Young Friends of the Jewish Holocaust Centre

The evening after Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) in April, 250 young adults gathered to attend a commemoration ceremony at the Jewish Holocaust Centre. Designed to engage the younger generation, we shared poems, sang songs and heard Holocaust survivor Irma Hanner’s inspiring story.

In June, the Young Friends of the Jewish Holocaust Centre held a film night at the Classic Cinema. Fifty young adults watched Run Boy Run, a German-Polish-French co-production about an eight-year-old Jewish boy who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942 and survived for the next three years, largely on his own, in rural Poland. This moving film provided valuable insights into the events of the Shoah.

Through involving young people in our functions and in the work of the Jewish Holocaust Centre, the committee of the Young Friends of the Jewish Holocaust Centre aims to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive, and to remind the younger generation of our important role in carrying on the legacy of Holocaust survivors.

If you are between the ages of 18 and 25, we hope you can come to our functions. We also welcome new members to our committee. For further information about the Young Friends of the Jewish Holocaust Centre, please contact Bianca Saltzman on 0412 988 752, or email biancas1996@hotmail.com.

Become a Friend of the Jewish Holocaust Centre & support the activities of the Centre.

The Friends of the Jewish Holocaust Centre plays an important role in providing financial support to the Centre through membership subscriptions, raffle book sales, sales of the Entertainment Book and social fundraising functions.

To become a Friend of the Jewish Holocaust Centre, simply download and complete the form from jhc.org.au.

For further information please contact Elly Brooks on (03) 9528 1985 or email ellyhbrooks@gmail.com.