Women who escaped Nazi Germany reunited after “six degrees of separation”

Two women who escaped from Nazi Germany in World War II have discovered a new connection. Their separate family histories are told in stories and documents that come from a time when communities and countries were torn apart. But more than 80 years into life, their remarkable reunion was an

Raoul Wallenberg Officially Declared Dead by Sweden, 71 Years After Disappearance

Swedish authorities have formally pronounced World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg dead, 71 years after he disappeared in Hungary. The Swedish diplomat, credited with helping at least 20,000 Hungarian Jews escape the Holocaust, is believed to have died in Soviet captivity, though the time and circumstances of his death remain

Two Holocaust survivors and their ‘wish of a lifetime’

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) – They called it, “the wish of a lifetime.” Two elderly survivors of the Holocaust had always dreamed of a chance to visit the museum dedicated to the memories of their murdered families. Now Albert Maidenbaum, 89, and Esther Maidenbaum, 80, have finally fulfilled that dream. On Friday,

French student credits Holocaust survivor for changing his life in new film

When Leon Zyguel visited a French classroom eight years ago to tell the story of how he survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald, he probably hoped the students would listen and remember. But Zyguel, who died in 2015, got more than he expected from the unruly students at Lycee Leon Blum in

Jewish-American ex-sailor recalls Cyprus internment with Holocaust survivors

Anger gripped Murray Greenfield when he found himself locked up in a British detention camp with hundreds of Jewish refugees after WWII NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Seventy years later, Murray Greenfield can still remember the anger he felt when he was locked up with hundreds of Jewish Holocaust survivors in

A March of the Living Leader’s visit to the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

It was a Friday morning in early May – I had taken the express train from Krakow to Warsaw to get to my March of the Living Canada group’s hotel early for check-in. My co-staff stayed in Krakow with the group and she was responsible for taking them through Plaszow;

VIDEO: Canadian teens take emotional pilgrimage to Nazi death camps

W5’s Sandie Rinaldo joins a group of Canadian high school students, chaperones, and Holocaust survivors on a journey from Toronto to Poland as they embark on an annual pilgrimage known as the March of the Living, an emotionally grueling tour of Nazi concentration camps.

Holocaust survivor Olga Sher fought for social justice

In April, 1944, a courageous 21-year-old Olga Korec pulled off her white arm band emblazoned with the blue Star of David, stuffed it into her pocket and, ignoring a soldier calling out to her, walked out of a Nazi work camp in German-occupied Poland. She, along with her parents and

This Day in Jewish History // 1946: Nazi Doctors Are Indicted

Human experimentation by Nazi Germany would embarrass the global medical community and ultimately change the history of ethics and medical research. On October 25, 1946, twenty German physicians and three administrators were charged by the U.S. military occupation authorities in Nuremberg with war crimes and crimes against humanity, for their

‘Buried Prayers’ to be shown at Kristallnacht Film Forum

Commemorating the 78th anniversary of the event considered the start of the Holocaust, the 15th annual Kristallnacht Film Forum will once again showcase a compelling Holocaust-related feature film. Presented by the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County and the March of the Living’s Southern Region, “Buried Prayers” will be shown