Pre-WWII Jewish History
Traces: Portraits of Resistance, Survival and Resolve Encouraging resistance and resilience through animated documentary film In the face of the unfathomable horror of the Holocaust, fleeting moments of bravery and generosity […]
“Give us our husbands back” Civil Resistance Born out of Love in Nazi-Era Berlin The German Embassy, the Rosenstrasse Foundation, and the Goethe-Institut have dedicated an exhibit to the […]
The Ghetto Fighters’ House invites you to a new three part series marking the 75th Anniversary of the Jewish Historical Institute The Oneg Shabbat Archives and Beyond: Documenting and […]
Three Minutes – A Lengthening (Directed by Bianca Stigter), a new, award-winning, high-profile documentary about the Holocaust, is opening at The Manor Theater: Pittsburgh PA starting Friday, September 2nd and […]
Why did the Germans create ghettos throughout Eastern Europe? What functions did they fulfill for the Germans? For two and a half years, Jews from all over Poland were herded […]
I learned her hopes and dreams and it seemed I knew her.
“And now a prayer—or rather, a piece of advice: let there be comradeship among you. We are all brothers, and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all or heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive.” – Elie Wiesel, Night
a stark reminder of the 4 million refugees in Poland right now and the importance of making connections to the past to inform our knowledge of the present.