Tag: Yom HaShoah

  • “In that courtroom in Jerusalem 50 years ago, people heard the voices of those victims in a way that they hadn’t heard them before,” says Deborah Lipstadt, professor of modern Jewish history and Holocaust studies at Emory University and the author of “The Eichmann Trial.” More →

    April 29, 2011

  •   BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Finally, this week of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the story of Father Patrick Desbois, a French Catholic priest whose grandfather’s World War II legacy led to what became for Father Desbois a sacred mission to seek out … More →

    April 24, 2009

  • Watch artist Mark Podwal, writer and executive producer of the documentary film HOUSE OF LIFE, talk about Yom HaShoah, memory, remembrance, and Prague’s old Jewish cemetery: In essence, Yom HaShoah is a kaddish for the victims. I’ve seen in Yom … More →

    April 21, 2009

  • Yom Hashoah is Holocaust Remembrance Day; a solemn tribute to the six million Jews put to death by the Nazis before and during World War II. There was a range of reactions to Nazi persecution — some people looked away, while others risked their own lives to help. Flora Singer survived the Holocaust as a child because of the heroism of Christians who protected her. More →

    April 25, 2003

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