AJU’s Whizin Center and Shoah Legacy Writers Group honor Yom HaShoah through the stories of Holocaust survivors, told through their children’s voices.

Shoah Legacy Writers Group, an organization dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of Holocaust survivors through their children’s voices, joined AJU for a powerful online Yom HaShoah event. Our SLW presenters (in order of appearance) were Paul Schneider, Aviyah Farkas, Debbie Beckman, Fern Topas Salka, and Eli Eldan. They presented stories about their parents through the lens of “The Value of Small Victories”. The extraordinary yet often overlooked moments of resilience, courage, and defiance that helped their parents survive the Holocaust. These small but profound acts—whether a shared piece of bread, a whispered prayer, or a fleeting act of kindness—became the foundation for survival and transformation from victims to heroic survivors.