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By ARIELLA SIEGEL If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll know that I recently went back to the US after having made aliya 2 1/2 months ago. The reason I left my beautiful country was for a 90th birthday celebration …
What became of Holocaust survivor thought a victim? SEEKING KIN By Hillel KuttlerOctober 4, 2015 3:26pm The “Seeking Kin” column aims to help reunite long-lost relatives and friends. (JTA) – When Fabio Rosenfeld asked his paternal grandfather, Miklos, about the …
By Amanda Ostuni Staff Writer, Salem News SWAMPSCOTT — Henry Barbanel is a man with a powerful story. But it’s one he hasn’t told often; in fact, his second wife didn’t even know about it until reading about him in …
Posted:Sep 13 2015 05:24PM EDT A Charlotte holocaust survivor got an unexpected opportunity from a teenager who was inspired by her life story. We sat down with Frieda Roos-Van Hessen, a hundred-year-old woman that is now sharing her experiences with …
By Mike Brownlee [email protected] Williams, 90, was born in Sarand, Hungary, in 1924, the youngest of a large family. When the Nazis rose to power and took over the country, they turned her family home into a “ghetto” to share …
We’ve all heard plenty about U.S. government officials who turned a blind eye during the Holocaust. But this month, Indiana residents are going to hear the little-known story of one of their own, an American diplomat who did everything he …
By Christine Dobbyn Sunday, September 06, 2015 10:56PM HOUSTON (KTRK) — For the first time in more than half a century, Bill Morgan can see his parents beyond the fading place in his mind. At the Sole Survivors exhibit at …
Marie Jalowicz Simon, Author, Anthea Bell, Translator, Hermann Simon, Afterword by, Hermann Simon, Foreword by In this captivating story, Simon tells of her years in hiding as a Jewish woman during WWII. While still a teenager, she works as forced …
September 01, 2015 | 11:14 AM While growing up in Israel, a teenaged Mark Olsky wanted nothing more than to kill Germans. Realizing how much of his family had perished in the Holocaust fed that anger, Olsky told about 80 …
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (CBS2/FOX28) – “I always attribute this to luck. You know there are people who say it’s cunning or this and that… It is a matter of luck.” If it really is all luck, then Holocaust survivor Peter …