admin | October 21, 2020
Saul Dreier didnt pick up the drumsticks until he was 89 years old, but he is motivated by a dream: to perform and share the klezmer music that sustained him during his time in concentration camps. Only a few years later, he and his friend, 87-year-old accordionist/keyboardist Ruby Sosnowicz, form the Holocaust Survivor Band.
admin | October 21, 2020
Germany plans to pay more than half a billion dollars to Holocaust survivors who are struggling to get by during the coronavirus pandemic. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), the organization that negotiates compensation with the German government, said Wednesday that $662 million in COVID-19 relief aid will be divided among about 240,000 of the poorest Holocaust survivors. The survivors are located primarily in Israel, North America, the former Soviet Union and Western Europe.
admin | October 21, 2020
EUGENE, Ore. -- In 1944, Loulke Wilders was just 8 years-old when he was taken off the streets of Germany
admin | October 21, 2020
21 October 2020, 12:06 | Updated: 21 October 2020, 16:48 The Violins of Hope contain in their wooden forms the stories of utmost pain, loss and hope, having survived a period in history that many of their owners didnt. The philosopher and writer George Santayana once said, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Today, the atrocities of the Holocaust are remembered in stories: told through literature, film, art and word of mouth
admin | October 21, 2020
By The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS Holocaust survivor and forgiveness advocate Eva Mozes Kor who died last year at the age of 85 will be honored with a mural in Indianapolis.
admin | October 21, 2020
An Auschwitz exhibit is coming to Union Station Kansas City this June, and local Holocaust survivor Judy Jacobs urges all to see it. The exhibit is titled Auschwitz. Not long ago
admin | October 21, 2020
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Amazon Sacha Baron Cohen typically films his documentaries in secret, with unsuspecting subjects taking part in his politically charged comedy stunts. The comedian rarely tells his subjects they are being set up in order to capture their genuine reactions to outrageous inquiries and requests. Its a decision that can have near-violent consequences, as Cohen almost ignited a riot after crashing a far-right rally over the summer while filming Borat 2.
admin | October 21, 2020
In Boca Raton, Fla., an Orthodox youth group is providing high school students with a new Holocaust education program in response to a school districts rehiring of William Latson, an administrator accused of Holocaust denial. Southern NCSY is determined not to allow Holocaust denial to become acceptable, said the group, the youth outreach arm of the Orthodox Union. The program will allow students to experience a virtual tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp system, the largest in the Nazis network, where more than 1 million people were murdered between 1940 and 1945
admin | October 21, 2020
Andrew Marra|Palm Beach Post Under a barrage of criticism, Palm Beach County School Board members are expected to revisit their decision to reinstate a former principal who ignited international controversy by refusing to say the Holocaust was a fact. School Board Chairman Frank Barbieri has proposed board members on Wednesday overturnlast weeks 4-3 vote to rehire former Spanish River High Principal William Latson. Barbieri's proposal was placed Friday on the board's meeting agenda for Wednesday
admin | October 21, 2020
As I lay in bed at night, I can only think of the unborn babies that have been killed and are still being killed by some who call themselves doctors. I have another word for it executioners. When somebody goes into a prison and administers a lethal cocktail of drugs to a convict sentenced to death, that person is paid for their services.
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