Holocaust

In the early 1920s, thousands of Jewish child refugees flooded into Moscow from Ukraine, fleeing a terrifying series of pogroms. Legendary Jewish artist Marc Chagall remembered giving art lessons to some of the refugees at a Jewish orphanage outside the Soviet capital. He recalled the horrifying atrocities they spoke about…

Third graders at Watkins Elementary School were allegedly instructed by a staff member to reenact scenes from the Holocaust, including digging ditches for bodies, simulating shootings and performing as Hitler. The staff member who allegedly forced the students to participate also reportedly made antisemitic comments, according to DC Public Schools. Enrique…

A staff member at a Washington DC school has been suspended after making third-grade children reenact scenes from the Holocaust, including getting them to pretend to dig mass graves and shoot victims, and telling them the Germans were angry “because the Jews ruined Christmas,” parents and officials said Sunday. The…

NEW YORK — In late 1941, thousands of Latvian Jews were rounded up and marched through the Rumbula forest outside Riga to be shot by the Nazis. Among them were the mother, grandmother and sister of artist Boris Lurie. Now, 80 years later, an exhibition at the Museum of Jewish…

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Solana Beach, CA, December 17, 2021 --(PR.com)-- North Coast Repertory Theatre presents Richard Dreyfuss in A Benefit Reading of: The Soap Myth. More than a half-century after WW II, a young investigative reporter finds herself caught between numerous versions of the same story as she befriends a Holocaust survivor (Richard Dreyfuss)…

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Henry Orenstein, the innovator credited with inventing the Transformers toy franchise, has died. He was 98 years old. Orenstein, a Polish immigrant and Holocaust survivor, reportedly died at his home in New Jersey. Orenstein moved to the United States after World War II, and began working for Hasbro, contributing to…

The latest gift from Barry Zekelman and Zekelman Industries to the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan, is the largest single donation in the center's history. Author of the article: Dalson Chen Exterior of the Zekelman Family Campus at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Photo by…