Tag: Concentration Camps

The text delves into the perplexing question of how seemingly normal individuals in 1930s Germany could accept and even enjoy life amid the genocide of Jews during the Holocaust.
A new dark comedy play explores the complex relationship between Bulgaria's King Boris III and the Jewish population in his country during World War II.
Jewish actor Josh Gad recently shared a moving post on Instagram about his grandparents' Holocaust story, emphasizing the importance of remembering the past atrocities and the ongoing relevance of combating hate and bigotry.
During World War II, Jewish artists imprisoned in concentration camps and ghettos created art in secret, trading their work for food and hiding pieces in jars and walls.
Dr. Arnold Clevs shares his powerful story of surviving the Holocaust, recounting the horrors of 11 Nazi concentration camps and his journey to making aliyah to Israel in a Yom HaShoah special episode of State of a Nation.
"The Tattooist of Auschwitz," a new limited streaming series based on the novel of the same name, depicts the love story between Holocaust survivors Lale Sokolov and Gita Furman in Auschwitz.
Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan, at 89, was recently honored with Germany's highest civilian award, the Order of Merit, for her tireless efforts in Holocaust education.
Actor Nate Mann, who portrayed Lt. Robert Rosie Rosenthal in the Apple TV+ show Masters of the Air, discussed his Jewish heritage and the personal connection he felt to the character, delving into his family's history as Jewish immigrants.
Ben Stern, a Holocaust survivor who faced unimaginable horrors in his youth, passed away at 102 in Berkeley, California.
The Lonka Project, a collaboration between 311 photographers in 35 countries, has created a visual record of the last living Holocaust survivors.
"Lovers in Auschwitz" by Keren Blankfeld tells the true story of David Wisnia, a Polish Jew and talented singer, and Helen Zippi Spitzer, a Slovakian Jew, who became lovers in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
The author recounts a skiing accident that he and his family experienced during a vacation in the Dolomites.
This article discusses the different reactions of the German population during the Holocaust and the Palestinian population today towards the atrocities committed by their respective governments.
The upcoming biopic "Lee" tells the story of Lee Miller, a model-turned-wartime-photojournalist, and David E. Scherman, a Jewish photographer who often worked alongside her.
Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor, dedicated his life to pursuing justice for the six million Jewish victims.
Elie Wiesel: Confronting The Silence, a biography by Joseph Berger, explores the life of Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace laureate who became a prominent voice for remembering and learning from the Holocaust.
The author reflects on her recent trip to Poland and Germany with Doug Emhoff, the second gentleman of the United States, where they visited Holocaust sites and discussed rising antisemitism.
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse of a president or vice president, recently embarked on a historic trip to Poland to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day.
This article highlights the lack of Holocaust education in the United States and the diminishing number of Holocaust survivors.
Jehovah's Witnesses were persecuted by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
In this podcast episode, Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, and Noah Efron discuss two topics: Prime Minister Bennett's decision to call for new elections in Israel and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid's cancellation of high-school trips to concentration camps in Poland, which raises questions about the way Holocaust education is currently approached.
The author argues that China is committing genocide against the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang through surveillance, forced labor, torture, sterilization, and destruction of religious sites.
The article discusses the difficulty in communicating the experience of Jews in Soviet territories during the Holocaust.
The article discusses the parallels between the 1936 Berlin Olympics and the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Julius Margolin, a philosopher and survivor of Soviet concentration camps, wrote a memoir detailing his experiences as a "zek" (convict) during the most brutal period of the Gulag system.