Dear Parishioners:
You are cordially invited to a presentation, "The Truth About Jasenovac", on Friday, March 14, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. (Cultural Center).
Short Biographical Sketch:
Prof. Gideon Greif is an Israeli historian, educator, and pedagogue. He is the Chief Historian and Researcher at the "Shem Olam" Institute for Education, Documentation and Research on Faith and the Holocaust, Israel, Chief Historian and Researcher at the Foundation for Holocaust Education Projects in Miami, Florida and a senior Researcher and Historian at the Ono Academic College in Israel. Prof. Gideon Greif is considered one of the world-renowned historian-experts in the history of Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. His most famous contribution to the history of Auschwitz is his pioneer, groundbreaking research "We Wept without Tears", on the history of the “Sonderkommando”, a special Jewish prisoner squad in Auschwitz-Birkenau, compelled to work at the mass killing installations. The research, First published at Yad Vashem, it has become an international bestseller. The book has been translated into 14 languages, recently Chinese and Serbian. The book “Weep Without Tears” inspired the Hungarian movie “Son of Saul”, which won an Oscar in 2016. Gideon Greif worked as a historical advisor for the film.
With Itamar Levin Greif wrote the book Uprising in Auschwitz", which is the first book in the world dedicated exclusively to the Jewish 'Sonderkommando" uprising in Auschwitz, on October 7, 1944. Prof. Greif published the book "Jasenovac - Auschwitz of the Balkans" recently, which won the first prize at the Belgrade International Book Fair in November 2018. It is one volume of a Trilogy by Prof. Greif, dedicated to the crimes of the Croat-Ustasha Regime against the Serbian People and the Jewish People during World War two. The three Volumes of the Trilogy contain more than 2500 pages. Prof. Gideon Greif has won five of the highest Official State Decorations by the Republic of Serbia. Prof. Gideon Greif is well known for his lecture technique and he speaks on the Holocaust across the world in three languages (Hebrew, English, and German). His lecture program contains more than 40 topics.
He especially loves to speak in front of a young audience to share his knowledge of the Holocaust and its consequences to ensure that the Shoah will never be forgotten and stays a warning signal to all mankind.
Serbian Awards that he received last year:
Knight of the St. Sava Order of Diplomatic Pacifism (Serbian: Vitez svetosavskog pacifizma)
Sretenje Order- Golden Award for Merits (Serbian: Sretenjski orden - zlatna medalja za zasluge)
Plaque of Jasenovac Martyrs (Serbian: Plaketa Jasenovackih stradalnika)
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