Shoah
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Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
On January 27, 2015, the free world celebrated the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz by the Soviet army.
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Concentration Camps
The air still carries the weight of smoke, though decades have passed. In the forests near Sobibor, the soil remembers the hurried graves, the thin earth pressed down over bodies stacked like firewood. The trees lean inward, as if
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Execution of Nazi Frankenstein Josef Blosche
A most famous picture from the Holocaust is that of a young boy with his hands raised while a Nazi guard points a rifle at the boy.
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Georges Dilsizian
Georges Dilsizian fled to France in the end of the 19th Century because of the Turkish persecution of the Armenians. He got married and had thirteen children. His son André married Lea Albohair, whose Jewish family had immigrated to
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Holocaust Testimony - Otto Starr
The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.
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How Could so Many People Support Hitler?
In this video you will learn about the social theories of Hannah Arendt, a Jewish German whose philosophy provided a framework that could help explain the sort of cultural issues that led up to and enabled the horrors of the Holocaust.
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Israel Honors Chiune Sempo Sugihara for Saving Jews
Israel named one of its streets after Chiune Sempo Sugihara. Chiune was a Japanese diplomat who was very helpful in saving the lives of many Jews during World War II. (“Israel Names Street after Japanese Diplomat…”, 2016) We can learn
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Rescued by an 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 Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, but was
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Senator Rick Scott Donates Portion of Salary to Florida Holocaust Museum
The Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg FL proclaimed:
We’re proud to announce that Senator Rick Scott and Mrs. Ann Scott have chosen to donate a portion of his quarterly salary to The Florida Holocaust Museum in memory
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Springtime
This is a moving song, performed by Rachel Hyman, that speaks to the dismay one can feel when separated from a loved one. You may relate to the odd conflicting feeling when the weather seems to reflect the promise of new life and hope
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The Jewish Ghettos of World War II
The ghettos of World War II were established by the Nazis to create a total confinement for the Jewish population, turning entire neighborhoods into a prison unlike the ghettos of centuries past.
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Why the Holocaust Was Possible
Contrary to the views of some authors, anti-Semitism alone was not responsible for the Holocaust.
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World War II and the Holocaust
From 1933 to 1945, Europe was gripped by a darkness orchestrated with chilling precision. The Holocaust, carried out by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, was a relentless campaign to exterminate entire populations. Jews were the
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Yad Vashem
Almost 12 years ago, Youtuber Nina N (@NinaNowa) posted a video documenting her visit to Yad Vashem the year before on Yom HaShoah 2011.
