In Their Names - Fumiko Ishioka

In Their Names invites individuals from diverse regions, age, gender and ethnicity, to share with us how they have been shaped by their encounter with the history of the Holocaust.


Fumiko Ishioka directs the Tokyo Holocaust Education Resource Center. In 2000, she rented a suitcase from the Auschwitz Museum to convey the story of the Holocaust to children in Japan. The suitcase had a name, Hana Brady, a birth date, and the word ' Waisenkind' (‘orphan’ in German) painted on it. Ms. Ishioka began researching the life of Hana Brady, and eventually found her surviving brother, George, in Canada. Hana’s suitcase continues to travel around the world.


The series is produced by the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme.