The audacious tale of how Nazi weapons ended up being used by Holocaust survivors to fight in Israel’s War of Independence

The audacious tale of how Nazi weapons ended up being used by Holocaust survivors to fight in Israel’s War of Independence

[Photo] Polish civilians being rounded up in Warsaw, Poland, 1942; the building in the background later became Spanish Embassy on Mysliwiecka Street

Aldi's origin story isn't to be missed. The German grocery store chain known for ridiculously great savings on shopping has a turbulent history.

‘To the outside world, Henry Bernard was a hard-working doctor on Sydney’s northern beaches. Yet he was a Holocaust survivor whose life was profoundly affected by the experiences of his past.…

On the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, more than 200 survivors and their families met at a memorial in front of the 'gate of death.'

An intense journey from youthful hopes and dreams, to the edge of despair and terrible death. fragment of the book: ''On a cold and snowy winter day, in 1943, the last transport from the ghetto of Wloszczowa, a small town in the south of Poland, is getting ready to leave. It is transporting the last remaining Jews to the Treblinka death camp. There, on a concrete platform fenced in with barbed wire, German soldiers stand guard, some holding onto fierce attack dogs, exposing their intimidating teeth. With the butts of their rifles, they shoved the frightened people who had just disembarked from the train they had been squeezed in for two days in sealed wagons without any food or water. They are led into a large concrete structure and commanded to undress and get ready to shower. Completely naked, they are told to run into the "cleansing" hall; when it was full, the doors were shut. Among dozens of Jews who were crammed into the sealed chamber I spotted Lilly, my young and beautiful aunt, standing there naked, trying to hide her nakedness with her hands, shivering with cold and fear. Almost complete darkness reigns inside with people pushing, praying, crying and screaming in despair.''