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Everyday Life in the Ghettos
May 11, 2023
What was it like for the Jewish people who were forced into ghettos by the Nazis?
Righteous among the Nations - Corrie Ten Boom
Apr 22, 2023
At Least There Is Hope for a Tree . . . There is a young carob tree that isn’t quite leafy enough to offer…
Did Jews Fight the Nazis During WWII?
Apr 21, 2023
Did Jews go like sheep to the slaughter during World War II?
The Story of Adolfo Kaminsky
Apr 12, 2023
Adolfo Kaminsky was a courageous member of the French Resistance who dedicated three decades of his life to…
The Muslim Country that Saved Jews During the Holocaust
Apr 09, 2023
Turkey, a Muslim country, surprisingly did more to spare European Jewry from the Holocaust than the United…
Christian Teacher Saving Lives of Jews
Apr 06, 2023
Jane Haining was a rural farmer’s daughter from Dumfriesshire, Scotland who excelled in foreign languages in…
Obedience and the Diffusion of Responsibility
Mar 25, 2023
How many people did Adolf Hitler personally kill during WW II?
The Legacy of the Bielski Brothers
Mar 10, 2023
When we think of the holocaust we think of the death of 6 million Jewish people, many of them children.
Life of Abdol Hossein-Sardari, the Iranian Schindler
Mar 06, 2023
Abdol Hossein Sardari was an Iranian diplomat with Azerbaijani Descent.
Hanukkah Menorah from the Home of Rabbi Akiva & Rachel…
Feb 11, 2023
Rachel Posner took a picture of her family's Hanukkah menorah in their window with a Nazi flag displaying…
Shtetl
Jan 12, 2023
The remarkable three-hour documentary tells the homecoming story of two elderly Polish-American Jews who…
The Secret Student Resistance to Hitler
Nov 20, 2022
The White Rose, a secret student resistance group, consisted of a small number of friends, most of them…
The Nazis Experimented on Me at Auschwitz
Nov 14, 2022
A woman in her nineties who has been diagnosed with dementia has shared her story of how she escaped the…
NIcholas Winton Honored
Oct 31, 2022
Sir Nicholas Winton saved the lives of hundreds of young Jewish people.
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The Book of Remembrance
The Book of Remembrance. Malachi 3. Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky.
New Museum Tells a Story of the Bravery of Jewish Soldiers
A museum opened in Israel that highlights Jews who fought in World War II.
Mushroom Leek Strudel
A hearty mushroom reduction wrapped in flaky dough...YUM! To simplify your shabbos prep…
Shocking Environmental Facts
It can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the momentous issues facing our environment today.
Parashat Mishpatim 2015
Parasha for the week: Michpatim - Exodus 21:1 - 24:18Aftarah for the week: Jeremiah 33:…
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The Lack of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust
Many factors made Jewish resistance to the Nazis during the Holocaust both difficult and dangerous.
Gertrude Luckner
Gertrud Luckner was born in the year 1900 in Liverpool. Soon she comprehended the reach of the anti-Semite threat by the National-socialist…
Emotional Reunion of Siblings Separated During the Holocaust
After 65 years, Holocaust survivor Hilda Schlick (formerly Glasberg) is tearfully, joyfully reunited with her brother, Simon Glasberg.
Speaking to us from the Past: Colorizing Photos from the…
Turkish artist Yusuf Tolga Ünker colorizes black and white photos from the Holocaust.
They're Taking us to our Death
Rose Lipszyc tells her experience during the Holocaust.
Rescue
Despite the indifference of most Europeans and the collaboration of others in the murder of Jews during the Holocaust, individuals in every…
How Denmark Saved its Jews During the Holocaust
One of the lessons to be learned form the Shoah is the extent to which human courage and caring, as evidenced by those who reached out to…
Through Children's Eyes
Diary portions illuminate a view of the world seen through the eyes and lives of Jewish children during the holocaust.
Light in the Midst of Darkness: the Story of the Hardaga…
Two families survive brutality and murder by helping each other escape it.
