One of the newest members of the Holocaust Center's Speakers Bureau - George B.

Holocaust survivor living in Snohomish County ready to tell his story
Everett Herald
By Julie Muhlstein

George Beykovsky came to Snohomish County by way of Ecuador, but his story is neither of here nor there.

The 78-year-old Everett man is a Holocaust survivor.He never spent time in a concentration camp, but his family's flight from Slovakia in 1939 is one example of how the diaspora of Jews during World War II affected countless people.

While researching his family's history, he has tracked down and contacted relatives in Canada, in Great Britain, and many in Israel.

“They all scattered,” he said.

It's a story Beykovsky has only been telling since the 2006 shootings at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. After gunman Naveed Afzal Haq's rampage injured several people and killed one woman, Beykovsky decided to make a donation to the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center....Read complete article

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100221/NEWS01/702219933

Thank you Red Lion Hotels!

A giant thank you to Red Lion Hotels for their incredible support of Holocaust and genocide education and teacher training in the state of Washington!

Special thanks to:
Todd Thoreson, Regional Vice President of Hotel Operations, Red Lion Hotels Corporation
Jan Simon Aridj, President and CEO, Washington State Hotel & Lodging Association
Ian Napier, General Manager, Red Lion Hotels, Kennewick and Richland

Hester K., Holocaust Survivor, Speaks to Students at Lake Washington Girls Middle School

My girlfriend was my first rescuer. She was all of 15 years old. I will always remember her courage.

- Hester K. was 13 years old when her hometown in Holland was occupied by the Nazis in 1942.

(Photo: Hester, back row in the middle in a blue sweater, at Lake Washington Girls Middle School)

Yesterday Hester spoke to Lindsey Mutschler's students at Lake Washington Girls Middle School in Seattle.

Ms. Mutschler arranges for a survivor from the Holocaust Center's Speakers Bureau to come and speak to her students each year. This year they also used a Holocaust teaching trunk and plan to (again) participate in the Holocaust Center's Writing and Art Contest. (Each year LWGMS has seen an overwhelming number of winning entries.)

The Holocaust Center thanks Ms. Lindsey Mutschler and the LWGMS for their incredible work and commitment to Holocaust and genocide education.