Why (and When) We Pause to Remember the Holocaust Throughout the Year
Around this time of year, as we commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, I often hear a familiar question: “Wait…didn’t we just commemorate the Holocaust in January?” It’s a fair question, and the answer is yes…and also no.
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The High Holidays Engraved in Memory
Holidays for Love and Family: For Elsa Thon, the High Holidays remind her of the first time her parents met in 1913. In...
Always Remember Who You Are
Anita with her parents, Edzia and Fisko. Synowódzko Wyżne, Poland, 1937. Miraculous EscapeWe didn’t know where my...
In Search of Light
The Abel family after the war. From left to right: Martha's sister, Eta, her mother, Sari, her father, Ödön, and Martha. Cluj,...
Stories of Pesach: Holocaust Survivors Remember
Pesach, or Passover in English, often figures prominently in the stories of authors who survived the Holocaust as children....
A Tapestry of Survival
Leslie (right) with his brother Louis (Lali), holding their nephew, Adamka. Budapest, 1944. The War One day I went to visit a...
Lovers in a Dangerous Time
From Anka Voticky’s Knocking on Every DoorArnold and Anka with baby Milan, 1934. To my husband, Arnold. They...