Sol Urbach - Saved by Oscar Schindler
Holocaust survivor Sol Urbach remembers Oscar Schindler, who was granted the honorific title Righteous of the World’s Nations.
Nazi Germany and the Jews Between 1933=1938
Yad Vashem, the world holocaust remembrance center, presents an innovative online course on the holocaust.
IDF Paratroopers Jump in Honor of WWII Heroine Hannah Szenes
IDF performs an honorary parachute jump in memory of Hannah Szenes.
The Creed of a Holocaust Survivor
I do believe, with all my heart, In the natural Goodness of Man.
Whose Child are You?
Holocaust survivor Josef Herschel tells of the horrific events of World War II and how his parents provided for his future in the midst of…
"They Gave Me Life" - The Story of Rena Quint
Rena Quint, born in Piotrkow Poland, survived the holocaust of WWII.
Marcel Maraceau: A Silent Hero of the Holocaust
Acclaimed French-Jewish actor Marcel Marceau, born on March 22, 1923, is known internationally for his emotional and elegant performance as…
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Between July 22 and September 12, 1942, the German authorities deported or murdered around 300,000 Jews in the Warsaw ghetto. SS and police…
Holocaust Testimony. Jackie Albin
Jackie Albin’s Holocaust Testimony at Beth-El Shalom
The Holocaust Survivor Jerry Rawicki
Jerry Rawicki shares his unique story of surviving the Warsaw Ghetto.
I Survived the Holocaust Twin Experiments
Eva was one of a pair of twins who survived the horrific experiments done on twins by Dr. Mengele during the holocaust.
Children of the Holocaust
When Germany came under Nazi rule, the country adopted as official policy a racist ideology aimed at the destruction of the Jews.
The Survivor of Babi Yar Massacre
David Ayzenberg was a Jewish man born in Kiev, the capital city of Soviet Ukraine, in 1926
Holocaust Survivor's Powerful Story
David Wisnia shares harrowing experience from the invasion of Poland and the Warsaw Ghetto, to Aushwitz and his escape attempt from Dachau.
My Diary of a Nazi Death Camp Childhood
In 1944, Helga Weiss came to terms with the idea of dying – with one important condition. She was only 14 years old and had never been…
Holocaust Survivor Edward Mosberg
Ninety-three year old Edward Mosberg, holocaust survivor of the World War II German labor camp at Mannhausen, testifies of his experiences.
The Final Solution
The “Final Solution” of the Jewish Question refers to the German Nazis’ plan to address the “Jewish problem” through systematic relocation…
My First Kaddish
On March 19, 1942, I was sent by the Judenrat (the Jewish Council) to build underground storage facilities.
Sir Nicholas Winton
Man saves hundreds, now unknowingly is sitting among them.
Before the Death Camps: Hitler's Hidden Holocaust
Before the death camps there were the killing fields - mass graves of executed men, women, and children.
This Will Live in Your Memories Forever
Not since 1938 had anyone in Nazi Germany dared to hold a Seder, the traditional religious feast marking the beginning of Passover, a…
How My Grandmother Survived the Holocaust
Surviving Auschwitz is always amazing enough even without being directly involved in attacking a German guard such as Guta did.
Eva Kor: The Holocaust Survivor Who Forgave the Nazis
Eva Kor, a survivor of the twin experiments at Auschwitz, shares some of her stories of trauma and forgiveness, and the remarkable ability…
Irena Sendler
We need to be reminded....... As General Eisenhower said at the time, "we want plenty of photos so no one can ever say this did not happen".
The Holocaust in Color
This video depicts the horrors of the Holocaust, from the Jews of Vienna to the armbands that Jews were supposed to wear to the horrors of…
History was Made Today in the Jewish Holy City of Hebron to…
History was made today in Israel with the Prime Minister, the President and the Speaker of Parliament all coming to Hebron to commemorate…
U.S. & Israeli Military Bands Surprise Holocaust Survivor
75 years ago today, the US Armed Forces liberated the Nazi concentration camp Dachau. Today is also Israel's 72nd Independence Day.
