Seeing the Holocaust through eyes of twins

The Straits Times – Pearl and Stasha Zamorski are identical twins in Auschwitz. At first, this is their saving grace; later, it becomes their ruin. The Zamorski twins are fictional, but much of Affinity Konar’s debut novel, Mischling, is steeped in fact, making it a harrowing and, sometimes, heartbreaking read.

Holocaust survivor: ‘I became B-1148 instead of a human being’

Yahoo News – Michael Bornstein was a small child when Nazi soldiers sent him and his family to one of the most evil places the world has ever known. “From what we’ve been told, children my age, about 4, survived about two weeks at Auschwitz. I was able to survive

Purim – Rejoicing the Holocaust that was diverted

Jerusalem Post – Purim has a special significance for me. My parents barely survived the Holocaust, and the rest of my extended family didn’t. This special significance reawakens every time I read the Megillah, and in my mind’s eye I try to translate the words of the Megillah into a

Rabbi Sacks on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel is dangerously wrong because beneath the surface it's an attempt to delegtimize Israel as a prelude to its elimination. No Jew and no humanitarian can stand by and see that happen. Let me explain why. (Learn more from Rabbi Sacks visit

Amazon removes Holocaust denial books from sale

Titles which question or reject the Holocaust have been taken off the site, following discussions with the Board of Deputies Amazon UK has removed four books from sale which question or deny the Holocaust, following discussions with the Board of Deputies. The titles, including ‘Holocaust: The Greatest Lie Ever Told’

March of the Living Sponsors Holocaust Educational Symposium at Loyola Law School on The Nuremberg Laws and The Nuremberg Trials

On Tuesday, February 28th, International March of the Living co-sponsored a Holocaust Educational Symposium on the Nuremberg Laws and the Nuremberg Trials, held at Loyola Law School of Los Angeles, in cooperation with the International and Comparative Law Review and Loyola Center for the Study of Law and Genocide. The

March of the Living Seminar at Polin Jewish Museum in Warsaw

In February 2017, March of The Living leaders and organizers from the UK and South American held seminars at the Polin Jewish Museum in Warsaw. They studied how to use affectively and professionally the  limited time they have, when visit the Museum with their delegations. In addition to the program

The untold story of the Jews forced to work in Nazi death factories

Haaretz – Talking to: Dr. Gideon Greif, 65, expert on the history of Auschwitz and chief historian of Shem Olam: The Holocaust Faith Institute for Education, Documentation and Research. Where: A Tel Aviv café. When: Thursday at 7 P.M. You returned from Germany today. What was the purpose of your

4 Things I Learned from My Grandparents Who Survived the Holocaust

Kveller – As I watch the news, my mind is constantly drawn to my grandparents, who came to the United States from Romania after World War II. Survivors of the Holocaust and family of so many of its victims, my grandparents came through Ellis Island with little more than each

A moment that changed me: meeting the Holocaust survivors who made me a better person

The Guardian – In the summer of 2011, I was sent to interview a Jewish couple at their home in Giffnock, just south of Glasgow. Henry and Ingrid Wuga: Holocaust survivors in their late 80s who had come to the UK on the Kindertransport when they were 15 and 14.