Tag: Holocaust Survivors

Sandy Lee's journey into making traditional German lebkuchen cookies led her to found Leckerlee, a business selling authentic lebkuchen.
After a legal battle, a Munich court decided that the art hoard of the late Cornelius Gurlitt, suspected of being stolen by Nazis, will be transferred to Switzerlands Kunstmuseum Bern following Gurlitt's will.
Four Polish cousins, Fania Blakay, Gennadi Band, Henia Moskowitz, and Rywka Patchnik, all believed their family had perished in the Holocaust until a surprising reunion proved them wrong.
Yaffa Eliach, a prominent Holocaust researcher and storyteller, was known for her work in capturing the faces and stories of the Holocaust, particularly through her photographic exhibition of her childhood village displayed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
The head of Austria's Jewish community criticized prosecutors for not indicting authors of an article in a far-right magazine affiliated with the FPO party that labeled Holocaust survivors at Mauthausen as murderers and criminals.
After surviving Auschwitz and the atrocities of the Holocaust, Tzipora Shapiro felt guilt for being the sole survivor among her family.
The author reflects on her journey to finally learn how to drive, facing struggles and encountering various driving instructors with distinct teaching styles.
"Dancing on Tisha B'Av" by Lev Raphael is a collection of short stories intertwining Jewish and gay themes.
The author, reflecting on the recent shooting in Charleston targeting African Americans, draws parallels to the historical Jewish experience of oppression and displacement.
The text delves into the changing landscape for American Jews from the early 20th century to the present day.
Dr. Michal Aharony from Beit Berl Academic College discusses her book "Hannah Arendt and the Limits of Total Domination" with host Gilad Halpern, focusing on how Arendt's theories on totalitarianism are analyzed through the perspective of Holocaust victims and survivors.
This text explores the theories of Jewish-German philosopher Hannah Arendt on totalitarianism by examining testimonies from Holocaust victims and survivors.
Seventy years after the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, descendants of survivors gathered to share their memories and emphasize the importance of Holocaust remembrance.
The article discusses the author's decision to pay $120 to see the Canadian prog/hard rock band Rush in concert, possibly for the last time, despite the high cost and his wife's dislike for the band.
Nasya Kamrat, filmmaker and granddaughter of Holocaust survivor Irving Kamrat, is working on an animated documentary project called "Unspeakable," aiming to bring survivors' stories to life through animation based on her grandfather's art.
The article discusses the emotional impact of visiting the Yad Vashem Museum in Jerusalem, focusing on the personal stories and exhibits that aim to bring the Holocaust experience to life.
This piece tells the story of how the author, born into a Christian family, discovered and eventually reclaimed their Jewish roots.
Daniel Libeskind, a renowned architect and child of Holocaust survivors, designed a Holocaust memorial featuring steel panels shaped like a Star of David to honor victims and inspire future generations.
Jessica Lanyadoo, a psychic with Jewish Iraqi and Polish Holocaust survivor roots, attributes her success and open-mindedness to her mixed Ashkenazi and Sephardi heritage.
Agnieszka Haska, a cultural anthropologist and science fiction writer in Warsaw, has a deep interest in the historical layers of the city, especially focusing on the vanished Jewish community and their landmarks from before World War II.
This poem reflects on the legacy of Holocaust survivors, exploring themes of identity, faith, and intergenerational trauma.
The text delves into the experiences of second-generation Holocaust survivors, referred to as 2Gs, who have grappled with their parents' trauma and the impact it had on their identity and faith.
The New Yiddish Repertory presented Jacob Adler's historic Yiddish adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" at the Center for Jewish History, with Nahma Sandrow discussing Shylock's portrayal.
The text discusses the Armenian Genocide and its significance for Jewish readers, drawing parallels between the Armenian and Jewish historical experiences of genocides.