Posts Tagged: Jewish refugees Holocaust
State Department Historian Criticized for Defending Holocaust-Era US Visa Policy
JNS.org - Holocaust scholars are taking issue with a State Department historian’s comments defending 1940s consular officials who rejected visa applications from Jewish refugees. Melissa Jane Taylor,...
New Film Starring Oscar-Winner Jessica Chastain Tells True Story of Polish Zookeepers Who Rescued Hundreds of Jews From the Nazis
A new, upcoming film tells the true story of a Polish couple who saved the lives of over 300 Jews during World War II, by...
Book Paints Painful-But-Inspiring Picture of Holocaust’s Immediate Aftermath
JNS.org - Dan Stone’s “The Liberation of the Camps: The End of the Holocaust and Its Aftermath” is difficult reading, and not just because it documents...
