Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # The Generations After, Inc. Shoah Survivors & Descendants of Greater Washington, DC ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.genafterdc.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://www.genafterdc.org/blog/) - [The Election Aftermath and Being a 2G](https://www.genafterdc.org/2016/12/the-election-aftermath-and-being-a-2g/) - Regardless of our political leanings, this Presidential campaign and election brought many of us 2G's face to face with a time we had not ourselves experienced. But one we knew all too well. Through our parents' stories, books, films and photos we carried with us a vivid and frightening picture of the anti Semitism that swept through Germany in the 1930's. Practically on - [Notes from the 28th World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors & Descendants Conference](https://www.genafterdc.org/2016/11/notes-from-the-28th-world-federation-of-jewish-child-survivors-descendants-conference/) - November 4-7, 2016, Los Angeles, CA by Anat Bar-Cohen Just when you think you have learned all you can learn about the Holocaust and it's impact on our lives, you suddenly learn so much more! Just back from Los Angeles and the 28th World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust and Descendants Conference ## Pages - [Home](https://www.genafterdc.org/) - Shoah Survivors & Descendants of Greater Washington, DC Looking Forward While Remembering the Past Generations After is a metro Washington, DC, nonprofit network of Jewish Holocaust survivors, their children and descendants. 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Please select your author to make a payment: Gina Roitman Tommy Schnurmacher - [Children We Remember](https://www.genafterdc.org/children-we-remember/) - Lidiya Rozova was born in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine (USSR) in 1935 to Lev (Leonid) Rozov and Bluma Rozova. She had brother Michail born in 1937. During the WWII the family was probably evacuated from in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine to Stavropolsky Krai (the territory of the North Caucasus). The German army invaded this region in August 1942 - [Remember A Child](https://www.genafterdc.org/rac/) - Please Select: Individual Student Group Participants Donate to RAC The RAC program was created to memorialize children murdered in the Holocaust by linking current generations with Jewish children who tragically lost their lives in the Shoah. Sponsored by The Generations After, a Washington, DC, non-profit organization whose members include Holocaust survivors and descendants, participating in - [RAC Donation](https://www.genafterdc.org/rac-donation/) - [About The Generations After](https://www.genafterdc.org/about-us/about-the-generations-after/) - A Multigenerational Community of Shoah Survivors & DescendantsWe are a gathering place for survivors, child survivors, children and grandchildren of the Shoah in the Greater Washington Metropolitan area. Join us for programs on topics of interest, social gatherings, educational projects and social action. We are a multigenerational family that continues the legacy and memory of - [Book Group](https://www.genafterdc.org/programs/book-group/) - The 2nd Generation Book Group The Generations After sponsors a book group which currently meets every other month on Zoom. The group was formed in March 2011 for paid members of The Generations After to read and discuss a variety of Holocaust-related literature: history, political analysis, memoirs, fiction, with a special emphasis on second generation - [Donate](https://www.genafterdc.org/donations/) - OPTION 1: Log in to add your donation to your account history. If you don't have an account, you will be prompted to create one as you complete the check or credit card transaction. Select a donation amount: $360 $180 $118 $72 $54 $36 $18 OPTION 2: If you prefer, make a check payable to - [Adding meaning to your simcha](https://www.genafterdc.org/rac-thankyou/) - Thank you for your participation in the Remember A Child Program. Your generous support enables Generations After to continue its work to ensure that the memory of young victims of the Shoah will be honored by bnai mitzvah students committed to learning about and remembering the important lessons of the Holocaust. Please note that research - [Thank you for your support](https://www.genafterdc.org/supportthankyou/) - Thank you for your donation to The Generations After. Your receipt will be emailed to you shortly. Please know that your generosity helps ensure the lessons and legacies of the Holocaust will be passed to future generations. - [Welcome to the Writing Group](https://www.genafterdc.org/welcome-writing-group/) - Thank you for participating in the next session of the Writing Group. Your receipt will be emailed to you shortly. - [Thank you for registering with Gen After](https://www.genafterdc.org/thank-you/) - Thank you for registering on the Gen After website. Please contact genafter@genafterdc.org with any questions or suggestions. As a Gen After Member, you can: Join or Renew your membership Donate Register for the next Writing Group session Join the Book Group Become a Gen After Speaker - [Speakers' Bureau](https://www.genafterdc.org/programs/speakers-bureau-information/) - The