The Holocaust has a notorious past in which the idea and the act of genocide, as well as the word itself, came into clear view. Soon after, the crime of genocide was written into international law.…
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…
Born near Solingen, Germany to a Protestant family, Adolf Eichmann, nicknamed “Little Jew” by his friends and classmates due to his physical complexion, spent his childhood years in Linz, Austria.
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…
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…
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…
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.
Israel named one of its streets after Chiune Sempo Sugihara. Chinue was a Japanese diplomat who was very helpful in saving the lives of many Jews during World War II. (“Israel Names Street after…
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…
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…