Raoul Wallenberg Days - All Vancouver Events

2006 to 2024

Key to sponsors: WSCCS = Civil Courage Society    2G = Second Generation Group     VHEC = Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre

2025

Civil Courage Award to Corey Levine + Film “Left Behind” on Courageous Rescue from Afghanistan.

Speakers: Corey Levine,
Gulalai Mohammadi,
Elizabeth May

Location: Peretz Centre

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2024

Wartime Civil Courage in Scandinavia + Film “Passage to Sweden”

Speakers: Tore Jørgensen,
Norman Gladstone

Location: Beth Israel Synagogue

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2023

Honouring The Joint Distribution Committee, and its courageous support for Ukrainian refugees + Films “Fridtjof Nansen” (2), & “JDC Ukraine Crisis”

Speakers: Marina Sonkina,
Gary Segal

Location: Beth Israel Synagogue

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2022

Honouring The Joint Distribution Committee, and its courageous support for Ukrainian refugees + Films “Fridtjof Nansen” (2), & “JDC Ukraine Crisis”

Speakers: Marina Sonkina,
Gary Segal

Location: Beth Israel Synagogue

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2021

January 17, 2021

Presentation “Civil Courage in Journalism Today”
including 2 films: “A Dark Place” & “Mohamed Fahmy: Half Free”

Speakers: Arzu Geybulla,
Javier Luque,
Robert Hackett

Location: Online

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2020

January 19, 2020

Film “Persona Non Grata:  The Story of Chiune Sugihara”

Speakers: George Bluman,
Alan Le Fevre

Location: HR MacMillan Space Centre – Auditorium

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2019

January 20, 2019

Civil Courage Award to
Mary Kitagawa + Film “The War Between Us”

Speakers: Judith Anderson,
Mary Kitagawa, Alan Le Fevre

Location: HR MacMillan Space Centre – Auditorium

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2018

January 14, 2018

Civil Courage Award to
Alayne Fleischmann
(in absentia) + Film: “Matt Taibbi and “The $9 Billion Witness” Who Exposed How JPMorgan Chase Helped Wreck the Economy”

Speakers: Ana Policzer,
The Honourable Ujjal Dosanjh, Alan Le Fevre

Location: HR MacMillan Space Centre – Auditorium

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2017

January 15, 2017

Presentation by
Doctors without Borders
+ Film “Access to the Danger Zone”

Speakers: Jan Nordin,
Dr Joseph Copeland

Location: HR MacMillan Space Centre – Auditorium

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2016

January 17, 2016

Civil Courage Award to
Chief Dr Robert Joseph + Film “Carl Lutz: The Forgotten Hero”

Speakers: Deborah Ross-Grayman, Henry Grayman,
Heather Deal, Chief Dr. Robert Joseph

Location: JCC – Wosk Auditorium

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2015

January 14, 2015

Civil Courage Award to
Ujjal Dosanjh + Film “The Rescuers” on
thirteen diplomats in Europ

Speakers: Deborah Ross-Grayman, Henry Grayman,
Andrea Reimer, Ujjal Dosanjh,
Lt Gov Judith Guichon

Location: JCC – Wosk Auditorium

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2014

January 19, 2014

Film “Nicky's Family”on Englishman,
Sir Nicholas Winton

Speakers: Deborah Ross-Grayman, Henry Grayman,
Gregor Robertson, Thomas Gradin, Rupert Potter, Naomi Taussig

Location: JCC – Norman Rothstein Theatre

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2013

January 20, 2013

Film “The Budapest Angel”
on Spanish Consul,
Ángel Sanz Briz

Speakers: Enrique Manchon, Anders Neumuller

Location: VanCity Theatre

Sponsor(s): Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC

2012

January 15, 2012

Film “The Visas That Saved Lives” on Japanese Consul,
Chiune Sugihara

Speakers: George Bluman, Hideki Ito, Anders Neumulle

Location: VanCity Theatre

Sponsor(s): Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC

2011

January 16, 2011

Film “Désobéir” on Portuguese Consul, Aristides de Sousa Mendes

Speakers: Eva Kero, Geoff Meggs, Carlos de Sousa Amaro, Anders Neumuller

Location: VanCity Theatre

Sponsor(s): Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC

2010

January 27, 2010

Talk “Raoul Wallenberg, Righteous among the Nations: Lessons for our Time” by Irwin Cotler

Speakers: Irwin Cotler, Anders Neumuller

Location: JCC – Wosk Auditorium

Sponsor(s): Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC

2009

January 17, 2009

Film “Wallenberg: A Hero's Story”

Speakers: Gabriella Klein, Anders Neumuller

Location: VanCity Theatre

Sponsor(s): Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC

2008

January 20, 2008

Film “The Black Pimpernel” on Swedish Consul in Chile, Harald Edelstam

Speakers: Ana Policzer, Anders Neumuller

Location: VanCity Theatre

Sponsor(s): Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC

2007

January 21, 2007

Film “Good Evening Mr Wallenberg

Speakers: Anders Neumuller

Location: VanCity Theatre

Sponsor(s): Swedish Consul, 2G

2006

January 29, 2006

20th Anniversary Commemoration of
Raoul Wallenberg Plaqu

Speakers: Gabriella Klein, Peter Ladner, André Molnar, Anders Neumuller

Location: Queen Elizabeth Park –Quarry

Sponsor(s): Swedish Consul, 2G

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2025

Civil Courage Award to Corey Levine + Film “Left Behind” on Courageous Rescue from Afghanistan.

