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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 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 …
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 …
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 …
Harry Jacobi is in a new film for Unicef that compares his experience of being a WWII refugee with Ahmed’s story about his escape from Syria. Jacobi escaped the Holocaust when he was a teenager in 1938 and ended up …
The Oscar-nominated short documentary tells the story of how a Holocaust survivor’s violin made it into the hands of a 12-year-old immigrant in the Bronx By Armin Rosen Joe’s Violin, one of the most remarkable Jewish-themed films of the year, …
Songs were sung in Krakow cellars to inspire people to resist the Germans By Elizabeth Armstrong Moore, Newser Staff Posted Feb 6, 2017 4:57 PM CST An explainer on the recordings and snippets from some of the songs. (Newser) – …
A HERO AMONG US Discover the amazing story of Sargeant John L. Gualtier. Excerpted from the feature film “A Hero Among Us,” learn how a concentration camp liberator himself became a victim. John Gualtier of Cedar Rapids was a 19 …
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