Diane von Fürstenberg (born Diane Simone Michelle Halfin) is a Belgian-American fashion icon best known for her wrap dresses. She was born December 31, 1946 in Brussels, Belgium to a Moldovian-born father and a Greek-born mother. Diane’s mother, Lily Nahmias, was a holocaust survivor. Lily was part of the resistance […]
Francizka Mann was one of the most talented dancers of her generation when she was sent to Auschwitz in 1943. Prior to entering the gas chambers, she grabbed a notorious SS officer’s pistol and shot him dead, sparking a riot before her own subsequent death. Source: @israelproject
The Oświęcim Synagogue, also called the Auschwitz Synagogue, is the only active synagogue in the town of Oświęcim, Poland. The formal, as well as pre-war, the name of the synagogue is Chevra Loymdei Mishnayot. The Synagogue was built circa 1913 and functioned until the German occupation. During the war, its […]
Leslie Kleinman was born on 29th May 1929 in Ambud, a small village near Satu Mare in Romania, into an Orthodox Jewish family. He had four brothers and three sisters and his father was a Rabbi. The family’s peaceful world was first disrupted when Hungary occupied this area of Romania […]
A Jew, a feminist, a paratrooper, and above all else, an individual whose story exemplifies bravery & courage. In 1944, Senesh parachuted into Yugoslavia as part of a group of paratroopers whose mission was to rescue Hungarian Jews about to be deported to Auschwitz. As she crossed the border into […]
Tova Friedman, Sarah Ludwig, and Mike Bornstein are three of the children pictured in an iconic photograph from the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27th, 1945. Here the three survivors are seen holding that image together 72 years later in America. Source: American Society for Yad Vashem Young Leadership Associates
Um dos momentos mais emocionantes de hoje no Fest Rio Judaico. Colocando tefilin com um sobrevivente de Auschwitz, Boris Bessen, de 98 anos, que diz: “nunca tive mais orgulho de ser judeu do que hoje.” One of today’s most exciting moments at Rio’s Jewish festival, ‘Fest Rio Judaico’. Putting […]
Currently on a Holocaust Education trip in Europe, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach shares a photo from his meaningful visit. Yesterday, exactly one year following the passing of Elie Wiesel, a Sefer Torah bearing his name was dedicated at Auschwitz to 6 million Jewish souls who lost their lives. Photographed here holding […]
The International March of the Living is an annual educational program, bringing individuals from around the world to Poland and Israel to study the history of the Holocaust and to examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance and hatred. Taking place annually on Yom Hashoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day – The […]
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“…73 years later, my grandfather stands under the same sign with his grandson, an IDF soldier, at his side. The ultimate victory. He may not have fought with a weapon, but he is still every bit a soldier. Today, I tell my grandfather that there is no need to fight […]
This Friday, January 27th is International Holocaust Remembrance Day
At the ‘Living Links – Chabad on Campus’ trip to Poland, Deena, Noa, and Rachel, grandchildren of holocaust survivors, light the first candle of Chanukah in Auschwitz ll-Birkenau concentration camp, promising to continue the flame. #LivingLinks #SharetheLights #AmIsraelChai Source: Bentzi Sasson
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Source: The Survivor Project: Holocaust Survivor Portraits by David Miller
My Zaida’s biggest dream in Auschwitz, was to just sit on a chair at a proper table and eat a simple loaf of bread. Yet today, my Zaida, Auschwitz survivor with the number 184843 on his arm, holds Anaelle- his first great great granddaughter in Jerusalem, Israel. ״אל תשמחי אויבתי […]
His mother writes, “The week before our son Rami left, he needed to get his ‘army hair cut.’ He knew that the Hillel Torah 8th graders had been privileged to interview a man named Ben Scheinkopf this year. Ben survived Auschwitz because he was a barber. Every day for 3 […]
“Unfortunately, those who follow totalitarian ideologies or extremists, whether religious or political…I don’t trust those people. For many years I didn’t love anyone and I found it hard to recover as an individual as well as as a man. Today, I believe in men and I believe in humanity. What I […]
“Then, we were separated. I really wanted to find her, I thought about her so much. Later, the camps were liberated and, as luck would have it, I was able to see her again, this woman who had been one of my only sources of happiness during such hard years. […]
“The 8th of January, 1944 was an important day. My classmate who was my boss had been arrested the night before. I hadn’t been warned and the next day, after school, I stumbled across two policemen as I entered the factory in which we forged documents. I was arrested by the […]
“When we got there, an SS officer made the decision. All the men were standing on one side, the women on the other. 200 of the men would be sent to Auschwitz and 69 of the women would be transported to the female camp at Birkenau. I later learned that all […]
By profession, Eli is often photographed with athletes and celebrities, but it was this photo that was the real Star! “Priceless to have a poolside lunch with an amazing Aushwitz #survivor – Abe Zelcer on the exact day he was liberated 71 years ago. #neverforget #remember #keepitup #generations #holocaust#history #wearethewinners #documentaries #miamibeach […]
“In April 2015, I, along with 18000 other Jews and non Jews from throughout Israel and the diaspora took part in the March of the Living, a program in which we explore, commemorate and indeed, celebrate pre WW2 Jewry. It was an unbelievable trip, unparalleled by anything in which I have ever […]
My name is Deborah, I’m 18 years old, I’m jewish and I’m from Brazil. My grandfather was a survivor from a concentration camp in France, and my grandmother left to Brazil a few weeks before the II World War. I have studied in a jewsih school all my life and […]
I’m Carolina Mesri and I’m from Argentina! 2 weeks ago we came back from the most incredible experience that is March of the Living! In the trip we came across with a survivor and what she told us will be forever in our memories! The day of the march from […]
“I had heard the stories of how cold Auschwitz was. I had heard the stories of how the working conditions coped with the treatment from Nazis had resulted in death only outcomes for the Jewish people. While I visited Auschwitz, I decided to take off 3 layers of clothes just […]
Although the Israel leg of his Bar Mitzvah trip has been postponed, Josh and family celebrated his Bar Mitzvah over a shabbat in Budapest. Josh decided to put on T’fillin for the first time while standing on the railroad tracks leading into The Auschwitz-Birkenau. Josh wanted to do this to […]
Iconic fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg has published a new memoir, titled “The Woman I Wanted to Be,” which covers many of the themes that have filled her life. Von Furstenberg’s mom, Liliane Nahmias, married just six months after emerging from internment at Auschwitz. Diane was the child she never […]
