In my family, over 50 perished and only three survived, my two older brothers and I. For the last six years, I have spent each summer in Poland teaching what Jewish life was like in Krakow before the war, as well as relating my own experiences during the Holocaust. Through sharing my own story with hundreds of people, I hope to create "second generation witnesses."

Summary mission statement of The Austrian Encounter, or TAE:

The original and primary purpose of TAE was and is to foster honest, revealing, thoughtful, ethical, intellectual, emotional, and constructive encounters between progeny of victims of the Austrian component of the Holocaust (who are/were especially but not exclusively Jewish) and progeny of Austrian Nazi perpetrators and/or their collaborators who perpetrated in Austria (who are/were especially but not exclusively German and Austrian); "constructive" is meant importantly both interpersonally and internationally, and in the senses of

a) providing leadership and coordination in this area,

b) mollifying tensions and diminishing prejudices by deeply enhancing tolerance and understanding, and

"At a time when the fight for justice for Jewish Holocaust victims continues to make front-page news, the horrific experiences of Black people in Nazi Germany are virtually ignored. These experiences are brought to light in a documentary film entitled Hitler's Forgotten Victims, directed by David Okuefuna and produced by Moise Shewa (Afro-Wisdom Productions). The film uses interviews with survivors and their families as well as archival material to document the Black German Holocaust experience; it also explores the history of German racism, suggests links between German colonialism and Nazi policy, and examines the treatment of Black prisoners-of-war."

"THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BOYCOTT OF GERMAN COMPANIES THAT USED SLAVE LABOUR (A.B.C.S.L) ANNOUNCES THAT FOR THE YEAR 2000 IT WILL BE TA R GE TING THE PR OF OD UC T L DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AG CONSUMERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO BOYCOTT THE FOLLOWING AUTO MANUFACTURERS WHO USED AND MISTREATED SLAVE LABOUR AND HAVE NOT RECOGNIZED THEIR MORAL AND FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS TO PAY COMPENSATION: BMW VOLKSWAGEN FORD OUR CAMPAIGN FOR THE COMING YEAR WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIRECTED AT DAIMLER-CHRYSLER IN RECOGNITION OF ITS USE OF SLAVE LABOUR AT SCHIRMECK AND AT STUTTHOF (BY ITS SUBSIDIARY AEG), AND IN RECOGNITION OF IT BEING ONE OF THE 16 GERMAN COMPANIES THAT HAVE PLEDGED UNDER THE THREAT OF CLASS ACTION LAW SUITS TO COME UP WITH A COMPENSATION PACKAGE, BUT WHO ARE DELAYING A JUST COMPENSATION OFFER, AS THE REMAINING ELDERLY SLAVE LABOURERS CONTINUE TO DIE WITHOUT SEEING JUST COMPENSATION FOR THE LABOUR THAT HELPED THE COMPANIES TO BECOME WEALTHY. "

This site offers detailed information concerning slave labour during the Nazi era.

In mid-1940 the British Channel Islands were occupied by the German army. The Nazis soon turned their attention towards the few island residents categorised as Jews.

In the following year the Germans began a massive fortification building program and amongst the workers transported to the Islands were over 1,000 Jewish slave labourers.

The papers on this site detail the fate of both the Jews resident in the Channel Islands and those transported to the Islands as slave workers.

"You are invited to celebrate the lives of two survivors of the Nazi Holocaust: my parents. You can do this by reading of their courage and faith on a web page that I am proud to post to the web site of my school.

"With help from friends and family, I have collected data and photos that bring to life the experiences of Ernest and Elisabeth Cassutto. I hope you will visit the site, take the time to read their stories, and if you can use the pages in the future as a teaching or learning resource, then the work that was put into it was well worth it.

"My parents are no longer living to tell their story, which is why I chose the medium of the Web to share it with the digital yet global audience of the Internet. Your comments and criticism are greatly encouraged and appreciated. If deserved, please repost this URL to other resources that are appropriate."

George Cassutto

This site contains extensive data concerning the extermination camps, including portions of the Polish investigative report concerning Chelmno, and some survivor testimony.

History with a human face: Holocaust survivors and their stories.

TRT is a Massachusetts charitable corporation, with 501(c)(3) status designated by the U.S. IRS. Thus, a donation made to TRT is fully tax-exempt in the U.S.

Mission statement:

The purpose of the corporation is to foster thoughtful and constructive encounters between progeny of Holocaust victims and progeny of Nazi perpetrators;

"constructive" is meant both interpersonally and internationally, in the senses of

a) providing leadership and coordination in this area,

b) mollifying tensions and diminishing prejudices by enhancing tolerance and understanding, and

c) forging bridges and avenues of communication between individuals and groups with parallel goals.

A wider and subsequent, eventual goal is to apply its experience as a model to those who have been perpetrators or victims (and their descendants) in instances of holocausts elsewhere or even of lesser occurrences of inhumane or cruel behavior by people to other people.