Ken Waltzer FACEBOOK My friend Julius Maslovat was, at 2 and 1/2, the youngest child in Buchenwald. He arrived from Piotrkow on December 2, 1944 and, after a month was separated from his father and sent in early January 1945, on a train with 11 other Piotrkower, plus 10 Hungarian Jewish boys, to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Buchenwald’
May 22nd, 2016 - 8:59 am § in Misc.
BUCHENWALD 121: A Grandchild Celebrates
· Sheb Naches from Ken Waltzer on FACEBOOK: Mor Stern was a Buchenwald boy in Kinderblock 66 who went with the boys to France after liberation and came to Detroit. Brad Isakson, his grandson, today graduates from Michigan State University with double majors in IR and History, and a minor in Jewish [...]
May 20th, 2016 - 12:22 pm § in Misc.
BUCHENWALD 120: a survivor
Ken Waltzer FACEBOOK Naftali Furst attending 71st liberation ceremony at Buchenwald in Weimar, Germany April 2016. Naftali (with his partner Tova here) serves on the International Camp Committee at Buchenwald. He and his late brother, ages 13 and 12, respectively, arrived on a death march and ope[...]
May 7th, 2016 - 10:21 am § in Misc.
BUECHENWALD 119: HYPOCRISY
The Quick and Sad of It So, last 5 May, my brother in law, Bill Quick, posted this example of crocodile tears: “It was a very moving experience.” The experience? Bill listened to a talk (below) by a Jew who had become Jewish even though his father has been a Nazi. I rather dou[...]
April 27th, 2016 - 8:16 am § in Misc.
BUCHENWALD 114: A Gathering
Return From Kinderblock 66: Sunday, May 1, 7:30 PM at Young Israel of Plainview, NY.[...]
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[...]
April 18th, 2016 - 10:17 am § in Misc.
BUCHENWALD 112 The survivors die while my brother destroys my Dad’s heritage
95-Year-Old Sobibor Concentration Camp Survivor Dies As the camps receded into the memory of memories and no one survives, my Dad’s heritage will be destroyed. The latest event is yet another confrontation in court where, rather than addressing my request for the urgent transfer of the materi[...]
April 16th, 2016 - 12:15 pm § in Misc.
Buchenwald 111: A dialog with Bill Quick on FACEBOOK
Bill Quick It’s sad that you’re so full of hate. Stephen Schwartz Why do you think I hate? Frankly, if you mean the family conflict, I feel anger and hurt, not hate. I would still do anything I could to help my siblings, despite the huge damage they have done to my family. Stephe[...]