Posts Tagged: Jews World War II
Evading Hitler and Winning the Silver Star: A Jewish Veteran’s Day Story
Bronx native Harry Zeller was headed to medical school in Vienna in 1933, because he couldn’t get into one in America. Being Jewish was an...
Meeting the Secret Jewish Commandos of World War Two
"X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War Two" by Leah Garrett (Mariner Books, 2021) Leah Garrett is the Professor and Director of Jewish Studies...
The Greatest Jewish Generation
JNS.org - The Greatest Generation, that milestone generation which saved the world in World War II, is rapidly dwindling right before our eyes. The death...
Poland Postpones Debate on Commemorating Poles Who Saved Jews
The Polish parliament delayed a debate on Tuesday on whether to designate a day to remember Poles who saved Jews during World War Two, with...
Poland PM’s Comments on ‘Jewish Perpetrators’ Not Holocaust Denial: Government Statement
Poland's government said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's comments saying Jews were perpetrators in World War Two as well as Poles and others, which were condemned by Israel,...
‘I Feel Closer to My Religion,’ American-Jewish Actor Paul Rudd Says Upon Learning of Antisemitism His Grandfather Endured in London After World War II
American-Jewish actor Paul Rudd recently learned about the antisemitism his grandfather experienced in England following World War II. Rudd discovered facts about his family while taping an upcoming...
France’s Marine Le Pen Stirs Controversy With Comment on Jewish Arrests During WWII
Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has touched a raw nerve in France by denying the French state's responsibility for a mass arrest of Jews...
WWII Dog Tags, Miniature Mezuzah Returned to Jewish Veteran’s Family 50 Years After Being Found on NY Beach
A woman who found a World War II veteran's dog tags along with a small metal mezuzah on a New York beach in the 1960s was...
Polish Education Minister Denies Pogroms Against Jews
JNS.org - Polish Education Minister Anna Zalewska has come under fire for remarks appearing to deny Polish responsibility for two massacres of Jews, one during the...
Remains of Holocaust Victims Buried in Jewish Cemetery in Budapest
Human remains found in 2011, including many believed to be of Jews shot on the banks of the Danube River near the end of World...
US Army Officer Among Non-Jewish Honorees at Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony in Washington for ‘Righteous Among the Nations’
Four gentiles who risked their lives to save Jews during WWII will be honored posthumously on Wednesday at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC. The ceremony, coinciding with...
Memorial to Polish Rescuers of Jews During WWII Sparks Strong Opposition
As a Catholic Pole, Elka shouldn't even have been in the ghetto of Czestochowa, in southern Poland. But the nanny was so devoted to the...
WWII-Era Jewish Café Reopens in Shanghai
JNS.org - A café that was a popular spot for Jewish refugees in Shanghai during World War II has been rebuilt and reopened in the city’s...
Nicholas Winton’s Jewish ‘Children’ Offer Praise to ‘British Schindler’ After Passing
Jews who were among the 669 youths from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia who were saved by Sir Nicholas Winton on the eve of World War II offered praise for the...
