Converting to Christianity was not the savior it had been for Jews, not wishing the choice of death, it had been for a millennium. The Nazis were not interested in Jewish souls. The Nazis did not believe Jews even had souls, no more than they believed dogs had souls. [Jerry Klinger]
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Holocaust, International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History
By Dorian de Wind The Moderate Voice AUSTIN, Texas — If you thought that book burnings were a barbaric relic of the Middle Ages, think again. In the 1930s, in Nazi Germany, Austria and, later, in occupied territories, the Nazis conducted massive burnings of books they felt contained anti-Nazi ideology – including books written by
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorian de Wind, Holocaust, International, Opinion
How did the exploitation of men, women, and children in countless camps across Europe and North Africa fit into National Socialist ideology? What was the role of fascism in this ideology? And how did the victorious allies punish the Nazis for imprisoning and enslaving hundreds of thousands of people? All too often these questions are sidelined by the understandable focus on mass murder. Despite major advances in Holocaust historiography over the last several decades, however, scholars still grapple with these issues. [UCSD Holocaust Living History Workshop news release]
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California, Holocaust, International, Jewish Religion, San Diego County
Last month I had the delightful opportunity to interview two bikers who were planning to participate in the Ride2Remember, a motorcycle ride created to pay tribute to Holocaust survivors and memorialize those who perished. This year, the Jewish Motorcyclist Alliance dedicated its contribution to The Butterfly Project (TBP), cofounded by San Diegans Cheryl Rattner Price and Jan Landau. {Eva Trieger}
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California, Eva Trieger, Holocaust, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
ESPN and ESPN+ will premiere at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept 20, The Survivor, an hour-long documentary on the murder of 11 Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympics. Reporter Jeremy Schaap interviews Shaul Ladany, a teammate of the slain athletes, who has been dubbed an “ultimate survivor.” Along with his family, he had earlier in his life survived the Holocaust. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Sandra Scheller CHULA VISTA, California — While taking down the Ruth Remember Us The Holocaust exhibit at the Chula Vista Library, a man approached the exhibit asking what was going on. Having explained that it was a Holocaust exhibit, he stared at our wall of Auschwitz and said that it needs to remain up
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Holocaust, Opinion, San Diego County, Sandra Scheller
Project RUTH – “Remember Us: The Holocaust” – which was on exhibit for two years at the Chula Vista Public Library is in the process of closing, but even though it soon will be gone, creator and curator Sandy Scheller vowed Sunday, August 21, that its content won’t be forgotten. [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, Jewish History, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — “The David Labkovski Project creates a bridge from the lessons of the Holocaust to the realities of today’s world. The rise in antisemitism, bigotry, and hatred makes Holocaust education even more crucial,” shares Leora Raikin, Founder & Executive Director of the David Labkovski Project. The David Labkovski Project (DLP) uses
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Holocaust, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Laurie Baron The Keller Independent School District in Keller, Texas, has removed the graphic novel The Diary of Anne Frank by Ari Folman from its libraries in response to a complaint lodged by irate parents that it is not age appropriate for children to read unless they do so under adult supervision. Here’s the
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Holocaust, International, Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — On September 2, 1939, much of the world was clueless that the Nazis had opened their first concentration camp to obliterate the Jews and Poles of Danzig, just after the outbreak of World War II. The camp, Stutthof, was in a marshy area where inmates were subjected to starvation,
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Eva Trieger, Holocaust, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Eric George Tauber CINCINNATI, Ohio — Five years ago, on August 11, 2017, in the normally quiet college town of Charlottesville, VA, the peace was disrupted by the “Unite the Right” rally. The rally brought together Neo-Confederates, Neo-Nazis, the Klan, Patriot Front and other “militias” espousing White Supremacism. I don’t think any of us
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Eric George Tauber, Holocaust, USA
Published by Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey, who faced bipartisan criticism for declaring that Holocaust deaths during World War II paled in comparison with lives lost through abortion, contends Jewish community leaders have told him he was right. Bailey’s campaign did not respond to a request for the identities of
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By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — Johann Sebastian Bach composed six French Suites that began to be performed decades after the death of their author. In 2004, the non-musical French Suite, a novel about World War II, was published by the publishing house Denoel, translated into 38 languages. The book won France’s second most prestigious
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Alex Gordon, Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Holocaust, International, Opinion
“The Holocaust: Does Judaism Believe in Gilgul? Transmigration of Souls.” By Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg; Independently published; ISBN-13: 979-8448939662; 436 pages; $24.99. By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The author of The Holocaust: Does Judaism Believe in Gilgul? Transmigration of Souls begins with a wonderful quote from the famed psychologist
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Holocaust, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi