9+ hour, 52+ min ago  (576+ words) Tina Strobos built a secret attic hideout the Nazis never found, stole identity cards, and survived eight Gestapo raids. She lived ten minutes from Anne Frank and never knew....

3+ week, 12+ hour ago  (1008+ words) The Webers hid on a German farm for two years, and were separated upon arrival in America....

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (887+ words) Millions visit Sicily every year. Few know it was once home to one of the world's largest Jewish community whose fingerprints are still everywhere....

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (1120+ words) The remarkable story of a group of boys who were forced into the gas chambers, yet came out alive....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (294+ words) At Auschwitz, a 29-year-old Hungarian Jew named Erno "Zvi" Spiegel risked his life daily to protect boys from Josef Mengele. His story is finally being told....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (489+ words) Ad Reinhardt, Adolph Gottlieb, and Barnett Newman shaped Abstract Expressionism, bringing Jewish thinking to the biggest art movement of the 20th century. In the mid-20th century, Jewish artists played a significant role in the rise of Abstract Expressionism, bringing unique perspectives to…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (389+ words) 86 middle schoolers turned Holocaust stories into art. Their work is stunning " and urgent. These images are among 86 original works that middle school students in Tennessee and Mississippi created for the Memphis Jewish Federation's 17th annual Holocaust Art Competition. Whether paintings, drawings,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (961+ words) Pearl Hinda Nagel survived the Lodz Ghetto, outlived the Nazis and turned 101. Here is what she wants you to know. Imagine the changes witnessed by someone born more than a hundred years ago, journeying from a 1924 childhood in the gas-lit,…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1260+ words) Herbert Heller survived Auschwitz, rebuilt his life in San Francisco, and spent his final years making sure the next generation never forgot. The Optimist tells his story. The Optimist, a powerful new film by San Francisco-area writer and director Finn…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1311+ words) My grandfather hid his family in the sewers of Nazi-occupied Lvov for 14 months. What kept them human down there is something I'm still trying to understand. What does a Jew do when the sky disappears? For years, that question was…...