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December 5, 2017
75 Years Ago Today – Dec. 5 1942 – over 2,000 women were selected to die
One of the saddest days in history of women in Auschwitz was the first day of Channukah–Dec 5, 1942–a Saturday. Edith (#1970) remembers the date because her sister died that day in Block 25, the infamous “infirmary” block that no … Continue reading →
75 Years Ago Today – Chanukkah 1942 – over 2,000 women were selected to die
This is one of the saddest days in history of women in Auschwitz. It was the first day of Channukah–a Saturday, as Edith (#1970) remembers. The historical record reports that 2,000 “mostly healthy young women” were selected to die. However, … Continue reading →
August 1, 2017
75 Years Ago Today #Holocaust: Aug.1-3 1942, 5,000 men, women and children are gassed in Auschwitz.
These people are from Bedzin (or Bendsburg) in Poland. “At the start of the war, the Jewish population of Bedzin was about 27,000. The Germans’ occupied Bedzin on September 4, 1939, and renamed it Bendsburg. A Judenrat was established in … Continue reading →
April 24, 2017
75 Years Ago – April 24, 1942 – in Auschwitz Holocaust History
98 prisoners–all artists from Krakow receive the #s 32489-32586. (Keep in mind that men receive higher numbers because Auschwitz had been accepting prisoners since June 14, 1940. The first Polish inmates were mostly arrested trying to escape Poland to rejoin … Continue reading →
January 11, 2017
AUSCHWITZ TAUGHT ME NOT DISCARD OR BREAD CRUMBS – Interview with 93-year-old Woman on First Transport
OSWIECIM TAUGHT ME NOT DISCARD OR BREAD CRUMBS An interview with Edita Grosmanová nee Friedmann, who was born in 1924 in Humenne, Slovakia. She is 93 years old and was on the first transport to Auschwitz on 25 March 1942 … Continue reading →
November 10, 2016
Americans #BeKind to each other w/ #Randomactsofkindness today
In the wake of the election, protests by our young people, the growing fears of increased acts of racism and prejudice and the ever widening division between Americans, I challenge us to #BeKind and practice #Randomactsofkindness across the country today. … Continue reading →
November 6, 2016
“the measure of any society is how it treats it’s women and girls.” #MichelleObama
When Michelle Obama said, “the measure of any society is how it treats it’s women and girls” I held my breath. That is it in a nutshell, isn’t it? We have seen through history how women have been denigrated, but … Continue reading →
May 4, 2016
Holocaust Mystery Solved – What Happened to Mama and Papa?
It took 70 years and two trips to Poland to solve the mystery. Like so many people in the Holocaust, Mama and Papa disappeared, and their daughters never knew for sure what happened to them. Finally, we know the truth.
January 28, 2016
#HolocaustMemorialDay – Never Before Told Story of Missing Girl on 1st Transport to Auschwitz
Adelka Gross was 17 when she disappeared on the First Transport to Auschwitz. For 70 years her family had no idea what happened to her, until now. >
May 26, 2015
Rena’s Promise @HayFestival w/Sarah Crompton of The Telegraph
Wonderful opportunity and brilliant audience at Hay with Sarah Crompton (The Telegraph) about the new edition of Rena’s Promise, and the first Jewish women in Auschwitz.
