Haifa Port, 1945
Holocaust survivors arrive at the Haifa Port, 1945. Photo: Zoltan Kluger, Government Press Office
Moment of Liberation 1945
Moment of liberation, April, 1945. This is a train of Jewish prisoners that had been intercepted by Allied Forces. It is the moment they learned that the train was no longer headed for a concentration camp and instead, they had finally been liberated. #YomHashoah #NeverForget #NeverAgain
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 […]
Masza Rosenroth
“Masza Rosenroth was 15 when the Nazis invaded her hometown of Lodz Poland and later transported her to Auschwitz Birkenau where she survived only through 20 hour days of tremendous labor working in a ammunition plant building German bombs. Upon liberation Masza was received a Sponser in the US and […]
Shabbat Services at Liberation
Rabbi Herschel Schachter leading a Shabbat service shortly after the liberation of the Buchenwald death camp, some 70 years ago. The liberated prisoners are celebrating the most important day of the week. Am Yisrael Chai! And Shabbat Shalom! Source: World Jewish Congress