Good Morning from Poland #AmYisraelChai
Good Morning from Poland #AmYisraelChai ✡️ #tefillinforyitzi Source: GO Kosher Travel via Bentzi Sasson — at Auschwitz
Happy 100th Birthday Olga Perlmutter
Olga Perlmutter was in her mid-20s when the Nazi regime captured her family, killed her siblings and forced her into slave labour at Auschwitz. As she celebrates to her 100th birthday today in Montreal, she doesn’t let those sad memories keep her down. “All my life, I have had miracles,” […]
This.
✡️ This. Source: Rabbi Uri Pilichowski
The Liberation Of Auschwitz, 1945.
The Liberation Of Auschwitz, 1945. #WeRemember Source: History In Pictures Photograph by Boris Ignatovich. — at Auschwitz Birkenau.
Meet Leslie Kleinman
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 […]
Happy 99th Birthday Julius Eisenstein
“Today I got to celebrate the 99th birthday of Julius Eisenstein, a Holocaust Survivor who survived Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps. I have photographed him so many times and we have become real friends. This man is a real hero to me and he is in such great shape for […]
Meet Zofia Posmysz
Mugshot of 19 year old Zofia Posmysz after being arrested for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, 1942 She was sent to Auschwitz and survived to become a journalist, novelist and author. She is still alive today at age 95. Source: @historycoolkids
These Holocaust survivors stood in the same line at Auschwitz in 1944 — and they just met for the first time
These Holocaust survivors stood in the same line at Auschwitz in 1944 — and they just met for the first time Source: Now This
Meet Diane Von Fürstenberg
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.
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 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 […]
Meet Hannah Senesh.
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 […]
Children of the Holocaust Reunite
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
One of today’s most exciting moments at Rio’s Jewish Festival
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 […]
Torah Bearing the Elie Wiesel’s name arrives at Auschwitz
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 […]
March of the Living International
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 […]
Shabbat Shalom | שבת שלום
Yom HaShoah: Sundown April 23rd – 24th
“As a 10 year old boy, my grandfather stood under this sign at the entrance of Auschwitz with Nazis at his side…”
“…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 […]
✡️ #AmYisraelChai #NeverAgain
This Friday, January 27th is International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Grandchildren of holocaust survivors, light the first candle of Chanukah in Auschwitz ll-Birkenau concentration camp,
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
The Liberation Of Auschwitz, 1945. Photograph by Boris Ignatovich.
Source: History In Pictures
Polish Born Survivor Charles Selarz who survived Majdanek and Auschwitz death camps and turns 98 this November 2016, sits in his Beverly Hills home of over 50 years.
Source: The Survivor Project: Holocaust Survivor Portraits by David Miller
MAZAL TOV: Auschwitz Survivor meets his great-great granddaughter
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 […]
A powerful story of survival and triumph: This is Ben, a barber, IDF veteran, and survivor of Auschwitz. Next to him is Rami, an American-Israeli teen right before leaving Chicago to join the IDF.
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 […]
(4/4) “What struck me the most was the German who saved my life as well as the lives of other women. The man who did not kill me when my friend had just died. This shows that everything isn’t black or white. This makes us think about it.”
“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 […]
(3/4) “Whilst being cruelly transferred from one camp to the next, I met a woman with her two brothers in Drancy. Her name was Liliane. She was a beautiful woman. Despite all the horrors that I had seen, I was still a man and I had feelings for her.”
“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. […]
(2/4) “During the Shoah, I tried to save as many people as possible. I led a double life as a student and a forger. I had become the specialist for forged documents and fake IDs. All of this, to make sure that some of these people would get by. I saved about a hundred people.”
“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 […]
(1/4) “I was deported to Auschwitz on the 3rd of February, 1944 in the 67th convoy from France. After a three day long “journey” — during which people were screaming, crying, and any sense of social division was gone — I arrived in Auschwitz on the 6th of February, 1944.”
“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 […]
“Priceless to have a poolside lunch with an amazing Auschwitz #survivor – Abe Zelcer on the exact day he was liberated 71 years ago.”
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.”
“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 […]
MARCH OF THE LIVING: Story from a Jewish Brazilian Girl
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 […]