Honoring Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust Witness Who Kept a Memory Alive

Five months after his death, Elie Wiesel’s family gathered in DC on Wednesday with prominent political figures from the writer and Nobel laureate’s adopted country to honor his contributions to Jewish history and memory. Mr. Wiesel was born in Romania, survived the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps and spent considerable time

Posthumous honor for US officer who saved 200 Jewish GIs from the Nazis — and never told a soul

NEW YORK — In a singular act of humanity and defiance, Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds stood up to a German commandant and saved 200 American Jewish GIs from transportation to a slave labor camp. It was 1945 and Edmonds had been a prisoner of war in Stalag IX-A, a German

‘It belongs to everyone’: Late POW’s diary donated to Holocaust Museum

A diary belonging to World War ll veteran Lt. Harry Reuse was found by his family in his footlocker at his McHenry home after he died at age 90 in 2006. The veteran pilot’s seven children and stepchildren said they had no idea the diary existed, but after reading through

How A Veteran And Holocaust Survivor Found Love 45 Years Later

No doubt Paul Rothman and Geraldine Rosen both endured some incredibly difficult times during World War II. But if it hadn’t been for fate, they might not have met. And yet nearly 50 years after the war ended, the two finally crossed paths, making for a love story for the

Lost Anne Frank Poem to Be Auctioned

A poem written by Anne Frank shortly before she and her family went into hiding from the Nazis will be going on auction in Holland shortly, according to the Mail Online. Frank wrote the poem at the age of 12 in the album of the older sister of her closest

Schindler’s Factory Will Be Restored Into a Holocaust Museum

A Czech foundation plans to restore the disused factorywhere German industrialist Oskar Schindler saved more than a thousand Jews, giving it new life as a Holocaust Museum. “Our aim is to restore the building to its original condition, including the watchtower,” said Jaroslav Novak, head of the Shoah and Oskar

‘Maybe this is a prison:’ Holocaust survivor shares her story and pleads for communication

They traveled for hours on the railroad squeezed tightly into cattle cars, thinking they would travel for six or seven hours and arrive in Germany. When the train finally stopped 3 1/2 days later, Renée Firestone was among the thousands of people who poured out of the cattle cars where

Sarah Mizrachi running NYC Marathon to help Irene Hizme, a Holocaust survivor living in Long Island

Some people run the New York City Marathon for the experience. Others do it to beat their best time. But Sarah Mizrachi is doing it for a Holocaust survivor. Mizrachi, a 22-year-old med student at Albert Einstein College in the Bronx, has been training for her first marathon to help

“If Not Now, When?” Holocaust Survivor Population Dwindling, Living in Poverty

The Israel Welfare Ministry and Finance Ministry’s Authority for Holocaust Survivors’ Rights approximates that there are 60,000 Holocaust survivors living today in Israel below the poverty line. This means that they cannot afford nutritious food, proper housing, medical care or winter heating. “Nutrition for the poor and elderly is our

Organizers Of Holocaust March In Germany Ban Israeli Flag

Organizers of a Holocaust remembrance ceremony in Germany reportedly attempted to “remove with physical violence” a Jewish man for marching with the Israeli flag while allowing anti-Israel activists and those sporting the Palestinian scarf, or keffiyeh, to participate. Rolf Woltersdorf joined Thursday’s “Walk In Remembrance” in the northern German city