Hatikvah in Hungary. Almost 600,000 Hungarian Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. This weekend, The Great Synagogue of Budapest, one of the oldest and largest synagogues in Europe, was packed with over 3,000 young athletes competing in the European Maccabi Games. Turn on the sound to hear Hatikvah, Israel’s national […]
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Living in India, I hardly stood a chance to meet any Holocaust survivor. As I was in Hungary for the Szarvas Camp, I thought I could meet one. Thanks to Zsuzsanna Fritz, (Director of Balint Haz – Jewish Community Centre in Budapest and Educational Director of Camp Szarvas) for arranging […]
Jeffery Bressman
“#WeAreHere Brooklyn, NY, Elizaveta Jakob (born Sept. 18, 1927 Svalyava, Czechoslovakia. Survived Auschwitz Concentration Camp) and Israel Jakob (Born February 23, 1922 Peterfolvo, Hungary. Survived Bergen-Belsen and other Work camp) #IchBeenDoo #Survivors #YomHaShoah #HolocaustRemembranceDay” – Shapse Jakob
