The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) launched the Survivor Speakers Bureau (SSB) with more than 250 Holocaust survivors willing and able to tell their critical stories to students around the world.
Gideon Taylor, president of the Claims Conference, said: “At a moment of dramatically rising antisemitism, this program tells the history and educates for the future. A Holocaust survivor speakers bureau of this scale and reach is unprecedented. Holocaust stories remain as important as ever, for both ends of the generational spectrum. Survivors continue to feel the enormous need to share their harrowing stories, and, encouragingly, schools continue to want to fill their rooms with living, eyewitness testimony.”
Since its founding in 1951, the Claims Conference has been dedicated to securing a measure of justice for Jewish survivors and sharing those terrible stories.
Schools or groups wanting a survivor to come and speak must register with the Claims Conference. Then they can fill out an event request that includes forms for venue, audience size and average audience age, as well as any special requirements. The Claims Conference considers each request before connecting institutions or groups with survivors.
To request a survivor speaker, visit the Claims Conference website at: www.claimscon.org/Speakers.
With Assistance from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Supported by the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future.
