Kristallnacht
November 29, 2018, 4:18 pm
The fraught situation confronting Germany and German Jewry
Alfred Turner hands his grandfather William Cooper's Kristallnacht protest letter to Dr Felix Klein of the German government.
November 16, 2018, 12:00 am
Walking in William Cooper’s footsteps
This protest was for another mob. He [William Cooper] saw injustices happening to others and had the guts and ability to do something about it.
From left: Alfred (Uncle Boydie) Turner, activist Leon Saunders and Abe Schwarz at a 2012 commemoration of William Cooper's walk.
October 30, 2018, 12:00 am
Melbourne to mark Cooper’s protest march
Marchers plan to converge on Melbourne's CBD on December 6 to commemorate the walk of Aboriginal human rights advocate William Cooper to the German consulate 80 years ago on that date with a protest note from his Australian Aborigines League over Kristallnacht.
By Peter Kohn
A mural honouring William Cooper in Shepparton.
November 24, 2017, 12:00 am
Call to rename electorate ‘Cooper’
A proposal to rename Victoria's federal electorate of Gellibrand in honour of William Cooper has drawn acclaim from the Aboriginal human rights champion's supporters.
By Peter Kohn
Alfred Turner hands his grandfather William Cooper's Kristallnacht protest letter to Dr Felix Klein of the German government.
November 16, 2017, 12:00 am
Indigenous Kristallnacht protest finally accepted
An Aboriginal letter of protest to Nazi Germany against the horrors of Kristallnacht has finally been accepted by the German government 79 years after it was initially offered at the door of Melbourne's German consulate in 1938.
By Peter Kohn
George Newhouse.
November 5, 2017, 12:00 am
Sydney to commemorate Kristallnacht
ORGANISERS of next Thursday night's Kristallnacht commemoration service at the Sydney Jewish Museum have secured a dynamic guest speaker lineup.
By Shane Desiatnik
The late Dr Joachim Schneeweiss (third from right).
March 9, 2017, 12:00 am
‘True mensch’ mourned
Tributes flowed in for Dr Joachim Schneeweiss, a “true mensch” and a “giant” of the Australian Jewish community, when he died at the age of 89 on Monday (March 6).
By Evan Zlatkis
The refurbished VAJEX war memorial at Ripponlea Park, Melbourne. Photo: Peter Kohn
November 20, 2016, 12:00 am
Remembrance at refurbished memorial
The Victorian Association of Jewish Ex and Servicemen and Women was involved in three events to commemorate Remembrance Day 2016.
By Peter Kohn
The late Dr Joachim Schneeweiss (third from right).
November 13, 2015, 12:00 am
‘Where were the good people’s voices?’
HUNDREDS gathered to commemorate the anniversary of Kristallnacht in Sydney and Melbourne last Sunday.
By Evan Zlatkis and Peter Kohn
November 3, 2015, 12:00 am
JHC honours stalwart
AS an eyewitness to Kristallnacht, it is timely that this year’s Jewish Holocaust Centre (JHC) commemoration of the 1938 Nazi pogrom will see communal stalwart Shmuel Rosenkranz (pictured), now 93, appointed inaugural life governor of the JHC.
By Peter Kohn
November 2, 2015, 12:00 am
Commemorating Kristallnacht
THE NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) will host its annual Kristallnacht commemoration at the Sydney Jewish Museum on Sunday, November 8.
November 17, 2014, 12:00 am
The lessons of Kristallnacht
By Gareth Narunsky
November 19, 2013, 12:00 am
Ambassador honours Righteous
ISRAEL’S new Ambassador to Australia Shmuel Ben-Shmuel paid tribute to two Lithuanians who have just been declared Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem at a service marking the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht in Sydney on Sunday night.
By Joshua Levi
November 6, 2012, 12:00 am
Recalling Kristallnacht
FEDERAL Cabinet Secretary Mark Dreyfus and Kristallnacht eyewitness Dr Harry Rich will be the keynote speakers at next week’s Kristallnacht commemoration in Sydney.
November 7, 2011, 12:00 am
Honour for Kristallnacht witness
LIVING in Vienna in 1938 under Nazi rule, Shmuel Rosenkranz was witness to the destruction and terror that occurred on Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken glass, which marked an intensification in the Nazi persecution of German and Austrian Jews culminating in the Holocaust.
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