When commemorating Holocaust victims on January 27, we should never forget that the Holocaust is part of our Croatian history. It’s crucial to identify the perpetrators – the Ustaše and their collaborators who, under their slogan “For the Homeland – Ready,” killed not only Jews but also Serbs, Roma, Croats, antifascists, and others they deemed […]
In one of his many interviews in recent years, Oleg Mandić said: “I had a wonderful life thanks to Auschwitz.” Oleg, along with his mother and grandmother, was the last surviving prisoner to leave Auschwitz a month after its liberation. The death camp was liberated by Red Army soldiers on January 27, 1945. Today, that
Twenty-five educators from 11 countries and four continents have arrived in Poland this week to participate in a landmark professional development program. The initiative, “Auschwitz: The Past is Present,” is a joint effort by the USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education to mark the official 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27.
Miljenko Hajdarovic says that with every new book he reads, testimony he watches or historical site he visits, he finds it harder and harder to comprehend the magnitude of the Holocaust. But he hopes that his upcoming trip to Poland on the Auschwitz: The Past is Present professional development program will help him connect all the dots.
As the number of Holocaust survivors dwindles, it falls to future generations to ensure their stories remain vibrant and strong.
The Paper Clips Project, by middle school students from the small southeastern Tennessee town of Whitwell, created a monument for the Holocaust victims of Nazi Germany. It started in 1998 as a simple 8th-grade project to study other cultures, and then evolved into one gaining worldwide attention. At last count, over 30 million paper clips