World War II

Armed with just one machine gun, a few dozen pistols, Molotov cocktails, and bottles of acid, the Jewish rebels decided not to go like lambs to the slaughter when faced with Nazi tanks and machine guns.

After ten challenging days on the island, an Italian aircraft spotted the SOS signals left by the survivors. Two ships from Rhodes were dispatched for a rescue. However, the Italians, who were part of the Axis powers, detained them in a camp on Rhodes Island, where they lived in tents under harsh conditions for a long time.

Conditions on the ship worsened. Some passengers were in dire straits, while others clung to sanity. A couple decided to marry. Crumbs of stale bread were collected, kneaded with water, and fried in a pan. An anonymous passenger contributed jam to spread on the prized creation, and thus the wedding took place.

During World War II, the Jewish community of Djerba faced peril under Nazi occupation. With clever negotiation and a stroke of divine luck, they evaded disaster.

In a time of profound danger for European Jews, Western nations turned their backs. Explore the heartbreaking journey of 937 Jewish refugees aboard the MS St. Louis, sent back to a Europe under Nazi threat after being denied asylum.

As Nazi leader Fritz Kuhn began his speech, a bold young man suddenly stormed the stage, seizing the microphone to denounce Hitler and the Nazis in front of 20,000 fervent followers... That man was Isidore Greenbaum, a 26-year-old Jew from Brooklyn.

Under Nazi orders, scientists developed a fake vaccine while secretly crafting a real one to save lives.

Irena Sendler was a social worker in Warsaw who began smuggling children out of the ghetto. The Gestapo suspected her, but they couldn't prove anything. They tortured her, but she didn't break. Faced with execution, her life took an unexpected turn.

The personal ID tags of four Jewish children, sent to the Sobibor extermination camp in Poland, were uncovered in an archaeological dig. Archaeologist Yoram Haimi shares, "I've been excavating Sobibor for ten years, and this was my hardest day."

Eighty years ago on this day, the Warsaw Ghetto was hermetically sealed, prohibiting any movement in or out.

On this day, the 6th of Tishrei, 74 years ago, the Nuremberg Trials concluded with the sentencing of Nazi regime leaders.

On this day, the 17th of Kislev, 78 years ago, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, prompting the U.S. to join World War II.

Today, the 16th of Cheshvan, marks 81 years since Kristallnacht, a pivotal event in Germany and Austria that signaled the beginning of World War II.

On this day, the 2nd of Sivan, 79 years ago, the Nazi occupation of Norway was completed.

After sending millions to their deaths with a wave of his hand and conducting brutal medical experiments on his victims, Dr. Mengele managed to disappear from view.