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New film tells a little-known story of women slave labourers during the Holocaust
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (845+ words) Throughout her childhood Marisa Fox heard stories about her mother’s escapades as a spy and freedom fighter. Tamar Fromer Fox had told her daughter that in 1939 she managed to escape from Poland to Palestine, where she joined a Jewish paramilitary…...
In a forest where Jews fought the Nazis, a German military base and Lithuanian politics encroach on memory
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (1316+ words) Rūdninkai, LITHUANIA — Deep in the trees and swampy thickets of Lithuania’s Rūdninkai Forest, a series of makeshift forts is sinking into the earth. These represent the remains of underground bunkers where Jewish partisans resisted their annihilation in the Holocaust. Under…...
Island in Poland Hides Nearly 1.5 km of Tunnels Beneath the Forest, Where a Nazi-Built Fortress Became a Command Center During the Cold War, Featuring Barracks, a Medical Facility, Kitchen, Communication Rooms, and a Preserved Red Phone in the Old War Room
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (1171+ words) The Isle of Wolin, Poland, conceals a military underground complex that has traversed various periods of European history. Initially built by the Nazis as coastal defense structures, the facilities were later adapted by the Polish socialist government to function as…...
51 Boys Escaped the Gas Chamber. Their Survival Became a Miracle
2+ week, 3+ day ago (174+ words) • On Simchat Torah 1944, 800 boys were selected for death; 51 walked out alive after being chosen (or slipping in) to unload potatoes. • The order appears to have come from Johann Schwarzhuber rather than Josef Mengele, though the precise motive remains unclear. • Schiff…...
Here There Are Blueberries Captures the Truth Behind Auschwitz
2+ week, 3+ day ago (661+ words) One of the hottest tickets on the Island this month was for Here There Are Blueberries, the latest work from New York’s Tectonic Theatre Project, which had three sold-out readings at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse over the weekend. Sunbathing, singing,…...
Release Date Nears for ‘The Mauthausen 7’ Novel About Nazi Death Camp Incident
2+ week, 5+ day ago (511+ words) YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – “The Mauthausen 7,” the latest book by Mahoning Valley-based author and playwright J.E. Ballantyne Jr., will be released Sept. 1. The historical short novel is based on true events that took place in a Nazi concentration camp during World…...
Westporter Carl Wistreich to launch Jewish survival novel next week
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1288+ words) Aug 24, 2026 | Arts, Community, Literature | 0 WESTPORT–When Carl Wistreich’s grandfather and his family left his hometown of Jaslo, Poland, during the Holocaust, he made one decision that saved their lives. He headed east. Crossing the border into Russia, Salomon Wistreich, his…...
Czechia's secret soviet bunker now open to the public: How and when to visit
3+ week, 1+ day ago (414+ words) Written by Expats.cz Staff Published on 21.08.2026 14:56:00 (updated on 21.08.2026) Reading time: 2 minutes Deep in the Doupov Mountains in the Karlovy Vary region, you can step inside a former Soviet military bunker that was kept secret for decades, and was designed…...
Touring a Nazi island fortress turned secret Cold War city - CNN
3+ week, 1+ day ago (918+ words) Something is hidden in the thick pine and beech forest. Just outside Świnoujście, a resort town on Poland’s Baltic coast, Wolin Island greets you with endless coastal dunes and seemingly untouched nature. But there’s a darker side to this idyllic-looking…...
The Jewish Tallit: The Literature of the Prayer Cloak - Time
3+ week, 3+ day ago (257+ words) Clementina Suhanov, Gombrovič. Ja, genius; translated from Polish by Milica Markić, Official Gazette, Belgrade, 2025 The Last Days of Oak Street, directed by David Robert Mitchell As soon as the Association of Film Actors of Serbia announced that it was organizing…...