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).

The Holocaust

The Holocaust was the systematic persecution and annihilation of more than 6 million Jews as a central act of state by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945. Although millions of…

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Martin Kapel: German, Poland and England

Martin was born in Leipzig, Germany in 1930. As the son of Polish parents Martin was legally classed as a Polish citizen by the nationality laws of both Poland and Germany. This fact was to become…

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How Ordinary Bulgarians Saved Their Jewish Neighbors

As the deportation of Jews from neighboring countries and territories was underway, the Jews of Bulgaria, a Nazi ally during WWII, were spared.

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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 nearly 200 Jewish prisoners of war from a…

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Auschwitz I entrance

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. Anti-Semitism can be based on hatred against…

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Johan van Hulst – A Man who Saved 600 Jewish Children During WW2

In 1943, children started to disappear from a nursery – But the guilty man never regretted his actions.

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Holocaust Love Story

A Florida couple who met in a concentration camp later found each other again during a blind date.

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Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust Remembrance Day Tel Aviv, Israel

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Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust Memorial Day Kindertransport remembered in music

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My First Kaddish

On March 19, 1942, I was sent by the Judenrat (the Jewish Council) to build underground storage facilities. Our group was led to a bleak, desolate place outside the city where a tall German with a…

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A Survivor's Story, in Another Dimension

Pinchas Gutter sat in an armchair surrounded by hundreds of LED lights.

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Eugene Black - Slave Laborer and Camp Survivor

Eugene was born Jeno Schwartz in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia in 1928. He had a happy family life with 3 sisters and a brother. His mother came from an orthodox Jewish family but his father, who was a…

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Historic and Unprecedented Events

So much is happening in Israel right now this update is needed.

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Gas Chambers Discovered at Nazi Death Camp Sobibor

Holocaust Remembrance Day Tel Aviv, Israel

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Best Holocaust Museums in Europe

When many people think of Europe, they think of beautiful architecture, delicious food, romantic getaways, and spectacular art. Not many people come to Europe to learn about the Holocaust and World…

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Migdalia