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 Nazis, how did he hide his Yiddish accent from his Russian and Polish companions?

Michael Skakun, … Leer más

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 the Terezin concentration camp?

On January 27, Europe commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day. This date was chosen … Leer más

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 do?

Guy Stern was born into a Jewish family in Germany in 1922.  At the age of 15 … Leer más

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 common?

Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg was born in a DP camp in Germany, the only child of Holocaust … Leer más

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 of Jewish Heritage in New York different from the original one?

Musealia is a Spanish company that creates, … Leer más

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, and where did they get them?

Javier Molins holds a doctorate in Fine Arts from the Polytechnic University … Leer más

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 how to teach the Holocaust which is given at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem?

On January 27, Europe commemorates … Leer más

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 from the Lodz Ghetto during World War II were discovered in a second-hand bookstore in Vienna, Austria. These slides were the work … Leer más

“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 lives?

Vienna-born Julius Madritsch was an expert in textiles. During the occupation of Poland, he served as a … Leer más

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 the Holocaust between 1936 and 1945 and how many did the Jewish Telegraphic Agency publish during the same … Leer más

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 found 20 boxes of stolen artwork in his possession and he was captured by American troops in 1945?

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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 on this album?

Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II is a recording of … Leer más

Auschwitz: The Exhibition

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Aside from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, what other museums and institutions have contributed to this exhibition?

On December 1 the world´s first Auschwitz traveling exhibition opened … Leer más

“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 with more than thirty years experience. He is a child of a Holocaust survivor, and has … Leer más

“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 spelling for writing Ladino?

Dr. Bryan Kirschen is an American linguist who had already studied Hebrew, … Leer más

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 the very beginning?

Jesús Casquete is a professor of the History of Social and Political Movements … Leer más

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 have, and how many did it have in May, 1945, at the end of World War II?

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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 it possible for her to save Bulgarian Jews during World War II?

Vladimir Danovsky is a … Leer más

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 Republic on the Jewish refugees that they took in during World War II?

The Dominican Republic … Leer más

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?

Amy Kurzweil is a cartoonist and writer. Originally from the Boston area, she now lives in … Leer más