“Better to fall as free fighters than to live by the mercy of the murderers. Arise! Arise with your last breath!”
Who Stood With the Orphans When the Nazis Came?
Meet Doctor Henryk Goldszmit who refused to leave the Jewish orphans to face the Nazis alone.
The Partisan Poet Rescued from the Woods of Lithuania
The life of Avraham Sutzkever, the foremost Yiddish poet in Israel, spanned almost the entire tumultuous revolution-and-war-filled 20th century.
Moving Testimony: A Prayer from the Anusim of the Communist Revolution
A rare manuscript reveals that even in the midst of Soviet oppression there were Jews who insisted on preserving a remnant of their ancestors’ faith.
Bringing Darkness to Light: Singing Hanukkah Songs Through the Holocaust
Rare recordings kept in the National Library’s collection reveal the Hanukkah songs that gave hope to Jewish children during WWII.
Celebrating the Exodus from Egypt Behind the Lines of World War I
Abraham Adolf Fraenkel, a doctor of mathematics, served in the German army during the Great War and organized a Passover Seder for his fellow Jewish soldiers.
The Book That Survived Kristallnacht and Made It to the Land of Israel
A battered copy of “In the Heart of the Seas,” rescued from anti-Semitic riots in Germany, was returned to its author, S.Y. Agnon, with a letter telling the incredible story of its survival
How a 16th Century Business Dispute Triggered a Religious War
Printing of a Jewish book in 1551 caused religious strife and turmoil all over Italy
