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Booklet of Holocaust Victim’s Letters Profiled by the Nizkor Project

Cliquez ici pour le français June 30, 2022 OTTAWA – The Nizkor Project – a website dedicated to countering Holocaust denial – is proud to highlight Hilda Dajč , a Holocaust victim whose letters describing the horrors of the concentration camp were turned into a celebrated comic. A wrenching account of the misery and deprivation inflicted on Serbian […]

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Événement Yom HaShoah Event

LSO Holocaust Remembrance Event

Rescue in the Philippines documentary

A fascinating recounting of a little-known period of WW2 when 1,200 Jews fleeing Nazi persecution in Europe were accepted as refugees in the Philippines, one of the few countries to accept Holocaust refugees. CLICK HERE to watch the video in full

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Unto Every Person There is a Name, 2022

Sign Our Important Petition Demanding Answers to the Unsolved Mystery of a Holocaust Hero

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Jan. 18, 2022 OTTAWA — B’nai Brith Canada is imploring Governments to seek justice for the late Swedish diplomat, Raoul Wallenberg, who saved up to 100,000 Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. Wallenberg’s fate remains a mystery since his detention by Soviet authorities in 1945. Therefore, we have launched a petition to Sweden, asking its government to make it the

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Nazi Memorabilia Pulled from Alberta Stores Following B’nai Brith Action

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Nov. 10, 2021 EDMONTON — B’nai Brith Canada credits the owners of three antique stores in Edmonton for showing the moral clarity to remove contemptible Nazi memorabilia from their shelves. Abraham Silverman, B’nai Brith’s Alberta Manager of Public Affairs, reached out to the owners of Old Strathcona Antique Mall, Blue Jar Antique Mall, and Mykel’s Antiques &

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Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021: Toronto

Holocaust Denial and Distortion Wednesday, April 7, 2021 5:00 pm EST Please join us, the Law Society of Ontario, and The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day with this special program. This year’s program features an address from Pinchas Gutter, Holocaust survivor and educator, followed by a moderated discussion

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Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021: Montreal

Unto Every Person There is a Name Thursday, April 8, 2021 11:00 am EST B’nai Brith Canada is partnering together with the City of Montreal to commemorate Yom HaShoah through a Zoom ceremony on April 8th at 11:00 AM. We invite members of our community to join us in remembering and commemorating those whose who

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Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021: Winnipeg

Unto Every Person There is a Name: A virtual commemoration in partnership with Westwood Collegiate Thursday, April 8, 2021 8:00 am CDT Video available for viewing throughout the day For the past 28 years, The League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Midwest Region has presented Unto Every Person There Is A Name, a program

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