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We note with sadness the death of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Survivor Volunteer Frank Ephraim, who passed away Sunday, August 27, 2006. Frank had served as a Museum volunteer since the Museum’s opening in 1993 in Education, Visitor Services, and the Volunteer Advisory Board (including serving as VAB president). Frank contributed to the four volumes of the Museum’s Echoes of Memory survivor writing project, and authored Escape to Manila: From Nazi Tyranny to Japanese Terror (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2003).

"The way the trip went was we left one evening, went to the local railroad station in Berlin, that at that time was called Anhalterbahnhof. It no longer exists as such. Hopped on a train. It was a sleeper. We went overnight, changed in Munich, next morning, and from there we began to head toward Italy, the border. We went through Austria, and the train was stopped in Brenner, Brenner pass, which is the border between Austria and Italy. There everybody had to get out. The German side, we were searched, body search, all the luggage was searched. That delayed everything. The train left without us. We had to wait another six hours for the next train."
(postwar testimony)

Other Survivor Volunteers

The Anti-Defamation League
http://www.adl.org/
The Anti-Defamation League Fighting Anti-Semitism, Bigotry and Extremism since 1913.

Children of Auschwitz Nazi Deadly Lab Experiments Survivors (C.A.N.D.L.E.S)
http://www.candles-museum.com/Index.htm
The CANDLES Holocaust Museum was dedicated in the Spring of 1995. Its purpose is to educate the public about the horrors of the Holocaust and to tell the story of the children who survived. The slogan of the Museum is “Let us remove hatred and prejudice from the world and let it begin with me.”

El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center
http://www.elpasoholocaustmuseum.org/
The El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center was established in 1992 in memory of those killed by the Nazis, in honor of the survivors who endured the terrors and with respect for those who lost family and friends. The Museum's goals are to combat prejudice and bigotry through education and to instill into mankind the value and dignity of human life.

Florida Holocaust Museum
http://www.flholocaustmuseum.org/
The Florida Holocaust Museum honors the memory of millions of innocent men, women, and children who suffered or died in the Holocaust.

The Ghetto Fighters' House: Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum
http://www.gfh.org.il/
The GFH is dedicated to the memory of the Holocaust and to Holocaust education in Israel and worldwide. It is the mission of the GFH to collect, preserve, and share documentation that tells the story of the Jewish people throughout the 20th century and the crimes committed against them by the Nazis and other collaborators. It highlights the legacy of the Jewish educators who stood at the front of the Jewish struggle in the Holocaust, such as Janusz Korczak and Yitzhak Katzenelson. It is also the GFH's mission to work together with Israeli, as well as worldwide historical and educational organizations to increase the awareness of the universal meaning of anti-Semitism and Nazism and to fight against Holocaust denial, racism and xenophobia all over the world.

The Holocaust Memorial Center
http://www.holocaustcenter.com/
Holocaust Memorial Center is a comprehensive museum and memorial located near Detroit, Michigan. The Center is in the process of building a new museum. The campus on the new site will consist of an expanded Holocaust Center and two new museums: the Museum of European Jewish Heritage and the International Institute of the Righteous.

Holocaust Museum Houston
http://www.hmh.org/
Charged with educating students and the public about the dangers of prejudice and hatred in society, Holocaust Museum Houston, opened its doors in March of 1996.

The Holocaust Resource Center
http://eev.liu.edu/holocaustrectr/
The mission of the Center, located in Manhasset, New York, is to educate young and old on the evils of prejudice, to teach the lessons of the Holocaust and to combat ignorance, hatred and violence. The Center coordinates the “Adopt a Survivor” program, pairing a student with a Survivor as a way of transmitting and reinforcing Holocaust information to students.

The Jewish Agency for Israel
http://www.jafi.org.il/newsite/index.htm
The Jewish Agency works to strengthen the connection between Jews everywhere who share a common heritage, identity, and one common ground—Israel. It deals specifically with issues such as: the rescue of Jews in distress, immigration to Israel and initial absorption, and Jewish Zionist education and identity.

Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
http://www.jewishla.org/
History will come alive for museum visitors through hundreds of historic artifacts, photographs, and documents as well as precious family and religious treasures, professional and cultural arts memorabilia. Founded by survivors and concerned community leaders in the 1960's, the Museum became a department of The Jewish Federation in 1978.

