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Category Archives: Holocaust
Phony Holocaust Memoir
From the Jewish Journal: The recent news about the memoir by Herman Rosenblat, “Angel at the Fence,” being canceled is a major disappointment to, movie producer, agent, Oprah fans and the Jewish community. Rosenblat said he met his wife while … Continue reading
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Tagged emory university atlanta, herman rosenblat, holocaust memoir, holocaust studies, mail exchange, oprah fans
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How Did One Little Old Lady In Los Angeles Get About $300 Million From The Holocaust?
Frequent contributor to this website, Yisroel Pensack, tipped me off to this story. Maria Altmann, 89, wasn’t in the Holocaust but as a niece of the late Czech sugar baron Ferdinand Bloch she (along with four other heirs) was awarded … Continue reading
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Tagged gustav klimt, holocaust reparations, little old lady, magnate, maria altmann
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‘More Precious Than Pearls’
An articulate Modern Orthodox Jew survives the Holocaust and eventually moves to the United States. He discusses theodicy. From the description: Faith after the Holocaust is a theme that is rarely touched upon in Holocaust-related documentaries, let alone examined deeply. … Continue reading
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Tagged faith after the holocaust, father alex, kosice slovakia, nazi concentration camps, orthodox jew, svalyava
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Beautiful Czech Film: ‘I Served The King Of England’
This movie was like a dream.
Posted in Hollywood, Holocaust
Tagged czech film, king of england
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Israel’s Unexpected Spinoff From a Holocaust Trial
From the New York Times: JERUSALEM, Sept. 5 — It was one of Israel’s dirty little secrets. In the early 1960s, as Israelis were being exposed for the first time to the shocking testimonies of Holocaust survivors at the trial … Continue reading
Auschwitz Now Offers Handicap Access
Not sure if they had this during WWII (from Tova Reich’s new book, "My Holocaust").
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On the Passing of Holocaust Historian Raul Hilberg
Steven Plaut blogs: Hilberg in recent years had become an apologist and lobbyist on behalf of Neo-Nazi pseudo-scholar Norman Finkelstein, and had repeatedly endorsed Finkelstein’s hate-filled "books" and rants against Jews and Israel. Hilberg had been trying to help Finkelstein … Continue reading
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