Forced labor for Ernst Hess, whipping for his daughter

JVG: How did your father obtain the special permit?

Fritz Wiedemann, adjutant with the List Regiment, was the reason my father was granted certain privileges. They had been comrades [...]

The first Jewish person I ever met was a young boy, about eight years old. I was a year younger. A nice boy, but I suspect we didn’t always get along. You see, my brothers and I would usually wear shorts in those days – we would scrap and fi ght so often that [...]

Present crisis as an opportunity

Is Europe facing an abyss? A number of countries have been shaken by the fi nancial crisis. Greece is facing national bankruptcy, Portugal, Spain, Italy are being buffeted by the economic and fi – nancial [...]

Abroad majority of Germans is decidedly opposed to Eurobonds, the government bonds issued jointly by the Member States at a standard interest rate, for which the euro area states would be collectively liable. However, an increasing number of European states support the [...]

Euro Soccer Championship draws attention to Jewish sites

The recent European soccer championship pushed two countries into the foreground, Poland and Ukraine, which once were the homelands of a thriving Jewish life. This Yiddishland no longer exists.

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