Roland Levi Holocaust Survivor Testimony
Join us for a live presentation by Roland Levi telling his story of surviving the Holocaust when he was 5 years old. Tuesday April 21, 7:00…
Holocaust Glossary
The following is intended to provide a frame of reference for discussion. Anti-Semitism Anti-Semitism is a prejudice and/or discrimination…
Rev Chris Edmonds/Jewish Leader Summit 2016
Pastor Chris Edmonds of Piney Grove Baptist Church on Maryville, Tennessee, is the son of the World War II hero, Master Sergeant Roddie…
Beit Shalom Congregation in Kiev Honors the Memory of…
This year on January 27, the world commemorated not only the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, but also the 75th anniversary of the…
No Tears Left: Mengele Victim Returns to Auschwitz
Alina Dabrowska, a survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in the occupied Polish town of Oswiecim spent the next five…
Raoul Wallenberg
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the capture of Raoul Wallenberg by the Russians.
Oprah Interviews Elie Wiesel at Auschwitz
Back in 2006, the Oprah Winfrey Network honored the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust by interviewing and featuring Holocaust survivor,…
Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds: Faith, Family, Friends,…
This short video encapsulates the incredibly extraordinary actions of a non-Jewish American prisoner of war in defending fellow Jewish…
Auschwitz Survivor Searches for Family
Menachem Bodner was a twin survivor of the infamous Mengele twin experiments.
Krystyna’s Story
On February 6, 1947, 11 1/2-year-old Krystyna Chiger was interviewed by Magistrate Maria Holender. During the war, she had been hidden with…
Why the Holocaust Was Possible
Contrary to the views of some authors, anti-Semitism alone was not responsible for the Holocaust.
Koolulam - Hai - Ofra Haza - Holocaust Remembrance Day…
Koolulam, a self-proclaimed “social-musical initiative” based in Tel Aviv, partnered with Zikaron Basalon, another “social initiative,” to…
It's the Right Thing to Do
Abhorred by the actions of the Nazis, one leader in a distant southwestern Asian archipelago opened the doors of his country to Jews…
A Survivor's Story, in Another Dimension
Pinchas Gutter sat in an armchair surrounded by hundreds of LED lights.
Beyond Secret Tears
I was 4 years old and my brother was 5-1/2 years old when we were first separated from our parents and placed in a Protestant orphanage in…
Rose Lipszyc
Rose Lipszyc was born to a Jewish family in Poland in 1929, and lived a life of relative peace, stability, and childhood innocence until…
Gisella Perl
Gisella Perl was born into a Jewish family in Hungary in 1907, and aspired to medical school despite the reluctance of her father who did…
The Woman That Saved 100 Abandoned Orphans
Despite the death of her own daughter, Lena Küchler-Silberman dedicated her life to saving other Jewish children from the grips of death.
Gad Elbaz, Dudu Fisher Feat Saul Dreier - Change the World
Gad Elbaz, an Israeli Jewish singer who has recorded numerous well-known albums, and Dudu Fisher, Israeli cantor and theatre/stage…
The Giro d'Italia's Secret Holocaust Hero and Cycling Champ
Gino Bartali, born in poverty to a Catholic family in Tuscany, grew up as an enthusiastic and passionate bicyclist.
A Cherished Sweater: Kristine Keren's Green Sweater
For Kristine Chiger (later Kristine Keren post-war), then a 7-year old Jewish girl whose family was relocated to the Lvov ghetto, one piece…
Historic and Unprecedented Events
So much is happening in Israel right now this update is needed.
