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Exciting 3G News!
USC Shoah Foundation Forms Partnership with Living Links, The First National Organization for Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors
Powerful New Force Safeguards Holocaust Memory
At a time when the number of Holocaust survivors is dwindling and antisemitism is on the rise, 3Gs are uniquely positioned to offer personal accounts about how unchecked intolerance and hate led to the Holocaust. An estimated one million grandchildren of Holocaust survivors live in the United States.
At this critical moment in time for Jews around the world, 3GAZ is thrilled to announce we have joined the Living Links network. Living Links is the first nationwide organization created to engage and empower grandchildren of Holocaust survivors.
For the last two years, leaders from 3GAZ participated in strategy sessions and focus groups to develop Living Links’ mission and three pillars:
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Cultivate the 3G movement to ensure existing chapters thrive and new 3G communities develop nationwide.
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Expand access to our acclaimed Speaker Training Program, created by 3GNY, guides 3Gs to tell their grandparents’ stories in diverse communities, schools, and organizations to counter hate, bigotry, and antisemitism; create relevant programming to deepen our understanding of the Holocaust.
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Develop the next generation of leaders committed to preserving the history of the Holocaust and speak out against contemporary issues of antisemitism and Holocaust denial and distortion.
3GAZ is one of 14 3G affiliates, with several more in early stages. Each 3G affiliate will maintain its autonomy, while Living Links, in partnership with USC Shoah Foundation, will provide a professional infrastructure and elevate the shared vision to build a vibrant 3G community nationwide and expand our programming.
A lead gift of $1 million has been pledged toward a program budget of $5 million over the next three years.
For more information, go to https://www.wearelivinglinks.org.
About the USC Shoah Foundation
Founded in 1994, the USC Shoah Foundation preserves and amplifies the voices of the past to build a future that remembers. The Visual History Archive is home to more than 56,000 testimonies of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust, contemporary antisemitism, the Armenian Genocide, and other historical events of genocide, crimes against humanity, and related persecution. It is the largest such collection in the world.
About Living Links
Living Links, formed in 2023 is a new organization for grandchildren (3Gs) of Holocaust survivors and all victims of Nazi persecution. 3Gs (and a growing number of 4Gs) have an essential voice in countering hate and keeping the history of the Holocaust relevant in today’s world. Living Links is partnering with the USC Shoah Foundation to empower descendants of Holocaust survivors to create enduring communities devoted to preserving and sharing their families’ legacies.
About 3GAZ
3GAZ is a 3rd generation Holocaust descendant’s group formed here in Arizona in November 2020. We are a small but growing group that is focusing our efforts
reflecting on and educating others about our families’ histories and keeping their story alive in our collective memory. We share our stories in classrooms &
community groups, and we sponsor events with relevant topics.
With gratitude,
Jennifer Sosnow, Jennifer Blohm, 3GAZ Co-Chairs
Adena Bernstein, 3GAZ Founder
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