Speakers: Corey Levine,
Gulalai Mohammadi,
Elizabeth May

Location: Peretz Centre

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2024

Wartime Civil Courage in Scandinavia + Film “Passage to Sweden”

Speakers: Tore Jørgensen,
Norman Gladstone

Location: Beth Israel Synagogue

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2023

Honouring The Joint Distribution Committee, and its courageous support for Ukrainian refugees + Films “Fridtjof Nansen” (2), & “JDC Ukraine Crisis”

Speakers: Marina Sonkina,
Gary Segal

Location: Beth Israel Synagogue

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2022

Presentation “Saluting the Courage of Frontline Healthcare Providers” + Film “Zero to Zero” on battling COVID-19.

Speakers: Judith Anderson, Dr Ramneek Dosanjh, Sherri Kensall, Barb Nederpel

Location: Beth Israel Synagogue

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2021

January 17, 2021

Presentation “Civil Courage in Journalism Today”
including 2 films: “A Dark Place” & “Mohamed Fahmy: Half Free”

Speakers: Arzu Geybulla,
Javier Luque,
Robert Hackett

Location: Online

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2020

January 19, 2020

Film “Persona Non Grata:  The Story of Chiune Sugihara”

Speakers: George Bluman,
Alan Le Fevre

Location: HR MacMillan Space Centre – Auditorium

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2019

January 20, 2019

Civil Courage Award to
Mary Kitagawa + Film “The War Between Us”

Speakers: Judith Anderson,
Mary Kitagawa, Alan Le Fevre

Location: HR MacMillan Space Centre – Auditorium

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2018

January 14, 2018

Civil Courage Award to
Alayne Fleischmann
(in absentia) + Film: “Matt Taibbi and “The $9 Billion Witness” Who Exposed How JPMorgan Chase Helped Wreck the Economy”

Speakers: Ana Policzer,
The Honourable Ujjal Dosanjh, Alan Le Fevre

Location: HR MacMillan Space Centre – Auditorium

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2017

January 15, 2017

Presentation by
Doctors without Borders
+ Film “Access to the Danger Zone”

Speakers: Jan Nordin,
Dr Joseph Copeland

Location: HR MacMillan Space Centre – Auditorium

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2016

January 17, 2016

Civil Courage Award to
Chief Dr Robert Joseph + Film “Carl Lutz: The Forgotten Hero”

Speakers: Deborah Ross-Grayman, Henry Grayman,
Heather Deal, Chief Dr. Robert Joseph

Location: JCC – Wosk Auditorium

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2015

January 14, 2015

Civil Courage Award to
Ujjal Dosanjh + Film “The Rescuers” on
thirteen diplomats in Europ

Speakers: Deborah Ross-Grayman, Henry Grayman,
Andrea Reimer, Ujjal Dosanjh,
Lt Gov Judith Guichon

Location: JCC – Wosk Auditorium

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2014

January 19, 2014

Film “Nicky's Family”on Englishman,
Sir Nicholas Winton

Speakers: Deborah Ross-Grayman, Henry Grayman,
Gregor Robertson, Thomas Gradin, Rupert Potter, Naomi Taussig

Location: JCC – Norman Rothstein Theatre

Sponsor(s): WSCCS

2013

January 20, 2013

Film “The Budapest Angel”
on Spanish Consul,
Ángel Sanz Briz

Speakers: Enrique Manchon, Anders Neumuller

Location: VanCity Theatre

Sponsor(s): Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC

2012

January 15, 2012

Film “The Visas That Saved Lives” on Japanese Consul,
Chiune Sugihara

Speakers: George Bluman, Hideki Ito, Anders Neumulle

Location: VanCity Theatre

Sponsor(s): Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC

2011

January 16, 2011

Film “Désobéir” on Portuguese Consul, Aristides de Sousa Mendes

Speakers: Eva Kero, Geoff Meggs, Carlos de Sousa Amaro, Anders Neumuller

Location: VanCity Theatre

Sponsor(s): Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC

2010

January 27, 2010

Talk “Raoul Wallenberg, Righteous among the Nations: Lessons for our Time” by Irwin Cotler

Speakers: Irwin Cotler, Anders Neumuller

Location: JCC – Wosk Auditorium

Sponsor(s): Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC

2009

January 17, 2009

Film “Wallenberg: A Hero's Story”

Speakers: Gabriella Klein, Anders Neumuller

Location: VanCity Theatre

Sponsor(s): Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC

2008

January 20, 2008

Film “The Black Pimpernel” on Swedish Consul in Chile, Harald Edelstam

Speakers: Ana Policzer, Anders Neumuller

Location: VanCity Theatre

Sponsor(s): Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC

2007

January 21, 2007

Film “Good Evening Mr Wallenberg

Speakers: Anders Neumuller

Location: VanCity Theatre

Sponsor(s): Swedish Consul, 2G

2006

January 29, 2006

20th Anniversary Commemoration of
Raoul Wallenberg Plaqu

Speakers: Gabriella Klein, Peter Ladner, André Molnar, Anders Neumuller

Location: Queen Elizabeth Park –Quarry

Sponsor(s): Swedish Consul, 2G

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