Memory & Action

Abraham and Masza Swislocki, a writer and an industrial chemist, had a son, Norbert, in 1936. Family photographs from his early years show…

In May 1940, the Pentcho, a paddlewheel steamboat, departed from the Danube River in Bratislava, present-day Slovakia.

February’s massive earthquake brought already grievous suffering to a new level in northwest Syria, an area held by the opposition to…

Purim, a Jewish holiday observed for centuries, is a day for joyful celebrations and fun traditions such as sharing sweets, performing…

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, is at once a stirring work of art and a powerful call to conscience. Words…

The Thanks They Received Were Simple but Special

While hiding from Nazi persecution of Jews, two-year-old Norbert Obstfeld and his mother, Lea, celebrated Christmas with their rescuers…

A notice on the shoe factory’s bulletin board prompted the British couple to volunteer. They knew little; a Jewish child fleeing Nazi…

And why what is happening in China may be genocide

Jacob Bul Bior was a young boy when he joined a club that defended children’s rights in the refugee camp where he lived, in Kenya. Now 33…

When asked what they want to be when they grow up, the children replied, “a doctor, an engineer, a chef, a painter, a teacher.” Others said…