“Kristallnacht, Prelude to Destruction”
The celebrated British Jewish writer and historian Martin Gilbert, biographer of Winston Churchill and author of many books, including several on the Holocaust and on Israel, presented us recently with […]
Isaac Lewin’s Latest book ‘In Defense of Human Rights’
Dr. Isaac Lewin has been active throughout his life in two distinct areas of human endeavor. He is a scholar, a distinguished historian of Polish Jewry and has played a […]
The Man Who Stopped the Trains to Auschwitz
On March 19, 1944, the German army marched into Hungary. Before long anti-Jewish laws were introduced, Jews were arrested, Jewish property was confiscated, ghettos were established and the mass deportation […]
Moshe Prager
Moshe Prager has been a pioneer in Holocaust research. His work “Horban Yisrael Be’Erupa,” which appeared in 1948 was the first comprehensive book about the extermination of European Jewry. He […]
Carl Lutz — The Unsung Rescue Hero Of Budapest’s Jews
On Dob-utca, near the great Dohany Synagogue of Budapest, stands the monument in honor of Consul Carl (Charles) Lutz. It depicts a man, lying on the ground, calling for help, […]
Remember!
The association Zakhor! (“Remember”) was formed many years ago by Yisrael Yehoshua Eibeschitz, a Holocaust survivor from Poland for the purpose of keeping alive among our people, the memory of […]
The Rabbi in the Nazi Uniform
During the German occupation of Hungary, members of the Zionist youth movements — “the Zionist underground” — played a major role in the rescue of Jews by the mass […]
‘Preserved Evidence- Ghetto Lodz’ (Vol. 2)
Anna Eilenberg Eibeshitz published several books about the Shoah in recent years, inlcuding the autobiographical Breaking the Silence and Sisters in the Storm as well as two volumes on Women […]
New Book About Lodz Ghetto
(Conclusion) Most of the testimonies published in Preserved Evidence were, seemingly gathered in recent years. Decades earlier, the same survivors were reluctant to testify about their sufferings and experiences during […]
Dov Shilansky – Member of Knesset
On October 5, 1952, a man carrying a briefcase containing a clock and explosives was apprehended near the Foreign Office in the government quarters of Tel Aviv. The man’s name […]