us-005578-irn723010-irn515173
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: The Sherit Hapleitá-Association of Survivors of the Nazi Persecution in Argentina was established after WWII to rebuild life of the Holocaust survivors and to honor memory of their relatives killed by Nazism. The association’s initial mission was to share survivors memories, support each other, honor their murdered families and make their voices heard in a society unknown and unwilling to listen to them. They shared the nostalgia for the lost, their places of origin, the common sufferings and also the dreams of their new life. In the search, almost always unsuccessful, of their lost relatives, they found in their peers, support and mutual support. A second stage of the association, after the first months of adaptation, was the participation and organization of the first commemorative events of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, both in the Jewish Cemetery of La Tablada and in public spaces that brought together hundreds of survivors and their families. In later years they dedicated themselves to transmitting and giving testimonies, and represented to the society the survivors of the Nazi persecution. Sherit Hapleitá promotes the commemoration of May 8, 1945, Day of the Capitulation of Nazi Germany, when the German army signed the surrender.
has beginning date: 2004-01-01
has end date: 2004-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had some members with language: spa
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn515173
is or was included in: us-005578-irn723010
record resource extent: folder 1
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Consists of two postal commemoration envelopes with stamps honoring the victims of the Shoah and the Righteous of the Nations; first day issue of May 8, 2004. Also includes a speech given by Jose Moskovits on the 59th anniversary of the liberation, a program for the May 8th activities, an act commemorating the day, and a brochure on the history of the deportation of the Jews of Hungary (in Spanish).
title: Commemoration material