Hitler Tried to Kill Me
“In many cases, Hitler succeeded in wiping out total families,” Holocaust survivor Nat Shaffir said. “He did not succeed with me. I won,…
I Found the Place My Grandfather was Murdered in the…
The Babi Yar (translating from Ukranian as the “Old Woman’s Ravine”) massacre resulted in the machine-gunned deaths of nearly 34,000 Jews…
Family Reunited After a Pendant Identical to Anne Frank's…
A peculiar triangular pendant probably no longer than an inch in any direction, strikingly similar to a pendant known to be owned by…
How Ordinary Bulgarians Saved Their Jewish Neighbors
As the deportation of Jews from neighboring countries and territories was underway, the Jews of Bulgaria, a Nazi ally during WWII, were…
Holocaust - We Remember
As holocaust survivors are dying, it is important that we never forget.
Hidden Children
Even today, no one knows how many Jewish children were hidden during the war. The one most people know is Anne Frank. But there were many…
The Forgotten People - Ted Pearce
Ted Pearce wrote this song as the theme song for the March of Remembrance.
Holocaust Love Story
A Florida couple who met in a concentration camp later found each other again during a blind date.
Remembering Lucy Baum
A song about Rosalie Schiff, who lost her family in Belzec Concentration camp and stayed up at night repeating her sister's name, Lucia,…
Saved by Oscar Schindler
Testimony of holocaust survivor Sol Urbach.
Johan van Hulst – A Man who Saved 600 Jewish Children…
In 1943, children started to disappear from a nursery – But the guilty man never regretted his actions.
The Jews in Poland
The Jews had established a physical presence in Poland back to the days of the first century, and it was an important central trade and…
Best Holocaust Museums in Europe
When many people think of Europe, they think of beautiful architecture, delicious food, romantic getaways, and spectacular art. Not many…
Decades After This Man Survived the Holocaust His Family…
Ernst Bornstein’s story of suffering at the hands of the Nazis during World War Two was all too common for Jews living in Europe at the…
The Untold Story of the First Jewish Women in Auschwitz
The first group of unfortunate Jewish women who were brought to Auschwitz. So few of them survived.
102-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Meets Nephew for the First…
An emotional reunion between 102-year-old Holocaust survivor Eliahu Pietruszka and his nephew Alexandre Pietruszka.
I Lived Through Kristallnacht
Eve Kugler's family lost everything in the 1938 Nazi pogrom of Kristallnacht.
The Perfect Aryan Baby
The "perfect Aryan baby", as chosen by the Nazis themselves in the 30s, was a sweet little angel with a compromising secret.
The Incredible Story of the Hero who Volunteered to for…
He was one of the greatest heroes of the Second World War. His life defined that of a nation's.
Adolf Eichmann Exhibit at Holocaust Museum St Petersburg FL
Born near Solingen, Germany to a Protestant family, Adolf Eichmann, nicknamed “Little Jew” by his friends and classmates due to his…
Holocaust in North Africa
This is a forgotten tragedy. It was part of the Holocaust, but it didn’t occur in Europe…
Nazis in Los Angeles and the Man Who Stopped Them
Steven Ross, author of "Hitler in Los Angeles," discusses Leon Lewis, a Jewish attorney who started a spy network in 1930s Los Angeles to…
The Three Bullets of Francesca Mann
Francesca Mann met with absolute evil -- and she shot it.
A Holocaust Survivor that Never Lost Hope
Sara Atzmon is a Holocaust survivor with an amazing story.
How I Escaped the Holocaust
From prisoner to soldier.
WWII Holocaust Heroes - Zookeeper's Jan and Antonina…
As many as 300 passed through the zoo, and many survived the war because of Jan and his wife.
Italy and the Holocaust: The Hidden Story
As told by Elizabeth Bettina in her 2009 book, "It Happened in Italy," the story of how her grandparents' small village of Campagna, Italy,…
Eugene Black - Slave Laborer and Camp Survivor
Eugene was born Jeno Schwartz in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia in 1928. He had a happy family life with 3 sisters and a brother. His mother came…
Leica and the Jews
The Leica is the pioneer 35mm camera. It is a German product - precise, minimalist, and utterly efficient.
Buchenwald
Buchenwald was liberated by the US Third Army on April 11, 1945 at 3:15pm.
