Holocaust History

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I can only imagine the suffering of people in any genocide. Why would people of one group e sought out to suffer this? And of course, most did nothing wrong except being of that group. Just knowing what any group of any way did wrong for the reasons of the heinous ways treated would help complete any stories. The atrocities of anywhere this happens makes me think how fortunate I and many others are.

Jews have done nothing wrong.

What is wrong is all the lies told about Jews some Christianity was founded by an ex Jews who came to hate Judaism and wanted to do away with it.

Every generation, now, creates new lies about Jews which do create fears and then hatred for things that Jews have never done, are not doing , and would not do.

Lies create fear which can people from any community, as it is happening in many places in the world.

But the Holocaust was a thought out intent of killing all the Jews in the world, due to too many lies embraced by Christians and Muslims.

 

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When Sol Nayman left this village in 1939, it had a small but thriving Jewish community that coexisted harmoniously with its non-Jewish neighbors.

But not long after the departure of Nayman, who is now 87, and his family, German troops murdered the entire community, adding it to the long list of Polish municipalities where the Holocaust ended centuries of Jewish presence.

Nayman’s family fled eastward, ending up in a Soviet labor camp before they eventually settled in Canada, where Nayman became a successful businessman and co-founded the Club Monaco chain of men’s fashion stores.


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In Poland, Canadian Holocaust survivor returns to native village as sole local Jew

During emotional visit, which happened on Hitler's birthday, Sol Nayman brought to Stoczek about 100 members of the March of the Living event

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Today in Judaism

• Goebbels Committed Suicide (1945)
Paul Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Propaganda Minister under Adolf Hitler, was known for his zealous anti-semitism. Following Hitler's death he served as Chancellor for one day. A day later, he approved the murder of his own six children and committed suicide.

 

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This Story of Holocaust Survival Begins With a Mysterious Postcard - Hey Alma

French author Anne Berest’s “The Postcard,” whose English translation is out today from Europa Books, tells the story of the loss and survival of Berest’s family during the Holocaust in Paris. But it starts with a postcard.On a snowy January in 2003, a postcard arrives to Berest’s mother’s...

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At a meeting in Wannsee, Heydrich asked the Baltic representative how they had achieved such impressive results in finally solving the Jewish question. Sturmbannführer Rudolf Lange, who had served in Lithuania, replied, "We simply did not obstruct actions of the local scum."

 

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On her 100th birthday, this Holocaust survivor threw out the first pitch at a Yankees-Rays game

Helen Kahan survived multiple concentration camps.

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The World History of War and Peace.
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Posted by
Greg Long

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A very rare photo. Former prisoners prepare to execute a particularly vile SS guard with a shovel as an American soldier turns a blind eye in the background after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. April 29th, 1945. Originally black and white photo that has been colorized.
This photo along with many others are on display at the museum in Dachau, along with the commentary and statements of survivors and the US Army troops that liberated the camp.

 

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How come you hear a lot about Hitler’s envisioned "master race", but never hear about black people in concentration camps?

The Nazi’s did not really kill a lot of black people but at the same time, Hitler did not want them “ruining the German genepool”. There was a group of half-black people born in the 1910s known as the Rhineland Bastards. The name was, of course, meant to be an insult.

These poor fellows were the offspring of black French soldiers and various other ‘foreign regiments’ of colonalists in WWI, with local German women during and after the First World War by German women…
Hitler decided not to kill his half-black citizens, unlike the Jews and gypsies. So he gave them the same treatment he had given Germany’s homosexuals — Germany’s black inhabitants were to be sterilized or castrated.
Many of Germany’s black or half-black citizens managed to dodge the proverbial bullet, or the knife, in this case. Those who tragically did not would often remain silent about their shame. Few stories remain of their fate and how they dealt with the terrible consequences. Few died in the war but hundreds were mutilated.



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Holocaust Historian Attacked By Polish Parliamentarian As He Attempts To Give Lecture On Polish Complicity During The Holocaust

On May 30, a Polish-Canadian historian of the Holocaust at the University of Ottawa, Jan Grabowski, was scheduled to deliver

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Toronto Holocaust Museum is opening in a time of rising intolerance—with an emphasis on preserving the stories of survivors

A sneak preview of the new building that opens Friday, June 9.

