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World War II

Covers of "A Bookshop in Berlin" by Francoise Frenkel and "Odyssey of an Apple Thief" by Moishe Rozenbaumas
Posted inOff the Shelf

Newly translated from French, these two Holocaust memoirs are a treasure

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 20, 2020March 20, 2020
Sam Cohen’s violin (COURTESY MARSHA COHEN)
Posted inCulture

Holocaust-era fiddle, via S.F., joins Violins of Hope

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 19, 2020
Helen Fixler at home in Oakland, with her certificate of recognition from the state Legislature. (MAYA MIRSKY)
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

She spent the war in hiding, from a forest bunker to a haystack

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 19, 2020March 19, 2020
(From left) Izzy Ullmann, Lisa Karpanty, Peter Ullmann, Shanghailander Ilse Ullmann, Dan Ullmann, Evelyne Kende, Ray Kende at Congregation B'nai Emunah, Sept. 8, 2019 (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inBay Area

‘We Jews had nowhere to go’: Shanghailanders step into the spotlight to tell their stories

by Gabriel Greschler September 12, 2019September 23, 2019
(From left) Andrea Trippen, Marlene Straus and Jacob Trippen in front of the Jewish preschool, Jewish senior housing and JCC in Cologne, Germany
Posted inUncategorized

Reunited at last — meeting the German family that saved mine

Rabbi Andrew Straus by Rabbi Andrew Straus June 10, 2019June 10, 2019
Lilianne Kuhn (right) in Conjux, France, ca. 1942
Posted inHistory

Now 79, she’s honoring the French family that saved her in WWII

by Rob Gloster April 5, 2018April 5, 2018
Aaron Altaras in “The Invisibles,” a drama about Jews hiding in wartime Berlin
Posted inFilm

In WWII, they were ‘Invisibles,’ but the film is something to be seen

by Michael Fox March 1, 2018March 23, 2018
Sen. Bernie Sanders features in the season premiere of "Finding Your Roots," which airs on PBS, Oct. 3.
Posted inCulture

‘Finding Your Roots’: Bernie gets choked up about a relative who died defying Nazis

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman September 29, 2017March 23, 2018
a suspicious looking man in a dark hallway
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

German movie tells the true story of a plot that almost killed Hitler

by Tom Tugend July 3, 2017March 23, 2018
in the painting, a row of five founders hover above a scene of fog and the golden gate bridge. behind them is a world map with lines in different colors traced on it.
Posted inColumns, Jew in the Pew, Jewish Life

Dancing and candy at a shul founded by German Jews by way of Shanghai

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 3, 2017September 14, 2018

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