Book Review: An Address in Amsterdam by Mary Dingee Fillmore
By Deborah Shatz (EJNews) – What was it like to be a young Jewish woman living in Amsterdam during World War II? Author Mary Dingee…
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Dutch survivor’s diary called an Anne Frank story with a ‘happy’ ending
By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Holocaust survivor dubbed “Rotterdam’s Anne Frank” in her native Netherlands published her wartime diary, which she wrote while hiding in…
Wirth Institute announces Jewish Studies Week at University of Alberta: November 7 – 11
(EJNews) – The Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies at the University of Alberta is hosting an exciting line-up of programming for their…
New Ken Burns film spotlights little-known Holocaust rescuers
By Ben Sales (JTA) — In 1940, as he was being transported to safety in the lower deck of a ship, the Jewish author Lion…
After historic Auschwitz visit, Pope Francis says ‘the same thing is happening’ today in many places
(JTA) — Human cruelty “did not end in Auschwitz,” Pope Francis said in Krakow after visiting the Nazi death camp in Poland. Following his historic…