Holocaust Survivors' Foundation - USA

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dissent in 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪 is a beacon to SCOTUS in upcoming Holocaust restitution cases hsf-usa.com/rbg-holocaust-…

Christie's Sale of Horton Jewelry Collection Trivializes the Holocaust hsf-usa.org/christies-sale…

We extend our gratitude to @AGRobBonta for supporting the Cassirer family’s battle to recover the Pissarro masterpiece looted by the Nazis from Lilly Cassirer in 1939. It remains a mystery and a scandal that Spain stubbornly refuses to return the painting.

Supreme Court unanimously sides with Holocaust survivor heirs in multigenerational dispute over looted artwork hsf-usa.org/scotus-rules-u…

This article is a must-read for survivors and family members who attempted to recover insurance policies and other property through Israel's Project Heart. HSF is supporting this important effort by the Shurat Hadin jpost.com/diaspora/artic…

David Mermelstein, Holocaust survivor and longtime advocate for restitution, dies at 92 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency jta.org/quick-reads/da… via @jtanews

Many thanks to @rickhirsch, @JayWeaver, and @CTeproff for this moving and thorough obituary in the Miami Herald about David Mermelstein. miamiherald.com/news/local/obi…

I knew David, in fact, everyone knew David. He was a courageous friend who taught all of us much. He was also a speaker for our Holocaust education program @MDCPS. I will miss! Holocaust survivor, who fought to ‘right the wrongs’of Nazi Germany, dies at 92 miamiherald.com/news/local/obi…

We are deeply saddened to share the news that David Mermelstein, tireless advocate for Holocaust survivors and former president of our organization, has passed away at 92. hsf-usa.com/remembering-da…

David Mermelstein lost everything he had in Auschwitz. When he came to the US, he never stopped fighting for justice and dignity for Holocaust survivors. We thank @jdforward, @stewartain, and editor @RobEshman for posting this incisive and sensitive story. forward.com/news/472566/da…

Michele was an extraordinary human being, whose compassion for people and meticulous reporting has created an enduring legacy of righteousness. twitter.com/MiamiHerald/st…

Remembering Herbert Karliner hsf-usa.com/remembering-he…

On this solemn day of Yom HaShoah, we recognize the heroic testimony of survivors who escaped the Nazi genocide. hsf-usa.com/yom-hashoah-su…

In Hungary, Istvan Kormendi, a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor doctor, still receiving patients. “It’s my passion, I want to heal my patients as long as I am fit to do so." timesofisrael.com/in-hungary-97-… | @timesofisrael

About a third of Holocaust survivors in the U.S. live in poverty. This group helps them. wapo.st/2NMxYuL

Statement on the Passing of Leo Rechter hsf-usa.com/honoring-leo-r…

Our statement about today’s SCOTUS decisions against Holocaust survivors hsf-usa.com/scotus-holocau…

What an honor for Dexter and me to say that David Schaecter, a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, is a wonderful friend. Let us honor all survivors every day but a special prayer today: #HolocaustRemembranceDay. Congress can help survivors.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is a good time to confront difficult truths. nytimes.com/2021/01/27/opi…

Glenn Beck has compared Twitter suspension to the forced ghettoization of Jews by the Germans. Here is some information from Yad Vashem about conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto: yadvashem.org/holocaust/abou…

"Comparison of last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol to Kristallnacht may be well-intentioned but grossly diminishes the magnitude of the Nazis’ crimes." ~Herbert Karliner What a #Kristallnacht survivor says about Kristallnacht comparisons forward.com/news/national/… via @jdforward