“Before World War II, Warsaw was the epicenter of Jewish life and culture in Poland; 350,000 Jews made up its prewar population.… — Matthew A. Rozell Jewish life 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… — Matthew A. Rozell Flower 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… — 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… — Matthew A. Rozell Children 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… — Matthew A. Rozell Judaism 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… — Matthew A. Rozell Declaration of war 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… — Matthew A. Rozell People leaving 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… — Matthew A. Rozell Immigration 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.… — Matthew A. Rozell Time 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… — Matthew A. Rozell Pregnant women 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… — Matthew A. Rozell Death Copy Share Image
“In October, 1942, the order was given to exhume the bodies and incinerate them on mass pyres using railroad rails as makeshift… — Matthew A. Rozell Computers Copy Share Image
“Did anyone speak out? After a sermon denouncing the T–4 program by Catholic Archbishop Clemens Von Galen in August 1941 was publicized,… — Matthew A. Rozell Copy Share Image
“Legislation unfolds incrementally at first. A one-day boycott of Jewish business is proclaimed. Non-Aryan[*] civil servants are forcibly retired. Kosher butchering is… — Matthew A. Rozell Business Copy Share Image
“The United States proclaimed its neutrality, but the president authorized moderate increases in the American armed forces; frighteningly, it had recently lagged… — Matthew A. Rozell Armed forces 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… — Matthew A. Rozell Jewish life Copy Share Image
“Farewell Warsaw, the city of joy and anguish, we shall never return! You stood uncaring when we cried to you for help… — Matthew A. Rozell Summer sun Copy Share Image
“My aunt sat with me under the wheels and took out a little notebook that contained the names and addresses of our… — Matthew A. Rozell War Copy Share Image
“Mourners leave notes here. In this small room of reflection and remembrance, the Queen of England herself paid her first and only… — Matthew A. Rozell Concentration camp Copy Share Image
“And this all brings to mind another incident that took place as the deportations from Berlin were being orchestrated, little known but… — Matthew A. Rozell Judaism Copy Share Image
