As we mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe, celebrations of victory are tempered by the fact that it cost 50 million lives, which puts the present coronavirus crisis in perspective. Among those were six million Jews who were cold-bloodedly murdered as the Nazis tried to […]
A 98-year-old Holocaust survivor, Elle Blumenthal, told a Cape Town gathering last night how she literally escaped from a Nazi death camp gas chamber when its doors, which had been closed already, were opened due to new orders coming through regarding the number of people to be gassed that day. […]
With the annual Holocaust Memorial Day (Sunday January 27) in view, it is worth being reminded not only of how many perished but also of those who escaped the jaws of Nazism – often miraculously. It is a little known fact that in spite of terrible persecution in Eastern Europe, […]
A dark shadow of imminent war hangs over Israel’s 70th anniversary celebrations, just as it had done at the nation’s re-birth in 1948. President Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran hastened the prospect of the rogue state taking out its frustration on Israel for striking its military […]
While many think the trauma of the Holocaust ended with the Nazis, that is not the case. The concentration camps became assembly centres for displaced persons (DPs) and didn’t close for another five years. A newly launched book by Simon Bloomberg, who led the Belsen DP Camp after World War […]
Originally published in CBN News A 102-year-old Holocaust survivor had thought his entire family had been killed during World War II until he met he recently meet his nephew. Eliahu Pietruszka had fled to the Soviet Union from Warsaw, Poland in 1939 as the war erupted. He was 24 at […]
Men and women who defied the bullies and risked their lives [notice]Tomorrow — January 27 — is Holocaust Memorial Day. Charles Gardner reflects on a rise in anti-Semitism today, and our response.[/notice] Seventy-two years after the liberation of Auschwitz by the Red Army on January 27 1945, Britain and other […]
Churches urged to screen movie which can be viewed or downloaded for free Originally published in The Gospel Herald A powerful, new short film sheds light on the modern day Holocaust and challenges the church to take a stand. Sing A Little Louder, a heart-wrenching short film based on the […]
A brave Scot who sowed in tears The discovery of a handwritten will and more than 70 photographs has provided fresh insight into the life of a Christian martyr who perished at Auschwitz. Just six months before the camp was liberated by the Red Army on January 27, 1945, the […]
The moving story of how a Yorkshire family took child refugees into their home, saving them from Auschwitz Snatched from the jaws of the Nazis in the nick of time, Heini Fiege escaped to England to begin a new life. It was a traumatic parting for Heini and his brother […]