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Holocaust and Antisemitism Foundation Aotearoa New Zealand
Mother's Love and a Nobel Prize
Roald was aware of the incredible danger that lay beyond his hiding place. Although he was confined in difficult circumstances Roald remembers being surrounded by family and cocooned in an atmosphere of love.
When Queen Elizabeth Helped Us Hunt Nazis
The late monarch used her royal powers for justice, against strong opposition, by making it possible to prosecute war criminals who escaped to the UK.
Five EU countries that shouldn’t be throwing stones
With the exception of one case in Poland, not a single Holocaust perpetrator has been convicted and punished in any of these countries since independence… …they have totally failed to confront their crimes, and have failed in every aspect of dealing with the Shoah.
Anti-Zionism, NZ and the IHRA Definition
The Holocaust and Antisemitism Foundation welcomes the recent announcement that New Zealand has been accepted as an Observer by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
What Really Changed in 1945? Yom HaShoah Speech
Enemies have been many and friends have been few. And the character of friends like those of Le Chambon is ultimately only proven in times of peril. The Shoah taught us that those considered friends are worse than irrelevant if they will not act.
Antisemitism in New Zealand 2021 - Download the Survey
The Holocaust Foundation contributed to the Survey of Antisemitism in New Zealand 2021, conducted by the New Zealand Jewish Council. Download the report.
Vaccines, Mandates, and the Holocaust
When opponents of government overreach don yellow stars and deface politicians’ images with moustaches, they do their cause no good and misuse history - a history that is increasingly under assault from both friend and foe.
Holocaust Foundation work shown in Berlin and Dubai
The Holocaust Foundation was pleased to receive a request for our stories to be shown in the pavilion and event at the Israel Expo in Dubai. Our work was also featured in Berlin at an important event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Wannsee Conference.
Wannsee and the Education Myth
Certainly in the case of Nazi Germany, education did nothing to prevent the rise of a genocidal regime and the subsequent murder of six million Jews. Indeed, it seems clear that many of the philosophical assumptions underlying the education of the time only propelled Jew hatred. But what of the present day?