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Reposted from the University of Iowa Alumni Magazine Website For 70 years, Michael Bornstein remained silent about his faded tattoo and the seven months he spent inside the concentration camp. The University of Iowa graduate finally shares his story. Bolded …
The title of his biography immediately tells you something about the man. Where You Go, I Go: The Astonishing Life of Dr. Jacob Eisenbach, Holocaust Survivor and 92-year-old Full-Time Dentist reveals a man who is at once a product of …
By NINA SIEGAL MARCH 21, 2017 AMSTERDAM — “She hid Jews?” Aleatha Hinds, 17, ventured a guess about Anne Frank’s identity as she waited in line for two hours recently to enter the museum devoted to that world-famous diarist, who …
By Joanna C. Valente Mar 21, 2017 Amy Kurzweil is a writer, illustrator, and cartoonist. Her debut book, a graphic memoir, “Flying Couch,” was just published–and it’s the story you’ve been wanting to read your entire life (even if you didn’t …
When I tried to hold my newborn daughter, my grandparents’ Holocaust stories stopped me cold By Noah Lederman I want to remember nothing more than holding her to my chest. The softness of her small, naked body. The breath. The …
Click here to listen to the program. By Emily Woodbury & Charity Nebbe Michael Bornstein was just four years old when his family was forced from their home in Poland and taken by train to Auschwitz. He survived seven …
The Max Rodrigues Garcia Story – Auschwitz, Auschwitz…I Cannot Forget You Thu, Mar 16 | 7:30 PM As long as I remain alive – Garcia’s story of survival of Nazi German Concentration Camp Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts The …
Survivor recounts escape from Nazi concentration camp How Dr. Jacob Eisenbach survived WWII despite incredible odds, and why he says he has to spread a message of tolerance. Erin Robinson He calls it “the story that must be told.” Dr. …
Click here to Register Wednesday, March 29, 2017 From Auschwitz to Iowa City: An Evening with Michael Bornstein, 66PhD A SPECIAL UIAA 150TH ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM When: 7 p.m. (CDT) Where: Main Lounge, Iowa Memorial Union The lecture, Q&A, and book …
A remarkable discovery in Lithuania brings a legendary tale of survival back to life A proposed museum in the former Jewish ghetto in Vilnius, Lithuania, features portraits of families who once lived there. (Christian Als) By Matthew Shaer Smithsonian Magazine …