joseph R. Biden, Jr. as Vice President of the United States of America. The inauguration is scheduled to take place on Monday, January 21, 2013, in the city of Washington.

This is a thank you letter from Marion and Elie Wiesel to Mr. Eric Kandel, dated October 7, 2008. The Wiesels express their gratitude for Kandel's "beautiful words" at Elie Wiesel's 80th birthday celebration, which took place at the 92nd Street Y. They acknowledge Kandel's mix of deep feeling and humor, and thank him for his kindness and friendship. The letter is signed by Marion and Elie Wiesel and sent from The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity in New York.

This document is a multi-page invitation and program for a dinner hosted by The National Committee on American Foreign Policy, held on May 7, 1987, at the St. Regis Roof in New York. The event honored Elie Wiesel, the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The document includes a biography of Elie Wiesel, detailing his early life in Romania, education at the Sorbonne, immigration to the United States, and his distinguished career as an author and professor, notably his writings on the Holocaust and his advocacy for human rights. It also lists the individuals and the organization inviting guests to the dinner, as well as the committee's leadership and founding information, established in 1974 to stimulate interest in American foreign policy.

This multi-page program details an event featuring Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, who delivered a keynote address titled "Against Indifference" at Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill on October 10, 2010. The document includes a biography of Wiesel, highlighting his extensive work as an author, teacher, and human rights advocate, particularly his experiences during the Holocaust and his acclaimed book "Night." It lists program speakers, including Ari Gauss, Deena Fulton, Alyssa Schwartz, Ben Elkind, Shruti Shah, Dr. Bruce Carney, and Eli Evans, leading up to Wiesel's keynote. The program is part of a broader "Against Indifference" campaign sponsored by UNC Hillel and student partners from across campus, aiming to foster deeper dialogue and combat indifference. It also promotes related initiatives like the "Big Question Series- Exploring Indifference," the Safe Zone training program, the HAVEN program for sexual assault survivors, and the One Act training program for preventing interpersonal violence. The document concludes with acknowledgments to numerous sponsors and a call for audience engagement via a "Post-It Note Challenge."

Helene Goodman, formerly Henia Flint, was born in Lodz, Poland in 1913 into an orthodox family. She studied piano at the Warsaw Conservatory posing as a non-Jew, and got her diploma in 1935. She briefly describes how the German invasion affected Polish Jews. In 1939 Helene and her family had to move to the Lodz Ghetto. Her father was brutally beaten by the KRIPO (Kriminalpolizei), lost his mind, and later died. She witnessed Polish-German cooperation, and the murder of Jewish orphans in the ghetto.

Helene and her mother were transported to Auschwitz in August 1944, when the ghetto was liquidated. She describes the dehumanizing arrival process. During a “selection” by Dr. Mengele, she was separated from her mother and never saw her again. She is the lone survivor of her family. Helene was forced to play the piano for the camp commander’s birthday party and was stabbed repeatedly when she was too stunned to perform. Her wounds were not treated. A Jewish KAPO put her on a transport to Hainichen (a subcamp of Flossenbürg), near Chemnitz, Germany to save her life.

Helene worked as a slave laborer at Framowerke, an ammunition factory. She describes living and working conditions. The supervisor was Gertrude Becker, an SS woman who was extremely cruel. She describes the effects of near starvation, how she tried to cope, and her acts of sabotage.

Helene describes a Deathmarch at the end of April 1945, guarded by SS officers who took off their uniforms and fled once they arrived at Theresienstadt. She was liberated by the Soviet army May 9, 1945. Soviet women doctors treated the survivors. American soldiers took her to a quarantine camp at Landsberg am Lech where she tried to recover from the physical and emotional after effects of her experiences. She describes her post-war life in Regensburg, Germany after she met and married her husband, Jacob Gottlieb, including a frightening act of antisemitism and Zionist activities.. They lived in Regensburg, Germany until they immigrated to the United States. She concludes with her personal reflections on the Holocaust.

This document is a program booklet titled "Moving History Forward: Perspectives on the Holocaust," outlining the schedule of events for the 2013-2014 academic year, organized by Chapman University's Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education, Stern Chair, and Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library. The program features a series of lectures, film screenings, and services focusing on various aspects of the Holocaust. Key events include a screening of "Schindler's List," discussions on figures like Oskar Schindler, Raphael Lemkin, and Amon Goeth, the persecution of the Roma, and the significance of interviewing Holocaust survivors. It also highlights events commemorating the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, including an interfaith service and a panel featuring Holocaust survivors and witnesses. The booklet lists prominent academics and survivors as speakers and acknowledges various sponsoring organizations for their support.