Caught in a Zionist Firestorm
Dresden native Lysann Bendel’s love for Israel was set aflame by a surprising family secret
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Dresden native Lysann Bendel’s love for Israel was set aflame by a surprising family secret
Caught in a Zionist Firestorm Read More »
A provocative program introduces Germans to a community on the rebound
For questions about Jews, just ‘rent’ one for answers Read More »
I’m pleased to announce a first-person piece in German published in Fluter.de, a political magazine for young adults ages 18-25. It discusses why I love Berlin when I was supposed to hate it.
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JNS, April 18, 2017 At an antiques flea market in Berlin, one of several stands proudly displays two Hanukkah menorahs for sale. The husky, white-haired seller, who wears a Soviet hammer-and-sickle pin for show, explains how one of them probably came from Königsberg, a former German city in modern Russia. The other is easy to identify: a plaque indicates it was gifted by an Israeli organization to a German-Jewish benefactor in 1992. Next door, piles of old German photo albums are also for sale. Two albums, chosen at random, show happy, growing German families. One features a promoted German soldier proudly posing in uniform in 1941. In the other, pictures from the Nazi era have been mysteriously removed, leaving glue marks. Old-fashioned typewriters, Dresden porcelain, silverware, goblets, and books from the 1930s—including a volume on German submarines written in Nazi-preferred font—are among the other objects on display. But who were the original owners? Most vendors can’t say for sure, but chances are, some of the antiques belonged to Nazi-era Germans—and Jews. Read the rest
Lost and not found: mystery shrouds Holocaust-era household items Read More »
While the annual marking of International Holocaust Remembrance Day Jan. 27 gives voice to the stories of victims of the Nazis’ atrocities, what can Germans know about perpetrators from their own family?
Government agency helps Germans break the taboo on Nazi family ties Read More »