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As time marches on, World War II becomes more and more distant, and, consequently, there are fewer people that either served or survived that war. The dwindling number of Holocaust survivors. It’s something previously discussed on the blog as well as by Hillel Goldberg in a View from Denver column. Along with the emergence of [...]
Here in Denver we have the privilege of hearing from Holocaust survivors first hand. Some members of our synagogues and community centers, such as BMH’s former cantor Zachary Kutner or local artist Paula Burger speak openly about their past experiences, impressing the reality of the Holocaust on people who previously gained their knowledge from books [...]
The world suffered a huge loss this week. Miep Gies, the righteous gentile who was pivotal in both hiding the Frank family and the safeguarding and subsequent publishing of Anne Frank’s diary, died on Monday, at nearly 101 years of age.
After decades of efforts by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and others, John Demjanjuk, at 89 [...]
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