In 1947, Britain was still holding tens of thousands of Jewish immigrants in camps in Cyprus, many of them Holocaust survivors. The children of the Yishuv joined in the aid effort, donating their pocket money and clothing so that the displaced children could stay warm in the cold winter months.
In the Shadow of War: When Stan Lee and Dr. Seuss Battled Fascism
After serving together in the US Army’s Training Film Division during World War II, the two parted ways: Stan Lee went on to create immortal superheroes, and Dr. Seuss used his talents to try to atone for his anti-Japanese propaganda through a new and compassionate children’s book
This Jewish War Hero Protested the Nazis… Then Helped Defeat Them
A decorated German soldier in World War I, Richard Stern opposed Nazism from within. After fleeing, he joined the US Army at age 43, and soon became a hero there, as well…
Two-Gun Cohen: Artful Dodger Turned Chinese Legend and Hero of Israel
“He was like a character out of a book. He was like something somebody wrote.”
The Jewish Heroes and Heroines of Victory Day
These Jewish soldiers took part in the liberation of Europe from the clutches of Nazi Germany
Carl Ehrenstein: Expressionist Writer, Cultural Critic and Literary Agent
Rare items from the Carl Ehrenstein Archive
“The Book of Imprisonment and Exile” by Irgun and Lehi Exiles in Africa
Three years into their imprisonment in Africa, the exiles published a book documenting the detention from which they repeatedly tried to escape
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
