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Belarusian Union of Jewish War Invalids and Veterans of War, Partisans and Guerillas
General Information:
Gilf organization of Minsk was created in 1994. The organization participated in the process of working out methodology for the Holocaust Lessons program. The program is targeted at teaching Belarusian secondary school teachers and students about the Holocaust.
Goal:
The goal of Gilf is to unite unites former prisoners of ghettos and Nazi camps who presently live in Minsk.
Activity Mainstreams:
- Holocaust commemoration activities
- Opening of monuments to Righteous Gentiles
- Book publishing
- Production of documentaries
- Exhibitions and collection of the materials for the Holocaust Museum of Belarus
- Educational programs
- Humanitarian, medical and legal assistance
Director: Frida Reisman
Gilf Ghetto and Nazi Camps Survivors Organization
General Information:
The Belarusian Association of Former Jewish Ghetto and Nazi Camps Prisoners was created in September 1991. Today it unites over 200 Nazi-victims living in Belarus.
The Association is a member of several national and international organizations and a co-founder of the International Union of Former Jewish Nazi-victims, that unites over 10,000 people from the CIS countries and Israel.
Activity Mainstreams:
- Holocaust commemoration activities;
- Welfare assistance;
- Educational programs;
- Anti-Semitism programs.
Chair: Michail Treister
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Alevtina Babyna became Hesed client in 1998 when the recrudescence of polyarthritis in lower limbs put her on crutches. The pain was insufferable, so was the feeling of helplessness and irrelevance against her long previous life full of physical endurance.
At 73, he still is what his father had been all his life: dedicated communist and convinced internationalist. Named after Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx’s pal and accomplice in their abortive attempts to overthrow the reign of misappropriated surplus value, he still mourns the USSR and blames those who emigrate for a better living in Israel, in the USA or, even worse, in Germany.
Tanya suffers from phenylketonuria also known as Filling's disease. It affects the brain, causing convulsions, hyperactivity, self–traumatic behavior and mental disorders.
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