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Scarred and hardened by the Holocaust, survivors relive it in war-torn Ukraine

Some draw on their childhood experiences to keep their fears in check, wile others are transported back to a sense of helplessness

www.timesofisrael.com

 

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Playing Anne Frank: A new podcast from the Forward

Check out the Forward's new podcast about the iconic work "The Diary of Anne Frank," and how it impacts all those involved in it.

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Today marks what would have been Anne Frank's 94th birthday. On August 4, 1944, the Frank family was arrested in the "secret annex" of a house in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where they had hidden for two years. Anne and the others had been given away by an unknown informant and were arrested along with two of the Christians who had helped shelter them. The residents of the “secret annex” were sent to a concentration camp in Holland, and in September, Anne and most of the others were shipped to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland. In the fall of 1944, Anne and her sister Margot were moved to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. Suffering under the deplorable conditions of the camp, the two sisters caught typhus and died in February 1945. Simon Wiesenthal's search for Karl Silberbauer, the Gestapo officer who arrested the Frank family, began in 1958. In 1963, Wiesenthal obtained a wartime phone directory, listing the names of Gestapo officers assigned to Amsterdam. In it, he found the name Silberbauer attached to the "Jewish Section" of the Gestapo. Wiesenthal immediately contacted the department of Austria's Ministry of the Interior that investigated Nazi war crimes, but was put off for months. As it turns out, Silberbauer was actually working as an officer with the Vienna police. Fearful of the bad press that would ensue, the Vienna Police Department suspended Silberbauer and told him not to talk to anybody about his wartime past.

Realizing that Austrian officials were trying to keep the affair quiet, Wiesenthal leaked the story to the Dutch press, and provided them with Silberbauer's address. When questioned by reporters, the former Gestapo officer freely admitted his role in the arrest of the Frank family. Pressed by public opinion to investigate the affair, Austrian officials concluded that Silberbauer's wartime activities did not qualify him for trial as a war criminal. A subsequent police inquiry commission similarly determined that Silberbauer was just doing his duty, and that he had acted without malice. The Vienna Police Department lifted Silberbauer's suspension and re-assigned him to desk duty. Silberbauer died in 1972 at the age of 61. The Museum of Tolerance current exhibit, "Anne" highlights little known facts about Anne Frank and her family's time in hiding, the events that led to their arrest, and the incredible legacy of Anne's diary. We invite you to experience the story of Anne Frank, with the video from our Anne Frank exhibit.

 

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Today marks what would have been Anne Frank's 94th birthday. On August 4, 1944, the Frank family was arrested in the "secret annex" of a house in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where they had hidden for two years. Anne and the others had been given away by an unknown informant and were arrested along with two of the Christians who had helped shelter them. The residents of the “secret annex” were sent to a concentration camp in Holland, and in September, Anne and most of the others were shipped to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland. In the fall of 1944, Anne and her sister Margot were moved to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. Suffering under the deplorable conditions of the camp, the two sisters caught typhus and died in February 1945. Simon Wiesenthal's search for Karl Silberbauer, the Gestapo officer who arrested the Frank family, began in 1958. In 1963, Wiesenthal obtained a wartime phone directory, listing the names of Gestapo officers assigned to Amsterdam. In it, he found the name Silberbauer attached to the "Jewish Section" of the Gestapo. Wiesenthal immediately contacted the department of Austria's Ministry of the Interior that investigated Nazi war crimes, but was put off for months. As it turns out, Silberbauer was actually working as an officer with the Vienna police. Fearful of the bad press that would ensue, the Vienna Police Department suspended Silberbauer and told him not to talk to anybody about his wartime past.

Realizing that Austrian officials were trying to keep the affair quiet, Wiesenthal leaked the story to the Dutch press, and provided them with Silberbauer's address. When questioned by reporters, the former Gestapo officer freely admitted his role in the arrest of the Frank family. Pressed by public opinion to investigate the affair, Austrian officials concluded that Silberbauer's wartime activities did not qualify him for trial as a war criminal. A subsequent police inquiry commission similarly determined that Silberbauer was just doing his duty, and that he had acted without malice. The Vienna Police Department lifted Silberbauer's suspension and re-assigned him to desk duty. Silberbauer died in 1972 at the age of 61. The Museum of Tolerance current exhibit, "Anne" highlights little known facts about Anne Frank and her family's time in hiding, the events that led to their arrest, and the incredible legacy of Anne's diary. We invite you to experience the story of Anne Frank, with the video from our Anne Frank exhibit.

