Jewish community activist Sigmund A. Rolat received the Jan Karski Award for Speaking Out, named after the Polish courier who risked his life to bring news of the Holocaust to the Free World in 1942. The dinner program included a screening of “Messenger from Hell,” an animated short about Karski created by the Wyman Institute and Disney Educational Productions.
Attendees were also treated to a preview of “Cartoonists Against the Holocaust,” a forthcoming book by Wyman Institute director Dr. Rafael Medoff and comics historian Craig Yoe, featuring the work of political cartoonists in the 1930s-1940s.
The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies teaches the history and lessons of America’s response to the Holocaust, through scholarly research, public events, publications, and educational programs.
Based on the research of Professor David S. Wyman concerning America’s response to Nazism and the Holocaust, the Wyman Institute focuses on the abandonment of Europe’s Jews during the Nazi era, the efforts to promote rescue, and the moral and historical lessons of those experiences.
The Wyman Institute strives to bridge the gap between the scholarly community and the general public, by making the historical record accessible to a broader audience through exhibits, speakers, educational curricula, and other forms of media.
The Institute brings together a politically, religiously, and culturally diverse group of concerned individuals and scholars, who share a commitment to the importance of studying, documenting, and publicizing the lessons of America’s response to the Holocaust.