May 2025
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Henio Zytomirski was a 9-year-old boy who was gassed at Majdanek Concentration Camp in Poland on November 9, 1942. In 2005, a project called “Letters to Henio” was started in Lubin, Poland. Each year on April 19, Holocaust Remembrance Day in Poland, pupils and citizens of Lublin are asked to send letters addressed to Henio…
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When I hear that wind blowAll across the Wicklow mountainsIs it you, I hear a calling?Johnny boy, oh Johnny boy When I look to the westAll across the river ShannonI can still see you smilingJohnny boy, oh Johnny boy When the leaves have turned to brownAnd winter is dueAs I watch the sun go downI’ll…
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Moffenmeid is a designation for women who had relationships with German soldiers during the occupation of the Netherlands during World War II, or there was suspicion of their doing so. The word mof is a swear word for German—the English equivalent is Kraut. The women in question were sometimes pro-German or prostitutes, but often, they…
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Art can be a powerful medium when expressing emotions or illustrating life as experienced. Artist Bedřich Fritta who was born Fritz Taussig expressed his experiences of the Holocaust via art. Fritta was captured and deported on 4 December 1941 to the Theresienstadt ghetto. His wife and son followed in 1942. Fritta and other illustrators in…
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Adolf Eichmann was executed on midnight 31 May 1962, in Tel Aviv. He was one of the main architects of the Holocaust. Dr Martin Földi was one of the witnesses during the trial. There are a few lines in his testimony that describe the horrors of the Holocaust, from the perspective of a parent, better…
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Few pieces of classical music have achieved the cultural, emotional, and historical significance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, commonly known as the “Choral” Symphony. Completed in 1824, this monumental work stands as one of the most influential and celebrated compositions in Western music. But what makes Beethoven’s Ninth…
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On May 7, 1915, the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line, was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat off the southern coast of Ireland. This tragic event resulted in the deaths of 1,198 of the 1,959 people aboard, including 128 Americans. The sinking of the Lusitania had far-reaching consequences,…
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As World War II drew to a close in the spring of 1945, the Axis powers were in full retreat, and the Allied forces had made significant advances across Europe. Yet, even in the final days of the conflict, the Atlantic and surrounding waters remained dangerous for Allied shipping. One of the last naval actions…
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The average book contains around 110,000 words. It’s estimated that approximately 11 million people were killed during the Holocaust. If each victim’s name were listed—just their names, without any stories or details—it would take about 100 books to include them all. But most victims had three names: a first, middle, and last. That triples the…
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