 

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[ Christian hatred for Jews and what Germany created in order to get rid of them. An extra ideology also poised to humiliate, attack and destroy the Jews because they fully believe in all the Christian accusations against Jews. And do people forget that Nazis were willing allowed to escape to Argentina and other South American countries? That Dr. Mangela hid and died there? ]

“People in Latin America tend to think that this [antisemitism] happens in Europe,” said Fernando Lottenberg, the Organization of American States’ commissioner for monitoring and combating antisemitism. “It is not as strong as in the U.S. but it is gaining traction.”

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500 neo-Nazi cells uncovered in Brazil last year - JNS.org

Jew-hatred is getting stronger across the Americas.

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It was a pioneering trans library — until the Nazis burned it

In Weimar Germany, a gay Jewish doctor revolutionized trans medical care.

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Inspired by his grandparents' tragic Holocaust story, a director imbues his latest hit film with passion and joy

Imbued with optimism and joy, Cédric Klapisch's 'Rise' is a dance film that's the antithesis of Darren Aronofsky's 'Black Swan.'

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Anne and Margot Frank's Pen Pal Letters

In the Fall of 1939, in Danville, Iowa, ten-year-old Juanita Jane Wagner picked a name from a list of pen pals. Her teacher, Miss Birdie Mathews, had visited the Netherlands and brought back names and addresses of Dutch children for a pen pal project. The name of Juanita's pen pal was Anne Frank, also ten years old. Juanita promptly wrote Anne and told her about Danville, her name, her family, in particular her sister Betty, and life on the farm. Eagerly, Juanita waited for a reply, which finally arrived in February or March (1940). When Juanita and Anne realized that they each had an older sister about the same age, they arranged for Betty and Margot, Anne's sister, to also become pen pals. The only existing letters from the correspondence between the sisters in Danville and Amsterdam are Anne's letter to Juanita (April 29, 1940) pictured above and Margot's letter to Betty (April 27, 1940). Both letters came in the same envelope, addressed to "Miss J and B Wagner." Both Anne and Margot wrote their letters in English. It is believed that they wrote their first draft in Dutch and that their father, Otto Frank, translated the words to English. He then had his daughters rewrite their letters in English. Also included with their letters were little photographs of themselves and a picture postcard from Amsterdam. They are also exhibited here. Juanita and Betty were thrilled to hear from their Dutch pen pals. They wrote back immediately and sent snapshots of themselves. Again they anxiously waited for mail from Amsterdam. A couple of weeks later (May 10, 1940), the Nazis invaded the Netherlands. The Dutch fought back, but, in four days, they surrendered to Germany. As their teachers spoke about the war, Betty and Juanita worried about Anne and Margot. Were they safe? Were they alive? They kept hoping for news. But no more letters came.

The letters are on permanent display at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles in the "Anne" exhibit which also houses more original artifacts and information about the life of Anne Frank.

 

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The page created by Anne Frank in her friend’s "Posie" autograph album “Pluck Roses on Earth and Forget Me Not.” Anne Frank wrote this popular rhyme in her friend, Henny de Bie-Scheerder’s birthday autograph book of poems. It was March 4, 1940, before Nazis had invaded the Netherlands where she lived. But in retrospect, it is filled with irony and meaning. Reproduction of the Original Diary A reproduction of the original diary that Anne began to write on her 13th birthday while in hiding.

Facsimile of Handwritten Loose-Leaf Sheets 8 pages of loose-leaf sheets written by Anne are among the archives on display throughout the exhibit. ©ANNE FRANK FONDS Basel. Facsimile on loan from Anne Frank House, Amsterdam

 

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Russian media releases declassified documents on the Holocaust – report

Russia has released new documents claiming that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were highly involved in the murder of Jews during the Holocaust.

www.jpost.com