Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:26:32 +0200
Yad Vashem issues an Urgent call for volunteers worldwide: Recovering Names; Memorializing Lives When the Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names was uploaded onto the Yad Vashem Website <http://www.yadvashem.org/>www.yadvashem.org in November 2004, Yad Vashem announced an International 11th Hour Campaign to recover as many additional names of Holocaust victims as possible, before the generation that best remembers them passes. An urgent call for volunteers to implement grass roots campaigns is now being issued to Jewish communities and organizations worldwide. Librarians: lend your expertise to this the historic project; urge your friends and family , associates and patrons to join the campaign to recover the names and identities of those who did not survive and have yet to be recorded on "Pages of Testimony". Anyone committed to ensuring that no Holocaust victim is forgotten, would be a significant asset to this endeavor. With the aid of promotional materials developed by Yad Vashem, volunteers will reach out to survivors and their families, students and patrons and assist them in registering the names of Jews who they know were murdered in the Shoah. Through student organizations, synagogues, Holocaust centers, JCC's, senior centers, social service agencies we can reach those who still remember. Time is running out, but, by working together and spreading the word, we can still recover those missing names. To volunteer send your name, address, phone number and email address to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject heading "names volunteer" Sincerely, Cynthia Wroclawski, Outreach Manager The Shoah Victims' Names Recovery Project Yad Vashem, P.O.B. 3477 Jerusalem 91034 ISRAEL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 972-2-644-3470 Mobile: 972-508-882-744 Fax: 972-2-644-3409 Visit our Community Outreach Guide <http://www1.yadvashem.org/names/whyCollect.htm> Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
