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The former concentration camp prisoners and eyewitnesses of the Shoah, have devoted all their lives to the mission of keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive. Today, as their mission is coming to an end, they understand better than anyone else that this whole work and toil might be in vain if we do not succeed in bequeathing the material evidence of this terrible crime to future generations. The

German N**i concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau remains the most important of these testimonies: once a place of suffering and death for hundreds of thousands of Jews, Poles, Roma, Sinti and people from all over Europe, today it is a memorial site visited by millions of people from around the world. Auschwitz-Birkenau is one of the most widely recognized symbols of racism, bigotry, and hatred where untold millions suffered unthinkable and heinous treatment under N**i tyranny. While there are hundreds of other historically important camps and mass grave sites, Auschwitz-Birkenau has become a symbol of the Holocaust. The preservation of Auschwitz-Birkenau is essential so that future generations can visit and understand how the world can never again allow a place of such hatred and persecution to exist. It is also an important educational tool to show those who doubt that the Holocaust ever existed that indeed, tragically, it did.

05/22/2026

Why are your Jewish friends eating cheesecake, staying up all night studying, and celebrating a holiday most people have never heard of? This is Shavuot: an important holiday on the Jewish calendar.

Shavuot is not simply a religious celebration. It is a story about what comes AFTER freedom.

Passover tells the story of liberation from slavery in Egypt. Shavuot asks the next question: What kind of society do we build once we are free?

According to Jewish tradition, Shavuot commemorates the moment the Jewish people stood at Mount Sinai and received the Torah — not only as a religious text, but as a moral framework centered on justice, responsibility, memory, learning, and human dignity.

At a time when misinformation spreads faster than wisdom, when antisemitism is rising globally, and when history increasingly competes with algorithms, the themes of Shavuot feel extraordinarily relevant.

Jewish tradition teaches that revelation did not happen only once at Sinai. It continues every time a person chooses to listen, learn, question, teach, and carry wisdom forward.

And perhaps that is what civilization ultimately depends on: not only freedom, but what human beings choose to do with it.

Happy Shavuot to those who celebrate!

Today, Rachel Miller turns 93 ♥️At 9 years old, she was alone on a farm in the French countryside when she learned that ...
05/20/2026

Today, Rachel Miller turns 93 ♥️

At 9 years old, she was alone on a farm in the French countryside when she learned that her family had been deported to Auschwitz.

Before that, she was just a little girl in Paris who loved Saturday nights filled with music, family, and singing. Then came the yellow stars. The hiding. The new name she was forced to memorize so nobody would know she was Jewish. The loss of nearly everyone she loved.

Rachel survived because strangers hid her.
Because someone chose courage over silence.
Because she kept going.

After the war, she arrived in America alone at just 11 years old, carrying grief far too heavy for a child. Yet somehow, she rebuilt a life filled with love, music, family, and hope.

Today we celebrate not only Rachel’s birthday, but the extraordinary strength of a generation that endured the unimaginable and still chose humanity.

Happy 93rd birthday, Rachel.
Your story is a reminder that memory is not passive — it is a responsibility.

Florida educators are helping shape the future of Holocaust education in America.At a time when antisemitism, Holocaust ...
05/20/2026

Florida educators are helping shape the future of Holocaust education in America.

At a time when antisemitism, Holocaust denial, and online misinformation are rapidly rising, meaningful education has never been more urgent. Through Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation’s flagship program Auschwitz Legacy Fellowship, high school teachers engage in a year-long educational experience that includes intensive training, ongoing professional development, and an immersive study trip to .

They return not only with knowledge, but with the responsibility and confidence to carry these stories into their classrooms and communities.

One teacher can reach hundreds of students each year.
One classroom can help preserve memory for generations to come.

Since 2022, the Fellowship has expanded to 22 states as we work toward our goal of reaching all 50 states by 2030. In partnership with , we are strengthening Holocaust education across Florida and building a growing national network of educators committed to confronting antisemitism, hate, and Holocaust distortion through education.

Nearly half of Americans cannot name a single concentration camp or ghetto.
That should concern all of us.

Holocaust education is not only about history.
It is about protecting truth, empathy, and humanity in the present.

👉 Visit our website to learn more about the Auschwitz Legacy Fellowship and how you can help support educators in Florida and across the country.

Today we celebrate the birthday of Jerry Wartski — a man who survived the Holocaust, Auschwitz concentration camp, death...
05/19/2026

Today we celebrate the birthday of Jerry Wartski — a man who survived the Holocaust, Auschwitz concentration camp, death marches, starvation, and the murder of his parents by N**i Germany.

For decades, Jerry could not speak publicly about what he endured. His children learned about the Holocaust in school — not from him. The pain was simply too immense.

But years later, understanding that fewer and fewer survivors remain to tell the story, he made the courageous decision to speak. To testify. To remember. To educate.

From a terrified Jewish child forced to walk in the gutters of N**i-occupied Poland… to an American immigrant arriving at Ellis Island with nothing… to a successful businessman, father, grandfather, and powerful Holocaust educator — Jerry’s life is a testament to resilience, memory, and survival.

Today, as antisemitism rises around the world and Holocaust distortion spreads online, voices like Jerry’s matter more than ever.

Happy Birthday, Jerry. Thank you for carrying the memory forward for all of us. ❤️

Today we celebrate the birthday of Jerry Wartski — a man who survived the Holocaust, Auschwitz concentration camp, death...
05/19/2026

Today we celebrate the birthday of Jerry Wartski — a man who survived the Holocaust, Auschwitz concentration camp, death marches, starvation, and the murder of his parents by N**i Germany.

For decades, Jerry could not speak publicly about what he endured. His children learned about the Holocaust in school — not from him. The pain was simply too immense.