Museum of Jewish Heritage
http://mjhnyc.org/
Created as a living memorial to those who perished during the Holocaust, the Museum honors those who died by celebrating their lives - cherishing the traditions that they embraced, examining their achievements and faith, and affirming the vibrant worldwide Jewish community that is their legacy today. The Museum is located in New York City.

The Museum of Tolerance
http://www.museumoftolerance.com/mot/
about/survivor.cfm

This is an interesting Museum and website to visit. It is connected with the Simon Wiesenthal Center and it stresses the importance of Tolerance. They have teaching programs for all ages and many sources that are very informative.

Survivors of the Shoah - Visual History Foundation
http://www.vhf.org/
Steven Spielberg has created an archive of videotaped interviews of Holocaust Survivors. At this site you can explore the other project Spielberg is working on to preserve the Survivor's stories and educate about the Shoah.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center
http://www.wiesenthal.com/
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an organization, which is located in Los Angeles. At their website you will find current articles, access to their library and archives and links to other organizations and programs that this center supports. Survivors and Second generation Survivors will find this site to be very informative and useful when searching for information concerning tolerance and other issues surrounding the Holocaust.

Virginia Holocaust Museum
http://www.va-holocaust.com/
The Virginia Holocaust Museum was founded in 1996 as a museum dedicated primarily to educating young people.

Yad Vashem
http://www.yadvashem.org.il/
Yad Vashem is a Holocaust Memorial Museum located in Jerusalem. Its mission is to commemorate and document the events of the Holocaust. It also exists to preserve the legacy of the Holocaust so future generations will never forget the horror and cruelty of the Holocaust. This website provides a look into some of the phenomenal exhibits and educational programs that are available at the museum.

The 1939 Club
http://www.1939club.com/
Based in Los Angeles, the 1939 Club is dedicated to Holocaust education, documentation, justice, and the memory of the six million Jews who perished during World War II, the millions of other victims who lost their lives, and the righteous persons who stood up for human rights, so that it will never happen again. It takes its name from the year 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland. The club develops its own programs and collaborates with, and donates to, other organizations to further these goals.

Amcha
http://www.amcha.org/
Israeli Center for Holocaust Survivors and The Second Generation.

The American–Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
http://www.JDC.org.il/
JDC's central purpose is to aid Jews in distress overseas on behalf of American Jewry, and to do so in a non-partisan and apolitical way. This approach has enabled JDC to reach out to Jews in countries in the midst of political turmoil and crisis. It is also the mission of the JDC to pay special attention to the elderly Holocaust survivors enabling them to live out their lives in dignity.

American Red Cross Holocaust and War Victims Tracing and Information Center
http://www.redcross.org/services/intl/holotrace/
The American Red Cross provides a service that allows families to trace relatives that have been missing since the Holocaust. They have been working for years to reunite relatives that were separated during World War II. This service is confidential and free.

The Associated
http://www.associated.org/
The Associated is The Jewish Federation of Baltimore. It is has excellent links to a variety of different programs and Jewish links. The links that are listed on this site can take you to Jewish Organizations all around the world.

The Association of Children of Jewish Refugees
http://www.acjr.org.uk/
The Association of Children of Jewish Refugees, known as ACJR, is based in London, UK, but also has members in other locations, including other countries. It is a social and cultural organization aimed at bringing together people whose parents (one or both) were victims of Nazi persecution.

Association of Jewish Refugees
http://www.ajr.org.uk/
The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR), provides a range of services aimed at securing the welfare and maintaining the cultural traditions and interests of former Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution. AJR assists and represents Jewish victims of Nazi oppression who came to this country [Britain] after 1933 and members of their immediate families — full membership benefits also being available to husbands, wives, children and grandchildren. Today the leadership and management of the AJR have been assumed by their successor generation in order to ensure the rights and welfare of their parents, as well as to preserve German and mid–European Jewish cultural values. The AJR provides social and welfare services, gives advice on Holocaust claims, and conducts regional groups of Holocaust survivors, including a Kindertransport special interest group.

