Holocaust

In a display of extraordinary courage, she traveled to Paris and entered the Gestapo headquarters to deliver a message to a collaborating Nazi officer. Disguised as a Jewish woman with forged documents, she summoned all the bravery she could muster to infiltrate the Nazi stronghold.

Holocaust survivor Hana Rozbruch was forced to act as a clown at Majdanek, but in her heart, she cried every time she had to amuse and entertain the German soldiers. In a special film produced by a German newspaper, she tells her story.

A Jewish doctor, Holocaust survivor, and artist preserves the memories of the Holocaust through creations in various materials. "The father and daughter perished, but the son survived and returned the braids."

Rebekah Lewinson shares her harrowing story of survival and the courage of Aunt Nel, who put her own life at risk during the Holocaust to save Rebekah. Decades later, Rebekah reflects on the impact of Aunt Nel's actions not just on her life, but on the lives of her descendants.

He delivered a daily lesson in the Talmudic tractate Bava Metzia under the harshest conditions, as regularly as he could. From his place in the Bergen-Belsen camp, he also provided halachic answers on issues of agunot. For four and a half years, Rabbi Neubauer lived in the inferno of Bergen-Belsen, radiating wisdom, Torah, and spirit to the suffering prisoners.

The camp was brutally oppressive, like other Nazi labor camps, but the two friends constantly planned their escape. They knew staying meant death, while escaping carried the risk of death.

Rabbi Mordechai Pogremanski, often called 'The Sublime Illui,' was a man of incredible character. Here are five remarkable stories about the great Rabbi, who left no descendants.

An account of a Holocaust survivor was discovered after decades, uncovering the truth. Estimated: In Frankfurt alone, it's about 2 billion euros that disappeared.

Photographer Shani Loya sets out to find children named after Holocaust survivors or victims. 'Many children proudly bear these names,' she shares.

While teaching in Casablanca, Paul met a kind and wise rabbi who helped him discover the beauty of Torah—and it changed his life forever.

From the horrors of Auschwitz, amidst hunger, disease, and forced labor, Shindy Miller documented the atrocities of the Holocaust with every fiber of her being. Written on hidden scraps of paper, her diary became a chilling testament and legacy for future generations. Now, two months after her passing, her daughter Dori unveils her inspiring story.

A Holocaust survivor story, crossing continents with poignant closure: the tale of an ancient Torah scroll that survived the Holocaust's horrors, journeyed across continents, and found its place this week at the Nova memorial site.

On July 2, 1942, the Nazis gathered all the Jews to murder them in gas trucks. They ordered Moshe Yaffe to convince them to assemble. He was supposed to read stories from a script about 'dispatch to the east' and say that those who behaved nicely would be treated well, etc. Instead, he warned the Jews: 'The gas trucks are here, the cursed murderers want to kill you, run for your lives'.

The Holocaust claimed nearly everything he loved, but with vision and faith, Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman rebuilt the world of Torah

Jews were led helplessly between rows of SS officers and Ukrainian guards wielding automatic weapons and attack dogs. Every small action met with impossible, brutal retaliation.

Addressed to a Jewish social services worker in New York, Einstein's letter aimed to rescue Jews from the Nazis. He wrote, "The resilience that has allowed the Jewish people to survive for thousands of years relied heavily on traditions of mutual aid."

After losing his wife and eleven children in the Holocaust, Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam built a Torah empire and a hospital founded on compassion

Discover the powerful legacy of Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman, a devoted head of a yeshiva who chose to stay with his students during Europe's darkest days, resulting in his tragic martyrdom.

A person does not live because of water, but because of their thirst for water. The thirst leads them to explore existence, create new things, change the world, and pursue new knowledge.

With the Nazis' entry into the Netherlands, they placed a Wehrmacht soldier in Germany named Hans Georg Calmeyer. Calmeyer was not a righteous man, but divine providence planted the idea in his mind to save the Sephardic community of Amsterdam.