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Silas Anastacio

Aug 13, 2026, 4:58 AM

Fleeing the Terror: The Story of Ariella Pardo Segre

São Paulo – In 1943, as Nazi persecution intensified in Italy, the Pardo family risked everything to survive. Guided by a smuggler and sheer courage, they crossed the Alps on foot toward Switzerland. Among them was Ariella Pardo Segre,...

Silas Anastacio

Aug 3, 2026, 7:06 AM

The Horror Experienced by Miklos Kahan: From War to Reconstruction in Brazil

Between Horror and Reconstruction: The Journey of Miklos Kahan In an interview conducted by Sarita Mucinic Sarue, with the presence of Pricila Kahan Heliszkow (Daughter), Holocaust survivor Miklos Kahan revealed not only his own story but also that of his...

Jul 30, 2026, 5:33 AM

Iran Is Emotionally Ready to Use a Nuclear Weapon

The nuclear age has held for eighty years on two emotions: the dread of one's own annihilation, and the horror of the innocent's. Tehran keeps showing it feels neither. For eighty years, the most important fact about nuclear weapons has...

Silas Anastacio

Jul 28, 2026, 4:23 AM

Presenter Otávio Mesquita visits Jewish Immigration and Holocaust Memorial

This July, television presenter Otávio Mesquita visited the Jewish Immigration and Holocaust Memorial, located in the Bom Retiro neighborhood of São Paulo. The site, housed in the state’s first synagogue — founded in 1912 — has become one of...

Jul 27, 2026, 6:20 PM

America has no alternative to decisive victory. Why that is and how to win

Dear readers, The following text builds on the ideas I expressed a few days ago, on July 18, in a text written here, and also on an article I wrote almost two years ago, entitled 'Why America Stopped Wining Wars.'...

Nina L. Kampler

Jul 23, 2026, 9:25 AM

I thought I knew my father’s story; then some untranslated letters came to light

Nina Kampler and Mark Kampler deliver Kampler Holocaust-era letters to Yad Vashem, June 17, 2026. (courtesy)

He was the only Jew to survive the entire war at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, but he shouldn't have been there at all

Sheldon Kirshner

Jul 21, 2026, 5:48 PM

Above Suspicion

Nazi villains were a staple of early 1940s Hollywood movies, especially after the United States' entry into World War II following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Above Suspicion, a 122-minute film released by MGM in 1943 and broadcast on the...

Jul 20, 2026, 10:39 PM

Finding Uncle Isidor

(Operation Benjamin via Facebook)

Being able to place a Star of David on the grave of a fallen relative and reconnect him with the Jewish people was a divine gift – delivered by human kindness

Silas Anastacio

Jul 20, 2026, 5:10 AM

Special Visit to Holocaust Memorial Brings Institutions Together in São Paulo

In July, the Holocaust Memorial, located in the Bom Retiro neighborhood of São Paulo, hosted a special visit that brought together around 50 participants. The group included representatives from TJCII – Toward the Second Council of Jerusalem and CPP...

Jul 18, 2026, 5:48 PM

The Iran war is not Suez, but America needs to make the right choice

Dear readers, The article that you will read below has had an interesting gestation, which in itself throws an intriguing light on the intensifying crisis of the present, and is therefore worth briefly recounting here. On 27 June, I read...

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