An anonymous Jew describes the last months of World War II in Amsterdam. This city, once a large and vibrant Jewish center, turns into a ghost town before his eyes, while he and a handful of Jews try against all odds to survive.
“Letter Returned to Sender: The Jewish Council No Longer Exists”
59 envelopes attest to the destruction of dozens of Jewish communities throughout Poland. “It is important that the world know that the Poles collaborated with the Germans’ cruel actions during the Holocaust and were fully aware of the horrors.”
The Partisan Poet Rescued from the Woods of Lithuania
The life of Avraham Sutzkever, the foremost Yiddish poet in Israel, spanned almost the entire tumultuous revolution-and-war-filled 20th century.
“Tropical Zion” Revealed
A rare photo album reveals how refugees from Nazi Germany made the Caribbean wilderness bloom.
I Bet You Didn’t Know Captain America was a Golem!
The very public Jewish roots of Captain America, the first superhero to punch Hitler in the face!
Adolf Eichmann’s Secret Visit to Palestine
Years before Eichmann was brought to Israel to stand trial, the notorious mass-murderer visited Mandatory Palestine in 1937 while disguised as a journalist.
Revealed: SS Chief Heinrich Himmler’s Warm Wishes to Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini
Discovered in the National Library archives, Himmler’s message to the Mufti decried the “Jewish invaders”, while sending “warm wishes for your continued struggle…”
The Nazi Period, World War II and the Holocaust
How did the Nazis, within a short time, destroy general conventions of the modern world pertaining to humanity, law and culture?
The Nazi Rise to Power Through the Eyes of Sebastian Haffner
Everything went “strictly by the book,” using means that were permitted by the constitution
The Aliyah of Central European Jews (the “Yekkim”) and the “German Immigrants’ Association News”
In the great frenzy that ensued, many Jews who lived on German territory understood that their lives and property were in imminent danger, and that they had to find alternatives to carry on living
