Young Motele Schlein’s violin cried the sorrow for his family and others persecuted by the Nazis during World War II. On June 22, 1941, the 11-year-old Schlein recounted watched as Nazis entered homes ...

For far too many around the world, when one mentions World War II and the Jews, the sole focus of their thinking and conversation is logically centered on the horrific Shoah and the loss of the Six ...

The Vilna and Kovno ghettos were operational for roughly two years, beginning in 1941. Blank — who graduated in Spring 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in law, history and culture — said it is important ...

Otto Busse secretly supported the Jewish resistance in the Bialystok ghetto, defying Nazi rule and offering a lasting lesson in moral responsibility. After publishing two books in 2023 and 2024 for ...

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, which began 82 years ago today, is now universally hailed as a bold act of Jewish resistance against the Nazis. But at the time, many Poles watched — or cheered — as the ...

(JTA) — Lithuania’s Jews and Yiddishists around the world are mourning the passing of Fania Brantsovsky, the last surviving member of the Jewish underground in the Vilna ghetto and a keeper of the ...

Raymond Aubrac, a prominent figure of the French Resistance against the Nazis during World War II, has died. Aubrac, who was Jewish, died on Tuesday evening in Paris, at the age of 97, his daughter ...

On Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi Germany's attack on Poland triggered World War II, prompting France and the United Kingdom to honor their defensive pact with Poland and declare war on Germany in response. As ...