• On this day, 16 October 1941, 4,500 Jews from the area were murdered near Lubny, Ukraine. On October 10, 1941 the German commander of Lubny ordered all Jews from the town and the rest of the county to gather by October 15 (October 16, according to another source) in the outlying part of Lubny named Zasulye (another source says Zamostye Street), on the pretext that they were being relocated. At 9:00 AM that day, about 4,500 Jews who had assembled, were surrounded by Sonderkommando 4a and their local collaborators near the rope factory and forced to undress. They were then forced to run, in groups of 35-40, to anti-tank trenches near the factory, where they were shot. . . #yadvashem #otd #history #worldwar2 #WWII #holocaust #shoah #bnw #1941 #lubny #ukraine #jews #jewishhistory
    On this day, 16 October 1941, 4,500 Jews from the area were murdered near Lubny, Ukraine. On October 10, 1941 the German commander of Lubny ordered all Jews from the town and the rest of the county to gather by October 15 (October 16, according to another source) in the outlying part of Lubny named Zasulye (another source says Zamostye Street), on the pretext that they were being relocated. At 9:00 AM that day, about 4,500 Jews who had assembled, were surrounded by Sonderkommando 4a and their local collaborators near the rope factory and forced to undress. They were then forced to run, in groups of 35-40, to anti-tank trenches near the factory, where they were shot. . . #yadvashem #otd #history #worldwar2 #WWII #holocaust #shoah #bnw #1941 #lubny #ukraine #jews #jewishhistory
  • The visitors of the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum are watching the documentary in the gallery “The Last Jews: the Concentration Camp Universe and the Death Marches.” . . #yadvashem #yadvashemmuseum #museum #holocaust #shoah #history #jews #concentrationcamp #jewishhistory #worldwar2 #WWII
    The visitors of the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum are watching the documentary in the gallery “The Last Jews: the Concentration Camp Universe and the Death Marches.” . . #yadvashem #yadvashemmuseum #museum #holocaust #shoah #history #jews #concentrationcamp #jewishhistory #worldwar2 #WWII
  • Jozef and Wiktoria Ulma were farmers who lived with their 6 young children in the town of Markowa in the county of Lancut, Rzeszow District (Poland). In the fall of 1942, while the hunt for Jews by Germans and Poles was going on in the area, the Szalls, a Jewish family, came to Markowa looking for refuge. Josef and Wiktoria Ulma took them in along with two Jewish sisters – Golda and Layka Goldman. During the night of 23/24 March 1944, German police came to Markowa and found the Jews on the Ulma farm and shot them to death. Afterwards, they murdered the entire Ulma family – Jozef, Wiktoria, who was 7 months pregnant, and their 6 children: Stanislawa, Barbara, Wladyslawa, Franciszka, Maria and Antoni. The eldest child had just begun to attend classes in primary school. On September 13, 1995, Yad Vashem recognized Jozef Ulma and his wife, Wiktoria Ulma, as Righteous Among the Nations. . . #nationalfarmersday #oldfarmersday #farmersday #yadvashem #righteousamongthenations #markowa #poland #jews #holocaust #history #worldwar2 #WWII
    Jozef and Wiktoria Ulma were farmers who lived with their 6 young children in the town of Markowa in the county of Lancut, Rzeszow District (Poland). In the fall of 1942, while the hunt for Jews by Germans and Poles was going on in the area, the Szalls, a Jewish family, came to Markowa looking for refuge. Josef and Wiktoria Ulma took them in along with two Jewish sisters – Golda and Layka Goldman. During the night of 23/24 March 1944, German police came to Markowa and found the Jews on the Ulma farm and shot them to death. Afterwards, they murdered the entire Ulma family – Jozef, Wiktoria, who was 7 months pregnant, and their 6 children: Stanislawa, Barbara, Wladyslawa, Franciszka, Maria and Antoni. The eldest child had just begun to attend classes in primary school. On September 13, 1995, Yad Vashem recognized Jozef Ulma and his wife, Wiktoria Ulma, as Righteous Among the Nations. . . #nationalfarmersday #oldfarmersday #farmersday #yadvashem #righteousamongthenations #markowa #poland #jews #holocaust #history #worldwar2 #WWII
