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Call for Nominees for the 2016

HMC To Present
‘Holocaust By Bullets’

T

he Holocaust Memorial Center
in Farmington Hills will pres-
ent the exhibition, “Holocaust
by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum-10 Years
of Investigations,” Wednesday, June 15,
through Dec. 30.
Based on 10 years
of research and
investigation by the
French organization
Yahad-In Unum
(YIU) and its found-
er, Father Patrick
Desbois, the exhibit
Father Patrick
chronicles the lesser-
Desbois
known side of the
Holocaust through
eyewitness testimonies, photographs
and maps.
To commemorate the launch of the
exhibition, an opening event will be
held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, featur-
ing YIU Director Marco Gonzalez,
who will speak on “learning from the
past to fight genocide and mass killing
today.” A dessert reception will follow.
Known as “Holocaust by Bullets,” the
systematic killing of all Jews and Roma
started before the creation of concentra-
tion camps and took place throughout
the former Soviet Union from 1942 to
1944, continuing until the end of World
War II. The form of genocide detailed
by the exhibit is unlike any other study
of genocidal activity ever conducted
and presented.
Visitors will follow YIU’s identifica-
tion of the dehumanizing steps that
took place almost systematically for
every mass killing throughout Eastern
Europe. Along with the installation,
extended video of eyewitness testimo-
nies will be available.
“In this exhibit, the visitor becomes
a ‘witness’ to the heinous crimes of the
Nazi death squads,” said Father Desbois.
“Some of the images are, of course,
disturbing, but we tried to present them
in a thoughtful and discreet fashion.
However, it is important for everyone to
experience and learn from these crimes
because the world is still consumed
with the disease of genocide.”
In Cambodia, Rwanda, Darfur, the
Balkans and Syria, such mass killings
are modeled after what Desbois calls
the archetype of these horrors — the
village-by-village, on-site massacres
perpetrated by the Nazis and their col-
laborators in Eastern Europe.
The exhibit is free with museum
admission or membership. Space is
limited for the June 14 opening. RSVP
to Hannah Iwrey at (248) 553-2400, ext.
112 or contact (248) 553-2400.

Mandell L. and Madeleine H.

Berman Award

for Outstanding Professional in
Jewish Communal Service

ELIGIBILITY FOR NOMINATION
All Jewish communal professionals employed by local constituent agencies
of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit who have been working in the
Detroit Jewish community for a minimum of five years.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
The recipient of the Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Award shall manifest
the highest standards of Jewish communal service. The professional must have
made a contribution to and for the general good of the Jewish community
demonstrating creativity, dedication, knowledge and care in the provision
of services to the Jewish community. Moreover, in awarding the Berman
Award, consideration shall be given to special innovations that reflect quality
professionalism. First consideration is given to agency professionals, followed
by Jewish Federation staff and agency executive directors.

NOMINATION PROCESS
To receive a nomination form, please contact Marianne Bloomberg
at the Federation, 248.642.4611 or bloomberg@jfmd.org.

Nominate online: jewishdetroit.org/bermanaward

Names of the nominees will remain confidential. Nominees may be
renominated in subsequent years.

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: JUNE 29, 2016
Mail to: Marianne Bloomberg - Confidential
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
P.O. Box 2030
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-2030

Email:

bloomberg@jfmd.org

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