SEVENTY years ago today, a group of young men and women fired the shots that began the largest single act of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. ¶[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Buchenwald’
April 18th, 2014 - 4:28 am § in Misc.
BUCHENWALD 37: The Jews: Today is the anniversary of a heroic event
April 17th, 2014 - 4:52 am § in Misc.
BUCHENWALD 36: 500,000 Soviet Jews served in the Red Army during World War Two,
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April 13th, 2014 - 9:58 am § in Misc.
BUCHENWALD 35: A video of what my father saw.
As Passover approaches tomorrow night, I found this video on the web.[...]
April 10th, 2014 - 9:21 am § in Misc.
Buchenwald 33. Brandeis should be ashamed.
This week, 70 years after the liberation of Buchenwald, Brandeis University has brought shame on itself. This shame, a shame to all the Jewish people, comes from the decision of the University to withdraw an offer of an honorary degree to Ayan Hirsi Ali; the offer was withdrawn, because Ayan Hirsi A[...]
April 9th, 2014 - 10:01 pm § in Misc.
Universities share, not restrict, knowledge
Professor Devin Naar Talks on His Role Collecting Family Histories This evening we heard Prof. Devin Naar talk about the Seattle Sephardic legacy. Dr. Naar is collecting “Seattle Sephardic Treasures” lent or donated to the University of Washington for digitization, preservation and study. Th[...]
April 9th, 2014 - 2:10 am § in Misc.
BUCHENWALD 32: 70th anniversary of what Robert must have seen in Buchenwald
My brother and sister should look at this picture and be ashamed. Today is the seventieth anniversary of our father’s entering Buchenwald to give care to inmates who had not yet escaped. Robert’s photography and writings remain locked in a lawyer’s safe in Boston, decaying be[...]
April 3rd, 2014 - 8:56 am § in Uncategorized
Buchenwald 31: A Tale of the destruction of three heritages.
70 years after the last Pesach under the Nazis: ∞ Umschlagplatz ,Warsaw, Poland – The city is tearing down a deteriorating wall around a square where Warsaw’s Jews were lined up for deportation to Treblinka. ∞ Charleston, North Carolina A Jewish family wants to tear down a firepl[...]
BUCHENWALD 30: Hugh Schwartz
Hugh is my younger brother. Unfortunately a bad case of sibling rivalry has led him to do some pretty outrageous things including writing very disturbing things, claiming that I hate my father and am out to destroy Hugh. He has also charged me with theft and being mentally ill. None of that is[...]
March 24th, 2014 - 4:07 am § in Misc.
SOUTH CAROLINA: A Response to My Sister
My sister, Stephanie, is the wife of William Quick a frequent troll here. She is upset that I write a lot about South Carolina, the place she and William chose as a retirement home. Stephanie feels I ought not to make an issue of their choice of a place to live. Dear Steph, You wrote […[...]
BUCHENWALD 34: Anniversary of the liberation
Today, April 11, three days before Passover 5774, is the seventieth anniversary of the American Third Army officially liberating Buchenwald. The evening of March 28th, 1945 was the beginning of the last Passover celebrated by the inmates of Buchenwald. I do not know if any one recorded the l[...]