On Burning Ground: An Amazing Story of Survival, with Michael Skakun
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: When Joseph Skakun was working as a slave laborer for the […]
Holocaust
Dr. Joseph Toltz: Brundibar–Children’s Opera in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many times was the children’s opera Brundibar performed in
Guy Stern: “Invisible Ink” Made Visible
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What two things does the International Institute of the Righteous
Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg: Remembering the Holocaust
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What characteristic do many children of Holocaust survivors have in
Musealia’s Auschwitz Exhibition Receives Prestigious European Awards
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How is the version of the exhibit at the Museum
Artists in the Nazi Camps, with Javier Molins
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What materials did the artists in the Nazi camps use,
Yad Vashem Spain: Testimony, Memory, Education, with Samuel Bengio
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Spanish educators have taken the course in
Photographer: Documenting the Lodz Ghetto, with Dariusz Jablonski
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who was Chaim Rumkowski? In 1987, several hundred color slides documenting scenes
“Julius Madritsch, Righteous Among the Nations”, with Piotr Szalsza
This week’s trivia question: How many Jews signed a letter to Yad Vashem stating that Julius Madritsch had saved their
The American Press and the Holocaust: Witness or Accomplice? with Alicia Ors
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many articles did the New York Times publish about
Nazi Theft of Jewish Art, with Emilio Ramos-Sabas
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why was Hildebrand Gurlitt released after the Monuments Men had
Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II, with Anna Shternshis
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What criteria were used to choose which songs to include
Auschwitz: The Exhibition
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Aside from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, what other museums and
“Surviving Skokie”, with Eli Adler
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the NSPA? Eli Adler is a professional cinematographer
“Saved by Language”…and Saving a Language, with Bryan Kirschen
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What Jerusalem-based organization has helped to standardize a system of
Jesús Casquete: Nazis at Street Level (the SA in the Weimar Republic)
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What two key issues were present in Nazi ideology from
Misha Sidenberg: The Jewish Museum in Prague
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many objects did the pre-war Jewish Museum in Prague
Vladimir Danovsky: “The Salvation” of Bulgarian Jews
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who was Lilyana Panitza and how did her job make
The Dominican Republic: Haven for Jewish Refugees
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What conditions were imposed by the government of the Dominican
Flying Couch: Amy Kurzweil’s Graphic Memoir
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did Amy Kurzweil name her graphic memoir Flying Couch?