Holocaust Centre of New Zealand video
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ABOUT THE AWARDS
Every year, Wellington International Airport, Wellington Community Trust, and the five local councils come together to recognise the work carried out by community groups in the wider Wellington region. The focus of the Awards is to celebrate volunteers for their valuable contribution to society.
In the Education & Child/Youth Development - Improvement or enhancement of the educational and social development of children/youth, HCNZ won this category for the Wellington City Council region.
Finalists from each region then compete for the overall award in their category, and the opportunity to be named Supreme Winner.
The 2018 Overall Regional Winner in the category Education and Child/Youth Development was The Shed Project Kapiti.
We are thankful to have been nominated and to win the Wellington City Council region, 2018.
Holocaust Centre of NZ - Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards
Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards 2018 Education & Child Youth Development winner for Wellington City.
The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand work to inspire and empower individuals to stand against prejudice, discrimination and apathy. They enable New Zealanders to learn about the Holocaust in a way that is relevant to them and to what is happening in the world today.
holocaustcentre.org.nz
Wellington Airport, in partnership with Wellington Community Trust, and the five local councils have joined together to recognise the work carried out by community groups in the wider Wellington region. The focus of the Awards is to reward the valuable contribution made by volunteers.
Children's Holocaust Memorial launch - National Library of NZ, Wellington Nov 15th 2018
The Children's Holocaust Memorial started with a collection of 1.5 million buttons, collected by primary-aged children at a Jewish school, Moriah College, in Wellington, New Zealand in honour and memory of the 1.5 million children killed during the Holocaust.
CHILDREN'S HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL - LAUNCH EVENT - 15 November 2018 6 - 8pm
Welcome & Speeches
*Powhiri - Les Hoerara, Kaiarahi Kapa/Team leader, National Library
*Hebrew Song - Rabbi Ariel Tal, Wellington Jewish Community Centre
*Bill MacNaught - National Librarian, National Library
*Hon Tracey Martin, Minister for Children & Internal Affairs
*Dianne Davis - Deputy Chair, Holocaust Centre of New Zealand and Project Director, Children's Holocaust Memorial
*Jeremy Smith - Chair, Holocaust Centre of New Zealand
*Robert Narev - Holocaust Survivor
*Vera Egermayer - Holocaust Survivor
Cellist - Olivia Wilding
Acknowledgments:
Inge Woolf QSO, Vera Egermayer, Mary Morris, Chris Harris, Tom Rockman Ariely, Sarah Williams, Elana White, Dianne Davis, Marlene Levine, Anthony Clouston
Matthijs Siljee (Designer - Massey University, School of Creative Arts)
National Library of New Zealand, particularly staff of Public Programmes & Services to Schools.
Past pupils of Moriah College and Justine Hitchcock
All donors (as listed on public panel beside Memorial) and those who contributed buttons and time.
Background: In 2008, the principal, Justine Hitchcock was teaching her pupils about the Holocaust, during which 1.5 million children were murdered; including Jewish, Sinti, Romani, Gypsy, and disabled children.
The children sought to collect buttons, each button to remember an innocent life stolen from the world. With national and international button donations the collection was complete in a few years, but sadly the school closed down before a memorial could be realised. The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand took up this mantle to bring to fruition the Children's Holocaust Memorial.
The memorial which will travel Aotearoa has an educational programme with it and corresponds with the #Upstander campaign.
See our Instagram page @holocaustcentrenz for more on #Upstander
#CHMreview
#HumanRights
Children's Holocaust Memorial launch - November 2018, New Zealand
Launched Nov 2018 - the Children's Holocaust Memorial - symbolic of and dedicated to the 1.5 million children that were killed during the Holocaust.
On display, with an interactive exhibition, at the National Library of NZ in Wellington until April 13th - then it moves to Christchurch, Auckland and on to further regions in NZ.
Credit: New Zealand Herald (Focus)
HCNZ - Disability Rights: Historic & Contemporary Views - Panel Discussion.
The Hololcaust Centre of New Zealand (HCNZ) holds free public presentations and panel discussions on broad social and human rights issues. Here's a short clip from last month's panel on 'Disability Rights: Historic and contemporary views'.
(March 13th, at the National Library of New Zealand, Wellington)
For upcoming presentations holocaustcentre.org.nz/presentations--exhibitions.html.
Israeli Embassy in New Zealand suggests Holocaust education should be mandatory
Director of the Holocaust and Education Centre in Wellington, New Zealand, Inge Woolf talks on TVNZ program Breakfast
Synagogues of New Zealand
New Zealand synagogues in Aukland, Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington. duration: 4 min, 31 sec. credits: google maps, no profit intended.
UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day - Parliament Reception, 27.1.2019
Event held with the support of the Wellington City Council, NZ National Commission of UNESCO, NZ Human Rights Commission, Council of Jewish Women, B'nai Brith Wellington, Wellington Regional Jewish Council, and Wilson Funeral Home.
