While Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower had studied his World War II enemy, he was unprepared for the Nazi brutality he witnessed at Ohrdruf concentration camp in April 1945. Bodies were piled like wood and living skeletons struggled to survive. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, learn how Eisenhower foresaw Read more…
Today, we join together with people from nations around the world to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day by remembering the 6 million Jews, as well as the Roma and Sinti, Slavs, disabled persons, LGBTQ+ individuals, and many others, who were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Shoah. Read more…
Survivors were largely overlooked by post-war officials following the genocide. Unable to go to North America or Israel, Jews spent a few carefree years in idyllic settings By BERNARD DICHEK January 27, 2021 After my parents passed away, I began to look through a pile of photos showing them when they Read more…
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So far, 37 Republican representatives, I’m aware of, and eleven senators, led by Ted Cruz (R-TX), see list below, have indicated they will challenge some of the state electoral votes for Biden when Congress counts them on Wednesday, January 6. There may be a total of 140 Republican representatives challenging Read more…
December 15, 202012:17 PM ET Hannah Allam, KQED The widespread embrace of conspiracy and disinformation amounts to a “mass radicalization” of Americans, and increases the risk of right-wing violence, veteran security officials and terrorism researchers warn. At conferences, in op-eds and at agency meetings, domestic terrorism analysts are raising concern Read more…
by Accidental Talmudist Barthel Schink was a German teenager who led a resistance movement of Hitler Youth dropouts who fought Nazi tyranny. Born to a postal worker and a homemaker in Cologne in 1927, Barthel was one of five children. Like millions of other young Germans he was conscripted into Read more…
In the days after the 2020 presidential election, Auschwitz survivor Irene Fogel-Weiss grew increasingly despondent. “I had worried so much before the election. I was happy to find out that maybe I was wrong and that I had overreacted, but now I can’t help but feel alarmed,” said Fogel-Weiss, a Read more…
Meet the Jewish Woman Suing Neo-Nazis For a Living By Lior Zaltzman What do you do when you get a call from an iconic human rights lawyer, asking you to help her sue some Nazis? Well, if you’re Amy Spitalnick, you say yes, of course. Spitalnick, 34, is the executive director of Integrity First Read more…
