Memorial of the Lviv Ghetto Defaced by anti-Semitic Vandals

A monument to the victims of the Holocaust-era ghetto of Lviv in western Ukraine was vandalized in what police suspect is an anti-Semitic incident. Unidentified vandals on Friday through several gallons of green paint on the memorial, which was erected in 1992 in memory of tens of thousands of Jews who were kept in the […]

Alumni Reflection: Gregory Frank, UK, 2016

Alumni Reflection: Michelle Poler Stramwasser

“Since I was very little I’ve been hearing stories about the holocaust. These were not stories that a friend of a friend told me. These were my family stories. My grandmother used to tell me about the times she was separated from my grandpa, not knowing if he was alive. Whenever I wouldn’t eat she […]

NSU to open Holocaust room at library

Beginning in September, Nova Southeastern University in Davie will open its new Holocaust Reflection and Resource Room at its Alvin Sherman Library on campus. The room will be created as a result of a gift from Craig and Barbara Weiner presented to the University at the Alvin Sherman Library Circle of Friends gala event that […]

March of the Living Documentary by Jessica Sanders

Visit Films and Filmland International Presents: MARCH OF THE LIVING A Feature Documentary Directed and Written by Jessica Sanders Download on iTunes  Every year thousands of teenagers and remaining Holocaust survivors from around the world come together in Poland to revisit the sites of the Holocaust and retrace the Death March from Auschwitz to Birkenau […]

Holocaust survivor in Lincolnshire reflects on his experience

Steen Metz didn’t know he was Jewish until he and his parents were herded into cattle cars and sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. It was Oct. 2, 1943 — the beginning of Rosh Hashanah and the middle of the Holocaust. He was eight-years-old. Up until that point, Metz and his family […]

Teachers receive Holocaust education

90 teachers from throughout Miami-Dade County recently received a Holocaust lesson. The teachers learned different ways to incorporateShoah studies into their teachings from a variety of speakers during the annual week-long University of Miami Holocaust Teacher Institute. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, director for the institute, noted “I say it ever year, but this particular group is […]

The virtual Holocaust survivor: how history gained new dimensions

Pinchas Gutter goes out of his way to find me biscuits. In a sun-baked living room in his north London home, he opens a packet of Rich Tea, sits down and tells me about the Holocaust. Gutter was seven years old when the second world war broke out. He lived in the Warsaw ghetto for […]

Holocaust survivors can genetically pass trauma down to their children

Holocaust survivors can genetically pass trauma down to their children A few weeks ago I was sitting in my therapist’s office and talking about struggles I have with my father and some of his behavior. I told her that both of my dad’s parents were holocaust survivors. He grew up as an only child with […]

Alumni reflection: Liz Pearl, Canada, 2014

Nothing Makes Sense ‒‛Never Again’ Excerpts from My Journal from MOL 2014 Liz Pearl   Water: Rain and Tears The day after we arrive in Poland is Shabbat and we take a guided walking tour through the streets of Warsaw in the rain. At some point the rain changes from a light drizzle to a […]