Ken Waltzer Moshe Avital, was Buchenwald child survivor, on the train after liberation that took 427 youths to France to be cared for by the OSE (Ouvre Secours des Enfants). Later he went to British Mandate Palestine and fought in the Israel independence war. Moshe Avital continues to speak, and can[...]
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BUCHENWALD 136: Shuldig
HistoryBitesLike Page The reaction of German prisoners of war who were forced to watch footage of what happened in the concentration camps. Of course my brother wants to destroy my father’s pictures. Maybe he does not want his friends to see them?[...]
BUCHENWALD 135
There is so much we do not know about what happened in Buchenwald. [...]
BUCHENWALD 134: “No one believed the stories about the camps. It was all propaganda until ….”
While my brother and sister continue their horrid effort to destroy my father’s heritage from the liberation of Buchenwald, Soon, no one who saw my Dad or knew him during WWII, will be alive. Now, all of the he world has lost another hero. A U.S. officer who helped liberate 2,500 Jews duri[...]
BUCHENWALD 132: On Elie Wiessel and Bill Quick
On FACEBOOK: Bill Quick responding to a post about Buchenwald: “It is so sad that Stephen continues to mislead readers with these statements. (1) There is no documentation that I am aware of that Dr. Robert Schwartz actually provided “medical care” at Buchenwald. There is a letter[...]
BUCHENWALD 127: Elie Wiesel Will Never See MY Dad’s Photographs
My heart is broken. Elie Wiesel is dead. Most of my life Elie Weisel was a second sun … a bright star in the solar system, a star that served as a center of gravity when this post-Holocaust world seemed too flawed to be endured. Elie’s death hurts so much more because my own fight s[...]
Buchenwald 124: A Survivor Who Should have the Chance to See My Father’s Pictures
Israel Meir Lau. Palestine, 1945. Rabbi Lau is still alive, now in Tel Aviv. He is one of the most important people I want to see the pictures my brother is trying to destroy. Why does Hugh Schwartz refuse to allow the pictures to be saved and shared? Has he destroyed them?[...]
On Buchenwald and Hypocrisy by Bill Quick
Bill Quick on Buchenwald I have asked Stephen Schwartz to remove this vile and hate-filled commentary from his website but instead he adds additional lies and invective. Sorry to have to post this on my Facebook page, but I’ve simply had it with my babbling and bothersome brother-in-law. If p[...]
BUCHENWALD 113 What it means to be a Jew
Today is the third day of Passover. Yesterday we celebrated our first seder at 9AM in Seattle, sharing it with our children who live in Oslo at their time for a second seder! The Haggadah we use is unique, written by my wife, my children and myself over the four decasdes since the assassination o[...]