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Dec 18, 2019, 11:13 PM

Polish-Jewish Secret Rescue Operation in Switzerland Revealed

The Ładoś Group in Switzerland issued false passport for more than ten thousand Jews during the Holocaust. Dr. Jakub Kumoch, Polish Ambassador to Switzerland together with a group of researchers published a book called Lista Ładosia (Ładoś List). This is...

Dec 17, 2019, 10:55 AM

Aktion Erntefest: How the Nazis murdered 43,000 Jews in 2 days at Majdanek

“Harvest Festival” (Aktion Erntefest) - Unimaginable Murder of 43,000 Jews in the District of Lublin on 3-4 of November 1943

Dec 18, 2018, 10:00 AM

Establishment and Operation of the First Extermination Camp in Kulmhof

The mass extermination camp in Kulmhof (Polish Chełmno nad Nerem, changed by the Germans into Kulmhof) played special role in eradicating the Jews from the Wartheland. It was the first camp of its type in Europe and its technological...

Jun 24, 2018, 4:51 PM

Forgotten Operation Barbarossa – June 22, 1941

Almost unnoticed, the anniversary of the beginning of Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmung Barbarossa) has passed. In the Israeli and European press, little mention was made about it, and yet on June 22 it was the 77th anniversary of the beginning...

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Historian and political scientists. Living and working in Israel for over 20 years, observing fascinating developments in the Middle East and Europe. His interests include history, archeology, politics, photography, sport and traveling.