Shoah
Helena Sitkowska
Not published yetIn 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 in Bielany, a precinct of Warsaw. Before, in the 1930s, they led a rather comfortable life but the death of their husband and father, together with the outbreak of the World War II greatly affected the family. Helena was forced to rent out rooms of their house, and Andrzej traded vinegar and cigarettes. Regardless, they tried to maintain their old standard of living. Andrzej studied at an underground university and attended a vocational school.
Almost 12 years ago, Youtuber Nina N (@NinaNowa) posted a video documenting her visit to Yad Vashem the year before on Yom HaShoah 2011.
Israel became a nation after the horrors done to the Jewish people 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 help the Jews, makes a difference.
Children were especially vulnerable in the era of the Holocaust. The Nazis advocated killing children of "unwanted" or "dangerous" groups in accordance with their ideological views, either as part of the "racial struggle" or as a measure of preventative security. The Germans and their collaborators killed children both for these ideological reasons and in retaliation for real or alleged partisan attacks.
“Eli Eli”
Poem by Hannah Szenes (Chanah Senesh)
Vocals by Carli Golbin Nemany
Piano by Bruce Skolnick
Composed by David Zehavi
Most of us have heard of Oscar Schindler, especially because of the movie Schindler's List.
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