  • Approximately 80 Holocaust survivors gathered this week at Yad Vashem for a moving tribute event that was held in appreciation of their years of dedication to Holocaust remembrance. These survivors tell their stories to groups participating in commemorative and educational activities at Yad Vashem. Click the link in our bio to read more. . . #yadvasem #holocaustsurvivor #holocaust #shoah #holocausto #WWII #worldwar2 #testimonies #ניצולישואה #ניצולשואה
    Approximately 80 Holocaust survivors gathered this week at Yad Vashem for a moving tribute event that was held in appreciation of their years of dedication to Holocaust remembrance. These survivors tell their stories to groups participating in commemorative and educational activities at Yad Vashem. Click the link in our bio to read more. . . #yadvasem #holocaustsurvivor #holocaust #shoah #holocausto #WWII #worldwar2 #testimonies #ניצולישואה #ניצולשואה
  • Pictured here is Yehiel Mintzberg, the son of Abek (Abba) and Miriam Mintzberg, from Radom, Poland. In October 1942 Yehiel was deported to Treblinka and murdered. He was 10 years old. The photograph was submitted to Yad Vashem by his aunt, Lola Politanski. . . #yadvashem #holocaust #shoah #holocausto #children #radom #poland #treblinka #worldwar2 #WWII #october #1942 #history #holocausthistory #holocaustvictims
    Pictured here is Yehiel Mintzberg, the son of Abek (Abba) and Miriam Mintzberg, from Radom, Poland. In October 1942 Yehiel was deported to Treblinka and murdered. He was 10 years old. The photograph was submitted to Yad Vashem by his aunt, Lola Politanski. . . #yadvashem #holocaust #shoah #holocausto #children #radom #poland #treblinka #worldwar2 #WWII #october #1942 #history #holocausthistory #holocaustvictims
  • In June 1941, 14-year-old Tamara Podriacikas and her 11-year-old brother were at summer camp in Palanga, Lithuania. In the first hours of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, chaos reigned in the summer camp. Most of the children, among them Tamara, were sent back to their parents in Kovno. Tamara's lunch bag remained with her brother, Joseph, who ran away with other children and one of their counsellors to Soviet-controlled territory where they survived the war. Tamara was sent with her parents to the Kovno ghetto, and was murdered in the Ninth Fort in the Great Aktion of October 1941. #HandbagDay #NationalHandbagDay #yadvashem #yadvashemmuseum #artifacts #collection #museumcollection #holocaust #shoah #jews #worldwar2 #WWII #kovno #kovnoghetto #ghetto #1941
    In June 1941, 14-year-old Tamara Podriacikas and her 11-year-old brother were at summer camp in Palanga, Lithuania. In the first hours of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, chaos reigned in the summer camp. Most of the children, among them Tamara, were sent back to their parents in Kovno. Tamara's lunch bag remained with her brother, Joseph, who ran away with other children and one of their counsellors to Soviet-controlled territory where they survived the war. Tamara was sent with her parents to the Kovno ghetto, and was murdered in the Ninth Fort in the Great Aktion of October 1941. #HandbagDay #NationalHandbagDay #yadvashem #yadvashemmuseum #artifacts #collection #museumcollection #holocaust #shoah #jews #worldwar2 #WWII #kovno #kovnoghetto #ghetto #1941
  • I hoped that we would see each other again, but now I have lost all hope. Once, only once to have the chance to see you again, and then – may the worst happen. Ida Goldiş wrote these words in her last letter on 9 October 1941 to her older sister Clara, on the eve of her deportation from the Kishinev ghetto to Transnistria. Ida Goldiş was deported together with her little son Vili and her younger sister Doba. Ida and Doba took turns carrying Vili on their backs, using a special harness that they had sewn for him. In early 1942, Vili, age 3, froze to death in the bitter cold, and his mother, who had lost the will to live, perished a few days later after drinking contaminated water. Ida’s sisters, Clara and Doba survived the Holocaust. They immigrated to Israel, and kept the letter. . . #worldpostday #yadvashem #otd #letter #lastletter #holocaust #holocausto #shoah #jews #ghetto #kishinev #chișinău #chisinau #transnistria #worldwar2 #WWII #кишинев #гетто #война
