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On November 12, 1943, the Romanian government allowed for the return to Romania of Jewish orphans under the age of 12, which after deliberations was raised to 15. On February 15, 1944, the final orders were issued, which allowed 1,884 Jewish orphans who had gathered in Mogilev-Podolsk and Trispol to return to Romania. The children were brought to Iasi, from where they were sent to various communities in Romania. . . #yadvashem #holocaust #shoah #shoa #holocausthistory #romania #children #WWII #worldwar2
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Jozef Borovský (pictured here with his wife and children) was a Greek-Catholic priest who had been serving since 1934 as the spiritual leader of the community in Latorka, Nižné Verecky, in the Carpatho-Russian Mountains. During WWII Borovský became very active in helping Jews cross the border from Poland: he and his wife Eva would hide them in their home and then help them reach Munkács. Borovský had helped Eduard Gessler and his children, Elek, Elisabeth (Lili), Roman and the family’s nanny, Elisabeth (Elly) to cross the border and reach Budapest safely. After the war Borovský never spoke of his wartime activity, and his daughter Maria Borovska only learned of her father’s courageous deeds when Roman Gessler was able to trace her in 2008. On November 11, 2008, Yad Vashem recognized Jozef and Eva Borovský as Righteous Among the Nations. . . #yadvashem #righteousamongthenations #righteous #otd #munkács #priest #holocaust #history #WWII #worldwar2 #bnw
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Baden Baden, Germany, the synagogue going up in flames on Kristallnacht, 10/11/1938. . . #yadvashem #kristallnacht #badenbaden #germany #holocaust #history #holocausthistory #jews #WWII #worldwar2 #1938 #november #synagogue
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On November 9, 1938, the Nazis unleashed a series of riots against the Jews in Germany and Austria. Thousands of synagogues and Jewish businesses and homes were damaged or destroyed. Tens of thousands of Jews were sent to concentration camps. This event came to be called Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) for the shattered store windowpanes that carpeted German streets. Kristallnacht was an essential turning point in Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews, and a significant event in Holocaust history. Click the link in our bio to explore the online exhibition “The Kristallnacht Pogrom, 9-10 November 1938. It Came From Within” . . #yadvashem #kristallnacht #austria #germany #holocaust #history #holocausthistory #jews #WWII #worldwar2 #1938 #november #november9
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A Plaque from a Synagogue in Berlin. This plaque was found by Jenny Wahl in a Berlin synagogue after Kristallnacht. It was used to indicate the direction – Mizrach (east in Hebrew) – that the congregation should face during prayers and is decorated with biblical scenes. . . #yadvashem #kristallnacht #berlin #germany #synagogue #holocaust #holocausthistory #WWII #worldwar2 #1938
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Mezuzah that was affixed to the doorpost of the Roberg home in Diepholz, Germany. Alexander and Sophie Roberg lived in Lemförde, Germany with their sons Heinz (b. 1919) and Eliezer (b. 1921). In 1928, they moved to Diepholz. In 1932, Alexander died of cancer. Heinz studied at the Jewish Teachers Seminary in Würzburg, Eliezer studied in Diepholz for 8 years, and in 1935, he moved to Hanover to study baking. On Kristallnacht, the Roberg family home in Diepholz was damaged and its contents destroyed. The neighbor, who came looking for valuables amongst the rubble, found the mezuzah and kept it. A few years later, a Jew who had immigrated to Chile and knew the Roberg family visited Diepholz. The neighbor gave him the mezuzah, and he brought it to Eliezer Roberg when he came to Israel. Eliezer was able to leave Germany in August 1940 and reached Haifa on 1 November 1940. He was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. . . #yadvashem #kristallnacht #diepholz #germany #jewishhistory #holocaust #holocausthistory #WWII #worldwar2 #1938
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Repost @room22adventures Children’s Memorial at Yad Vashem is a tribute to 1.5 million Jewish children who perished during the Holocaust. Walking through the memorial, the visitor hears the names of murdered children, their ages and countries of origin. Architect: Moshe Safdie (@safdiearchitects). . . #yadvashem #holocaust #children #childrenmemorial #moshesafdie #travelphotography #jerusalem #ig_jerusalem #ig_israel #jerusalemphotooftheday #israelphotooftheday #insta_israel
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I just hope…. that I will reach you alive and well…How I longed to see you, especially my daughter, whom I have never set eyes on. Boris Binyamin Tabakmacher, a signaler in a parachute regiment in the Red Army, wrote these words in his last letter to his wife Raya-Klara and their daughter Ina. He sent it from the front on 1 November 1944, a few weeks before he fell in battle. Boris's wife was evacuated from Kiev to Uzbekistan as part of the mass evacuation of Soviet citizens eastward as the German army advanced. In January 1942, Raya gave birth to their daughter Ina. In 1944, Raya and Ina returned to liberated Kiev. Most of the relatives who had remained in Kiev were murdered at Babi Yar. . . #yadvashem #letters #lastletters #1944 #worldwar2 #WWII #war #redarmy #kiev #uzbekistan #BabiYar
