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They stood by each other at Birkenau, married other Holocaust survivors, lived near each other in Alabama and remained close into their 90s. By Richard Sandomir Sept. 23, 2022 One day in 1944 at the Birkenau concentration camp in German-occupied Poland, …
At the Czech & Slovak Museum & LibraryOctober 19 @ 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM The History and Mysteries of Prague’s Jewish Quarter with the Author of Haunted Prague Prague is the most mysterious of places, one of Europe’s most hauntingly beautiful—and just …
“The U.S. and the Holocaust,” coming to PBS Sept. 18, examines the reasons behind the country’s inadequate response to Germany’s persecution of Jews. By Joseph Berger Published Sept. 1, 2022Updated Sept. 2, 2022 A new documentary about the Holocaust opens with photos of …
He was 16 when a fellow inmate, a magician, taught him a card trick in the barracks of the extermination camp. He called it a “miracle.” The New York Times By Richard Sandomir July 21, 2022 In the Auschwitz barracks where …
She was a rare survivor who spoke — in recent years — of her same-sex relationship in the concentration camps, and how it sustained her. By Penelope Green May 27, 2022 Margot Heuman was 14 when she and her family were …
The Thaler Holocaust Committee is partnering with Orchestra lowa to present a concert that will feature Orchestra low musicians performing two works in remembrance of the Holocaust. The main work on the program is a 50-minute piece called Quartet for …
Ahead of participation in state Yom Hashoah ceremony, 96-year-old who beat Auschwitz and two other camps says, ‘We must tell our story and keep memory alive’ By RENEE GHERT-ZAND 26 April 2022, 10:38 pm The Times of Israel Every year at the …
Brent Hallenbeck Burlington Free Press A singer-songwriter from Vermont spoke with a Holocaust survivor and then wrote songs about her experiences for a documentary to be broadcast nationwide on PBS starting at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 26. Veitch and fellow …
BY ANITA SNOW / ASSOCIATED PRESS PUBLISHED: SATURDAY, APRIL 16TH, 2022 AT 7:25PMUPDATED: SUNDAY, APRIL 17TH, 2022 AT 3:38PM PHOENIX — Gerda Weissmann Klein, a Holocaust survivor who wrote about her ordeal and went on to receive a presidential medal of freedom, …
By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer The Bridgton News As Charles Rotmil watches television reports of Ukrainian women and children, carrying single suitcases and walking along roadways strewn with dead bodies, debris and burnt vehicles, he vividly remembers a similar …