“In the beginning, stores sold food smuggled into the ghetto, where one could buy anything—even eggs and milk. And outside lurk the snatchers, girls and boys in rags with feverish eyes, lying in wait for people leaving the store, grabbing… — Matthew A. Rozell Copy Share Image
“Before World War II, Warsaw was the epicenter of Jewish life and culture in Poland; 350,000 Jews made up its prewar population. This vibrant… — Matthew A. Rozell Copy Share Image
“Finally we reach the end of the camp where the kitchens stood. A round concrete ring rises out of the earth, maybe 6 feet… — Matthew A. Rozell Copy Share Image
“We move on to the site of the gas chambers. Even the ‘bath house’ has a Star of David, a Hebrew inscription that reads,… — Matthew A. Rozell Copy Share Image
“later we heard that the nuns from this convent took those Jewish children and gave them to the Germans, and no one survived. [But” — Matthew A. Rozell Copy Share Image
“A few of them hid Jews for large sums of money; these were mostly people connected to socialist activities and the left wing parties.… — Matthew A. Rozell Copy Share Image
“The United States, Canada, and Australia had formidable immigration barriers in place, and while the British had admitted 80,000 Jewish refugees, all of that… — Matthew A. Rozell Copy Share Image
“In the beginning, stores sold food smuggled into the ghetto, where one could buy anything—even eggs and milk. And outside lurk the snatchers, girls… — Matthew A. Rozell Copy Share Image
“One by one western democracies were rolled up on German terms; Denmark and Norway in April and the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in… — Matthew A. Rozell Copy Share Image
“She had already rehearsed me several times on what I should do and say in case I survived and she did not. I had… — Matthew A. Rozell Copy Share Image
“Ravensbrück was built for 3000 prisoners. At its height it held 35,000, 30,000 of whom were killed here. From the beginning, the SS did… — Matthew A. Rozell Copy Share Image
“In studying the Holocaust together, we have plumbed the depths of the abyss that humanity is capable of, but not because of a fascination… — Matthew A. Rozell Copy Share Image