WWII Holocaust Heroines - The Cook Sisters - Louise and Ida…
British sisters Louise and Ida Cook rescued Jews from the Nazis during the 1930s. The sisters helped people escape, funded mainly by Ida's…
10 Little Known Facts About the Holocaust
Here you'll find 10 facts about the Holocaust that you probably didn't learn in school.
Holocaust Remembrance
"It should not be forgotten. There was no reason for what was done to the people in this world."
The North African Holocaust
As Hitler was extending his tentacles into North Africa, the Nazis also committed massive war crimes against the Jews in Morocco, Tunisia,…
The Codebreaker who Hacked Hitler
Meet Gordon Welchman, a key member of the British team that took on the Nazis, decoded the Enigma machine, and changed the course of World…
Half the World Doesn't Know About the Holocaust
A shocking new study across 100 countries showed that 1 in 4 people are anti-Semitic!
This Teacher Outsmarted Hitler and His Nazi Regime
In Nazi Germany, when bullying, discrimination, and violence become everyday realities for Jewish children, Leonore Goldschmidt defies the…
Holocaust Survivor's Home Burnt in Arson Attack
Arsonist burns down holocaust survivor's home
Kristallnacht - The Great Moral test the World Failed
On the night of 9 November 1938, it became open. The destruction of European Jewry had begun with Kristallnacht, Night of the Broken Glass,…
Edith Goldberg
Edith Goldberg spent her early life in Teschenmoschel, a small village near Kaiserslautern, Germany, where she was born in 1928. Her family…
Italy and the Holocaust
The story of how Elizabeth Bettina's grandparents' small village in Campagna, Italy helped save Jews during the holocaust.
My Father's Holocaust Secret
When holocaust survivor Aryeh Goldberg passed away he left his son Tzachi his gold Phillippe watch. On opening the watch he found an old…
Aristides Sousa Mendes, The Forgotten Portuguese Hero
During WWII Aristides Sousa Mendes chose to save Jewish lives even though his country told him not to.
George Dilsizian
Georges Dilsizian fled to France in the end of the 19th Century because of the Turkish persecution of the Armenians. He got married and had…
Syndrome K
In the fall of 1943, German soldiers in Italy began rounding up Italian Jews and deporting them—10,000 people were sent to concentration…
Israel Honors Chiune Sempo Sugihara for Saving Jews
Israel named one of its streets after Chiune Sempo Sugihara. Chinue was a Japanese diplomat who was very helpful in saving the lives of…
Surviving with a Muslim Identity in Warsaw
Jews living under false identity during the Holocaust faced enormous challenges. The fact that Jewish males are circumcised and bear the…
Why do People Still Deny the Holocaust
Did the Holocaust really happen?
The Jewish Ghettos of World War II
The ghettos of World War II were established by the Nazis to create a total confinement for the Jewish population, turning entire…
Auschwitz: Drone Video of Nazi Concentraton Camp
Drone video shows the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp as it is today - 70 years after it was liberated by Soviet troops.
World War II and the Holocaust
A brief synopsis of German occupation and then defeat.
Holocaust Survivors - Liberated but Not Free
"We are free now, but we don't know how to begin our free but unfortunate lives." Dr. Zalman Grinberg
Holocaust Uncovered (1945) - Warning: Distressing Images
Holocaust Uncovered (1945) - Warning: Distressing Images
Holocaust Survivors Tell the Stories of Their Childhood
Holocaust Survivors Tell the Stories of Their Childhood
Martin Kapel: German, Poland and England
Martin was born in Leipzig, Germany in 1930. As the son of Polish parents Martin was legally classed as a Polish citizen by the nationality…
Auschwitz Survivor Returns to Birkenau
Auschwitz Survivor Returns to Birkenau
Holocaust Testimony
Holocaust Testimony
Reunion & Return: A Holocaust Survivor Reunites with his…
Reunion & Return: A Holocaust Survivor Reunites with his Father
Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of…
On January 27, the free world celebrated the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz by the Soviet army.
