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Shimon's life story serves as a poignant reminder that terror, persecution, and hatred can be transcended through education, activism, and forgiveness. We believe that it is of utmost importance to have this documentary be accessible to people around the world to act as a vehicle for personal and global healing.
No amount is too small or too insignificant. We are grateful for your contribution of any amount that will help send the message that hate will not be the championing force of our future.
Thank You!
No amount is too small or too insignificant. We are grateful for your contribution of any amount that will help send the message that hate will not be the championing force of our future.
Thank You!
Our sincere gratitude goes to:
Sigrid Arzuman, for her continuous help and advice in developing this video, her translation work, her liaison with the City of Wertheim, her encouragement, and her and her family’s hospitality when visiting Wertheim;
Jean Barish whose legal and personal advice kept Shimon on the Straight Path;
Aaron Birk, who enabled Shimon to participate in a writers’ retreat, and contacted the USHMM, triggering its interview, that led to this video; and to the many others who urged him on….
Dr. Marion Diehm, Ph. D., who helped us search for and collect needed archival material in the Wertheim area;
Ludwig Dreikorn, Shimon's friend and his only living Wertheim classmate
Helga Jankowski, who with her then husband Wilfried (now deceased), welcomed Shimon's returning/arriving family in 1976 , with a full-scale banquet and political Welcoming Committee at 2AM in the morning;
Petra Jankowski-Gruber, for her labor of love in keeping Shimon linked with the Wertheim community, especially the media;
Erich Langguth, Shimon's schoolmate and Wertheim City Archivist, who researched and restored his family tree after the Nazis had systematically collected and destroyed all Jewish birth records in Wertheim;
Friedrich Lehmkuehler, Kurt Bauer and other Wertheim friends who also welcomed Shimon and this project;
Eli McNamara, for her professional web-design skills, and her readiness to design and correct at all hours;
Anna Opitz, whose encouragement and donated Air-Mac inspired Shimon to start writing ideas about such a video film;
Naomi Schechter, Shimon's wife, companion, and personal editor and “ troubleshooter”, who understands his penchant for inventing non-existing words well enough to catch him, while continuing to love him while he attends to this project!;
Karl Joseph Scheuermann, then Wertheim Mayor, now deceased, who traveled the World to find, re-connect with, and invite all the surviving Jewish Wertheimers back to Wertheim in 1976, and indirectly helped this video to happen when Shimon and his family accepted the City’s invitation;
Dr. Hans Schoeler, for his hospitality and generosity then and now;
Daria and Nomi Schwarzschild, Shimon’s daughters who gave him moral support and tangible advice;
Karl Stahl, Shimon's Wertheim neighbor and family friend and protector, now deceased;
Markus Hererra-Torrez, Wertheim’s Mayor;
Dieter Friedlein, Wertheim's treasurer;
Marion R. Weber, whose initial grant, allowed a “dream” to start evolving into a “reality”
Paul Widerman, Shimon's long-term New York State friend and neighbor, who helped brainstorm this project, and provided free consultation and advice about needed services;
and a community of other supporters and donors who were touched by, and support this effort.
Sigrid Arzuman, for her continuous help and advice in developing this video, her translation work, her liaison with the City of Wertheim, her encouragement, and her and her family’s hospitality when visiting Wertheim;
Jean Barish whose legal and personal advice kept Shimon on the Straight Path;
Aaron Birk, who enabled Shimon to participate in a writers’ retreat, and contacted the USHMM, triggering its interview, that led to this video; and to the many others who urged him on….
Dr. Marion Diehm, Ph. D., who helped us search for and collect needed archival material in the Wertheim area;
Ludwig Dreikorn, Shimon's friend and his only living Wertheim classmate
Helga Jankowski, who with her then husband Wilfried (now deceased), welcomed Shimon's returning/arriving family in 1976 , with a full-scale banquet and political Welcoming Committee at 2AM in the morning;
Petra Jankowski-Gruber, for her labor of love in keeping Shimon linked with the Wertheim community, especially the media;
Erich Langguth, Shimon's schoolmate and Wertheim City Archivist, who researched and restored his family tree after the Nazis had systematically collected and destroyed all Jewish birth records in Wertheim;
Friedrich Lehmkuehler, Kurt Bauer and other Wertheim friends who also welcomed Shimon and this project;
Eli McNamara, for her professional web-design skills, and her readiness to design and correct at all hours;
Anna Opitz, whose encouragement and donated Air-Mac inspired Shimon to start writing ideas about such a video film;
Naomi Schechter, Shimon's wife, companion, and personal editor and “ troubleshooter”, who understands his penchant for inventing non-existing words well enough to catch him, while continuing to love him while he attends to this project!;
Karl Joseph Scheuermann, then Wertheim Mayor, now deceased, who traveled the World to find, re-connect with, and invite all the surviving Jewish Wertheimers back to Wertheim in 1976, and indirectly helped this video to happen when Shimon and his family accepted the City’s invitation;
Dr. Hans Schoeler, for his hospitality and generosity then and now;
Daria and Nomi Schwarzschild, Shimon’s daughters who gave him moral support and tangible advice;
Karl Stahl, Shimon's Wertheim neighbor and family friend and protector, now deceased;
Markus Hererra-Torrez, Wertheim’s Mayor;
Dieter Friedlein, Wertheim's treasurer;
Marion R. Weber, whose initial grant, allowed a “dream” to start evolving into a “reality”
Paul Widerman, Shimon's long-term New York State friend and neighbor, who helped brainstorm this project, and provided free consultation and advice about needed services;
and a community of other supporters and donors who were touched by, and support this effort.
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