Poland’s Holland, Exploring Holocaust History Again
The film In Darkness tells a remarkable story of survival underground — under the streets, in fact, in the Polish city of Lvov — during World War II. It was directed by acclaimed filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, who knows the subject and the setting firsthand, and it’s one of the five Academy Award nominees for Best Foreign Language Film. Continue reading
Canadian Press marks release of “In Darkness”
Canadian Press marks release of “In Darkness”
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Educators revive history of Poland’s Jews
Every Polish town and village had its Holocaust. That’s what Zuzanna Radzik wants Polish children to learn.
Her task is not easy. Although Polish children are taught about the Holocaust, they don’t learn what happened in their own towns. Continue reading
Holocaust Museum may lose key Poland artifacts on loan
Little known outside the Holocaust Museum is that many of the objects borrowed from Poland almost a quarter-century ago were on 20-year loans, and over the past few years, those loans have expired. In some cases, the museum has returned objects, renegotiated loans or exchanged existing materials, such as shoes, suitcases and prayer shawls, for equivalent pieces. Continue reading
Proposal calls for Righteous Gentile day in Poland
Jewish and historical groups in Poland have called for a day to be devoted to Poles who helped Jews during the Holocaust. Continue reading
Recognition of nun who saved Jews during the Holocaust reflects progress in Catholic-Jewish relations
Though the victims were mostly Jews, the Holocaust has affected all humanity. Not only were non-Jews, notably the Roma, also murdered by the Nazis, but the fact that the crimes were committed in civilized Europe has shaken the very foundations of western culture. Continue reading
The Ruins Were My Playground: Agneiszka Holland on In Darkness
With her latest film In Darkness, Holland returns to World War II (when her movies Angry Harvestand Europa Europa are set) and still manages to cover well-worn territory with fresh and even shocking perspectives. It’s based on the dark, curious but inspiring story of sewer inspector Leopold Socha (Robert Wieckiewicz), who sheltered a handful of Jews in the sewers of Lvov, Poland until the Nazis fell. Continue reading
“It gives me hope” – The remarkable story of Irena Sendler
During the Holocaust, this Catholic social worker saved 2,500 Jewish children from certain death by convincing their parents, who were trapped in the Warsaw ghetto, to let her smuggle their kids to gentile families on the outside. Continue reading
Auschwitz survivor in Poland dies on anniversary of liberation
Kazimierz Smolen, a 91-year-old Auschwitz survivor who became director of the memorial site after World War II, died yesterday on the 67th anniversary of its liberation. Continue reading
Poland reopens investigations into Auschwitz crimes
Investigators plan to interview some of the estimated 500 camp survivors still alive in search of fresh information on how Nazi Germany’s most infamous death camp was operated and by whom. Continue reading
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