CNNShipwrecks The World War II veteran said he didn't do anything. I almost believed him - CNNCNNThe World War II veteran said he didn't do anything. I almost believed him Editor's Note:CNN national security analyst John Kirby, a retired rear admiral in the US Navy, was a spokesman for both the State
Auschwitz The Holocaust – learn about and never forget about itclevelandjewishnews.com - Regina Brett The old German train car parked on the railroad tracks outside gives you pause, a pause dearly needed before you step inside the museum. We saw the …
Jewish Culture A big win for the Brexit Party would be bad for Britain's Jewsthejc.com - Blaise Baquiche “Look at what we’re walking on! What has Europe ever done for us?!” My marching companion has a point. As we hop, almost childlike, from one wooden …
The Daily BeastAuschwitz Architect Daniel Libeskind on How to Transform Horror Into Art, From Auschwitz and the Holocaust to 9/11The Daily Beast - Tim Teeman Daniel Libeskind never asked his aunt Rózia about how her family—her first husband and two young children—had been murdered in front of her at …
Milwaukee, WI A Message Of Hope In Milwaukee Production Of Holocaust-Era, Children's Opera 'Brundibar'wuwm.com - maayansilver@gmail.com (maayan.silver) A Milwaukee group is putting on a children’s opera that was performed during World War II, including in the Thereseinstadt ghetto-labor and …
Daily Mailadded this to Top StoriesPragueThe return of the Windermere Boys: Holocaust survivors brought to the Lake District as children gather in Prague to recreatedailymail.co.uk - Tim Stickings A group of Holocaust survivors who were brought to Britain after escaping the Nazi horrors have gathered in Prague to recreate a 74-year-old …
The Spectator Bach helped me survive Bergen-Belsen | The SpectatorThe Spectator - Paul KildeaOne Hundred Miracles: A Memoir of Music and Survival Zuzana Ružicková, with Wendy Holden One of the great joys of the 18th-century novella La petite maison is the way Jean-François de Bastide matches proportions
Independent.ieadded this to Independent.iePlay buttonWar Memoir of War review: 'Melanie Thierry’s portrayal of the alternately tender and ruthless writer is fascinating'independent.ie - Paul Whitington It was inspired by her wartime experiences, and based on diaries she’d kept, but she did her best to blur the line between reality and fiction. That …
The Buffalo Newsadded this to Buffalo NewsHolocaust Holocaust survivor and concentration camp liberator named Senior of the Yearbuffalonews.com - Sandra Tan Stephan Lewy, a Holocaust survivor and concentration camp liberator during World War II, is this year's Erie County Senior of the Year. Born of …
The Independentadded this to Life & StyleGod Redbubble: Fashion site removes 'offensive' and 'disrespectful' Allah miniskirts after backlashindependent.co.uk - Olivia Petter An online fashion website has removed miniskirts emblazoned with the word “Allah” after they were labelled “offensive” and “disrespectful” on Twitter. …
Falconadded this to EclecticaWorld News Around 13 million documents from Nazi concentration camps posted onlinejpost.com - MARCY OSTER/JTA The tracing service, based in Bad Arolsen, Germany, has also changed its name to the Arolsen Archives-International Center on Nazi Persecution. Dear …
The Times of Israeladded this to The Times of IsraelHolocaust German Holocaust archive puts over 13 million documents onlinetimesofisrael.com - By AP BERLIN — The International Tracing Service in Germany has uploaded more than 13 million documents from Nazi concentration camps, including prisoner …
BBC NewsIslamophobia Redbubble slammed for selling 'Allah' miniskirtsBBC NewsA website has been urged to remove "offensive" miniskirts emblazoned with scriptures and the word Allah. Redbubble - a marketplace for independent designers - was also criticised earlier this month for
The New York Timesadded this to ObituariesObituaries Neus Català, Dogged Anti-Fascist and Camp Survivor, Dies at 103The New York Times - By KATHARINE Q. SEELYEIn early 1939, when General Francisco Franco’s troops invaded Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War, Neus Català led 182 orphans in her charge out of the mayhem and across the snow-covered Pyrenees to
The Wall Street Journal.Diane von Furstenberg An Immigrant’s Gift to AmericaThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardAmerica’s been good to Diane von Furstenberg, who built her fashion empire after arriving on these shores as a 22-year-old, pregnant immigrant from Belgium. Now Ms. von Furstenberg has shown her gratitude
