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We are pleased to welcome author, Lynley Smith to address the Society on December 1.

After finding a tenuous family connection to the mysterious and captivating Jane Haining, Lynley Smith crafted Jane’s fictionalized diary, a biography of a faithful servant and Scottish missionary who died at the hands of Nazi butchers in Auschwitz Concentration Camp during World War II, in the inspirational and bittersweet From Matron to Martyr.

One of Jane Haining’s best friends was Frances Warburton Lee, who ended up in the same prison cell as Jane in Budapest.  Frances moved to Christchurch after the war and settled in Christchurch.

Jane’s story has had moved the hearts of many.  In December she will be speaking at the Holocaust Centre for New Zealand in Wellington.  The second largest publisher in Hungary has agreed to translate and publish the story, and sell it in their numerous bookshops throughout Hungary. The Budapest Holocaust Centre also plans to launch the book in June next year.

AS HANUKKAH ALSO STARTS AT THE SAME TIME, PLEASE BRING ALONG A PLATE OF APPROPRIATE FINGER FOOD TO MARK THE OCCASION

Daniel Gold and his father shortly after the war

DANIEL GOLD: HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR MEETING

Hidden by his parents as the Nazis rounded up the elderly and the children in their Ghetto, they were unable to prevent their own incarceration in Dachau Concentration camp.

When the war ended Daniel Gold, was reunited with his father but his mother perished in the camp.  He and his father made their way as refugees to Israel.  Eventually he joined the IDF as part of his compulsory military service and became a fighter pilot, fightingin both the 1967 and 1973 wars.  Following his military service he enrolled at a University and eventually rose to becoming a Professor of Medical Microbiology.  He is touring New Zealand, telling his story to high school students and re-acquainting them to the evils of intolerance and the Holocaust.  He will be addressing the society at a public meeting in Christchurch.

He has a remarkable and fascinating story to tell.

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Daniel Gold and his father shortly after the war

DANIEL GOLD: HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR MEETING

Hidden by his parents as the Nazis rounded up the elderly and the children in their Ghetto, they were unable to prevent their own incarceration in Dachau Concentration camp.

When the war ended Daniel Gold, was reunited with his father but his mother perished in the camp.  He and his father made their way as refugees to Israel.  Eventually he joined the IDF as part of his compulsory military service and became a fighter pilot, fightingin both the 1967 and 1973 wars.  Following his military service he enrolled at a University and eventually rose to becoming a Professor of Medical Microbiology.  He is touring New Zealand, telling his story to high school students and re-acquainting them to the evils of intolerance and the Holocaust.  He will be addressing the society at a public meeting in Christchurch.

He has a remarkable and fascinating story to tell.

Daniel Gold and his father shortly after the war

DANIEL GOLD: HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR MEETING

Hidden by his parents as the Nazis rounded up the elderly and the children in their Ghetto, they were unable to prevent their own incarceration in Dachau Concentration camp.

When the war ended Daniel Gold, was reunited with his father but his mother perished in the camp.  He and his father made their way as refugees to Israel.  Eventually he joined the IDF as part of his compulsory military service and became a fighter pilot, fightingin both the 1967 and 1973 wars.  Following his military service he enrolled at a University and eventually rose to becoming a Professor of Medical Microbiology.  He is touring New Zealand, telling his story to high school students and re-acquainting them to the evils of intolerance and the Holocaust.  He will be addressing the society at a public meeting in Christchurch.

He has a remarkable and fascinating story to tell.

JIFF is the home of the most comprehensive range of Israeli and Jewish-themed films in Australia and New Zealand. The films premiere in our annual three-week film festival in November or our newly established Holocaust Film Series in March. JIFF is building on the long and proud 24-year history of Jewish film festivals in Australia.

Son of Saul (2015)

In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival upon trying to salvage from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son. 107 minutes.

Cannes Film Festival 2015

Ghent International Film Festival 2015

Hamburg Film Festival 2015

Hawaii International Film Festival 2015

London Film Festival 2015

Sarajevo Film Festival 2015