Tracing Fates of 907 Jews on Liner Turned Away in 1939 March 31, 1999 By JOSEPH BERGER In June 1939, Ilse Marcus was so tantalizingly close to the saving shores of the United States that she could see the palm...
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Letters | Canadian Jewish News | March 31, 1999 http://www.cjnews.com/editorial/letters.htm I agree with D.M. Schonberger (CJN, Dec. 24) that the remarks of Irving Abella were deeply offensive. To refer to the Holocaust as a "metaphor" in education (CJN, Dec....
FOCUS ON ISSUES French Jews fear restitution focus will prevent setting record straight By Lee Yanowitch PARIS, March 29 (JTA) -- French Jewish leaders, unlike their American counterparts, are taking a low-key approach to the restitution issue. While multimillion...
Netanyahu links Nazi genocide to recognition of a Palestinian State AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jerusalem La Presse, Montreal, Friday 26 March 1999, page A9 Israel invoked the genocide of the Jews in Europe perpetrated by the Nazis as the basis for...
The Boston Phoenix March 25 - April 1, 1999 Holocaust fiction by Adam Kirsch VILLAGE OF A MILLION SPIRITS: A NOVEL OF THE TREBLINKA UPRISING, by Ian MacMillan. Steerforth, 257 pages, $24. The holocaust is an irresistible subject for...
Holocaust survivor tells of days in death camps GCC audience hears how Hungarian youth lost his family to World War II atrocities.
Opinion: Death Camps as Kitsch By GABRIEL SCHOENFELD New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res= FA0A13F93D550C7B8DDDAA0894D1494D81 In St. Petersburg, Fla., the powers that be have graciously prepared a list of "40 Fun Things to Do" in their city. Number 11 on the list...
Re: Kieslowski (Fox) Author: Tamar Fox = <Tamar@fox.ftech.co.uk> Date:=20 Wed, 17 Mar 1999 14:04:20 -0600=20 Reply-To: H-NET List for History of the Holocaust Sender: H-NET List for History of the Holocaust From: Tamar Fox <Tamar@fox.ftech.co.uk> The Jewish woman wears...
You have nothing to lose but your leashes Dog owners are rebelling against what they see as draconian pet law Douglas Martin Tuesday, March 16, 1999 New York Times News Service In cities and towns across the continent, a chorus...
The man who bore witness Primo Levi, an obsessive chronicler of his life as a Holocaust survivor, gets a biography from someone else. PRIMO LEVI: Tragedy of an Optimist By Myriam Anissimov Overlook Press, 452 pages _Globe_and_Mail_ (letters@globeandmail.ca) |...
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