76 Years Ago Today: June 12, 1942, Anne Frank received a blank diary for her 13th birthday.
76 Years Ago Today: June 12, 1942 Anne Frank received a blank diary for her 13th birthday.
Andy Cohen visits Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Center, Jerusalem for the first time and his message is powerful.
Andy Cohen visits Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Center, Jerusalem for the first time and his message is powerful. “This is my first visit to Yad Vashem… It was absolutely incredible, unforgettable and very emotional, I’m completely overwhelmed. Even if you think you know, there are points of entry that will […]
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
Holocaust Survivor Finally Celebrates His Bar Mitzvah
Johnny Jablon began preparing for his bar mitzvah in Poland in the summer of 1939. A month later, the Germans invaded. Now 92 years of age, Jablon returned to Poland for the first time since World War II to finally celebrate his bar mitzvah. Born the second of three sons […]
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 […]
Victory Day, May 9th
“73 years ago today, Russian soldiers like my beloved grandfather Israel (Z”L), liberated the Jews from the hell of the Holocaust. I’m honored to be the granddaughter of a modern day Maccabbe, who had the vision to send his young wife and toddler son (my father) to the outskirts of […]
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday to this amazing Holocaust survivor, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather! Source: Esther Chill Photography
“How do you maintain humanity when you are treated like you are not worthy to live?”
“How do you maintain humanity when you are treated like you are not worthy to live? You talk about books, you talk about poetry, you talk about music, you sing and you value friendship. That is what my mother taught me, which helped us to survive our years in the […]
WOW! This is Incredible, Watch till the End
Sund’Or flight from Katowice with FIDF…Captain Ofer Aloni Watch as this pilot tells his personal story and gathers the passengers to sing a song together. Source: Ilan Haber
Good Morning from Latrun, Israel.
Good Morning from Latrun, Israel. Rabbi Nochum Katsenelenbogen of Chabad Owings Mills laying Tefillin and saying Shma with Sheldon (Shabsi) Griner, a Holocaust survivor on top of an Israeli army tank, assisted by a loan IDF soldier. Mr. Griner was born in 1938 in Lublin, Poland and was saved by a […]
His Great-Grandfathers Legacy
“On #Kristallnacht, November 10, 1938, Joseph Mayer was arrested by the SS in Prenzlau, #Germany and taken to the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. Although Joseph and his wife Anne miraculously survived and were able to leave Germany before the war began, all of their relatives perished. They died because they had […]
Survivors.
#NeverForget #NeverAgain #AmYisraelChai Source: The Survivor Project: Holocaust Survivor Portraits by David Miller
✡️ Yom HaShoah
Yom HaShoah Never forget. Never again. Am Yisrael Chai!
Betty has lived with PTSD for 70 years since surviving the Holocaust.
Betty has lived with PTSD for 70 years since surviving the Holocaust. After liberation, Betty screamed every night while dreaming that she was back in Auschwitz. Although she has endured extreme tragedy, Betty still believes there are good people in the world. Today she is a proud great-grandmother and hopes […]
Meet Kathy Schenk.
Kathy was born 1924 in Olkusz, Poland. She was liberated by Soviet armed forces from the Görlitz concentration camp in Germany. This is a photo of Kathy sitting in her Los Angeles home holding pictures of her three grown children. Source: The Survivor Project: Holocaust Survivor Portraits by David Miller
93-year-old Holocaust survivor finally receives his Bar Mitzvah
WATCH: A 93-year-old Holocaust survivor receives a Bar Mitzvah A month before Samuel Heider was to be bar mitzvahed World War II broke out. When the Nazis invaded Poland, where the 93-year-old lived in a small village, his family was separated and sent to concentration camps. His parents, sisters and brothers […]
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
Holocaust survivor and artist Kalman Aron died last month at age 93.
Holocaust survivor and artist Kalman Aron died last month at age 93. He began drawing when he was 3, and had his first gallery show in Riga, Latvia, at age 7. At 13 he was commissioned to paint the Latvian prime minister’s official portrait. In 1941 the Germans invaded and […]
Defenders of Israel: Like Grandfather, Like Grandson
“On the left is a picture of my grandfather, Naftali Deutsch, born in Munkacs, an area which is now Ukraine, holocaust survivor, veteran of the War of Independence of Israel (1948) and author of “A Holocaust survivor in the footsteps of his past”. On the right is a picture of […]
Moisha Naftula Breuer 1923 – October 2017
#WeRemember “Moisha Naftula Breuer 1923- October 2017 My great grandfather is the only one in his family who survived the war. When he returned to his hometown of Sederheli, everything was lost. The house he grew up in, bustling with siblings and grandchildren, with help and guests, gone. The dormitory […]
Gal Gadot #WeRemember
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. A day to honor the Holocaust Victims. May we never forget. #WeRemember pic.twitter.com/iinponofd2 — Gal Gadot (@GalGadot) January 27, 2018 Gal Gadot Tweets #WeRemember in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
He won.
He won. Max Webb survived 12 labor camps and 6 concentration camps. After the Holocaust, Max, who recently turned 100, went on to build a real estate empire. #WeRemember Source: World Jewish Congress
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 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 […]
#WeRemember January 27, 2018 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
#WeRemember January 27, 2018 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Source: ידיעות אחרונות Yedioth Ahronoth
We Remember.
#WeRemember More on Elie Wiesel: Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel KBE (/ˈɛli viˈzɛl/, Hebrew: אֱלִיעֶזֶר וִיזֶל, ’Ēlí‘ézer Vízēl September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He was the author of 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, […]
The Hidden Synagogue of Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czech Republic was discovered only recently and here is the amazing story behind it.
František Bubák owned an apartment in Theresienstadt but was forced to leave by the Nazis in order to make room for thousands of Jewish prisoners. After the war, Bubák moved back to the property. Sometime later, he was doing some renovations, which included taking down a kitchen wall. As the […]
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“It was around the time of the First World War,” said Miriam, “when a group of evil bandits came to town.”
“Pogroms were quite common in Zaporozhe, Ukraine during those years. When they entered the synagogue, they found an old, pious-looking man deep in prayer. They grabbed him by his beard and dragged him through the streets of the town.” “Four days later, he died from the wounds. His family […]
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I think this one is worth about six million.
“In the center of this photo is my amazing grandfather, whose family left Poland for New York when he was ten years old. At 21, he was drafted into the Army where he fought in every major battle of World War II – with the exception of D-Day. His service […]