The Board of the
Holocaust and Antisemitism Foundation
Holocaust and Antisemitism Foundation, Aotearoa New Zealand (formerly Shadows of Shoah Trust) is an incorporated charitable trust based in New Zealand. It is registered with the Charities Commission and has donee status (CC48205). The trustees appear below. The Holocaust Foundation is nonsectarian and has been established for the purpose of Holocaust and antisemitism education.
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ROBERT NAREV ONZM, BA, LLB CHAIRMAN
Robert was born in Germany and is a survivor of Theresienstadt Concentration Camp. He is an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit and serves on a number of charitable trusts. Robert is past president of the Auckland District Society of Notaries.
Robert has served as President of Auckland Hebrew Congregation and Chairman of United Synagogues of NZ. He and his wife Freda, also a Holocaust survivor, are actively involved in Holocaust education. They live in Auckland, New Zealand.
Emeritus Professor Dov Bing
Dov recently retired as a Professor at Waikato University, NZ. His areas of expertise include European integration and Middle Eastern politics (Al Qaeda, Islamic fundamentalism, and the Arab/Israeli conflict). He has lectured on Holocaust denial at Yad VaShem and Bar Ilan Universities.
Dov was born in the Netherlands in 1939. He lost extended family at Sobibor and Auschwitz and his father, betrayed by Nazi collaborators, was murdered whilst attempting to escape.
PROFESSOR PAUL MOON ONZM
Paul is a New Zealand historian and a professor at the Auckland University of Technology. He is a prolific writer of New Zealand history and biography, specialising in Māori history, the Treaty of Waitangi and the early period of Crown rule. He authored an online course for AUT, focusing on the Holocaust.
In 2003, Paul was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society at University College London, and is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Dr Sheree Trotter
Dr Sheree Trotter
Sheree is a Māori New Zealander (Te Arawa) and has a PhD in History from the University of Auckland, where she was formerly a Professional Teaching Fellow. In 2023 she completed the scholars-in-residence ISGAP course on curriculum development for Critical Antisemitism Studies, at University of Oxford. Sheree is HAFANZ co-founder and is responsible for interviews, research and writing.
Ashley Church
Ashley is a business leader and regular media commentator on property, energy, business matters and social issues. He was formerly CEO of the Property Institute of New Zealand and Chairman of Taxpayers Union.
Dr Efraim Zuroff, HAFANZ International Council
Zuroff is the Coordinator of Nazi war crimes research for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and the Director of the Center’s Israel Office and Eastern European Affairs. For the past four decades, he has played a leading role in helping to facilitate the prosecution of Holocaust perpetrators all over the world, and is the person who revealed the immigration to New Zealand of dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals. The recipient of many awards and honours, Zuroff was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008.
Deb Levy Friedler, HAFANZ International Council
Deb is the Rebbetzin of Kehillat Masada in Sydney, Australia.
David Robinson
David is a former Associate Judge of the High Court of New Zealand and a former District Court Judge. David recently retired from his role as Honorary Consul for Israel.
Perry Trotter
Perry is the founder of the Holocaust Foundation. Perry is a photographer and media producer and lives north of Auckland with his wife Sheree. He has lectured on Christian antisemitism both in NZ and overseas. Read more about Perry's background and the Foundation’s project philosophy. Read the artist statement.
JOHN BARNETT CNZM
John is a prolific film producer and has produced or executive produced many of NZ's most successful works including Whale Rider, Sione's Wedding, Footrot Flats and What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted.
John was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2003 and Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2020. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Commerce by Victoria University, for his contribution to New Zealand film and television.