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Holocaust Testimony. Jackie Albin

Jackie Albin’s Holocaust Testimony at Beth-El Shalom

This Teacher Outsmarted Hitler and His Nazi Regime

In Nazi Germany, when bullying, discrimination, and violence become everyday realities for Jewish children, Leonore Goldschmidt defies the system and opens her own private school for Jewish youth.

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The Jewish Ghettos of World War II

The ghettos of World War II were established by the Nazis to create a total confinement for the Jewish population, turning entire neighborhoods into a prison unlike the ghettos of centuries past.

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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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Buchenwald

Buchenwald was liberated by the US Third Army on April 11, 1945 at 3:15pm.

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

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 massacre in the Holyland, the Hebron…

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Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz

On January 27, the free world celebrated the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz by the Soviet army.

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This April, Yad Vashem hosted a seminar for history teachers from Arab communities in Israel. The seminar brought together over 140 teachers from across the country, who were welcomed by Yad Vashem's…

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Holocaust Remembrance 2014

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Why do People Still Deny the Holocaust

Did the Holocaust really happen?

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Gad Elbaz, Dudu Fisher Feat Saul Dreier - Change the World

Gad Elbaz, an Israeli Jewish singer who has recorded numerous well-known albums, and Dudu Fisher, Israeli cantor and theatre/stage performer who featured as Jean Valjean in the Broadway musical Les…

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Raoul Wallenberg

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

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My Father's Holocaust Secret

When holocaust survivor Aryeh Goldberg passed away he left his son Tzachi his gold Phillippe watch. On opening the watch he found an old black & white photo of 2 women hidden behind the watch.

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Aristides Sousa Mendes, The Forgotten Portuguese Hero

During WWII Aristides Sousa Mendes chose to save Jewish lives even though his country told him not to.

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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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