Tag: Holocaust Survivors

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...

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,...

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 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...

You probably know that very few families survived Auschwitz intact. But did you know that among them was a family with dwarfism? Born in Transylvania, 7 of the 10 Ovitz children inherited their father’s short stature. After his death...

In the Polish town of Wiśniowa, not far from Krakow, there is a large oak tree. It grows on the former grounds of the noble Mycielski family, and is thought to be about 650...

Born in Jerusalem to parents who had fled Nazi Germany, Israeli journalist Tom Segev is a leading figure among the so-called New Historians, who have challenged many of Israel’s traditional narratives or “founding myths.” His...

He explained, she said, "We killed the President that day. You could have been a part of it - you know, part of history. You should have stayed." From the Testimony of Marita Lorenz at...

Their hair styled and make-up applied, a group of elderly women carefully take to a red carpet catwalk, waving, blowing kisses and posing for pictures to cheering crowds. Wearing dresses adorned with sashes, the women...