    I hoped that we would see each other again, but now I have lost all hope. Once, only once to have the chance to see you again, and then – may the worst happen. Ida Goldiş wrote these words in her last letter on 9 October 1941 to her older sister Clara, on the eve of her deportation from the Kishinev ghetto to Transnistria. Ida Goldiş was deported together with her little son Vili and her younger sister Doba. Ida and Doba took turns carrying Vili on their backs, using a special harness that they had sewn for him. In early 1942, Vili, age 3, froze to death in the bitter cold, and his mother, who had lost the will to live, perished a few days later after drinking contaminated water. Ida’s sisters, Clara and Doba survived the Holocaust. They immigrated to Israel, and kept the letter. . . #worldpostday #yadvashem #otd #letter #lastletter #holocaust #holocausto #shoah #jews #ghetto #kishinev #chișinău #chisinau #transnistria #worldwar2 #WWII #кишинев #гетто #война
  • Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943), Self-portrait, Villefranche-sur-Mer, 1939-1941. Crayon on paper, 38.7 x 29 cm. Collection of the Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem. Gift of Ottilie Gobel Bourne, Washington State. Charlotte Salomon was born in Berlin in 1917. Despite being Jewish, she was admitted in 1935 to the city’s School of Fine Arts and Applied Crafts. Charlotte’s father was arrested during Kristallnacht and, in the wake of the pogrom, her family decided that Charlotte should unite with her grandparents, who had found refuge in Villefranche, France. In the summer of 1943, Charlotte married Alexander Nagler, a Jewish refugee, and in September the couple was arrested. On 7 October 1943, the couple was deported to Auschwitz. Charlotte, pregnant with their first child, was sent immediately to the gas chambers. Alexander was assigned to forced labor. On 1 January 1944, Alexander died of exhaustion in the camp. . . #yadvashem #yadvashemmuseum #art #artmuseum #artcollection #crayononpaper #otd #1943 #holocaust #shoah #worldwar2 #WWII #auschwitz
    Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943), Self-portrait, Villefranche-sur-Mer, 1939-1941. Crayon on paper, 38.7 x 29 cm. Collection of the Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem. Gift of Ottilie Gobel Bourne, Washington State. Charlotte Salomon was born in Berlin in 1917. Despite being Jewish, she was admitted in 1935 to the city’s School of Fine Arts and Applied Crafts. Charlotte’s father was arrested during Kristallnacht and, in the wake of the pogrom, her family decided that Charlotte should unite with her grandparents, who had found refuge in Villefranche, France. In the summer of 1943, Charlotte married Alexander Nagler, a Jewish refugee, and in September the couple was arrested. On 7 October 1943, the couple was deported to Auschwitz. Charlotte, pregnant with their first child, was sent immediately to the gas chambers. Alexander was assigned to forced labor. On 1 January 1944, Alexander died of exhaustion in the camp. . . #yadvashem #yadvashemmuseum #art #artmuseum #artcollection #crayononpaper #otd #1943 #holocaust #shoah #worldwar2 #WWII #auschwitz
  • Today would have been the 115th birthday of the Righteous Among the Nations Harald Poelchau. Born in Potsdam, Harald grew up in Brauchitsch, a small Silesian village, as the well-educated and relatively well-to-do son of a Protestant parson. In 1932, soon after finishing his doctoral studies, he applied for the post of prison chaplain in Berlin-Tegel. As prison chaplain under the Third Reich, Poelchau was obliged to be present at an ever-growing number of executions. Unknown to the Gestapo, since 1941, Poelchau himself had belonged to the circle of anti-Nazi resisters. After the onset of the deportations, Poelchau was often called upon to provide accommodations and help to Jews who went into hiding. On November 30, 1971, Yad Vashem recognized Harald Poelchau and his wife Dorothea as Righteous Among the Nations. . . #yadvashem #righteousamongthenations #birthday #potsdam #brauchitsch #chaplain #prisonchaplain #worldsmileday #worldwar2 #WWII #church
