Dear Friends,

I wish to take this moment to thank all of you who have sent us your thoughts, prayers, and kind words of healing. In this time of tragedy and confusion, please know that all of us at the Arizona Jewish Historical Society remain committed to providing quality programs and information about Jewish historical experience and especially the Holocaust. Now more than ever, the world needs to understand our history, our culture, and the many ways which Jewish people have contributed to our nation and the world. 

Thank you,

Lawrence Bell, Ph.D

Executive Director

Our 2023-24 Documentary Film Series

We are currently seeking underwriters and sponsors for our upcoming series. 

Please email Mark Sendrow at [email protected] about becoming a sponsor.

“Stories of Survival: An Immersive Journey Through the Holocaust”

Hours: M-TH 11AM-3PM by appointment only.

$5 minimum recommended contribution admission.

Last Wednesday of each month FREE Admission.

For tours please contact Gallery Manager,

Mary Page [email protected]

All contributions appreciated.

For more information: CLICK HERE. 

Book Discussion Group

One Day in September: The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli Revenge Operation "Wrath of God"

By Simon Reeve

Discussion led by Mary Ellen Page, M.A.

November 16, 2023 at 2PM (MST)

TO RSVP: CLICK HERE

At 4:30 a.m. on September 5, 1972, a band of Palestinian terrorists took eleven Israeli athletes and coaches hostage at the Summer Olympics in Munich. More than 900 million viewers followed the chilling, twenty-hour event on television, as German authorities desperately negotiated with the terrorists. Finally, late in the evening, two helicopters bore the terrorists and their surviving hostages to Munich's little-used Fürstenfeldbruck airfield, where events went tragically awry. Within minutes all of the Israeli athletes, five of the terrorists, and one German policeman were dead.

Why did the rescue mission fail so miserably? And why were the reports compiled by the German authorities concealed from the public for more than two decades? Reeves takes on a catastrophe that permanently shifted the political spectrum with a fast-paced narrative that covers the events detail by detail. Based on years of exhaustive research, One Day in September is the definitive account of one of the most devastating and politically explosive tragedies of the late twentieth century, one that set the tone for nearly thirty years of renewed conflict in the Middle East.

Documentary Film Series

The Invisibles

Sponsored by Nancy and Larry Moffitt, Terry and Lon Taubman

Online Streaming

November 17-19, 2023

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“I thought I was the only one." The words are spoken by Hanni Levy, one of the 7,000 Jews who hid in Berlin after it was declared "free of Jews" by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels in May of 1943. The sense of isolation, of being "the only one," was overwhelming: there was no way to collect or pass on information, no way to meet up with others in the same situation. It was every person for themselves. The Jews survived by adopting disguises, trading stuff on the black market, hiding in secret rooms and abandoned buildings; many were sheltered by Communists, also under siege (leftover resistance from the rise of Hitler), or by sympathetic Germans. "The Invisibles," using an equal mix of documentary and re-enactments, tells the story of four of those "invisible" Jews, Cioma Schonhaus, Eugen Friede, Ruth Arndt, and Hanni Lévy, all of whom are interviewed for the film. All four managed to hide in Berlin without detection from 1943 to the end of the war, an extraordinary feat. Of the 7,000 Jews who hid in Berlin, only 1,700 survived.

Making an Emotional Connection to the Holocaust Seminar

Who is Janek Zimmermann? 

November 24, 2023 - pre-recorded seminar

Featured Guest: Holocaust Survivor, Jack Zimmermann

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Holocaust Survivor, Janek “Jack” Zimmermann was born to Wilhelm (William) & Malvina (Schachter) Zimmermann on April 12, 1931 in Przemysl, Poland. He can distinctly remember life, prior to the Holocaust, including his large family tree. In fact, Jack and his sister, Cesia, along with their mother, Malvina Schachter, had survived the war thanks to Righteous Among the Nations. After being hidden in an attic with 12 other Jews, Jack survived to see liberation, spent time at Landsberg, immigrated to the United States, and served in the US Army (6th Medium Tank) during the Korean War. Today, Jack resides in Washington State. Jack was among 13 Jews, including Max Diamant, who survived thanks to the bravery and kindness of Stefania & Helena Podgorska. 

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