75 years after Jedwabne pogrom, Poland wrestles with evidence of complicity
By Cnaan Liphshiz JEDWABNE, Poland (JTA) — As German army troops invaded eastern Poland, Ichak Lewin’s family fled their town of Wizna. On July 10,…
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Book Review: The Choice by Kathy Clark
Review by Deborah Shatz The Choice is a gripping coming of age story that takes place in Budapest and Poland during a dark period in…
Children of Bergen-Belsen survivors gather to warn: Never forget
By Toby Axelrod HANOVER, Germany (JTA) — Seventy years after the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp by British troops, some 100 people personally touched by the…
With fewer survivors around, Holocaust education is in transition
By Penny Schwartz, BOSTON (JTA) – On a recent morning, a group of seventh-graders in Natick, Massachusetts, was absorbed in a video of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel’s acceptance…
In Budapest, thousands mark the Holocaust at March of the Living
(JTA) — Thousands came out for the the March of the Living in Budapest, where World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder reminded the Hungarian government…