“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 Jewish community was the largest in both Poland and Europe, and was the second largest in… — Matthew A. Rozell Copy Share Image
“In the 15th and 16th centuries, Poland was the center of European Jewish life. In fact, at the end of the 18th century, 75% of the world’s Jews lived in the former Galicia, where we are, once part of Poland,… — 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
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