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SOON THERE WILL BE NO MORE SURVIVORS
Frances Irwin is 90 years old. She was born in Poland and lives in Brooklyn. She is a Holocaust survivor. Frances is lonely, even though her son takes care of her. She collects used aluminum foil in a kitchen piled high with paper plates. She relies on an emergency wristband to call for help. When […]
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Stashed love letters shed light on divisive Holocaust legacy
AP — Throughout the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, and while incarcerated in two prison camps, Mirjam Bolle wrote letters to her fiance that she never sent but hoped to share with him after the war. Yet when the two ultimately reunited she decided to leave the past behind and stashed them away. Now, decades later, […]
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N.J. Holocaust survivor pens ‘Chocolate’ memoir
The memoir of Holocaust survivor Maud Dahme, a resident of Flemington, was recently published with support from Stockton University’s Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center. Chocolate, The Taste of Freedom, tells Dahme’s story of being hidden by Christian families as a child in The Netherlands during World War II. The memoir was co-written and […]
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INTERNATIONAL: Holocaust survivor describes atrocities of death and concentration camps
Holocaust survivor Oskar Jakob, who experienced the horrors of a death camp, two concentration camps and forced marches, said as a 13 year old, he “experienced the most horrific crime that ever has been committed.” At Tuesday’s meeting of the Heartland American-Israeli Initiative, Jakob told his story of survival amid the death and brutality inflicted […]
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Do we need to rethink how we teach the Holocaust?
While the focus has been on teaching the dangers of racism, many students are left in the dark about the history and motivations for this troubling period Many people argue that it is crucially important for young people to learn about the Holocaust to prevent racism and prejudice in the present day. But in a […]
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New search engine to target anti-Semitism
Meet the Sniper, an app that will scan the net using a new algorithm, looking for anti-Jewish content. Individuals will be able to check the content and take action as needed. The World Zionist Organization (WZO) is expected to launch its Sniper app, which it says is a search engine for anti-Semitic content. The Sniper […]
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Ten thousand expected at March of the Living
Some 10,000 young Jews from over 40 countries are to take part in the March of the Living at the former German Nazi Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland on 5 May. According to organizers, they will be joined by a group of Poles along a 3km-long route. In line with a long-standing tradition, […]
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VIDEO: ‘It’s not clear if the Holocaust is a reality or not,’ Iran’s supreme leader says
Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday once again repeated provocative assertions about the Holocaust, defying the world on a day that it paused to remember the victims of the Nazi genocide in Europe. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei released a video in which he said America “assists the fake Zionist regime” and that when “they say in their […]
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Merkel: Anti-Semitism in Germany More Widespread Than We Thought
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says anti-Semitism is “more widespread” in Germany than some believe and that action is needed to “deal with it – especially among young people… from countries where hatred of Israel and the hatred of Jews is widespread.” Merkel said on her weekly podcast that anti-Semitism is more “widespread than we imagine, and […]
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Auschwitz Continues to Draw Visitors, in Poland and on Facebook
Record number of people visited the Nazi extermination camp in 2015, including over 60,000 Israelis.
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