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Children of the Holocaust

When Germany came under Nazi rule, the country adopted as official policy a racist ideology aimed at the destruction of the Jews.

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How My Grandmother Survived the Holocaust

Surviving Auschwitz is always amazing enough even without being directly involved in attacking a German guard such as Guta did.

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Eva Kor: The Holocaust Survivor Who Forgave the Nazis

Eva Kor, a survivor of the twin experiments at Auschwitz, shares some of her stories of trauma and forgiveness, and the remarkable ability of human beings by…

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Irena Sendler

We need to be reminded....... As General Eisenhower said at the time, "we want plenty of photos so no one can ever say this did not happen".

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The Holocaust in Color

This video depicts the horrors of the Holocaust, from the Jews of Vienna to the armbands that Jews were supposed to wear to the horrors of 4,000 Jews being…

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History was Made Today in the Jewish Holy City of Hebron to Remember…

History was made today in Israel with the Prime Minister, the President and the Speaker of Parliament all coming to Hebron to commemorate the first documented…

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U.S. & Israeli Military Bands Surprise Holocaust Survivor

75 years ago today, the US Armed Forces liberated the Nazi concentration camp Dachau. Today is also Israel's 72nd Independence Day. ‬

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Holocaust Testimony. Jackie Albin

Jackie Albin’s Holocaust Testimony at Beth-El Shalom

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Roland Levi Holocaust Survivor Testimony

Join us for a live presentation by Roland Levi telling his story of surviving the Holocaust when he was 5 years old. Tuesday April 21, 7:00 PM ET…

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Holocaust Glossary

The following is intended to provide a frame of reference for discussion. Anti-Semitism Anti-Semitism is a prejudice and/or discrimination against Jews.…

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Rev Chris Edmonds/Jewish Leader Summit 2016

Pastor Chris Edmonds of Piney Grove Baptist Church on Maryville, Tennessee, is the son of the World War II hero, Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds, who saved…

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Beit Shalom Congregation in Kiev Honors the Memory of Holocaust…

This year on January 27, the world commemorated not only the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, but also the 75th anniversary of the liberation of…

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No Tears Left: Mengele Victim Returns to Auschwitz

Alina Dabrowska, a survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in the occupied Polish town of Oswiecim spent the next five decades unable to set foot…

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Raoul Wallenberg

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the capture of Raoul Wallenberg by the Russians.

Italy and the Holocaust: The Hidden Story

As told by Elizabeth Bettina in her 2009 book, "It Happened in Italy," the story of how her grandparents' small village of Campagna, Italy, helped save Jews during the Holocaust.

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Dachau and Yad Vashem

Dachau, Munich Area, Germany: The barracks and lavatories were drab grays and browns, concrete and bricks, lifeless, seemingly unfit for human use. One could still run fingers over the “ovens” and…

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World War II and the Holocaust

A brief synopsis of German occupation and then defeat.

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Surviving with a Muslim Identity in Warsaw

Jews living under false identity during the Holocaust faced enormous challenges. The fact that Jewish males are circumcised and bear the mark of their identity on their body presented an additional…

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A Cherished Sweater: Kristine Keren's Green Sweater

For Kristine Chiger (later Kristine Keren post-war), then a 7-year old Jewish girl whose family was relocated to the Lvov ghetto, one piece of material comfort she clung to over the years was a minty…

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Hitler Statue Placed Outside Warsaw Ghetto Stokes Outrage

JTA — An Italian artist placed a statue of Adolf Hitler in a building outside what used to be the Warsaw Ghetto. The statue, which depicts Hitler kneeling and is titled "Him," is part of a new…

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Dr Michal Majercik

Janka-Hetty Fisch of Bratislava was seven years old in 1939 when Slovakia became an "independent" state under the patronage of Nazi Germany. A series of anti-Jewish decrees were imposed on the Jewish…

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Holocaust Survivors Finally Get Bar Mitzvahed - 70 Years Later

A unique Bar Mitzvah ceremony took place at the Kotel Monday. The ceremony was not for thirteen year old kids, but for a group of senior citizens – the youngest of them 80 years of age – who were in…

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Auschwitz: Drone Video of Nazi Concentraton Camp

Drone video shows the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp as it is today - 70 years after it was liberated by Soviet troops.

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The Final Solution

The “Final Solution” of the Jewish Question refers to the German Nazis’ plan to address the “Jewish problem” through systematic relocation and later extermination of Jews during World War II. The…

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Proudly Bearing Elders’ Scars, Their Skin Says “Never forget”

Livia Ravek was branded with the number 4559. Now her grandson, Daniel Philosoph, has the same tattoo. At right, three men who stood in the same line in Auschwitz have nearly consecutive numbers.…

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