Art From The Holocaust: The Stories Behind The Images

A historic new exhibit, Art from the Holocaust, opened in the rear wing of the German Historical Museum in Berlin last week. For the first time ever, art from the collection of Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem Museum is being shown outside in Germany. The exhibit features 100 works, mostly drawings and

THOUSANDS OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS WERE DENIED COMPENSATION BY BRITAIN, RECORDS REVEAL

U.K. government officials forced victims of Nazi persecution to relive their harrowing experiences for years as they questioned their rights to compensation, newly released records have revealed. In 1964, the German government agreed to contribute a total of £1 million ($1.4 million) to a fund to compensate British victims or

Personal experiences, lessons of Holocaust focus of discussion

In 1905, a Spanish philosopher wrote words that have been repeated often during the past 111 years: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Other philosophers and world leaders have borrowed George Santayana’s thought through the years, but the notion is the same: Learn from past

48 years since expulsion of Poland’s Jews

By Daniel Schatz This month marks the 48th anniversary of the state-sponsored anti-Semitic campaign of March 1968 in communist Poland. The last remaining survivors of the Holocaust – in a country that, prior to the war, had more than three million Jewish citizens – were declared to be “foreigners,” “Zionists,”

Bulgaria Marks Anniversary of Prevention of Deportation of Bulgarian Jews to Holocaust Death Camps

Senior politicians, members of the Bulgarian Jewish community and diplomats took part in ceremonies on March 10 2016 commemorating the country’s 1943 prevention of the deportation of Bulgarian Jews to Nazi death camps and honouring the memory of the more than six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. At ceremonies

Filmmaker Atom Egoyan’s Remember Captures Rage of Holocaust Victims

The Holocaust film Remember is set in the present. The thriller contains no flashbacks. It takes place entirely in North America. And yet Remember is also one of the most powerful and unique Nazi revenge films to come around in a long time. At the movie’s center are two Holocaust survivors

Henry Winkler’s Symbol Of Holocaust Survival Lives On In Hollywood

Henry Winkler, the Jewish actor best known as tough-talking Arthur Fonzarelli — aka, “The Fonz” — on the 1970s-80s TV show “Happy Days,” is earning a new reputation. As a protector of a unique Holocaust legacy. Now 70 and a graying grandfather, the son of refugees from Nazi Germany, he

Israeli Cycle Team to Honor Italian Tour De France Champ Turned Holocaust Hero

Israel’s only professional cycling team will pay homage to two-time Tour de France champion Gino Bartali, riding the route that he secretly traveled to help Jews escape Nazi rule in Italy. Bartali, who passed away in 2000, rode as a courier to help the Jewish resistance against the Nazis. He

Nassau Holocaust Center Gives Voice To Genocidal Rape Survivors

Consolee Nishimwe knows how important it is to speak out. Nishimwe was only 14 years old when on April 6, 1994 Rwanda exploded into a state of chaos. That day also marked the beginning of the 100-day Rwandan genocide, which claimed upwards of 800,000 lives. Her family did what most

Teacher Uses Skype To Teach Students about the Holocaust

With the help of Skype, a Virginia history teacher is passing on the story of his family’s escape from the Holocaust during World War II. For 33 years, George Cassutto, a teacher at Harmony Middle School near Hamilton, VA, has been telling the personal story of how his parents, Ernest