The Day Auschwitz Fell Silent .US
The Day Auschwitz Fell Silent January 1945. A winter that seemed endless. The world, shrouded in snow and fire smoke, still throbbed with the pain of the war that had torn the heart of Europe apart. In southern Poland, in…
October 1938 | Amsterdam, Netherlands .US
October 1938 | Amsterdam, Netherlands Barbara Aal was born in Amsterdam, in a house filled with light, where windows opened onto quiet, tree-lined streets, and the smell of fresh bread filled the air in the morning. She was a child…
“Coat – Auschwitz, January 1945” .US
“Coat – Auschwitz, January 1945” Snow fell thickly that day, as if to cover everything the human eye could no longer bear. In January 1945, as the Red Army approached Auschwitz, the world stood on the verge of silence and…
April 15, 2015 — Seventy years later .US
April 15, 2015 — Seventy years later The wind blew gently across the fields of Lüneburg, sweeping the grass, a green almost too tender for a place so heavy with mourning. The sky was low, the light timid, and the…
The bread line – Bergen-Belsen, May 1945 .US
The bread line – Bergen-Belsen, May 1945 The wind from Germany was still blowing cold that day, even though the calendar said it was May. The barbed wire still stood, even though the war had officially ended. The Bergen-Belsen camp,…
The shoes were still there – Auschwitz, 1950 .US
The shoes were still there – Auschwitz, 1950 By a French writer, a witness to memory and silence. The gray winter light filtered through the grimy windows, stretching the long shadows of the metal shelves across the floor. The air…
France, 1942 – Under the barn floor .US
France, 1942 – Under the barn floor The November wind blew across the Rhône plains like a sigh from another world. In the small village of Saint-Andéol, an hour from Lyon, the war had taken the form of silence. The…
Letters from the Ashes – Bergen-Belsen, July 1945 .US
Letters from the Ashes – Bergen-Belsen, July 1945 In mid-July 1945, just months after the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp , a simple yet profoundly symbolic scene appeared on the site: tables, sheets of paper, ink, and people contemplating…
The Doll’s Suitcase — The True Story of Sofia Klein .US
The Doll’s Suitcase — The True Story of Sofia Klein In 1945 , Poland was barely breathing. The ashes of war still covered the cobblestones of Krakow , and the wind carried the acrid scent of burnt wood and mourning….
Anna Löwyová — The Echo of a Broken Chalk .US
Anna Löwyová — The Echo of a Broken Chalk Anna Löwyová was born on May 17, 1912, in Prague , in the heart of a Europe still cradled by the promises of modernity. In the cobblestone streets of the Vinohrady…