    Today would have been the 115th birthday of the Righteous Among the Nations Harald Poelchau. Born in Potsdam, Harald grew up in Brauchitsch, a small Silesian village, as the well-educated and relatively well-to-do son of a Protestant parson. In 1932, soon after finishing his doctoral studies, he applied for the post of prison chaplain in Berlin-Tegel. As prison chaplain under the Third Reich, Poelchau was obliged to be present at an ever-growing number of executions. Unknown to the Gestapo, since 1941, Poelchau himself had belonged to the circle of anti-Nazi resisters. After the onset of the deportations, Poelchau was often called upon to provide accommodations and help to Jews who went into hiding. On November 30, 1971, Yad Vashem recognized Harald Poelchau and his wife Dorothea as Righteous Among the Nations. . . #yadvashem #righteousamongthenations #birthday #potsdam #brauchitsch #chaplain #prisonchaplain #worldsmileday #worldwar2 #WWII #church
  • The Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Angela Merkel (@bundeskanzlerin), accompanied by Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, views the Auschwitz Album on display in the Holocaust History Museum during her visit to Yad Vashem today. . . #yadvashem #yadvashemmuseum #angelamerkel #merkel #germany #chancellor #auschwitzalbum #israel
    The Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Angela Merkel (@bundeskanzlerin), accompanied by Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, views the Auschwitz Album on display in the Holocaust History Museum during her visit to Yad Vashem today. . . #yadvashem #yadvashemmuseum #angelamerkel #merkel #germany #chancellor #auschwitzalbum #israel
  • Visitors explore one of Yad Vashem’s ready2print exhibitions – Spots of Light. To be a Woman in the Holocaust hosted in Warsaw during the 38th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. Do you want to host an exhibition? Ready2print exhibitions are provided as high-resolution digital files, along with printing and installation instructions. The exhibition Spots of Light is available in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Hebrew. Click the link in our bio for more details! . . #yadvashem #yadvashemmuseum #ready2print #exhibition #warsaw #poland #holocaust #shoah #history #woman #women #womenintheholocaust
    Visitors explore one of Yad Vashem’s ready2print exhibitions – Spots of Light. To be a Woman in the Holocaust hosted in Warsaw during the 38th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. Do you want to host an exhibition? Ready2print exhibitions are provided as high-resolution digital files, along with printing and installation instructions. The exhibition Spots of Light is available in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Hebrew. Click the link in our bio for more details! . . #yadvashem #yadvashemmuseum #ready2print #exhibition #warsaw #poland #holocaust #shoah #history #woman #women #womenintheholocaust
  • Today would have been the 108th birthday of the Righteous Among the Nations Jozef Paserin (right) pictured here with the rescued Joseph Garay (born Nusin Weiss). When Jozef Paserin was asked by one of Garay’s sons why he risked his life to save their father, he answered – “because he is a human being”. Garay lost all his family during the Holocaust and survived thanks to Jozef Paserin and his wife Mária Paserinová who hid him in their house in Piešťany (Slovakia) till the area was liberated in March 1945. After the war, and even after he immigrated to the United States, Garay remained in contact with Jozef and Mária. In 1997, he visited Piešťany with his two sons, his daughters-in-law, and his grandchildren. On October 18, 1998, Yad Vashem recognized Jozef Paserin and Mária Paserinová as Righteous Among the Nations. . . #yadvashem #righteousamongthenations #piešťany #slovakia #jews #holocaust #shoah #1945 #otd
