Jewish History

Anne Frank may have died a month earlier than thought

AMSTERDAM (WJC)–According to new research Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who kept a diary about her life in Amsterdam hiding from the Nazis, died earlier in the Nazi camp Bergen-Belsen than previously believed. The conclusion was published on 31 March, the 70th anniversary of the official date of the deaths of Anne and her sister Margot that was set

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Jewish History

2014 saw 912 anti- Semitic incidents in U.S.

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The total number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States increased by 21 percent in 2014 in a year marked by a violent anti-Semitic shooting attack targeting Jewish community buildings in Kansas and anti-Jewish expressions linked to the war in Gaza. The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, issued today,

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Jewish History, USA

Biography traces parents’ survivals during WWII

An Improbable Journey: A True Story of Courage and Survival During World War II by Susan Schenkel, Ph.D; ISBN 978-0-9894377-2-1, 183 pages, $12.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – After her mother’s death, author Susan Schenkel decided to research the lives that her parents, by then both deceased, had led during World War II

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History

Holocaust readings planned by local theaters

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– On April 13, 2015 various theaters, cultural organizations and memorial institutions across the country will unite to honor victims of the Holocaust by joining in Remembrance Readings for Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah). This inaugural event is led by theaters from San Diego, including the La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, North Coast

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Jewish History, San Diego Calendar

Greek city remembers Jews deported to Auschwitz

THESSALONIKI, Greece (WJC)– This city remembered its nearly 50,000 Jews sent to Nazi death camps during World War II. A memorial marking the 72nd anniversary of the roundup and deportation of Thessaloniki Jews was held Saturday, ahead of March 15th, the day when the first Jewish convoy left the city. Participants placed flowers on train tracks where

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International, Jewish History

UCSD offers public access to Shoah archive

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Some 20 years ago, Brian Schottlaender was serving as an associate librarian for collection services at UCLA, when Doug Greenberg invited him to visit a movie studio lot in Burbank. Greenberg took him to the trailers which then were housing the interviews that volunteers had videotaped with survivors of the

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education