Three men who stood in the same line in Auschwitz have nearly consecutive numbers, Menachem Shulovitz (B14594), Anshel Udd Sharezky (B14595) and Jacob Zabetzky (B14597). “We were strangers standing in line in Auschwitz, we all survived different paths of hell, and we met in Israel. We stand here together now […]
Holocaust survivors arrive at the Haifa Port, 1945. Photo: Zoltan Kluger, Government Press Office
50 years ago, on September 5-6, 1972, 11 Israelis were killed in an attack known as the Munich Massacre. During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, members of a Palestinian terrorist group stormed the Olympic Village, killing 2 members of the Israeli delegation, and taking 9 more hostage. One of […]
As young teenagers, Lily Soriano Alhadeff and Rosa Hanana managed to escape Auschwitz together. In recounting her story, Lily said, “We were going to die anyway. It was either the gas chambers or a shot in our backs.” So, when the Nazi soldiers were distracted by the imminent arrival of […]
“My grandparents are Holocaust survivors. The bigotry that they experienced in the Holocaust – we see that everywhere today, in America, in Europe. This film is about education, about teaching your kids a better way.” Mazal tov to Israeli director Guy Nattiv, whose short film ‘Skin,’ about a skinhead who […]
MAZAL TOV: Both survived the Holocaust and this week together they welcomed their 13th great grandson into the family! Source: StandWithUs
The Liberation Of Auschwitz, 1945. #WeRemember Source: History In Pictures Photograph by Boris Ignatovich. — at Auschwitz Birkenau.
Met in the ghetto They courted through war Buried his father Fate still unsure Marching through death Fighting past fear Walking and walking on Nothing was clear Slated for death More than just once Stood up starvation With barely a chance A wedding dress borrowed No socks, old or new […]
These Holocaust survivors stood in the same line at Auschwitz in 1944 — and they just met for the first time Source: Now This
#NeverForget #NeverAgain #AmYisraelChai Source: The Survivor Project: Holocaust Survivor Portraits by David Miller
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
