Holocaust and Martyrs Memorial Day Commemoration 2017 marking the Heroism of Jewish Rescuers
a joint B’nai B’rith World Center – KKL-JNF project with the participation of students and Border Patrol cadets 

When:

• The ceremony will be held at B’nai B’rith Martyr’s Forest, “Scroll of Fire” plaza 

When:

• Monday, 28 Nisan 5777/ 24 April 2017, at 10:00 

Dedications:

• This event is dedicated to the heroism of Walter Suskind and the Jewish rescuers at the nursery in Amsterdam: Henriette Henriques Pimentel, Siney Cohen-Kattenburg, Harry Cohen, Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk, Ines Cohn 

Speakers:

• Mrs. Thirza Yunger
  • Department of Members of the Resistance and Victims of Persecution Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 
• Dr. Bert Jan Flim
  • Dutch historian of rescue in the Netherlands during the Holocaust And second generation of “Righteous Among the Nations” 
• Mr. Benjamin Peleg (Flesschedrager) 
  • Survivor of the Créche 
• Dr. Haim V. Katz
  • Chairman, B’nai B’rith World Center 
• Mr. Danny Atar 
  • KKL/JNF World Chairman 

Testimonies by: 

• Daniel Brand
• Eliezer Lev-Zion
• Esther Debora Reiss-Mossel
• Herman Rosenbaum
• Joseef Vleeschhouwer

Presentation of the “Jewish Rescuer’s Citation” on behalf of the B’nai B’rith World Center and the Committee to Recognize the Heroism of Jews who Rescued Fellow Jews During the Holocaust (JRJ) to: Hansi and Joel Brand, Shlomo Cohen, Dr. Leon Cuenca, Yeshayahu Gottlieb, Dr. Gisella Perl, Moshe Simon.