The Belzec Memorial Project
http://www.ajc.org.belzec.asp/
The Belzec death camp in southeastern Poland was established by the Nazis at the end of 1941. It was the first killing center to operate gas chambers, and between February and December 1942 hundreds of thousands of Jews died thereand were buried in mass graves. In 1994, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum began discussions with the Polish ministry of Culture to create a meaningful commemoration at the Belzec site.

Child Development Research
http://www.cdrchildsurvivor.org/
Child Development Research is dedicated to restoring and preserving the mental health of children especially those who have suffered under the extreme trauma of organized persecution.

Niños de la Shoá en Argentina
(Children of the Shoah in Argentina)
http://www.hexabus.com/personal/Diana/b_group.html
The group stimulates reflection and awareness about discrimination, anti-Semitism, and the creation of educational tools to teach about human rights.

The Federation of Jewish Child Survivors
http://www.wfjcsh.org/
The Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust dedicates itself to the children that were “persecuted during the Nazi-era in ghettos, in camps, in hiding, on the run, or forced to leave Nazi occupied Europe.” The objective of the organization is to “represent the interest of the child Survivor community” and “to keep alive the memory of the six million Jews- including the 1.5 million children murdered.” The website contains stories, community interactions, educational materials, and calendar of events.

Florida Center for Instructional Technology
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/
gallery/DP.htm
List of Displaced Persons photos.

Amutat Yotsei Belgia Be-Israel
Association des Originaires de Belgique en Israel
(Holocaust Survivors Originally from Belgium Living in Israel)
http://www.orgsion.be/55/exposant/OBI.asp
The Amutat Yotsei Be-Israel (Association des Originaires de Belgique en Israel) was recently created to unite all former Belgian Holocaust survivors living in Israel.

Holocaust Survivor Services
http://www.abqweb.com/jfsabq/jfs-holocaust.htm
This is a valuable source for Holocaust Survivors and their families. This site is a source to finding Survivor Services, a guide for Senior Housing and counseling opportunities for Survivor's families.

Jewish Care
http://www.jcs.org.au/
Jewish Care is another site that supplies information about services and care that are available for the older Jewish population. There is recreation and social services available and most importantly they have established a Holocaust Survivor Program. For more information visit this website and their contact information is listed on the site.

Jewish Family and Children's Services
http://www.jfcs.org/
For over 150 years, JFCS has provided comprehensive, caring social services to Bay Area residents of all ages. With over 40 programs and services to choose from - including our nationally acclaimed Seniors·At·Home and Parents Place - we're confident you'll find whatever you need right here at JFCS.

Joodse Oorlogs Kinderen
(Association of Jewish War Children - The Netherlands)
http://www.j-o-k.nl/
The Association of Jewish War Children, founded in 1994 at the initiative of Jews with different backgrounds, was formed for people who experienced the war as children.

Kindertransport Association
http://www.kindertransport.org/
The Kindertransport Association (KTA) is a nonprofit organization of child Holocaust Survivors who were sent without their parents out of Austria, Germany, Poland, and Czechoslovakia to Great Britain. The website includes history of World War II, membership, calendar of events, memoirs writing project, and newsletters.

Missing Identity
http://www.missing-identity.net/
Persons who survived Holocaust as children are still trying to locate information regarding their past, and perhaps you can help them. Some hope to find surviving relatives who can tell them about their parents and family. Others hope to find out the most basic information about themselves - their own name, their birth date and birthplace, the names of their parents.

One Thousand Children, Inc.
http://www.onethousandchildren.org/
A research and education organization documenting the virtually unknown history of the only unaccompanied children rescued from the Holocaust by the United States. OTC children were brought to the U.S. and placed with foster families across America as part of an organized effort of private individuals and organizations that spanned three continents, two oceans and twelve years from 1934 to 1945.

Remember.org
http://www.remember.org/witness/
Read about Children Survivors who are attempting to make connections to the past and reaching out to see if they can locate their families origins. The other sites contain material about Displaced Persons and Survivors.

The Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors Association
http://www.cjhsa.org/
The Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors Association is a not-for-profit organization founded in the Greater Philadelphia area dedicated to preserving the memory of the martyrs and victims of the Holocaust. As direct descendants of Survivors we share a deep commitment to honor our parents and relatives, preserve our unique heritage and culture, educate our community on Holocaust issues, fight bigotry and hatred and encourage tolerance and equality.