60 Minutes: Sir Nicholas Winton's Letter to FDR Found
60 Minutes: Sir Nicholas Winton's Letter to FDR Found
Rudolf Hoess, former Auschwitz Commandant, Testifying at…
Rudolf Hoess, former Auschwitz Commandant, Testifying at Nuremberg Trial, April 15, 1946
Gas Chambers Discovered at Nazi Death Camp Sobibor
Holocaust Remembrance Day Tel Aviv, Israel
Holocaust Survivors Finally Get Bar Mitzvahed - 70 Years…
A unique Bar Mitzvah ceremony took place at the Kotel Monday. The ceremony was not for thirteen year old kids, but for a group of senior…
Arek Hersh
"I was coming out from the school and a few Polish children shouted me "Go back to Palestine". My parents were born, my grandparents were…
Dachau and Yad Vashem
Dachau, Munich Area, Germany: The barracks and lavatories were drab grays and browns, concrete and bricks, lifeless, seemingly unfit for…
Helena Sitkowska
In 1939 Helena Sitkowska was a widow, a retired teacher, and a mother of two: 15-year-old Andrzej and 10-year-old Magda. The family lived…
A Story from Yad Vashem
This April, Yad Vashem hosted a seminar for history teachers from Arab communities in Israel. The seminar brought together over 140…
Michael Majercik
Janka-Hetty Fisch of Bratislava was seven years old in 1939 when Slovakia became an "independent" state under the patronage of Nazi…
Rescued by an Egyptian in Berlin
Dr. Mohamed Helmy was born in Khartoum in 1901 to Egyptian parents. In 1922 Helmy went to Germany to study medicine and settled in Berlin.…
Holocaust Remembrance 2014
Holocaust Remembrance 2014
Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem. Holocaust Memorial
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Holocaust Remembrance Day Tel Aviv, Israel
Eli Eli - Hannah Szenes Senesh
Eli Eli - Hannah Szenes Senesh - Sang in Hebrew & English - Holocaust Remembrance
Children During the Holocaust
Children were especially vulnerable in the era of the Holocaust. The Nazis advocated killing children of "unwanted" or "dangerous" groups…
Hologram to Retell Stories from the Holocaust
For years, Holocaust survivor Pinchus Gutter has told the tragic story of watching his parents and 10-year-old twin sister herded into a…
Rescue of Children
During the Holocaust, countless Jewish organizations and individuals worldwide did what they could to save their brethren. While these…
Refik Veseli
In the fall of 1943, Refik Veseli, a sixteen-year-old Albanian photography student, received permission from his parents to hide Mosa…
Dr Michal Majercik
Janka-Hetty Fisch of Bratislava was seven years old in 1939 when Slovakia became an "independent" state under the patronage of Nazi…
New Study Reveals 42,500 Nazi Sites Operated Across Europe
A comprehensive new study has revealed that the Nazis operated no fewer than 42,500 sites across Europe as part of their killing machine,…
The Seeds of Genocide
Jewish communities existed continuously in Europe for over 2,000 years. Their social and religious distinctiveness made them persistent…
France to Return Art Stolen by Nazis
The French government has launched a new bid to return paintings stolen by the Nazis to their rightful owners - or, given the seven decades…
Nazi Anti-Jewish laws
Shortly after Hitler's appointment as Reich Chancellor on January 30, 1933, the Reichstag (German parliament) began to institute a series…
The Holocaust: Can it Happen Again and What Was Learned
The Holocaust has a notorious past in which the idea and the act of genocide, as well as the word itself, came into clear view. Soon after,…
The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking
THIRTEEN years ago, researchers at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum began the grim task of documenting all the ghettos, slave…
Nearly 70 Years on, Holocaust Survivor Reunites with…
67 years had passed since they last saw each other, Wladyslawa Dudziak was flown to New York last week from Poland to meet with Rozia…
Florida Holocaust Museum to Exhibit Hess Fine Art Donation…
ST. PETERSBURG, FL - June 11, 2013/ - A few years ago, the Florida Holocaust Museum accessioned a painting by Social Realist Emanuel Glicen…
The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic persecution and annihilation of more than 6 million Jews as a central act of state by Nazi Germany and its…
