I Survived the Holocaust Twin Experiments

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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Holocaust - We Remember

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

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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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Nazis in Los Angeles and the Man Who Stopped Them

Steven Ross, author of "Hitler in Los Angeles," discusses Leon Lewis, a Jewish attorney who started a spy network in 1930s Los Angeles to combat Nazi and Fascist hate groups.

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Krystyna’s Story

On February 6, 1947, 11 1/2-year-old Krystyna Chiger was interviewed by Magistrate Maria Holender. During the war, she had been hidden with her family in the sewers of Lvov, a city in Poland. Here is…

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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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The Incredible Story of the Hero who Volunteered to for Auschwitz

He was one of the greatest heroes of the Second World War. His life defined that of a nation's.

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Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds: Faith, Family, Friends, Freedom

This short video encapsulates the incredibly extraordinary actions of a non-Jewish American prisoner of war in defending fellow Jewish soldiers from an almost certain death on a cold January day back…

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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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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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The Lack of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust

Many factors made Jewish resistance to the Nazis during the Holocaust both difficult and dangerous.

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Children During the Holocaust

Children were especially vulnerable in the era of the Holocaust. The Nazis advocated killing children of "unwanted" or "dangerous" groups in accordance with their ideological views, either as part of…

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