“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” Elie Wiesel

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The David and Joan Thaler Holocaust Remembrance Site

The Thaler Holocaust Memorial Fund (THMF) was established in 1995 by Dr. David and Joan Thaler to provide
support for education about the Holocaust to residents and students at the local colleges in Linn County, Iowa.

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At the September 25 @ 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM What made a 29 year old stock broker give up his winter skiing holiday and rescue 669 young children from a foreign country? Hear from the son of Sir Nicholas Winton speak …

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One of the youngest survivors to be our guest speaker for Yom Hashoah. The Thaler Holocaust Remembrance Fund will welcome to Eastern Iowa Yom HaShoah Guest Speaker Erika Schwartz. The Thaler Holocaust Remembrance Fund will welcome to Eastern Iowa Yom …

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The people who hid Curt Bloch, a German Jew, in the crawl space of a Dutch home gave him both food and the materials he needed to make a highly creative magazine now drawing attention. By Nina Siegal Nina Siegal lives …

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f you believe Israel desecrates the memory of the six million, I can say with confidence that if they were alive today, you’d hate them too Papa displays his tattoo in front of an iconic photo of his liberation from …

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Courtney Crowder and Addison LathersDes Moines Register Holocaust survivor David Wolnerman shows the number the Nazis tattooed on his forearm at Auschwitz while sitting for a photo at his home in Des Moines.Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register David Wolnerman, Des Moines’ last known …

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