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kindertransport
Janet Diel
During a visit to a Burbank middle school some five years ago, Janet Diel simply couldn’t believe what she was hearing.
Citing Kindertransport, British Jewish clergy urge UK to take in more refugees
More than 100 British Jewish clergy signed a letter urging the United Kingdom to take in more Syrian refugees.
Kindertransport film picked for permanent preservation
Oscar-winner “Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport” has been selected for permanent preservation in the Library of Congress by the National Film Registry.
At 105, ‘British Schindler’ celebrated in Prague
A 105-year-old man known as the “British Oskar Schindler” — having saved hundreds of Jewish children from the Nazis — received the Czech Republic’s highest honor Tuesday.
Who is a Holocaust survivor — and does it matter?
When she was arrested earlier this week during a peaceful St. Louis demonstration against police actions in Ferguson, Mo., Hedy Epstein grabbed national attention.
Survivor: Idele Stapholtz
The dining room of the Jewish orphanage in Dinslaken, Germany, suddenly went dark. Idele Stapholtz — then Ida Steuer — heard shouting and breaking glass as strange men began hurling tables and chairs through the windows lining the back wall.