by | | Hao Nguyen Blogs, The Atrocities: Perpetrators, Onlookers, Victims
December 4, 2024 by Hao Nguyen As I think back to my early childhood, I always reflect on an afternoon in my grandfather’s garden. It was a vibrant place, bursting with colors and scents that represented the fullness of life. We sat together on a wooden bench...
by | | Dr. Kokkonen Blogs
by Dr. Susanna Kokkonen November 1938 was a watershed moment in the history of the world. At the time it may have seemed that there was just a localized persecution of Jews going on in Germany. But we know now that in November 1938 things came to a dangerous point. I...
by | | Dr. Kokkonen Blogs, The Atrocities: Perpetrators, Onlookers, Victims, The Web of Deception: Politics and Propaganda
October 7, 1944, the Sonderkommando started a revolt in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Sonderkommando was a specific unit of prisoners. As transportations of Jews arrived at the platform, guards selected those they wanted in the Sonderkommando. The selected prisoners had to be...
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By Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Did you know that in the Hebrew calendar we are now in the month of Elul 5784? The month of Elul comprises 29 days and it usually happens in August-September of our regular calendars. The month of Elul is a specific month in the Hebrew or...
