Monday 31 May 2021

Jewish Soldiers in the Allied Armies

Jewish Soldiers in the Allied Armies: Approximately 1.5 million Jews fought in the regular Allied armies. In many cases the percentage of Jews fighting was greater than the percentage of Jews in the population.About 500,000 Jewish soldiers fought in the Red Army during World War II. Some 120,000 were killed in combat and in the line of duty; the Germans murdered 80,000 as prisoners of war

Statistics on Jewish American Soldiers in World War II

Statistics on Jewish American Soldiers in World War II: Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism.

Friday 14 May 2021

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Because the Night (Live in Houst...

Patti Smith Because The Night LIVE (OGWT 1978)

May 10, 1933, A public burning of books in Berlin, Germany | www.yadvashem.org

May 10, 1933, A public burning of books in Berlin, Germany | www.yadvashem.org: A ritual “public burning of noxious Jewish writings” was held opposite the University of Berlin on May 10, 1933. Some 20,000 books by Jewish authors and non-Jews suspected of writing in a “Jewish spirit” were thrown into the fire by an angry and exhilarated mob, many of them students. Similar events were held throughout the country.Yad Vashem Photo Archives 136DO3

Sunday 2 May 2021