Auschwitz ‘Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away.’ Comes to NYCtimesofisrael.com - Esor Ben-Sorek As someone who has been to Auschwitz, I’ve walked in the footsteps of the 1.5 million people who perished there. Nothing can compare to that haunting …
The Jerusalem Post / Jpost.comadded this to Opinions & BlogsElie Wiesel Poland and the Jews: Where we cannot compromisejpost.com - Shmuley Boteach No people has ever been more brutally massacred at any other time in history than the Jews under the Germans. Elie Wiesel participates in a discussion …
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesHolocaust Al Jazeera Suspends Two Journalists Over Holocaust VideoTIME - Amy GuniaAl Jazeera announced the suspension Sunday of two journalists over a video that reportedly claimed the extent of the Holocaust was deliberately misrepresented by Jews. The Qatari broadcaster said in a
News (Wales) Auschwitz survivor Ron Jones recalls his struggle to survivesouthwalesargus.co.uk - Tomos Povey HE is one of Wales’ national treasures and has sold poppies for more than 30 years. Ron Jones , now aged 102, decided this week to sit down with …
Research Dept.added this to Racism, AntiSemitism & BigotryFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHolocaust Paris Holocaust monument for children ‘censored, vandalized | The Jerusalem postjpost.com Parts of a text commemorating the murder of Jewish children in the Holocaust were painted over at a memorial park in Paris for victims of the …
Daily Mailadded this to UK NewsThe heroines of Ravensbrück: How four fearless young women who survived a Nazi death camp exposed the horrific experimentsdailymail.co.uk - Jack Elsom At the height of Hitler's Holocaust as millions were being murdered in the death camps, four daring young women risked their lives to expose the …
Auschwitz Review: New exhibit reminds us the Holocaust wasn’t long ago or far awayamericamagazine.org - Emma Winters May 17, 2019 Imprisoned in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland in 1944, Mendel Landau asked a man entering the camp to borrow his tallit katan, a Jewish …
The Independentadded this to SportsRuben Loftus-Cheek Chelsea vs Arsenal: Ruben Loftus-Cheek suffering from ‘confusion’ after injury setback rules him out of Europa League finalindependent.co.uk - Jack Rathborn Ruben Loftus-Cheek has revealed he is suffering from “confusion” ahead of a lengthy lay-off after successfully undergoing Achilles surgery. The …
Anti-Semitism CST and HET among charities to benefit from $4m Chelsea matchtimesofisrael.com - By Justin Cohen The Community Security Trust and Holocaust Educational Trust are among a host of hate-fighting organisations that will share $4m from a charity match …
Jewish Culture Poignant passing...Now tell us whythejc.com - The JC Leader There is something especially poignant about the passing of Fred Austin, who has died at 90. Mr Austin — born Fredi Stiller — led what was by any …
HuffPost UKadded this to All StoriesHolocaust Jews Can't, And Shouldn't, Just 'Get Over' The HolocaustHuffPost UK - Laura Marks OBE “Jews,” said, Judge Jim Lammey of the Shelby County Criminal Court, Tennessee, this week, should “get the f**k over the Holocaust”. After over 70 …
Atlas Obscura S.O.E MonumentAtlas Obscura - Monsieur Mictlan A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis. Only a short distance from the headquarters …
USA TODAYGene Simmons Gene Simmons visits White House and Pentagon, tells story of mother surviving HolocaustUSA TODAY - Nicholas WuWASHINGTON — Gene Simmons, of the rock band KISS, made a surprise visit today to the White House and Pentagon. The 69-year-old rocker stopped by a veterans event at the Pentagon, and then he went to the
Auschwitz Noted author, Auschwitz survivor shares memories from Holocaust at Utah eventksl.com - By Carter Williams, KSL.com Editor's note: This article is a part of a series reviewing Utah, U.S. and world history for KSL.com's Historic section. DRAPER — Stephen Nasser was a …
Windrush Author says Windrush may have taken Jews to Auschwitz before voyage from Caribbeanthejc.com - Ben Weich The Empire Windrush – the passenger liner which brought one of the first groups of post-war Caribbean immigrants to the UK – may have been used by …