Descendents of the Shoah Group
http://www.dosinc.org.au/
The Descendents of the Shoah Inc. began in Melbourne, Australia in 1991 as a group of sons and daughters of Holocaust Survivors wanting to explore their parents’ experiences, the similarities in their childhood, and the effects their children (third generation) may experience. The website is based in Melbourne, one of the largest populations per capita of Holocaust Survivors in the world.

Generation After
http://www.geocities.com/genafter/
An organization of children of Holocaust Survivors with the mission of promoting Holocaust education and remembrance in the greater Washington, DC area.

Generations of the Shoah International
http://www.genshoah.org/
A worldwide network of children and grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors, all linked together with the common goals of preserving and honoring our legacy, sharing resources and programming ideas, providing emotional support to our members, and tackling issues of mutual interest.

International Association of Lesbian and Gay Children of Survivors
http://www.infotrue.com/gay.html
The International Association of Lesbian and Gay Children of Survivors continue to research what actually happened to the generation of homosexuals who were persecuted or perished during the Third Reich.

One by One, Inc.
Transforming the Legacies of Conflict, War and Genocide through Dialogue
http://www.one-by-one.org/
One by One is an American/German organization dedicated to promoting communication and reconciliation between former enemies of the Holocaust. Through the use of dialogue groups, those who were directly affected by the Nazi regime, either as victims or perpetrators or descendants thereof, come together to discuss their experiences and work to use their collective histories in an effort and eradicate hate and indifference in the world today.

Remember.org
http://www.remember.org/
Remember.org is an educational forum that uses the personal stories of both Holocaust survivors and children of Holocaust survivors as well as various artistic methods, such as contemporary children’s art and books by Survivors, to promote learning about and remembering the Holocaust.

Resources for Children of Holocaust Survivors
http://www.judymeschel.com/cosh.htm
This page is devoted to resources about and for children of survivors.

Second Generation of Los Angeles
http://www.imeg.com/secondgeneration/
The Second Generation of Los Angeles organizes events and meetings for the Sons and Daughters of Holocaust Survivors in the greater Los Angeles area.

Claims Conference
http://www.claimscon.org/
This site provides a wealth of information concerning the Swiss Bank accounts and other services that may be of use to Holocaust Survivors and their families. Also visit this website to read about related organizations and conferences.

Swiss Bank Sites
http://www.dormantaccounts.ch/
http://www.swissbankclaims.com/
http://www.vaticanbankclaims.com/
These sites are very informative and provide information on contacting the Swiss Banks and completing claim forms. Information is also included concerning the Claims Conference.

The Educational Technology Center
http://www.atsweb.neu.edu/holocaust/
annual_events.htm

This is a site dedicated to Holocaust awareness. One can read Survivor's stories, learn about different projects that currently exist to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and read about other information concerning Holocaust studies.

Israeli Embassy
http://www.israelemb.org/
This is a link to the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C.

The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous
http://www.jfr.org/
This site lends support to those who helped save Jews during the Holocaust. This site posts different activities and programs that the organization is hosting and contains other interesting information.

Manya’s Page
http://www.amphicar.net/manya/ring.html
A webpage by and about one of the Museum’s Survivor Volunteers.

The Miriam Weiner Roots to Roots Foundation, Inc
http://www.rtrfoundation.org/
This website consists of two parts (1) a 275-page book and (2) a searchable database of archive inventories for towns in Belarus, Poland, Ukraine, Moldova and Lithuania. After you locate documents for the town that is of interest. Click on "archive name" and this will take you to a page where you can find the archive addresses and other contact information.

Thanks to Scandinavia
http://www.thankstoscandinavia.org/
The purpose of the organization is to “show perpetual appreciation to the Scandinavians for protecting and saving the lives of thousands of their Jewish neighbors during the Holocaust years of World War II.” The organization gives out educational scholarships, fellowships, and other grants to students, researchers, doctors, nurses, and educators. Another goal of the organization is to provide information about the heroics of historic Scandinavian Rescues.