But years later, understanding that fewer and fewer survivors remain to tell the story, he made the courageous decision to speak. To testify. To remember. To educate.

From a terrified Jewish child forced to walk in the gutters of N**i-occupied Poland… to an American immigrant arriving at Ellis Island with nothing… to a successful businessman, father, grandfather, and powerful Holocaust educator — Jerry’s life is a testament to resilience, memory, and survival.

Today, as antisemitism rises around the world and Holocaust distortion spreads online, voices like Jerry’s matter more than ever.

Happy Birthday, Jerry. Thank you for carrying the memory forward for all of us. ❤️

Meet Jeff Walters, our 2026 Auschwitz Legacy Fellow of the Week.When asked why he applied for the Auschwitz Legacy Fello...
05/19/2026

Meet Jeff Walters, our 2026 Auschwitz Legacy Fellow of the Week.

When asked why he applied for the Auschwitz Legacy Fellowship, Jeff said, “Fortunately, most of my students are intellectuals who are very into history, especially with the world wars and the topics that blend in psychology to challenge them to think about humanity and think critically. The first reason is to find new ways to reach apathetic, overwhelmed, and overstimulated students who tune out. We also have a community that has seen a rise in anti-Semitic literature being circulated to homes and vandalism in recent years. I want to approach the Holocaust at a whole school level, partnering with our school organizations such as our Jewish Student Union and Rho Kappa Social Studies Honor Society.”

Jeff learned of the Auschwitz Legacy Fellowship through ABMF’s outreach and social media.

As Shavuot approaches, foods like blintzes become more than holiday treats. They become reminders of family, resilience,...
05/17/2026

As Shavuot approaches, foods like blintzes become more than holiday treats. They become reminders of family, resilience, and the traditions carried forward across generations.

For Holocaust survivors and sisters Irene Buchman and Olga Jaeger, recreating their mother’s recipes after the war meant rebuilding pieces through memory. Their mother, Dobrish (Devorah), was remembered for her incredible baking, for balancing cooking with raising children, and for working as a wigmaker. Years later, Irene and Olga relied on their memories of her cooking, along with conversations with survivor friends and relatives, and recipe books to recreate those same dishes for their own families.

Among the most meaningful were the blintzes served during Shavuot. Irene’s daughter, Carol Buchman-Krutiansky, recalled knowing the holiday was near when her mother brought home farmer cheese and pot cheese to begin preparing them. The blintzes became a beloved family tradition and a direct connection to the sisters’ childhood before the war.

Even later in life, when Irene lost her sight, making the blintzes remained deeply important to her. She chose her niece Debbie, Olga’s daughter, to continue the tradition, ensuring the recipe and the memories tied to it would live on.

Recipes like these preserve far more than flavor. Irene and Olga’s recipe is featured in “Honey Cake & Latkes: Recipes from the Old World by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Survivors.”

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With Shavuot approaching next week, this cheesecake recipe carries more than sweetness. Like the longstanding tradition ...
05/14/2026

With Shavuot approaching next week, this cheesecake recipe carries more than sweetness. Like the longstanding tradition of eating dairy foods on the holiday, it is also about memory, family, and continuity.

Some recipes survive because they are delicious. Others survive because they carry the voices of the people who made them, the tables around which they were shared, and the generations determined not to let those memories disappear.

Holocaust survivor Ruth Webber shared her cheesecake recipe in memory of her mother, Malka “Molly” Muschkies, a dessert prepared with care and close attention to detail. Molly would always bake the cheesecake in a simple 9-by-13 pan, allowing it to cool completely before cutting it neatly into individual squares to serve family and guests.

She knew the cheesecake was ready by the gentle “jiggle” of the pan and the slight golden color on top, small kitchen instincts passed down through experience and tradition.

Ruth’s recipe is featured in “Honey Cake & Latkes: Recipes from the Old World by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Survivors.”

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Our Auschwitz Legacy Fellows are strengthening Holocaust education for future generations across the United States. You ...
05/13/2026

Our Auschwitz Legacy Fellows are strengthening Holocaust education for future generations across the United States. You can help make it possible.

Through the Auschwitz Legacy Fellowship, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation fully funds a year-long experience for high school educators—providing rigorous training, classroom resources, and an immersive study trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Fellows return not only with knowledge, but with the responsibility and confidence to teach it forward, reaching hundreds of students each year.

Since launching in 2022, the Fellowship has expanded to 22 states as we work toward our goal of reaching all 50 states by 2030. By working alongside partners like , we are strengthening Holocaust education across Ohio and building a growing national network of educators committed to confronting antisemitism, misinformation, and Holocaust distortion.

It costs $5,000 to support one teacher.
That one teacher will reach hundreds of students.

The future of Holocaust remembrance depends on education and on all of us working together to support it.

At a time when 48% of Americans cannot name a single concentration camp or ghetto, and Holocaust denial continues to rise online, meaningful Holocaust education has never been more important.

👉 Visit our website to learn more about the Auschwitz Legacy Fellowship.

Another Auschwitz survivor is gone.Albrecht Weinberg died this yesterday at 101.He survived Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, de...
05/13/2026

Another Auschwitz survivor is gone.

Albrecht Weinberg died this yesterday at 101.
He survived Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, death marches, forced labor, and the murder of nearly his entire family.

And yet, after everything, he chose not silence, but testimony.

For decades, he stood in classrooms and before crowds across Germany, telling young people exactly where hatred, antisemitism, dehumanization, and indifference can lead. Even at 101 years old, he was still speaking out.

Soon, there will be no Holocaust survivors left to tell these stories firsthand.

What remains will be our willingness to listen. To remember. To teach. To refuse distortion and denial when it appears before us.

May his memory be a blessing… and a responsibility. 🕯️

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