Rabbi Abba Bronspiegel’s memories after the war, spoken at the Lander College for Men in 2003. With wit and wisdom R’ Bronspiegel described events in the holocaust through his own eyes. Aside from the holocaust, he spoke about his experiences…
They were feasts of sublime asparagus – laced with fear. And for more than half a century, Margot Woelk kept her secret hidden from the world, even from her husband. Then, a few months after her 95th birthday, she revealed…
Well, we see how that went! For the record, this is a real clipping from the New York Times: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9800E6D6143FE733A25752C2A9649D946595D6CF
Three men who stood in the same line in Auschwitz have nearly consecutive numbers: From left, Menachem Shulovitz, 80, bears B14594; Anshel Udd Sharezky, 81, was B14595; and Jacob Zabetzky, 83, was B14597. “We were strangers standing in line in…
The latest revelation about the Holocaust stuns even the scholars who thought they already knew everything about the horrific details of Germany’s program of genocide against the Jewish people. It’s taken more than 70 years to finally know the full…
English Translation: As I was sitting on the plane, I couldn’t help but notice the man on my left. He was eating a non-kosher cutlet and the name on the wrapping cover read Weinstein. Hoping not to offend him, I…
Now this is how you answer a Nazi… If I am to understand that you are inquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted…
Call me sheltered or what have you, but I recently came across something disturbing. You know those swastikas occasionally spray-painted, leading to hate and fear? Apparently some of those are spray-painted by Jews to get a reaction! This is especially…
The smoke was still rising as Rabbi Herschel Schacter rode through the gates of Buchenwald. It was April 11, 1945, and Gen. George S. Patton’s Third Army had liberated the concentration camp scarcely an hour before. Rabbi Schacter, who was…
Probably the most hated symbol in modern history has been the Swastika. The main reason for that is because it has been synonymous with the Nazis of Germany and consequently, 6 million Jews being murdered by subhumans of a culture once hailed…