What was the Munich Putsch? Rise to Power: The Nazis came to power through a means of manipulation, assassinations, and political strategies. Their early days weren't as organized, though, and involved rioting and armed marches. These early days also involved kidnapping, and since they weren'...
It is understandable that this would be‚ because Jews were mistreated by the Christians and that’s just the way it was during those times. The Jews were segregated and forced to live in a ghetto and were abused by the Christians. It is know wonder that when Shylock was pre...
She has published 20 articles and reviews and her study, DISPLACED PERSONS AT HOME: Refugees in the Fabric of Jewish Life in Warsaw and the Warsaw Ghetto from September 1939 to July 1942, was published by Yad Vashem publication in 2015.Dr. Prais currently leads a research projects at the ...
Vilnius Cathedral is the most important church in Lithuania. A church in this place was likely established in 1251. The current façade dates to 1801 (architect Laurynas Stuoka-Gucevičius), but many of the side chapels are older. ©Augustinas Žemaitis. The nearby green area consis...
A Jewish ghetto in the east of Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central Europe. In order to keep his companion in misfortune, Mischa, from risking his life for a few potatoes,...
(Brody) soon joins a Jewish resistance group helping those trapped in the Warsaw Ghetto. The ultra HD visuals make the wartime horrors even more shocking, and you’ll be gripped by the inspiring story of the indomitable musician whose determination to survive never wavered. Thomas Kretschmann and...
Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece, which tells the story of a Nazi businessman who turned his business into a haven to save Jewish lives during World War II is chiefly told in black and white. There are a few sequences in the film that infuse color, but the most memorable is the liquidati...
Between the outbreak of war and June 1941, Jewish populations under Nazi German control in Eastern Europe had been herded into ghettos, their valuables seized and their livelihoods destroyed. In occupied Western Europe, Jews were compelled to wear the distinctive yellow star, and their property was...
From July to November 1942, Hans,Schmorell and Graf were forced to take a break from their studies—and their burgeoning activism—to serve as medics on the Eastern Front. There, they witnessed with their own eyes the misery of Jewish prisoners in ...
Perhaps controversially, Getto refers to the area’s troubled past as a Jewish Ghetto during the winter of 1944, arguably the darkest time of WWII in Budapest. The name was criticised by many who thought it disrespectful to the thousands of Jews who perished, ...