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In Slovakia, a retired non-Jewish educator teaches Roma teens about the Holocaust at Jewish cemeteries
(JTA) — An activist attempting to preserve Jewish cemeteries in Slovakia has recruited several Roma teenagers to help with the task. Vladimir Spanik, 73, involved the teenagers in cleaning up ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency5y
59 headstones smashed at Jewish cemetery in Slovakia
(JTA) — Dozens of headstones were knocked down and set on fire at a Jewish cemetery in Slovakia. The damage was discovered on Monday at the Jewish cemetery of Námestovo, a town in northern ...
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A Holocaust Survivor Shares her Story Through Art
Her art is a reflection of her childhood, which was full of separation from her family and hiding with those who risked their lives to help. It was terrifying but Karin has also, through her art, ...
The Times of Israel12d
Bardejov: From History to the Silver Screen
With the looming threat of Nazi Expansionism and Hlinka Guards from the pro-Nazi Slovak People’s Party, Jewish survival meant confronting questions no parent, no person, should ever face ...
The Independent on MSN13d
Hungarian Jews remember Holocaust tragedy 80 years after liberation of Auschwitz
Jews in Hungary and around the world are observing Holocaust Remembrance Day 80 years after the liberation of the ...
After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission
He feels a responsibility to be the mouthpiece for the millions who were killed, especially after his granddaughter survived the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on her kibbutz.