Hosted by Ginny Andersen MP.
MC Deborah Hart
Paul Seideman Annual Composition Prize was also awarded at the reception. Winners, Mark Seddon (Senior, Auckland) and Georgia Wong (Junior, Dunedin)
Speakers: Ginny Andersen MP, Robyn Baker (Chair, NZ National Commission for UNESCO), Paul Hunt (Chief Human Rights Commissioner), Mary Mowbray (Holocaust survivor), Jeremy Smith (Chair, HCNZ) and Prize winners.
THEME: Righteous Among the Nations - Non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.
Exhibition on display: ' Beyond Duty' -Diplomats recognised as Righteous Among the Nations. By State of Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Yad Vashem, on loan from the Embassy of Israel in New Zealand.
NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Message - Children's Holocaust Memorial
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's video message for the opening of the Children's Holocaust Memorial at Central City Library, Auckland.
22 July 2019
Kia ora koutou.
I am very sorry that on account of being in Wellington today that I cannot be with you for the opening of the Children's Holocaust Memorial in Auckland.
It is an honour to have this opportunity to acknowledge all those involved in the bringing together of the vision of the memorial into a reality today.
I am a firm believer in the value of children's voices and perspectives, and all of us, politicians especially, have much to learn when we listen to our tamariki.
This memorial is an important reminder that we must never forget the immeasurable loss of life brought about by the Holocaust, but particular the 1.5 million children, who were cruelly killed.
Anne Frank made a powerful statement in her diary when she wrote How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Now here in New Zealand, our recent experiences, the attacks in Christchurch, have given us additional cause to consider the part we can all play in speaking up against discrimination and hatred, and promoting unity and peace - something that has been promoted by the Jewish community for such a long time in New Zealand.
Education and advocacy play a huge role in fostering understanding in our communities. And I am pleased that at least many many more New Zealanders, of all, ages, from all backgrounds, will have the opportunity to have some of those conversations by visiting the memorial in Auckland and learning more about the magnitude of this enormous loss.
I hope that as a button catches their eyes, they will pause and reflect on what it represents: a young life cut short and a family torn apart. And I also hope that they will think about the young people who have worked so hard to honour and give a voice to these children.
Kristallnacht Unity Concert Nov 2019
This year’s Kristallnacht commemoration concert on 10 November brought us more of the annual event’s distinctive quality – works associated with the Holocaust performed by leading New Zealand musicians. The concert’s impact was enhanced by taking place in Wellington’s Beth El Synagogue.
As well as remembering the violent Nazi pogrom against the German and Austrian Jews on 9-10 November 1938, the concert – presented jointly by the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand (HCNZ) Te Pūtahi Urupatu o Aotearoa and the New Zealand School of Music Te Kōki, Victoria University of Wellington – was also a Unity Concert in memory of the 15 March 2019 massacre at the Christchurch Mosques.
Video: Dayoon Song
Lest We Forget - New Zealanders tell their Holocaust stories
As part of the Anne Frank Exhibition, the New Zealand Netherlands Foundation commissioned a documentary, Lest We Forget, which included interviews with Dora Suuring, Steven Sdeley, Mieke van der Schaaf, Bob and Freda Narev, and Joel Porus. We thank them for being involved in this project, along with the Director, Anna Cottrell, and Interviewer, Ian Fraser who gave of their time and special skills.
Copyright New Zealand Netherlands Foundation, all rights reserved.
Kristallnacht 80 Year Remembrance Concert - Concert of Hope
‘The Violins of Hope’ is a collection of violins restored by Israeli violin maker Amnon Weinstein – violins that were once played in the ghettos and concentration camps, or belonged to victims of the Shoah. The piece of music of the same name, for violin, cello, and string orchestra was commissioned by the Berlin Philharmoniker from Israeli composer Ohad Ben-Ari, who has lived in Berlin since 2010.
The orchestra for this performance was the inaugural performance by the Sinfonia for Hope, established to give an annual concert to raise money for humanitarian causes.
Conducted by Donald Maurice, with soloists Tal First (violin) and Inbal Megiddo (cello), the orchestra gave a moving presentation of Ben-Ari’s work, giving us the full range from tender poignancy, through robust passages to the ethereal ending conveying the hope of the violins project.
Performed - Renouf Foyer, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
Thursday November 8, 2018
80th Anniversary of Kristallnacht.
An event of the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand
Anne Frank's dairy translated into te reo Māori: Launch 12 June 2019 (abridged)
Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl', has been translated into over 70 languages, published in over 60 countries and has been read by more than 90 million people. Now it has been translated into Te Reo Māori.
