Posts Tagged: Holocaust Europe
Long-Lost Essays Penned by Jewish Teens on Brink of Holocaust Inspires New Book
A graphic nonfiction book set to be published next month is based on six autobiographies written by Jewish teenagers in Eastern Europe right before the...
For Descendants of Austrian Holocaust Victims, Becoming a Citizen Has Never Been Easier
JNS.org - At some point during the video conference call, Scott Morse of Ashburn, Virginia whipped out a faux Austrian-European Union license plate that read:...
‘Why Do They Hate Us?’
JNS.org - As part of an evening news segment on December 2, Israel’s Channel 12 examined the panic among British Jews over the prospect that...
Our View from Auschwitz: How Tragedies of the Past Become Lessons for the Future
JNS.org - “History repeats itself because nobody listens the first time.” -- Erik Qualman Last month, we had the opportunity to delve deeper into the devastating and...
Who Owns the Holocaust?
JNS.org - Who owns the Holocaust? That, ultimately, is the key question posed by the impending legislation in Poland that will criminalize any discussion, or investigation,...
Holocaust Revisionism in Croatia: How Anne Frank Became Persona Non Grata
In Croatia, International Holocaust Remembrance Day was marked in the absence of representatives of the Croatian Jewish community. This was the second year in a...
The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Antisemitism
When I was young, I always thought that antisemitism had died in the burning wreckage of Berlin, or the smoldering remains of Hitler’s body. I...
Antisemitism Exists
We live in a world that is, thank G-d, very comfortable for Jews. Most of us are safe and hidden from any hate...
68 Years after Auschwitz Lessons Learned and Unlearned
On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz Birkenau Death Camp. Actually "liberated" is the wrong word. Opened the gates of hell...