Tag: Holocaust Survivors
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...
A tropical story of diamonds and Holocaust survival in ‘Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels’
On a hot and steamy Shabbat afternoon in early July, 50 or so Jews gathered in the social hall of Cuba’s largest synagogue to relive a little-known piece of their own history.
The island’s premiere...
Meet the Holocaust survivor who was cast as an S.S. Guard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYYP0En7Chk
You may not know the name Curt Lowens. Though he boasted three Broadway credits, he was not a stage star; though he was a prolific screen actor for over 50 years, his résumé lists...
Israeli Grandfather who thought family perished in Holocaust discovers 500 new relatives
Growing up in Israel, Alex Kafri had always assumed that aside from his parents and sister, he was alone in this world. His mother’s entire family, he knew for a fact, had been wiped...
Simone Veil, French feminist and politician who survived the Holocaust, dies at 89
Simone Veil, a well-known French politician and Holocaust survivor, has died.
Veil, a former minister of health who in 2012 was awarded France’s highest honor, passed away this week at her home in Paris, her...
He survived the Holocaust, now he lives with the granddaughter of Nazi Party members
The story of a Holocaust survivor who today shares his Berkeley home with the granddaughter of unrepentant members of the Nazi Party will be told next week during a screening of the film “Near...
Holocaust Survivor receives restitution 75 years later and donates funds to Jewish nonprofit
At 85 years old, Betty, a Holocaust survivor, can recall the horrific images she witnessed at the age of nine years old.
Her father, was removed from their home in France and taken by the...
89-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Celebrates Bar Mitzvah
WILMETTE, IL — More than three quarters of a century ago, Nazis robbed a 12-year-old Harold Katz from a chance to have a normal bar mitzvah, the Jewish coming of age ceremony.
This Memorial Day,...
Lowey, holocaust survivor honored by Jewish identity group
Holocaust survivor Roman Kent, who has been a leading voice for the rights of Holocaust survivors, was honored last month in Westchester by an organization that promotes Jewish identity and education among young Jews...
Romania’s Parliament passes law providing more money for Holocaust survivors
Romania’s Parliament passed legislation that would provide increased direct financial support for Holocaust survivors.
The funds, a monthly payment of up to $97.98 per month for each year of deportation or detention, will be available beginning...