Tag: Holocaust Survivors
‘Holocaust survivor anthem’ to be performed at UN by 3 Israelis
“I stand, the last one of them all, but all of them are still living in my soul.” These stirring words will be sung on International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 by three...
Holocaust survivor Leah Goltzman dies at 79
Holocaust survivor Leah Goltzman spent her time in Corpus Christi sharing stories of moving from place to place to survive during World War II.
Goltzman, who frequently volunteereed helping the Jewish community, died Dec. 29,...
Holocaust Survivor Still Runs Family Business
At the age of 90, Suzy Ressler still comes into work every day.
She owns Mrs. Ressler’s Food Products, which she founded in 1954 with her husband, Emerich, soon after they arrived to the United...
Jews who saved other Jews from Nazis faced dilemmas too difficult for Solomon
Following the bloody month-long Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of April 1943, a cable was sent from British Mandate Palestine to occupied Poland’s Jewish Fighting Organization members. It contained the Jewish settlement leaders’ instructions to the...
Muslims who saved Jews during the Holocaust honoured in London
Jewish and Muslim leaders in Barnet have paid tribute to the Muslims who saved Jews during the Holocaust as part of the council’s Celebrate Interfaith Week.
An event at Middlesex University earlier this month heard...
Swedish daughter of Holocaust survivor faces deportation from Israel
The Swedish daughter of a Holocaust survivor faces deportation from Israel next week, based on claims that she was baptized as a baby and has ties to a messianic organization.
Rebecca Floer, 64, has been...
Holocaust hero who saved children, shot Nazi, to be honored in Orange
Arnie Pritchard of New Haven and his two brothers knew in a general way growing up that their mother, Marion Pritchard, had sheltered Jews in the Netherlands during the Holocaust.
But it wasn’t until 1981...
A Holocaust survivor’s daughter visits Poland
Long before I could speak of it, I knew my mother had blue numbers on the soft skin of her inside forearm. My father had a similar stamp, as did my aunt and uncle....
Holocaust Survivors Get Gift of Good Hearing
Eighteen Holocaust survivors from Atlanta recently received free hearing aids, thanks to an initiative by Peachtree Hearing and Jewish Family & Career Services.
Two years ago audiologist Melissa Wikoff of Peachtree Hearing in East Cobb heard about a...
In Auschwitz, she was forced to paint. Now her family wants her art returned.
Santa Cruz resident Dina Babbitt lost her battle with cancer in 2009, but another important battle continues: retrieving the artwork she was forced to paint for Dr. Joseph Mengele as a prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Babbitt and her...