members of the Generations After Speakers' Bureau convey the legacy and lessons of the Holocaust to metro Washington, DC, communities and virtual audiences throughout the world. We respond to requests to teach about this dark period in history and about antisemitism by sharing our parents' and grandparents' stories of surviving the atrocities they endured. - [Overview and Past Programs](https://www.genafterdc.org/programs/overview/) - The Generations After has an active program committee that meets regularly to plan our quarterly events. We host authors, artists, scholars, politicians, and experts in the Holocaust field. Through our films, lectures and discussions, we explore the impact of the Shoah on survivors and descendants. Personal reflections emerge during our Book Group meetings, Writer's Group - [Membership](https://www.genafterdc.org/membership/) - [Account](https://www.genafterdc.org/account/) - [Login](https://www.genafterdc.org/login/) - [Upcoming Events](https://www.genafterdc.org/programs/upcoming-events/) - CONTENTS - [About Us](https://www.genafterdc.org/about-us/) - [Join Our Email List](https://www.genafterdc.org/join-our-email-list/) - [Resources](https://www.genafterdc.org/resources/) - Speaker's Bureau Training American Red Cross Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Information Center — includes proof for survivors seeking reparations, Director Linda Klein (410) 764-5311. Second-Generation Groups and Generations After Director of the Office of Survivor Affairs at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum — This position is in contact with 2nd generation groups and manages - [Shabbat Dinners](https://www.genafterdc.org/shabbat-dinners/) - We are pleased to welcome you to the start of "GenAfter Shabbat Dinners," regularly scheduled dinners to celebrate Shabbat at Generation After member homes. Welcome Shabbat, meet new and old members and have a delicious pot luck meal. Generation After members, family members or significant others are welcomed to join these Friday evening social events. - [Programs](https://www.genafterdc.org/programs/) ## Memberships - [Writing Group-Gina](https://www.genafterdc.org/register/new-writing-group-gina/) - Return to the Gen After website. - [Writing Group-Tommy](https://www.genafterdc.org/register/writing-group-tommy/) - Return to the Gen After website. - [Individual Membership (automatic annual renewal)](https://www.genafterdc.org/register/individual-membership-automatically-renews-annually/) - Return to the Gen After website. Thank you for signing up for a Generation After family membership. As a Gen After Member, you can: Register for the next Writing Group session Join the Book Group Become a Gen After Speaker Join or Renew your membership Donate to support Gen After Contact us with any questions or - [Honorary Member](https://www.genafterdc.org/register/honorary-member/) - [Individual Membership (manual renewal)](https://www.genafterdc.org/register/individual-membership-no-automatic-renewal/) - Return to the Gen After website. Thank you for signing up for a Generation After individual membership. As a Gen After Member, you can: Register for the next Writing Group session Join the Book Group Become a Gen After Speaker Join or Renew your membership Donate to support Gen After Contact us with any questions or - [Family Membership (manual renewal)](https://www.genafterdc.org/register/family-membership-automatically-renews-annually/) - Return to the Gen After website. Thank you for signing up for a Generation After family membership. As a Gen After Member, your family can: Register for the next Writing Group session Join the Book Group Become a Gen After Speaker Join or Renew your membership Donate to support Gen After Contact us with any questions - [Family Membership (automatic annual renewal)](https://www.genafterdc.org/register/family-membership-automatic-annual-renewal/) - Return to the Gen After website. Thank you for signing up for a Generation After family membership. As a Gen After Member, your family can: Register for the next Writing Group session Join the Book Group Become a Gen After Speaker Join or Renew your membership Donate to support Gen After Contact us with any questions - [Donation $18](https://www.genafterdc.org/register/donation-18/) - Return to the Gen After website. - [Donation $72](https://www.genafterdc.org/register/donation-72/) - Return to the Gen After website. - [Donation $54](https://www.genafterdc.org/register/donation-54/) - Return to the Gen After website. - [Donation $360](https://www.genafterdc.org/register/donation-360/) - Return to the Gen After website. - [Donation $36](https://www.genafterdc.org/register/donation-36/) - Return to the Gen After website. - [Donation $180](https://www.genafterdc.org/register/donate-180/) - Return to the Gen After website. - [Donation $118](https://www.genafterdc.org/register/donation-118/) - Return to the Gen After website. - [Lifetime Membership](https://www.genafterdc.org/register/lifetime-membership/) ## Events - [Preserving Memory: Yizkor Books](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/preserving-memory-yizkor-books/) - Click here to register. - [Book Group](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/book-group/) - RSVP