Gas Chambers Discovered at Nazi Death Camp Sobibor

Decades After This Man Survived the Holocaust His Family Discovered a Distressing Nazi Secret

Ernst Bornstein’s story of suffering at the hands of the Nazis during World War Two was all too common for Jews living in Europe at the time.

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Beyond Secret Tears

I was 4 years old and my brother was 5-1/2 years old when we were first separated from our parents and placed in a Protestant orphanage in Belgium. I was a depressed and confused child, but with the…

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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 liverstream.There will be time for questions and…

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Refik Veseli

In the fall of 1943, Refik Veseli, a sixteen-year-old Albanian photography student, received permission from his parents to hide Mosa Mandil and his family, Jewish refugees from Yugoslavia, in the…

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Reunion & Return: A Holocaust Survivor Reunites with his Father

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Holocaust - We Remember

As holocaust survivors are dying, it is important that we never forget.

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The Seeds of Genocide

Jewish communities existed continuously in Europe for over 2,000 years. Their social and religious distinctiveness made them persistent targets for persecution. The emergence of Christianity as the…

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Rescued by and Egyptian in Berlin

Dr. Mohamed Helmy was born in Khartoum in 1901 to Egyptian parents. In 1922 Helmy went to Germany to study medicine and settled in Berlin. After he completed his studies, he went to work at the…

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Red Cross Helps Reconnect Holocaust Survivors

The American Red Cross is reaching out to Holocaust survivors and their families to inform them of Red Cross services to reconnect families and find documentation. Since 1990, the American Red Cross…

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Rudolf Hoess, former Auschwitz Commandant, Testifying at Nuremberg Trial, April 15, 1946)

Rudolf Hoess, former Auschwitz Commandant, Testifying at Nuremberg Trial, April 15, 1946

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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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WWII Holocaust Heroines - The Cook Sisters - Louise and Ida Cook

British sisters Louise and Ida Cook rescued Jews from the Nazis during the 1930s. The sisters helped people escape, funded mainly by Ida's writing, (a romance novelist as Mary Burchell).

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Hidden Children

Even today, no one knows how many Jewish children were hidden during the war. The one most people know is Anne Frank. But there were many others, perhaps as many as 100,000, who lived their own…

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The Holocaust Survivor Jerry Rawicki

Jerry Rawicki shares his unique story

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Florida Holocaust Museum to Exhibit Hess Fine Art Donation of Important Artist Emanuel Glicenstein Romano

ST. PETERSBURG, FL - June 11, 2013/ - A few years ago, the Florida Holocaust Museum accessioned a painting by Social Realist Emanuel Glicen Romano (1897 – 1984), entitled "War Scene," which was…

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