Educators are invited to enrol in an all-day seminar at the Jewish Holocaust Centre. Holocaust education permeates many areas of the school curriculum, among them history, literature, theology, ethics, media, drama and psychology. In 2012 Holocaust education will also be incorporated into the Commonwealth’s national schools’ history curriculum.

The issue of Jewish victims who co-operated with the Nazis is explored in this compelling documentary.

Directed by Tor Ben Mayor and Dan Setton. 55 mins
Presented by Phillip Maisel OAM, Jewish Holocaust Centre.

The Jewish Holocaust Centre (JHC) was the winner of the prestigious Small Museum, Permanent Development Award presented in Perth last week.

Museum Australia’s inaugural Museum and Gallery National Awards (MAGNA) were presented at the conclusion of the three-day Museums Australia National Conference held in Perth and attended by representatives of museums nation-wide.

Phillip Maisel OAM, 88, of Caulfield North was recently recognised with a 2011 Victoria Senior Achiever Award at Government House. The award was in honour of his work collecting testimonials from Holocaust survivors. Minister for Health and Ageing David Davis said Mr Maisel diligently worked to create a legacy through the Oral Testimonies Project for the Jewish Holocaust Centre.

A piece of art with a unique story attached to it was donated to the Melbourne Jewish Holocaust Centre (JHC) this week.

Created by Aboriginal artist Stephen Harrison following a visit to the museum with the Galiamble Aboriginal Men’s Recovery Centre, the painting was gifted to JHC president Pauline Rockman in a ceremony on Monday.Harrison, a father of 14, told the gathering his inspiration came after he was taken to the museum by vice-president of the Child Survivors of the Holocaust Vivian Parry, also a volunteer at the Aboriginal centre. It was Harrison’s first-ever trip to a museum.

The Jewish Holocaust Centre is concerned the ravages of time are taking a toll on irreplaceable historical documents.

The Elsternwick centre needs “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to preserve some of the deteriorating artefacts, mainly paperwork but also some textiles, art and photographs donated by Holocaust survivors.