admin | December 19, 2020
Walter Sommers has plans for life after the pandemic. Hes anxious to resume his duties as a volunteer docent at Terre Hautes CANDLES Holocaust Museum, which is temporarily closed. I hope to be doing that again very soon, Sommers said Thursday afternoon.
admin | December 19, 2020
The eighth-grade classes at St. Peter Catholic School in DeLand recently hosted Gerard Lob of Next Generations, an organization of children of Holocaust survivors dedicated to survivors and Holocaust education in Florida. Lob is a renowned speaker, author, and professor at Florida International University, and is the son of two Nazi death-camp survivors, Marcel and Mana Lob.
admin | December 5, 2020
A coronavirus outbreak at the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton has claimed the lives of 15 veterans in a matter of weeks.One of them is 93-year-old WWII veteran Martin Oppenheimer, and he has quite a story. We sat down with his wife, Ellen, to hear about Martins life and legacy.
admin | December 5, 2020
(JTA) The constant stream of breaking news about American politics and the coronavirus pandemic has hidden a sobering fact: Six prominent Holocaust survivors who had dedicated much of their lives to educating others against hatred have died in Europe over the past month. These are their stories.
admin | December 5, 2020
Two former Oklahoma state representatives have called on OU President Joseph Harroz to permanently return a stolen painting to a Holocaust survivor. French Holocaust survivor Leone Meyers painting Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep a work from notable impressionist painter Camille Pissarro was stolen by Nazis from the home of her father during WWII.
admin | November 11, 2020
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany revealed a startling lack of Holocaust awareness & knowledge among Millennials & Gen Z.
admin | November 11, 2020
Fired Spanish River High Principal William Latson listens Tuesday as Dr. Donald E. Fennoy II, superintendent of the Palm Beach County School District, testifies during an administrative court hearing in which Latson is try to get his job back.(Photo: PROVIDED PHOTO) WEST PALM BEACH,Fla.
admin | November 11, 2020
When the Germans bombed Warsaw in September, 1939, my familys future was cancelled, but not their hopes. My father and grandparents barely survived and eventually escaped the Warsaw Ghetto, then were pursued by the Gestapo across the Polish countryside. As a second generation survivor, I have welcomed opportunities to share their story of dedication to family, personal fortitude, unshakeable faith and a bit of luck.
admin | November 11, 2020
In 2018, Robert Judge Rinder took part in the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are?, discovering the story of his maternal grandfather, a Holocaust survivor who found a new life in the Lake District as one of the 300 Windermere children. It was a gripping episode tragic and hopeful and one of the best the series had done yet
admin | November 11, 2020
When the Nazis launched the Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews during November 9-10, 1938, the reaction from many religious leaders was muted.
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