    Today would have been the 108th birthday of the Righteous Among the Nations Jozef Paserin (right) pictured here with the rescued Joseph Garay (born Nusin Weiss). When Jozef Paserin was asked by one of Garay’s sons why he risked his life to save their father, he answered – “because he is a human being”. Garay lost all his family during the Holocaust and survived thanks to Jozef Paserin and his wife Mária Paserinová who hid him in their house in Piešťany (Slovakia) till the area was liberated in March 1945. After the war, and even after he immigrated to the United States, Garay remained in contact with Jozef and Mária. In 1997, he visited Piešťany with his two sons, his daughters-in-law, and his grandchildren. On October 18, 1998, Yad Vashem recognized Jozef Paserin and Mária Paserinová as Righteous Among the Nations. . . #yadvashem #righteousamongthenations #piešťany #slovakia #jews #holocaust #shoah #1945 #otd
  • Men praying in a synagogue in the Lodz ghetto on Sukkot (a Jewish holiday), one of them is holding the traditional four species of vegetation. . . #yadvashem #sukkot #succot #berlin #germany #1933 #jewish #jewishholiday #bnw #סוכות #חגשמח
    Men praying in a synagogue in the Lodz ghetto on Sukkot (a Jewish holiday), one of them is holding the traditional four species of vegetation. . . #yadvashem #sukkot #succot #berlin #germany #1933 #jewish #jewishholiday #bnw #סוכות #חגשמח
  • Repost @mariajoaobg Have you visited Yad Vashem during the Sukkot holiday? It’s still not too late to plan your visit. The Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum is open till 8PM today! . . #yadvashem #yadvashemmuseum #holocaustmuseum #thisismuseum @safdiearchitects #moshesafdie #travelphotography #travelgram #instatravel #architecture #archdaily #archidaily #archi #jerusalem #jerusalem24_7 #jerusalemoftheday #israel #israelinstagram #ig_israel #israeloftheday #instagram_israel #israelimages #tmunot_israel #enjoytobeinisrael #all_israel
    Repost @mariajoaobg Have you visited Yad Vashem during the Sukkot holiday? It’s still not too late to plan your visit. The Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum is open till 8PM today! . . #yadvashem #yadvashemmuseum #holocaustmuseum #thisismuseum @safdiearchitects #moshesafdie #travelphotography #travelgram #instatravel #architecture #archdaily #archidaily #archi #jerusalem #jerusalem24_7 #jerusalemoftheday #israel #israelinstagram #ig_israel #israeloftheday #instagram_israel #israelimages #tmunot_israel #enjoytobeinisrael #all_israel
  • Berlin, Germany, 1933, a stall for selling the four special species of Sukkot celebrations, on Grenadier Street. The Jewish holiday of Sukkot – Tabernacles began yesterday. It is traditionally celebrated by dwelling in temporary booths known as sukkot and by holding four special species of vegetation during prayer services. . . #yadvashem #sukkot #succot #berlin #germany #1933 #jewish #bnw #סוכות #חגשמח
    Berlin, Germany, 1933, a stall for selling the four special species of Sukkot celebrations, on Grenadier Street. The Jewish holiday of Sukkot – Tabernacles began yesterday. It is traditionally celebrated by dwelling in temporary booths known as sukkot and by holding four special species of vegetation during prayer services. . . #yadvashem #sukkot #succot #berlin #germany #1933 #jewish #bnw #סוכות #חגשמח
  • Shofar, Sukkah and Four Species depicted on stained glass window, which was displayed in a synagogue in Assen, Netherlands, 1932. Most of the Jews of Assen did not survive the Holocaust. A few returned, but they were not able to reestablish a Jewish community and the synagogue was never reopened. The building was eventually purchased by the local Protestant community and converted into a church. Click the link in our bio to read the full story… . . #yadvashem #sukkot #succot #shofar #sukkah #fourspecies #stainedglass #synagogue #essen #netherlands #holocaust #WWII #worldwar2 #jews #סוכות
    Shofar, Sukkah and Four Species depicted on stained glass window, which was displayed in a synagogue in Assen, Netherlands, 1932. Most of the Jews of Assen did not survive the Holocaust. A few returned, but they were not able to reestablish a Jewish community and the synagogue was never reopened. The building was eventually purchased by the local Protestant community and converted into a church. Click the link in our bio to read the full story… . . #yadvashem #sukkot #succot #shofar #sukkah #fourspecies #stainedglass #synagogue #essen #netherlands #holocaust #WWII #worldwar2 #jews #סוכות