to genafterevents@gmail.com. - [Speakers' Bureau Meeting](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/speakers-bureau-meeting-3/) - Special guest Marina Artukovic recently completed Teach the Shoah's Lesaper program, which pairs college students and recent graduates with Holocaust survivors to learn to tell their stories. Marina, a senior history student at UCLA, was in TTS's most recent LA cohort. She will share her memorable experience with us. We also will continue to share - [2G Author Presentation](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/2g-author-presentation/) - Gen After Board member and author Pauline Steinhorn will speak about her book, Dreaming of the River: A Mother and Daughter's Fight for Survival During the Holocaust, at the Politics & Prose bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC. Details. - [Book Group](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/book-group-7/) - Our next book will be The Nine: How a Band of Daring Resistance Women Escaped from Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss, the niece of the leader of the group. It is a true story of nine female resistance fighters who escaped a German forced labor camp. Gen After members can RSVP to receive the Zoom link. - [3GDC Ride for the Living](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/3gdc-ride-for-the-living/) - Join 3GDC on a satellite bike ride through DC as the group partners with the JCC Krakow's ride through Poland. The ride to support Holocaust survivors begins at the gates of Auschwitz and ends at the JCC Krakow. Partnering with Jews on Bikes, the 3GDC 36-mile ride will begin at 8:00 AM EDT, while the - [Book Group](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/book-group-6/) - Our next meeting will feature Gen After board member Pauline Steinhorn's just-published book, Dreaming of the River. It tells the inspiring, true story of Pauline's grandmother, Bronia, who secretly saves lives with smuggled medicine in a slave labor camp, knowing she'll face a firing squad if she's caught. In another labor camp, Bronia’s 13-year-old daughter - [World Federation Conference](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/world-federation-conference/) - REGISTER The World Federation of Jewish Holocaust Survivors & Descendents will hold its annual conference in Philadelphia, PA. - [Survivor Day Brunch](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/survivor-day-brunch/) - Gen After is pleased to once again join with 3GDC and JSSA to honor our local survivors. Details to follow. - [Writing Group](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/writing-group/) - Current and past Writing Group members will meet to discuss the plan for publishing an anthology of our work. Contact Dena Hirsh for details and registration. - [What is Zionism Today?](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/what-is-zionism-today/) - Join Gen After and Dorot HaHemshech for a dialogue on the evolving concept of Zionism, from both the American and Israeli perspectives. Featured speakers are Israeli Rabbi Mori Lidar and Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt from the U.S. Register by May 15. - [From Bystander to Upstander](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/from-bystander-to-upstander/) - Join The Generations After and Dr. Brian Hughes of the Shoah Foundation's Countering Antisemitism Laboratory to hear how evidence-backed interventions are used to prevent and reduce online and offline acts of antisemitism. Learn how a public health approach focuses on the needs of impacted communities and victims. Dr. Hughes is a media and communications scholar - [Book Group](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/book-group-5/) - During the next meeting, we will discuss The Courtyard. Gen After members can RSVP to receive the Zoom link. New members are welcome! Join or renew today. - [Community Yom Hashoah](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/community-yom-hashoah/) - The 2026 commemoration will be held in Fairfax, VA. Details and Registration. - [Unsettled Ground book presentation by 2G Jeffrey Katz](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/unsettled-ground-book-presentation-by-2g-jeffrey-katz/) - Unsettled Ground, published by Mascot Books, provides a fresh appraisal of Germany's remembrance movement and its belated efforts to take responsibility for the Holocaust. Jeffrey also weaves in his own family's experiences in Germany. He shows how a group of citizen activists led the country to finally come to grips with its dark past. They restored synagogues and cemeteries, - [Yiddish Conversation Group](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/yiddish-conversation-group/) - Calling all Yiddish speakers! Interested in joining Gen After's Yiddish conversation group? Meetings will be held via ZOOM. Our first meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 18, at 7:00 PM EST. The ongoing schedule and scope of future meetings will be discussed at that time--in Yiddish, of course, nu v'den! If you are interested, please - [Speakers' Bureau](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/speakers-bureau-3/) - With the April 27th Yom Hashoah coming up, our Speakers' Bureau