Long Lost Brothers

Beyond Schindler’s List

How Schaja Kleinberg’s survived the Holocaust and saved a 400-year-old Torah scroll.

Rabbi Lau’s Testimony of Faith

“You cannot explain one moment of my survival without miracles.”

The Baker's Tale

The remarkable story of a Jewish boy in the Holocaust and the non-Jewish family that saved him.

Back to Ukraine

A mass grave, 70 years later.

Voices from the Holocaust

True stories, passed down as a sacred oral tradition, that capture the Jewish spirit.

The Iasi Pogrom

My father was the chief rabbi where one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history took place.

Murdered at Auschwitz

My name is Yechiel Michoel Friedman. I was murdered in Auschwitz and don't you ever forget me.

The German Jew Who Bombed Berlin

A true tale of escape, evasion and revenge.

The Survivor

Despite my grandfather's reluctance to talk about his miraculous survival, a remarkable story of Divine providence emerged.

Sometimes There are Tears in Color

The story of Leah Nebenzahl, a hidden child of the Holocaust.

The Brides of Bergen-Belsen

The bittersweet post-Holocaust weddings.

Greater than Angels: Interview with Pearl Benisch

With sadness, we report that Pearl Benisch has passed away at the age of 100.

Zeidy’s Escape

My father's story of good and evil, despair and open miracle, and simple human kindness.

Circle of Faith

The incredible journey of a one-year-old Holocaust survivor.

The Child of Many Mothers

As a Holocaust survivor, Rena Quint strives to live her life to the fullest.

A World Interrupted

A 14-year-old boy's terrifying first days of World War II.

My Mother's Question

Why did I survive when so many others were killed?

Personal Accounts During the Holocaust

Angel of Orphans

One father. 100 children. 20 years. A story of epic proportions.

Off the Face of the Earth

The remarkable story of a group of Holocaust survivors who hid in one of the world's largest caves.

Miraculous Rescues

Any survivor has at least one miracle story. My father has several.

Death March, Tisha B'Av 1944

Facing defeat, the Nazis marched 6,000 Jews. A survivor's account.

The Leica Freedom Train

How a German company quietly saved their Jewish employees.

A Woven Memoir

Tapestry survived war that ripped family apart.

Irena's Children

Irena Sendler is a 97-year-old Polish woman who saved 2,500 Jewish children during the Holocaust.

Why My Father Ran

My father began running when he was a young boy fleeing from the Nazis.

Forged in Hell

At 16, Sonia Shainwald fled impending slaughter and risked her life as a Jewish partisan fighter.

The Story of a Prayer

A Seder in Bergen-Belsen.

Sara Yoheved Rigler

Who Will Save the Baby?

A yeshiva student's heroic choice.

The Rose that Never Blossomed

A recently published Holocaust diary that wavers between hope and despair.

Nighttime with Zaidy

Sleep provides no respite from the past.

Reunited

Over 6 decades after the Holocaust, a brother and sister are reunited.

Lulek: Child of Buchenwald

Rabbi Yisrael Lau talks about the childhood he never had and 10 images engraved forever in his memory.

Back to the Shtetl

A pilgrimage to discover my family's roots that the Nazis tried to destroy.

Quest of a Lifetime

A recent trip to Poland reveals a chilling tale of murder and salvation.

Zeide, Did You Cry?

My grandfather's gradual descent to Auschwitz.

Determined to Fight

At a young age, Ben Kamm faced some of he most difficult choices a person may be asked to make.

It's a Sin to Waste

For some survivors, the war was never over.

My Grandfather's Diary of Hate

Little did I know that my grandfather, a British officer stationed in Palestine in 1943, was a Nazi sympathizer.

Child of Survivors

My parents saw in me the totality of their hopes and dreams.

Born in Auschwitz

A woman's miraculous birth in the death camp of Auschwitz.

The Assassination Attempt

The payback for a good deed comes 25 years later.

Opening My Memory Vault

For 50 years, Leah Kaufman's war experiences were locked in the vault of her memory, until she forced herself to teach the Holocaust to her fourth grade class.

Fighting Back

Gertrude Boyarski: From Frail Girl to Partisan Fighter

The Day of My Victory

For me, a Holocaust survivor, completing the Talmud testifies loudly and clearly that we Jews are an eternal people, indestructible and everlasting.

Rebbetzin Jungreis on the Holocaust

As the new Yad Vashem museum opens, a survivor of Bergen-Belsen speaks of Jewish courage, resistance and triumph.

The Death March

My mother, an ashen-faced skeleton of her former self, constantly repeated the words which became my life's mission: "You must live, you must remember, you must tell the world!"

The Japanese Convert

One of World War II's most unusual heroes.

How I Survived the Kovno Ghetto

How a teenager carved out hiding places and executed a split-second escape plan.

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