Thomas Buergenthal: More Than a Survivor
Throughout his eighty-five years, Thomas Buergenthal has experienced justice from all angles. He has been deprived of it, reclaimed it, fought for it for others, and worked to strengthen it worldwide....
Monday, August 19, 2019
Holocaust Tag
How Should We Use the Term ‘Concentration Camp’?
When Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York used the term “concentration camp” last week to describe the current situation on the U.S. southern border, she sparked a vicious debate that became less about the crisis at the border and more about what the term...
The Girl in the Blue Sweater
Helena survived three concentration camps and when the last one was liberated she was flown by the Red Cross to a hospital in Sweden. She was 5'4" and weighed 52 lbs. Her roommate in the hospital, a fellow survivor, knit the sweater for her while...
Visual Moment | Lost & Found: Solving a Holocaust Mystery
Lost and Found exhibit at Yeshiva University's museum traces the story of a photo album smuggled out of Lithuania's Kovno Ghetto, from its original disappearance through the investigation that found the owner's descendants teaching Yiddish in the United States. ...
At 81, a Greek Holocaust Survivor Looks Back
“What are your earliest memories of Greece?” I ask. He does not hesitate. “Running and hiding with my mother,” he says. “Hiding and running.”...
No, Holocaust Survivor George Soros Was NOT a Nazi
11:22 24 January
in Winter Issue 2019
Billionaire George Soros has been accused of being a Nazi collaborator. This story tells how this anti-Semitic trope went from the extreme to the mainstream. ...
Carl Lutz: Gently Shaking the World
While Jews honor heroes like Oskar Schindler and Raoul Wallenberg, the name of Carl Lutz is virtually unknown....
Great Love Stories from the Holocaust
16:57 08 May
in Uncategorized
It is easy to find love in a beautiful place. But to find love in the shadow of death is most remarkable. And remarkable were the young Jews who, caught in the Holocaust, held onto life in ghettos, forests, transit camps, slave labor camps and...
Soundtrack of the Shoah
When Moshe Ha Elion sings, his clear, strong voice intones the rise and fall of a life lost too soon. ...
Visual Moment | The Ringelblum Archive
Even before the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto (1940-1943) knew of the “Final Solution,” they understood that their story needed to be preserved. Under the leadership of Jewish historian Emanuel Ringelblum, a clandestine organization of about 60 researchers with the code name Oyneg Shabes (“the...