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Elie Wiesel National Institute for the Study of Holocaust in Romania http://www.inshr-ew.ro/ro/

A number of filmmakers cinematize the Holocaust from the standpoint of children, making them the main characters and depicting the genocide through their eyes. Most of such films are framed, at least in part, as a fairy tale, whereby the Holocaust becomes the dominant evil to face and overcome. In the minds of children, the persecution and genocide that simply cannot be imagined as part of their everyday ...

The term ‘homo universalis’ or Renaissance Man originated as a description of individuals, that helped humanity escape the dark ages by virtue of their open minds and tenacious pursuit of new knowledge. Leo Kok was such a polymath in his own lifetime, the twentieth century; a gifted football player, a pianist of the highest level, a vocal coach, a composer. He also had a great interest in literature ...

Criticizes the debate amongst historians between intentionalists and functionalists, asserting that the absolute responsibility of Adolf Hitler for the mass murder of the Jews gets lost in the discussions. Quotes from various documents, speeches, and diaries in order to show that the plan for the extermination of the Jews was ready in Hitler's mind in September 1939. Proof can be found, inter alia, ...

On November 11, 1938, Hungarian Regent Miklós Horthy enters Košice (Kassa), Slovakia, which Hungary regained, along with other Slovak territories, as a result of the Munich Agreement. Hungarian titles throughout. “Egy kis világtörténelem.” “1938 November 11” “A Kassai Bevonulás.” “Fotografálta: Pető György.” “A kassai kórhaz bejárata előtt…” Building “Nemocnica” with people milling about. “...két órai ...

Jules Schelvis (Amsterdam 7 January 1921) was put on transport from Westerbork on 1 June 1943 with his wife and in-laws. He brought his guitar as a ‘welcome distraction to take our mind off things’. On arrival in Sobibor he managed at the last moment to join a group of men who were selected for labour in the peat camp of Dorohucza. Jules Schelvis was one of the eighteen Dutch Jews who survived Sob ...

'Japan: Profile of a Nation' is a cornucopia bringing readers reliable and accurate information on virtually every aspect of Japan the nation and its people. The range of topics is remarkable, offering a gold mine of facts about corporate culture, women in the labour force, cram schools, karaoke, comics, to name but a few, as well as more wide-ranging issues such as international relations, foreign ...

Four pages of typescript testimony about the experience of a Polish family living in Minden, Germany before World War II, growing antisemitism during 1930s, training in vocational program and apprentice on farm in Oldenburg, and their arrest and deportation during the Polenaktion of 1938 to the camp in Zbąszyń. After efforts of friends from a German farm, he was able to immigrate to England in 1939, ...