Tag: World War II
Experiencing the horrors of war through music
A new arrangement of a powerful composition conveying the horrors of war, written by a Toronto musician while he was interned in a displaced persons’ camp in 1946, will premiere at the Jewish Music...
The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials: A Personal Memoir, by Telford Taylor
In 1945, the Allied nations agreed on a judicial process, rather than summary execution, to determine the fate of the Nazis following the end of World War II. Held in Nuremberg, the ceremonial birthplace...
Lithuanian university grants degrees for Jewish students expelled in WWII
Following the request of an Israeli doctor and the Israeli Embassy in Lithuania, the Vilnius University decided to award bachelor’s degrees to hundreds of Jewish students who were expelled from the university during World...
A Dominican development project inspired by the sad history of the Evian Conference
With the intention of rescuing the history of Sosua and the attempt to save 100,000 Jews by offering them refuge in the Dominican Republic, the government of this country and Hugh Baver are working...