NEWS 

Op Ed - Dom Post, 7 Nov 2019: Anniversary of Kristallnacht shows why hateful words matter

When 18th-century Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke said that "the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing", he could not have imagined what the future would hold, and how his words would resonate for the world we live in today.

Read More: Dom Post

The Boemestrasse Synagogue in Frankfurt, Germany, burning on November 10, 1938. Photo credit: Yad Vashem

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New Chair for The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand

The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand has elected its board naming Deborah Hart at its new Chair.

READ MORE: J-Wire Newsdesk

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 Is poor awareness of the Holocaust just the tip of the iceberg? (20 August 2019)

 Giacomo Lichtner, associate professor of History at Victoria University of Wellington's opinion piece on the recent Auckland Holocaust Memorial Trust/Curia Market Research poll on popular awareness of the Holocaust in New Zealand.

"This poll should encourage us to take on a more demanding conversation, which is partly about Holocaust remembrance and partly about how we relate to and teach the past in this country....... History is the conversation that gives us the ability to recognise the signs the next time around, and hopefully the collective resilience to stand up."

Also included in this article is an interview with HCNZ Founding Director on the Children's Holocaust Memorial (now on display in Auckland Central City Library) and one of our Yad Vashem NZ Teachers Seminar Grads, St Oran's College teacher Liz Wright, reflecting on aspects of this Professional Development and its impact on her teaching.

READ STUFF.CO.NZ ARTICLE

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Are we forgetting the Holocaust? 

A new poll shows that a nearly a third of New Zealanders know little or nothing about the Holocaust and less than half know that six million Jews were killed by the Nazis. Mark Jennings reports.​

Newsroom article

HOLOCAUST AWARENESS POLL (NZ)

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One and a Half Million Buttons - Book Launch

​Photo: Alex MacLeod being presented her raffle winning copy from Dame Joy Cowley.

​​​11 May 2019 - At special Q&A and reading sessions, for children, with Joy Cowley, at the Featherston Booktown 2019 festival, now in its 5th year – Joy shared her newest children’s book ‘One and a Half Million Buttons’.
This book was written inspired by the ‘Button Project’ of the Moriah School, and encapsulates the project’s development from inception, button collection to finally the Children’s Holocaust Memorial being launched November 2018.
Whilst the book is suitable for reading ages 7 – 9 it has already been embraced by young and old. With the message firmly embedded, to remember the children killed during the Holocaust and to accept and embrace diversity, Joy Cowley reaches young readers through visuals and text.
Thank you to Joy for your work and your wisdom.
Dame Joy Cowley is the Patron of the Children’s Holocaust Memorial.
 
One and a Half Million Buttons
ISBN: 9780995115552
Publisher: The Copy Press
Format: Paperback
Dimensions: Width: 297mm, Height: 210mm
RRP: $20 with proceeds going towards the project enabling the memorial to be transported around Aotearoa New Zealand and towards future printing of the book.
To purchase: You may purchase at the Holocaust Centre by cash or EFTPOS or via online banking of $20 plus $5.50 postage & handling,  to HCNZ account  03-0515-0507281-00 ref Buttons & your name.  Send an Email with your name and address for postage  to officeadmin@holocaustcentre.org.nz

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Anne Frank's Diary translated into te reo Māori

Read More: Stuff.co.nz Article

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VIP Visits

           

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Over the past few months we have been fortunate to have the pleasure of visits from Ambassador Georgii Zuev from the Embassy of the Russian Federation, British High Commissioner Ms Laura Clarke and Ambassador Mira Woldberg from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

  We are grateful to you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to see our work and to discuss the importance of Holocaust education and remembrance.