My grandfather kept a picture from his childhood school in prewar Bratislava. Most of his classmates were murdered by the Nazis, but those who survived the Holocaust remained connected for the rest of their lives.
And the increasingly forgotten story of the Shoah’s displaced persons
A symbolic statement for a community not far from a region that was long home to antisemitic hate groups
A new book collects the tales of people who lived through the Holocaust, alongside the dishes that evoked memories of happier times
Château de Chaumont was a sanctuary for young Jews fleeing the Nazis. Now a British contractor is restoring the French mansion, and documenting his renovations online.
Paying musical tribute to the Japanese diplomat who rescued thousands of Jews during the Holocaust
Photographer B.A. Van Sise shares stories of Holocaust survivors and how they built new lives after losing so much
Why Eva Mozes Kor ‘forgave’ Josef Mengele—and what that really means
A roundtable discussion with Holocaust survivors about the rise of antisemitism in America, the importance of education, and who will pass on the lessons of the Shoah when the last survivors are gone
Jehovah’s Witnesses share the story of their unique experiences during the Holocaust—and the lessons that can be applied today as they face continued persecution in Russia and elsewhere
How my husband’s family story of survival became my own
A story of an instrument that survived the Holocaust, passed down from one generation to another
As the documentary ‘Three Minutes’ brings a Polish town’s Jewish pre-Holocaust history into focus, a Yizkor book helped me imagine life in my parents’ Romanian hometown
What another Holocaust survivor’s book taught me about my own mother’s life
Taking a new look at my family’s history, after watching Ken Burns’ PBS documentary ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’
A recent gathering of 56 survivors in the Hudson Valley was a painful and uncomfortable reminder that living memory of the Holocaust has nearly run out forever
Grandchildren of Holocaust survivors continue to share their families’ stories
In a new book and forthcoming documentary film, Anna Salton Eisen tells the stories about the Holocaust that her parents once tried to hide from her
