Days of remembrance April 7–14, 1991 : fifty years ago : from terror to systematic murder : planning guide
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Call No: 051 H75 1991
Call Number051 H75 1991
Dates[1991]
Statement of ResponsibilityUnited States Holocaust Memorial Council.
Summary"The purpose of this Guide is twofold: to provide the reader with background historical information on the Holocaust during 1941, from January 1 through December 31; and to provide materials and sources for additional materials that will assist commemoration program coordinators to plan Days of Remembrance events." —Page xii
Contents
- Message from President George Bush, April 23, 1990
- Dear friend
- Acknowledgements
- Days of Remembrance Committee membership
- Use of this planning guide
- Introduction
- Section 1. Chronology of events: 1941
- Section 2. "Fifty years ago: from terror to systematic murder"
- Excerpt from: The decision concerning the "Final Solution"
- Nazi paperwork of the "Final Solution": origins and authentication of the Wannsee Protocol
- Excerpt from: The Einsatzgruppen reports
- Section 3. Reflections
- Reflections from the West: excerpts from:
- Leo Baeck: A people stands before its god
- Etty Hillesum: An interrupted life
- Abraham Raisky: We fought back in France
- The road to genocide: the destiny of Europe's Gypsies
- Bubili: a young Gypsy's fight for survival
- Valerie Wolffenstein: Shadow of a star
- Jehovah's Witnesses: members of the Kusserow family
- Vera Gissing: A refugee in England
- And in the United States: period articles from The New York Times
- Photographs
- Reflections from the East: excerpts from:
- Emmanuel Ringelblum: Notes from the Warsaw Ghetto
- Chaim A. Kaplan: Scroll of agony
- David Rubinowicz: a diary
- Mordechai Pdchlebnik: Chelmno
- Franz Schalling: Chelmno
- The Cracow Ghetto pharmacy
- Luzer Lyskind: grandmother
- The Iasi pogrom, June 1941
- Tadeusz Rosicki: Poles remember the Holocaust
- Gypsy camp in the Lodz Ghetto
- The Chronicle of the Lodz Ghetto
- Abraham Sutzkever: I am lying in this coffin
- Lilly Pancis: Deportation to the East
- Jan Lipke: An unusual man
- Robert: Rachel's wedding
- Yitzhak Arad: Under the swastika again
- Reflections from the Far and Middle East: excerpts from:
- The Fugu Plan
- Hannah Senesh in Palestine
- Section 4. Planning aids
- Introduction
- National Civic Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance, April 24, 1990
- Wall of Remembrance: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. An introduction
- Sample civic proclamation
- Sample news release
- Suggested resources
- Suggested planning check list
- Section 5. References
Physical Description xiii, 210 pages : illustrations, folded maps, facsimiles ; 28 cm
Carrier Typevolume
LanguageEnglish
PublisherWashington, D.C. : U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council
Notes
- Cover title: Fifty years ago : from terror to systematic murder : 1991 days of remembrance : Sunday, April 7 through Sunday, April 14, 1991
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 184–207)
RecognitionGifted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Council