‘Schindler’s List’ Turns 25 — And Steven Spielberg’s Story Still Speaks To The Masses
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — 1993 was a dramatic year in the memorialization of the Holocaust.
Why Can’t Israeli Officials Get Holocaust History Right?
Israel was represented at a recent event marking Holocaust Remembrance Day by Minister of Education Naftali Bennet, who preceded in his brief remarks to make the most elementary of historical mistakes on the Holocaust.
Elie Wiesel, the Moral Force Who Made Sure We Will Never Forget Evil of Holocaust
Elie Wiesel, the world’s best known and most influential Holocaust survivor, is no longer. More than anyone else, he changed the status of survivors from victims to witnesses with a moral mission, writes Michael Berenbaum.
Chris Lerman, 90: She Helped America Remember the Holocaust
It is a cliché that behind every successful man is a good woman, but Chris stood not only beside Miles but together with him. We travelled together to Eastern Europe numerous times. Chris was indispensable, offering emotional support and human insight, tempering her husband’s drive just enough that he did not run over people.
Ernest Michel, the Jew Who Gave Up Scoop of a Lifetime by Walking Out on Goering
The date of Ernest Michel’s death was fitting, somehow. A Holocaust survivor and former executive vice president of UJA-Federation of New York from 1970-1989, Michel died at home on May 7, in the week between Yom Hashoah and Yom Ha’atzmaut.
Voices of Holocaust Survivors Resound in Words of Grandchildren
In essays by grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, one might expect a sense of inadequacy and guilt. Instead, there’s empowerment, and an appreciation of the privileges of freedom.
Israel Gutman, Warsaw Ghetto Fighter and Historian, Dies at 90
Israel Gutman, Israel’s most prominent survivor historian, died in Jerusalem on October 1.
Vladka Meed, Warsaw Uprising Leader, Dies at 90
Vladka Meed, one of the last surviving leaders of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, died in Phoenix on November 21 just before her 91st birthday.
Henry Friedlander, Holocaust Scholar, Dies at 82
Holocaust scholar Henry Friedlander, who established the significance of Hitler’s mass murder of the disabled as a precursor to the Shoah, has died. He was 82.
What the Survivor and Historian Know
Those who lived through the Holocaust understandably have a different perspective on it than scholars who study it. At long last, they are starting to understand one another.