'Te Rātaka a Tētahi Kōhine' was officially launched in Rongomaraeroa, te Marae of Te Papa, on June 12th, 2019, by Her Excellency Mira Woldberg, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy, Governor-General of New Zealand and Sir David Gascoigne in attendance.
Major Sponsors
TE TAURA WHIRI I TE REO MĀORI - MĀORI LANGUAGE COMMISSION
DAVID LEVENE FOUNDATION
RABOBANK NEW ZEALAND LTD
WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL
Supporting Sponsors:
Jamie Tuuta &
Tomairangi Mareikura
Wellington Community Trust
Nikau Foundation
NZ Jewish Community
Anne Frank Diary Te Reo Māori Translation Project Chair: Boyd Klap CNZM QSO
Publisher: Holocaust Centre of New Zealand
Distributor: Nationwide Book Distributors
Video Credit: Execam
Vera Egermayer New Zealand Children's Holocaust Memorial
Project leader Vera Egermayer talks about the New Zealand Children's Holocaust Memorial and why this project is so important to her. As a holocaust survivor Vera is dedicated to making a memorial to the child victims using the 1.5 million buttons collected by a small school in Wellington New Zealand
A video tour of Moriah School, Wellington, New Zealand
A tour of Wellington's unique and special Moriah School. An integrated state primary school with a school roll of no more than 70 pupils. While Jewish character, it has students from many faiths and Moriah invites you to visit this special 'country style school', in the heart of Wellington's vibrant capital by phoning +64 4 384 2401 or by emailing the Secretary at secretary@moriah.school.nz.
Seminar From Totalitarianism through Hope to a New Life in New Zealand: Women’s Perspectives
The seminar From Totalitarianism through Hope to a New Life in New Zealand: Women’s Perspectives, the National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, 19 November 2018.
The event organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Wellington, in co-operation with the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand, featured the history of four European women - Vera Egermayer, Stefania Sondej, Susi Williams and Stefania Zawada - who contributed to a culturally diverse New Zealand society.
The panellists have been through the horrific experiences of deportation to Siberia in Soviet Russia and the Holocaust and the Nazi German camps. Despite painful experiences of their childhood and difficult circumstances that brought them to New Zealand, they managed to live positive and meaningful lives in this country. Watch the video to find out what impact the experiences of World War Two and of being refugees or displaced persons, made on their future choices, how has their past shaped their life in New Zealand.
After the seminar the Polish Ambassador Mr Zbigniew Gniatkowski opened a special exhibition “Women of Independence”. It presents the profiles of several dozen women who served a substantial role in creating the Polish nation and identity. The display presents the women’s part in the fight for Poland’s independence and its restoration in 1918. Moreover, it gives insights on women’s increasing role in the social life in the inter-war period, the difficult tasks they took on during WW2 and their contribution to the democratic changes in Poland.
By organising this event the Embassy of Poland highlighted two great anniversaries. In 2018, Poland celebrates the Centenary of regained Independence as well as one hundred years of Polish women gaining voting rights, which coincides with the New Zealand Suffrage 125 commemorations.
The seminar and the exhibition took place at the National Library of New Zealand which is home to hundreds of documents related to the Polish Children of Pahiatua who - on the basis of an agreement between the Polish Government-in-Exile and the NZ Government - arrived in Wellington in 1944.
2018 Hastings NZ Supports 70yrs of Israel
Pastor Nigel Woodley speaking at Israel's 70th birthday celebration in the Hastings City Center, New Zealand
Holocaust Survivor Tells Her Story at University of Otago
AUJS, the Australasian Union of Jewish Students brought Eva, a Holocaust survivor, to give a talk at Otago University. This is a recording of that talk, which over 600 students attended.
Eva is a child survivor who was saved due to being on Schindler's list. She has a truly remarkable story, told with such humility and humor that you'll be riveted by it to the last question asked.
AUJS would like to thank our partners, the Jewish Federation of New Zealand, the Zionist Federation of New Zealand, the Wellington Holocaust Centre, and the Embassy of Israel in New Zealand for helping to bring Eva's story to the University of Otago.
2018 Wellington Airport Community Awards - Education & Child/Youth Development regional finalists
Our five finalists for the 2018 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards Education & Child/Youth Development regional category award:
Cannons Creek Youth Charitable Trust - Porirua
Holocaust Centre of New Zealand - Wellington City
Te Ataarangi Upper Hutt - Upper Hutt
Te Awakairangi Access Trust (TAKA Trust) - Hutt City
The Shed Project Kapiti - Kapiti
Wellington Airport, in partnership with Wellington Community Trust, and the five local councils have joined together to recognise the work carried out by community groups in the wider Wellington region. The focus of the Awards is to reward the valuable contribution made by volunteers.
Yad Vashem Seminar for Educators from New Zealand
Holocaust Centre of New Zealand
Yad Vashem Seminar for Educators from New Zealand