The Northeast Indiana Jewish Genealogy Society is excited to welcome Bruce Colegrove, to the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at 2:00pm EDT for an afternoon of learning regarding:

HOLOCAUST RESEARCH FOR GENEALOGISTS

• 2:00pm – The Arolsen Archives and Other Sources for Holocaust Research: The Arolsen Archives houses the world’s largest collection of Nazi persecution records, including documents on concentration camps and forced labor. Other sources offer survivor testimonies, historical documents, and research tools. Bruce will outline these resources to help people preserve the memory and history of those affected.
• 4:00pm – Case Study of Holocaust Research: Holocaust research plays a vital role in preserving history and ensuring the world never forgets. Bruce will review how he has investigated survivor testimonies, Nazi records, and the role of bystanders and collaborators to piece together the full picture of the individuals he has researched.

Bruce Colegrove has been a teacher of Spanish and World Literature at Fort Wayne’s Canterbury High School since 1999. In addition to his work in the classroom, he has tutored students in the Fort Wayne Jewish community for their b’nei mitzvah while serving as a Jewish educator at Congregation Achduth Vesholom. In 2013, Bruce taught his first course on Music in the Holocaust, sparking his deep and ongoing research into the Auschwitz-Birkenau women’s orchestra. In recent years, he has expanded his teaching to include semester-long courses on Genocide and Holocaust Literature at Canterbury HS. Currently, he is developing an original screenplay about Alma Rosé and the women’s orchestra at Birkenau.

Past presentations include:
• “Helene & Charlotte Croner: Sisters in the Jewish Kulturbund Symphony of Berlin”
• “Lily Mathé: from European Celebrity to Death Camp Violinist”
• “Yolanda & Eva Steiner: Mother-Daughter Co-Survivors of Auschwitz”
• “The players from Paris – Fania Fénelon, Claire Monis, Hélène Rounder, & Fanny Ruback”
• “Defiant Berliners and Jewish U-Boote: Harbors in the Peril”, International German Genealogy Partnership Conference, Grand Wayne Convention Center, Fort Wayne IN

This program is in-person at the ACPL Genealogy Center. If you are unable to attend, registration is required.