During the Nazi occupation of the Ukraine, five Jewish families lived in a lengthy cave system for more than a year to avoid certain death. Men from the families left the cave at night to forage for food; one sat at the cave entrance, ready to stab to death any unwanted interlopers. The Jews fashioned…
On Nov, 9-10, 1938, a horrific pogrom against Jews was carried out in Germany, Austria, and the occupied part of Czechoslovakia. Known in German as Kristallnacht and dubbed the “Night of Broken Glass,” at least 91 Jews were murdered outright and hundreds of others perished by maltreatment at the hands of Nazi paramilitary forces and…
In AntisemitismExposed.org’s in-depth interview with Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, he said the following: “If lessons about brutal events in the past are important — and they are, in my opinion — they must be imparted from one generation to the next. With the general population, you’re probably having to start from…
Dr. Peter F. Hayes is an esteemed historian and recognized expert on the Holocaust. Dr. Hayes -– who is not Jewish — is chair of the Academic Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He has written or edited 10 books. In the video linked below, Dr. Hayes explains why and how the genocidal…
The very idea of a video game that revolves around the Holocaust undoubtedly would be anathema to a great many — a sentiment that developers of The Journey app have had to contend with. As you will read below, however, The Journey in no way makes light of the murder of six-million Jews. Indeed, it…
Adolf Eichmann (March 19, 1906 – June 1, 1962) was a member of the Nazi SS who became known (accurately or not) as “the architect of the Holocaust.” He planned and oversaw the deportation of European Jews to ghettos and concentration camps, where they ultimately met their deaths. In 1960, Eichmann was captured in Argentina…
It may be hard to fathom that more than a quarter-century has passed since the powerful Holocaust film Schindler’s List made its debut in theaters around the world, but the movie was indeed released back in 1993. Schindler’s List was directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg; the screenplay was written by Steven Zaillian. Widely considered…
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