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…
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…
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…
During the Holocaust, countless Jewish organizations and individuals worldwide did what they could to save their brethren. While these rescue efforts were initiated by Jews, most would have had…
A comprehensive new study has revealed that the Nazis operated no fewer than 42,500 sites across Europe as part of their killing machine, leaving Holocaust historians shocked yet again by the scale…
In 1939 Helena Sitkowska was a widow, a retired teacher, and a mother of two: 15-year-old Andrzej and 10-year-old Magda. The family lived in Bielany, a precinct of Warsaw. Before, in the 1930s, they…
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.