has received an increased number of requests and anticipate even more. Please join our Zoom meeting to discuss how we are meeting these speaking opportunities. If you encounter groups who are looking to engage a 2G speaker, please direct them to the Speakers' Bureau - [SHIN DC's 8th Annual Congressional Commemoration for Holocaust Remembrance Day](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/shin-dcs-8th-annual-congressional-commemoration-for-holocaust-remembrance-day/) - Gen After is a community sponsor of this year's event to be held at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. The theme is "The Holocaust in France" with survivor Albert Garih as the keynote speaker. Alyza Lewin, recently named President of U.S. Affairs for Combat Antisemitism Movement, will serve as emcee for the program. Registration is - [Book Group](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/book-group-4/) - After the Roundup: Escape and Survival in Hitler's France by Joseph Weismann(Author), Thomas Keneally(Author), Peter Grose(Author), Richard Kutner(Translator). Gen After members can RSVP to receive the Zoom link. New members are welcome! Join or renew today. - [Speakers' Bureau](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/speakers-bureau-2/) - With International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27) and Yom Hashoah (April 27) in the first four months of the new year, we anticipate increased requests for speakers. Gen After members are invited to join us as we discuss how to increase outreach to potential audiences. RSVP to receive the Zoom link. Not a Gen After - [Storytelling Workshop](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/storytelling-workshop/) - Don't miss this free, in-person storytelling workshop with TTS Executive Director Dr. Deborah Fripp and Director of Holocaust Scholarship Lynne Feldman. It will be held from 11:00 AM–1:00 PM ET at the Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Maryland. Listen to two moving Holocaust stories from Gen After Speakers' Bureau members. Learn how to - [Membership Party & Annual Meeting](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/membership-party-annual-meeting/) - Join us for an in-person get-together and a review of the year’s events and accomplishments. Enjoy refreshments, readings from our Memoir-Writing Group, presentations by our Speakers’ Bureau participants, a report on our Remember a Child program, and live music by Vladimir Fridman! No charge, but donations are welcome. RSVP required by November 26. Hope to - [Kristallnacht Commemoration: A Panel Discussion](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/kristallnacht-commemoration-a-panel-discussion/) - Register for the Zoom link. Kristallnacht: Could it happen again? What should we do? Given the increasingly toxic antisemitic atmosphere in the United States and around the world, we are raising questions about this year's Kristallnacht commemoration: Could Kristallnacht happen today, and, if so, what can the second-generation community do to prevent it? Professor Michael Brenner of American University is - [Book Group for Members](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/book-group-for-members/) - The next book group selection is I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children, and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust, a fascinating account by Julian Borger. Gen After members can RSVP by emailing our Book Group Coordinator. - [Fall Membership Drive](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/fall-membership-drive/) - Are you a current member? Check your membership status at genafterdc.org. Join or renew at genafterdc.org/membership. - [Speakers' Bureau Meeting](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/speakers-bureau-meeting-2/) - Gen After members can request the Zoom link by RSVPing to genafter@genafterdc.org. - [Book Group](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/book-group-3/) - Our next book will be The Light Through the Storm by Margolit Ganor. Gen After members can RSVP to receive the Zoom link. - [Book Group](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/book-group-2/) - The Book Group will end the summer with a discussion of the memoir, The Diary of Mary Berg: Growing Up in the Warsaw Ghetto, an inspiring and fascinating tale of the strength of human spirit during one of humanity’s darkest hour. It offers a unique insight from one of the few survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto. Gen After - [Teach the Shoah Workshop](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/teach-the-shoah-workshop/) - Teach the Shoah is offering its basic storytelling course "Moving from Testimony to Story" for six weeks from July 30–September 3 via Zoom at 7:00 PM ET. The cost is $250. Register. For more information on TtS's many offerings, some of which are free to graduates of its classes, visit teachtheshoah.org. - [Speakers' Bureau](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/speakers-bureau/) - We will offer some specific suggestions from Teach the Shoah on how to encourage questions or discussion from your audience. Register to receive the Zoom link. - [Survivors and Descendants