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Safekeeping Stories of the Holocaust Workshop

Write Your Family Holocaust Story

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Safekeeping Stories of the Holocaust Workshop

Write Your Family Holocaust Story

Join a Workshop Waitlist

Children, grandchildren, and other family members of survivors:

Create a story about your family’s Holocaust experiences using our Storykeeping® method.

It takes more than one generation to tell this story.

Regardless of whether you came from a family that talked about the past or remained silent, you feel responsible for preserving the story of your survivor family member. But sitting down to put words on a page is overwhelming. Where and how do you begin?

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Get started on your family memoir with our free Story Starter Workbook. Subscribe to our newsletter and receive practical Storykeeping guidance and information about upcoming workshops.

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The Storykeeping® Method

Learn our Storykeeping method and document the events of your family before, during, and after the war. We provide a practical, supportive, structured approach to exploring, preserving, and sharing family Holocaust stories. You’ll consider the legacy you’ve inherited, how it’s shaped you, and what it means for future generations.

Next Generation Storykeeping

Those in the Second Generation (2G), Third Generation (3G), and Fourth Generation (4G) are uniquely positioned to capture stories of their survivor-family members’ postwar lives. You witnessed and were a part of the life they created from the ashes. This vital chapter in your family’s life brings into view the humanity, humor, love, perseverance, and hope that are also part of your story.

Each workshop is taught live by an experienced facilitator.

 

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“Participating in the Safekeeping Stories Workshop has been one of the most meaningful, formative experiences I have ever had. Through writing and sharing my father’s Holocaust story, I learned that it is also my story and that it continually affects my family’s actions and responses. Jill offers her expertise in motivating and editing, with thoughtful encouragement, enthusiasm, caring, and patience.”
—Audrey Unger Reich
I have always had a great deal of anxiety about approaching my parents’ stories of their experiences during the Shoah. I was only able to overcome this due to Jill Sarkozi’s
encouragement, guidance and gentle discipline. The focused freeform jotting, brief slices and the insightful feedback from Jill made this do-able – something to look forward to (rather than dread). Working with Jill on this project was a gift to myself and my family.
—Rikki Kaplan
“Recording a survivor’s tale is daunting, but the Safekeeping Stories method provides a manageable framework of focused and flexible steps. I was encouraged to craft my mother’s story as an intergenerational narrative, resulting in a rich weave of five generations’ connections to these events. The atmosphere in my writing group, led by Jill Sarkozi, was warm and supportive, with constructive and valuable feedback provided at every stage. I am so thankful for this program and grateful that I was able to work with Jill and the other workshop participants.”
—Robin Hizme

Workshops For Families of Holocaust Survivors

This workshop will help you:

Create your Holocaust story using our practical and effective Slice system
Connect generations as you piece together their prewar story
Identify character strengths that run in your family
Recount your family member’s wartime experiences
Capture the life your survivor family member built after the war
Establish an archive to pass along key family facts
Preserve your family’s Holocaust story in 7 to 14 Pages
Share your story with family and in educational settings

Workshop Details:

8 weekly, 90-minute sessions
Sessions are online and live via Zoom
Receive personal guidance from your Facilitator on your story
Program materials include a printable Storykeeping Guide and weekly instruction to guide your journey at home
You’ll need at least 90 minutes per week to do the homework. Plan to spend 2-3 hours per week to get the most out of the class
We’ll provide some resources, but historical and genealogical research is outside the scope of this class and is done at your discretion and direction
You’ll receive a membership to the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center as an additional resource for exploring your story
Cost: $575

Ready to write your family Holocaust story?

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Workshop attendees are invited to join a community of Storykeepers.

Join the Generations Forward Speakers Bureau and participate in the Memory Keeper Story Hour.

sneak peek:

Safekeeping Stories of the Holocaust Workshop Sessions

Here’s an example of the sessions in a recent workshop.

1

Be a Storykeeper

2

Inherited Stories

3

Prewar: Discovering the Life They Had

4

Wartime: Expectations and Change

5

Postwar: Moving Forward

6

You Are Part of the Story

7

The Story That Lives On

8

Next Gen: Beginnings and Endings