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Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Hundreds of Jews were saved by (illegal) Latin American passports and papers during the Holocaust

Bergen-BelsenFrom the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, How Latin American Passports Were Used to Save Lives during the Holocaust, by Efraim Zadoff.This is a bit different than most stories of diplomats issuing papers to Jews. In this case, even the Germans often knew that the papers were issued illegally (and indeed many Jews with these papers were sent to extermination...

Serban Flondor, a Holocaust "righteous gentile" you never heard of

I stumbled upon this JTA story from 1944:I wanted to learn more about this, but couldn't find anything online about "Staroshentzi" or the people named here.So I crowdsourced the research on Twitter.I was pointed by Aviva Hadara to the town of Storozhynets, Ukraine, sometimes spelled Storozhynets' [Ukr], Storozhinets [Rus], Storojineţ [Rom], Storojinet [Ger], Shtrozshnitz...

A film-maker comments on Ken Burns' Holocaust documentary (Martin Ostrow)

By Martin Ostrow Ken Burns’s advance interviews for his new Holocaust film provided much material for public discussion. Now that PBS has broadcast the six-hour series, how does the film measure up?The answer, unfortunately, is that it’s a disappointment. “The U.S. and the Holocaust” misrepresents some key historical issues and entirely omits crucial information. Ultimately,...

Remembering an incredible American Jewish hero, Captain Ben L. Salomon

For Memorial Day, I found this incredible story of bravery performed by Captain Ben L. Salomon, who was a dentist serving as a surgeon during the Battle of Saipan, Mariana Islands in World War II:Captain Ben L. Salomon was serving at Saipan, in the Marianas Islands on July 7, 1944, as the Surgeon for the 2nd Battalion, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division....

"Pro-Palestinian" website says WW2 a Jewish plot

It continues to amaze me how Westerners refuse to believe that Palestinian Arabs are antisemitic, and claim that they are only anti-Zionist. A website called "Intifada-Palestine" has an article by loony far-left writer Brandon Martinez which includes these gems: Brandon Martinez, a shining scholar for the "Palestinian cause" Like Americans and Britons, most Canadians...