Conference](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/survivors-and-descendants-conference-2/) - September 12–15, Paris Generation After is proud to be a cosponsor of the World Federation of Jewish Child Holocaust Survivors and Descendants. This year there will be an emphasis on programming for all generations with plenaries and workshops highlighting renowned speakers. Tours of the Jewish Quarter in Paris will be available. For details visit holocaustchild.org. - [Submit DP Camp Photos](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/submit-dp-camp-photos/) - Event registrants are invited to submit photos taken of family members in DP camps. The images will be displayed before and after the program on Zoom. Please send your photos and details (country of origin, names, and DP camp names) before July 13 to genafterevents@gmail.com. Event Details and Registration - [Yizkor Books](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/yizkor-books/) - [Jewish Women Resisters During the Holocaust: The Untold Story of Heroism (Virtual Program)](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/jewish-women-resisters-during-the-holocaust-the-untold-story-of-heroism-virtual-program/) - [Virtual Book Group](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/virtual-book-group/) - [Virtual Commemoration](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/virtual-commemoration/) - [Gina Roitman Book Review & Signing](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/gina-roitman-book-review-signing/) - [Writer's Workshop (In-person)](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/writers-workshop-in-person/) - [Survivors and Descendants Conference](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/survivors-and-descendants-conference/) - Generation After is proud to be a cosponsor of the World Federation of Jewish Child Holocaust Survivors and Descendants (recently renamed) 33rd international conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC, August 25–28, 2023. This will be a rare opportunity for survivors and all the descendant generations to meet and share their unique histories. - [Jewish Women Resisters During the Holocaust](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/jewish-women-resisters-during-the-holocaust/) - The Untold Story of Heroism The next Generations After program will explore the relatively unknown story of the role of Jewish women resisters during the Shoah. As historians delve more deeply into this history, it is helping to expand our understanding of the term "resistance." Women's crucial role in the struggle against Nazi brutality occurred not only in the - [Gen After Book Group](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/gen-after-book-group/) - The group will meet virtually to discuss This Light Between Us: A Novel of World War II by Andrew Fukuda. The novel tells the story of two teens whose long-distance friendship is ripped apart by the events of World War II. Ten-year-old Charlie Levy, who lives in Paris, France, begins writing Japanese-American Alex Maki in March of 1935 as - [The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/the-holocaust-as-an-interdisciplinary-tapestry/) - Eight-part series Former Gen After president Esther Toporek Finder, a member of the Generations of the Shoah International Coordinating Council, is partnering with Classrooms Without Borders; Tali Nates, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre; Madene Shachar, Ghetto Fighters’ House; and Liberation75 to present this innovative series “The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry.” The series engages with scholars and experts who grapple - [Speakers' Bureau Meeting](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/speakers-bureau-meeting/) - The next Speakers' Bureau session will take place via Zoom. Five members of the Generations After have completed the JCRC Speaker's Bureau training and are speaking in the community, especially in schools where the need is growing. If you are interested in joining this extremely important group, please email generationafterdc@gmail.com. - [Writing Workshop Featuring 2G Author Gina Roitman](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/writing-workshop-featuring-2g-author-gina-roitman/) - Mining Your Life for Stories (Or Do You Wait Until Everyone’s Dead?) You have stories to tell. Some have been told time and time again while others remain lurking in some alcove of your memory, waiting to be remembered and shaped into exploitable material. This workshop is an introduction on how to transform memory into memoir. We - [Yom HaShoah Community-Wide Commemoration](https://www.genafterdc.org/events/yom-hashoah-community-wide-commemoration/) ## Locations - [Bender Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington](https://www.genafterdc.org/locations/bender-jewish-community-center-of-greater-washington/) - [Congregation Beth El](https://www.genafterdc.org/locations/congregation-beth-el/) - [Washington Hebrew Congregation's Julia Bindeman Suburban Center](https://www.genafterdc.org/locations/washington-hebrew-congregations-julia-bindeman-suburban-center/) - [Tikvat Israel](https://www.genafterdc.org/locations/tikvat-israel/) ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://www.genafterdc.org/category/uncategorized/)