“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” Elie Wiesel

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As Germany observes the anniversary of the Wannsee Conference, witnesses of the Nazi era are dying and antisemitism is resurgent in Europe and the United States. By Katrin BennholdJan. 20, 2022NEW YORK TIMES BERLIN — On Jan. 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking …

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AP NEWS By ROD McGUIRKOctober 12, 2021 CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku, who last year published his best-selling memoir, “The Happiest Man on Earth,” has died in Sydney, a Jewish community leader said. He was 101. “Eddie …

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Her rich life, spanning three continents and 11 decades, entailed wartime espionage, volumes of poetry, songwriting and a late-career turn as a rock band’s frontwoman. By Annabelle WilliamsAug. 26, 2021NEW YORK TIMES Inge Ginsberg, who fled the Holocaust, helped American spies …

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She played the accordion in the camp’s orchestra. Decades later, she spoke out against fascism and racism, using music as well as words. Esther Bejarano in performance in Hamburg, Germany, in 2010, accompanied by her son, Joram. She played in …

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204 By Nina Siegal May 18, 2021 AMSTERDAM — They appear for less than three seconds in the film footage, faces distorted through the window glass. Small cherubs, staring out confusedly at a chaotic scene on the railway platform. In …

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THEY WERE ‘LAUGHING LIKE THEY WERE  9 YEARS OLD. NOTE: Please see this article at the Washington Post Website for video and photos. Click here to view. By Sydney PageMarch 9, 2021 at 5:00 a.m. CST Every Sunday, Betty Grebenschikoff and …

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AVAILABLE ON AMAZON “Evocative, and inspiring … So much more than a true crime.” – Steve Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of NO STONE UNTURNED After surviving the horrors of the Holocaust – in ghettos, on death marches, and …

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October 20 @ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PMNational Czech & Slovak Museum & Library1400 Inspiration Place SWCedar Rapids, IA 52404Phone: 319-362-8500 Judita Matyášová, a Czech journalist and historian, presents the forgotten story of 80 Czech Jewish teens who left Nazi-occupied …

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The curriculum is the first designed and developed by a living Holocaust survivor, and includes six lesson plans designed by a living Holocaust survivor. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF   AUGUST 6, 2020 07:26 The ZACHOR Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to …

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Holocaust survivors are lending their voices to a campaign targeting Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to take action to remove denial of the Nazi genocide from the social media site By DAVID RISING Associated PressJuly 29, 2020, 6:22 AM6 min …

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