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0 History Holocaust

The Jewish Volunteers Who Returned to Nazi Europe

Matti Friedman in The Free Press · 26 Mar

Matti Friedman explores a lesser-known aspect of Jewish history during World War II in his book, "Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe."

0 Politics History

Denazifying Gaza

Nachum Kaplan in Future of Jewish · 6 Feb

Nachum Kaplan explores the complexities of denazifying Gaza by drawing parallels with Germany's post-World War II denazification process.

0 History Politics

‘This flag has power’: Wartime Canadian flag recovered from Europe after 80 years

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 30 Jun 2025

Michael Levenston, the son of Canadian Jewish WWII hero Gerald Levenston, recounts the touching story of retrieving a long-lost Canadian flag gifted by his father to his wartime Dutch girlfriend, Ada Hugenholtz, from her family.

0 Holocaust Art

Family recovers Monet pastel generations after Nazi looting

Asaf Elia-Shalev in JTA · 10 Oct 2024

The grandchildren of Adalbert and Hilda Parlagi have successfully reclaimed a looted Monet pastel, originally part of their family's art collection left behind in Vienna during their escape from the Nazis in 1938.

0 Holocaust History

How D-Day saved Europe, and my family, from the Nazis

Gerard Leval in JTA · 5 Jun 2024

The author reflects on the personal significance of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, highlighting how the Allied landing on June 6, 1944, saved their Jewish family in France from Nazi deportation and likely death.