We have a new temporary photo exhibition. Please follow the link and enjoy our new photo addition.
The ceremony will be broadcasted online and you can watch it at http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/
Friday, 27 January
Holocaust Memorial Ceremony
Venue: General Assembly Hall (UNHQ)
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Contact: Holocaustremembrance@un.org or online registration
The solemn ceremony on the theme “Children and the Holocaust” will include a video message by the UN Secretary-General and statements by the President of the General Assembly and the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Dominican Republic to the United Nations (invited). The Under-Secretary-General will also launch the UN Holocaust Outreach Programme’s new study guide for children. Keynote remarks will be made by Professor Robert Krell (Canada), a child survivor and psychiatrist who is devoted to understapnding the problems of Holocaust survivor-families and their wellbeing. Students from New York City will perform songs from the YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood’s production of “Sosua: Dare to Dance Together”, which is based on the true story of the emigration of Jewish refugees to the Dominican Republic.
Received today over 200 fabulous photos donated to the Sosua Virtual Museum by Fritzi Rosenzweig. A big thank you ! They will be published soon. Will let you know.
Since the last update we have received pictures and documents from Margot Labi, Barbara Wagner, Hermine Kohn, Ruth Cohnen, Cecil Hess. Also your comments on the website helped us to updated pages. A BIG thanks and thumbs up for them. Please continue to send us pictures and comments.
Thanks to the new photos we were able to update the following “Site” pages:
Group Photos, Colmado Sosúa, Unknown Settlers, Miscellaneous Photos, Religious/Social events, Sosua Beach, Health Services, Sosúa in the news, Barracks, Sosúa Park.
Also updates have been made to the following settlers pages: Arnoldi Moses&Margaretha, Cohnen Alfred&Grete, Codik Bruno&Irma, Hess Luis&Ana Julia, Kohn Erich&Hermine, Kohn Victor&Sarah, Papernick Julius&Esther, Robitschek Walter, Schwarz Egon&Hilde, Yatzkan Moses&Ella,
We want to remind everybody about the Sosúa Reunion in Miami, FL, November 11, 12.
New photos of Dr. Alejo Martinez, Dr. Hahn, Dr. Hilde Schwarz(Dentist) and the Pharmacy were included in the Health services page. Enjoy
A new page was added under the OTHER tab of the home page. It relates the story of the 1959 bombing. Please let us know what you think about this page.
Thanks cheap nba jerseys to everyone who has written us and posted comments and words of encouragement on the website . Your kind words inspire us to work harder in order to tell the story of the Sosúa community. The following major updates have been made:
* A new page, “Sosúa in the News”, за was published under the “Other” tab of the home page
* We have cheap nfl jerseys now published over a 1,000 photos on the website
* New photos have been posted on most web pages.
* The following family stories have been received, edited, approved, and Editor published:
Cohnen, Alfred & cheap nfl jerseys Grete W
Cohnen, Pablo & Grete H
Kirchheimer, Arthur & Ilona
Meyer, Bernharnd & Margarethe
Wasservogel, Heinrich (Henry Wells) Un & Alice
Finally, thanks cheap jerseys to your help, our list of settlers is growing. Thanks to all who have promised to send family stories, version photos, audio tapes and newspaper Groningen clippings about cheap nfl jerseys Sosúa. We are looking forward to receiving your stories in order to share them with the world.
Your input is essential to the success of our common mission- to honor the legacy of Sosúa’s settlers.