Never Too Late: Nazi Hunters Tirelessly Pursue 50 Elderly…
MAINZ, Germany -- In their search for justice that has endured for decades, the biggest challenge Nazi hunters face is time. The knowledge…
Red Cross Helps Reconnect Holocaust Survivors
The American Red Cross is reaching out to Holocaust survivors and their families to inform them of Red Cross services to reconnect families…
Hitler Statue Placed Outside Warsaw Ghetto Stokes Outrage
JTA — An Italian artist placed a statue of Adolf Hitler in a building outside what used to be the Warsaw Ghetto. The statue, which depicts…
Germans Restore 1936 High Jump Record
NEW YORK – Gretel Bergmann matched a German high jump record on June 30, 1936.Two weeks later, the 5 feet, 3 inches she jumped in…
Proudly Bearing Elders’ Scars, Their Skin Says “Never…
Livia Ravek was branded with the number 4559. Now her grandson, Daniel Philosoph, has the same tattoo. At right, three men who stood in the…
From Overseas Visitors, a Growing Demand to Study the…
JERUSALEM — The students were spared nothing. There were sessions on Nazi disputes over how to murder the Jews; propaganda art in the Third…
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IDF performs an honorary parachute jump in memory of Hannah Szenes.
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Holocaust survivor Sol Urbach remembers Oscar Schindler, who was granted the honorific title Righteous of the World’s Nations.
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After 65 years, Holocaust survivor Hilda Schlick (formerly Glasberg) is tearfully, joyfully reunited with her brother, Simon Glasberg.
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Ninety-three year old Edward Mosberg, holocaust survivor of the World War II German labor camp at Mannhausen, testifies of his experiences.
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Rena Quint, born in Piotrkow Poland, survived the holocaust of WWII.
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Surviving Auschwitz is always amazing enough even without being directly involved in attacking a German guard such as Guta did.
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This year on January 27, the world commemorated not only the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, but also the 75th anniversary of the…
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History was made today in Israel with the Prime Minister, the President and the Speaker of Parliament all coming to Hebron to commemorate…
Before the Death Camps: Hitler's Hidden Holocaust
Before the death camps there were the killing fields - mass graves of executed men, women, and children.
Holocaust - We Remember
As holocaust survivors are dying, it is important that we never forget.
Holocaust in North Africa
This is a forgotten tragedy. It was part of the Holocaust, but it didn’t occur in Europe…
Holocaust Love Story
A Florida couple who met in a concentration camp later found each other again during a blind date.
Auschwitz Survivor Searches for Family
Menachem Bodner was a twin survivor of the infamous Mengele twin experiments.
Koolulam - Hai - Ofra Haza - Holocaust Remembrance Day…
Koolulam, a self-proclaimed “social-musical initiative” based in Tel Aviv, partnered with Zikaron Basalon, another “social initiative,” to…
I Lived Through Kristallnacht
Eve Kugler's family lost everything in the 1938 Nazi pogrom of Kristallnacht.
The Giro d'Italia's Secret Holocaust Hero and Cycling Champ
Gino Bartali, born in poverty to a Catholic family in Tuscany, grew up as an enthusiastic and passionate bicyclist.
Eva Kor: The Holocaust Survivor Who Forgave the Nazis
Eva Kor, a survivor of the twin experiments at Auschwitz, shares some of her stories of trauma and forgiveness, and the remarkable ability…
Historic and Unprecedented Events
So much is happening in Israel right now this update is needed.
Saved by Oscar Schindler
Testimony of holocaust survivor Sol Urbach.
Christian Teacher Saving Lives of Jews
Jane Haining was a rural farmer’s daughter from Dumfriesshire, Scotland who excelled in foreign languages in school and started her career…
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