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The Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations at dusk. The Holocaust History Museum is opened on Thursdays till 8PM to accommodate visitors who can only come during evening hours. . . #yadvashem #holocaust #travelphotography #yadvashemmuseum #holocaustmuseum #travelphotography #jerusalem #jerusalem24_7 #jerusalemoftheday #israel #israelinstagram #ig_israel #israeloftheday #instagram_israel #insta_israel #tmunot_israel #enjoytobeinisrael
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2,000 elderly and sick Jews were deported from Płońsk to Auschwitz #OnThisDay 28/10/1942. Two weeks after the first deportation, another 2,000 Jews were sent to Auschwitz, and on 30 November 1942, 2,000 more were transported, including Jews from the Nowe-Miasto (Yiddish, Neishtat) Ghetto that had arrived in Płońsk only a few days earlier. On 16 December 1942, the last transport of Jews from the Płońsk ghetto left for Auschwitz. Out of all the Jews living in Płońsk when the Germans invaded, only a few dozen survived the Holocaust. . . #yadvashem #holcaust #shoa #holocausto #history #plonsk #auschwitz #otd #jews #worldwar2 #WWII
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October 1938, German Jews with Polish citizenship deported to the Polish border town of Zbaszyn. On October 27, 1938 the Germans began arresting Jews with Polish citizenship who had been living in Germany and began deporting them to Poland. The Polish authorities placed the Jews in the border town of Zbaszyn and forbade them from leaving in the hope that the large number of Jews near the border would pressure the Germans into beginning negotiations to allow them back into Germany. The negotiations ended in January 1939 - some Jews had already been taken in by friends and family in Poland, while other deportees were permitted to return to Germany to wind up their affairs, and then return to Poland. . . #yadvashem #1938 #zbaszyn #germany #history #jewishhistory #jews #bw
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The brothers Adomas and Stasys Žilevičius lived in a village near the town of Telšiai, Lituania. In December 1941, six exhausted Jews (10-year-old Roza Olshvang, her aunt Tova Schneider, Chaya Sher and her daughter Liuba, and 2 others), suffering from hunger and cold, knocked on the door of their home. Without asking many questions, the Žilevičius brothers took the bone-weary Jews into their home, and despite the risk to their own lives, decided to give them shelter and hid them in a storage pit for potatoes. Roza and Tova remained with Žilevičius until the end of the German occupation, and the other Jews left in search of other hiding places. #OTD 25 years ago, October 25, 1994, Yad Vashem recognized Adomas Žilevičius and Stasys Žilevičius as Righteous Among the Nations. . . #yadvashem #righteousamongthenations #telsiai #lituania #history #holocaust #jewishhistory #worldwar2 #WWII #bnw
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The temporary exhibition Flashes of Memory - Photography during the Holocaust at Yad Vashem. Visual documentation is one of the major factors in shaping historical awareness of the Holocaust. Alongside archival documentation of the period’s events and the research on these records, visual documentation has contributed significantly towards knowledge of the Holocaust, influenced the manner in which it has been analyzed and understood, and affected the way it has been engraved in the collective memory. . . #yadvashem #photography #photo #photoexhibition #exhibition #photographyislife #holocaust #history #holocaustmuseum #jerusalem #jerusalem24_7 #jerusalemoftheday #israel
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The visitors explore the Yad Vashem campus, walking through the Avenue of the Righteous to the Warsaw Ghetto Square. . . #yadvashem #yadvashemmuseum #holocaustmuseum #travelphotography #travelgram #instatravel #jerusalem #jerusalem24_7 #jerusalemoftheday #israel #israelinstagram #ig_israel #israeloftheday #instagram_israel
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Irena Sendler's daughter and granddaughter next to the tree planted in the rescuer's honor at the entrance to the Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem. Irena Sendler repeatedly risked her life to rescue hundreds of Jewish children. #OTD 20 October 1943, Sendler was arrested and sentenced to death. She was later released and continued her underground activities despite being under close surveillance. On October 19, 1965, Yad Vashem recognized Irena Sendler as Righteous Among the Nations. . . #yadvashem #avenueoftherighteous #irenasendler #righteousamongthenations #october #history #underground #worldwar2
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Lodz ghetto, praying in a synagogue on Sukkot. One of the men (in the front) is holding the traditional four species of plants. . . #yadvashem #sukkot #succot #lodzghetto #ghetto #jewishtradition #jewish #synagogue #bnw #סוכות #חגשמח
