For Our Children
For Our Children
Week after week, we continue to assist families on their journey from Ukraine to Israel via Moldova, even as the war rages on and rockets and drones fly in both […]
World War II
Restoring Faith in Humanity
Restoring Faith in Humanity
Hanging in Yad Vashem is a huge painting of a man taking an emaciated young boy by the hand and …
Menachem Begin Made History
Menachem Begin Made History
Until today, the most often-quoted and most popular Prime Minister to ever lead the State of Israel, is the late …
Writing from the heart
Writing from the heart
In 1938, without any persuasion from Germany, the government of Hungary adopted the notorious Nuremberg Laws which had severe implications …
The Blessings of Giving
The Blessings of Giving
Since the war in Ukraine broke out, there has been the occasional article in the Israeli press, about Christian aid, …
The Man Who Never Gave Up
The Man Who Never Gave Up
In 1941, Boris Romantschenko was only 15 years old when the Nazis invaded his home town in Ukraine. But it …
Hollywood and the Holocaust
Hollywood and the Holocaust
Right in the middle of World War Two, buried deep in the November 25th, 1942 edition of the New York …
Louis Polak survived World War II by going into hiding seventeen times
Louis Polak survived World War II by going into hiding seventeen times
As a child, Louis Polak lived with his parents in Amsterdam when the Second World War broke out. He was …
The Vengeance of Cleaning
The Vengeance of Cleaning
The recently deceased 95-year-old Binyamin Werzberger was very widely known in Israel. He was a familiar face at the likes …
It’s sad that Holocaust denial needs to be criminalized
It’s sad that Holocaust denial needs to be criminalized
Thursday 14 October was a special day. I was in Leeuwarden, a city in the north of The Netherlands, for …
A Polish Jew Who Made the Desert Bloom
A Polish Jew Who Made the Desert Bloom
Simcha Blass, a Polish Jew who emigrated to Israel a decade before World War II, changed the world forever. Growing …
100th Anniversary of the Salzburg Festival (1920-2020)
100th Anniversary of the Salzburg Festival (1920-2020)
28 ‘stumbling stones’ laid in memory of artists who were deported, murdered, or fled during the Nazi Regime. The Salzburg …
An incomprehensible history – my journey through Ukraine
An incomprehensible history – my journey through Ukraine
Atrocities, willpower, poverty, enthusiasm —it was all part of my journey through Ukraine. Together with my wife Janine, Gert-Jan Segers, …
The Iranian Schindler
The Iranian Schindler
Abdol Hossein Sardari, an Iranian diplomat stationed in Paris, went to extraordinary lengths to protect Iranian Jews from Nazi persecution. …
Tending a Mass Grave
Tending a Mass Grave
By Marijke Terlouw and Carmen Ullersma.. Rita Schweibes (picture below) was born 30 August 1936 in Tulchin, Ukraine. Many people …
Thank You For Not Forgetting Us!
Thank You For Not Forgetting Us!
A fresh breeze is blowing, carrying first the Ukrainian, then the Israeli national anthem, the Hatikva. The sound travels across …
Students Don’t Know about the Holocaust and WWII
Students Don’t Know about the Holocaust and WWII
Jerry Amernic author of The Last Witness asks university students what they know about the Holocaust and World Wars. Their …
In a Ukraine forest, terrible events of 75 years ago given resonance by handful of survivors
In a Ukraine forest, terrible events of 75 years ago given resonance by handful of survivors
By Sue Surkes.. Uman, Ukraine — As veterans across Europe turned out this week (May 5 – 9, 2017) for …
