Holocaust
The Diary Keepers: World War II in the Netherlands, with Nina Siegal
12 Iyyar 5783 (02/05/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: When was Nina’s article about the diaries published in the New York Times, and why did it have an unusual kind of resonance among its readers?
The Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum, with Nora Gaón
27 Nisan 5783 (18/04/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where in Israel is the Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum located, and how is it different from Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum?
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the 1943 act … Leer más
Historical Implications of the Holocaust, with Dr. David Silberklang
21 Nisan 5783 (11/04/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What were three Jewish political movements that were active in pre-World War II Eastern Europe?
(Yom HaShoa, Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, is on April 18 this year. … Leer más
The Mauthausen Memorial, with Curator Christian Dürr
29 Adar 5783 (21/03/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many names and dates of people who perished in Mauthausen are now known?
Centro Sefarad-Israel, together with the Secretaría de Estado de Memoria Democrática (Spanish Secretary … Leer más
Solomon Perel: “I Was Hitler Youth Solomon” (Europa Europa)
16 Shevat 5783 (07/02/2023) | Jorge RozemblumENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What were the last words of advice that Sally Perel’s parents gave him, and did he follow that advice?
(On February 2, 2023 Solomon Perel passed away at … Leer más
George Sherman: “We discovered Mauthausen”
3 Shevat 5783 (24/01/2023) | Jorge RozemblumENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: When the 11th Armored Division of the American Army discovered the Mauthausen concentration camp in May, 1945, how many Spanish prisoners did they find there?
On … Leer más
Silent Tears: Poetry of Holocaust Survivors Set to Music
15 Heshvan 5783 (08/11/2022) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did Dan Rosenberg decide to translate the poems into Yiddish before setting them to music?
Dr. Paula David is a gerontologist and social worker in … Leer más
Lenka Lichtenberg’s THIEVES OF DREAMS: Poetry from the Holocaust
13 Av 5782 (09/08/2022) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many of Lenka’s grandmother’s poems talk about the situation of the Jews in the concentration camps?
Lenka Lichtenberg is a musician, composer, and producer. She was … Leer más
The Sousa Mendes Foundation: An Update
8 Sivan 5782 (07/06/2022) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many different countries did recipients of Sousa Mendes visas come from?
Aristides de Sousa Mendes was the Portuguese consul-general in the French city of Bordeaux during … Leer más
Jewish Partisans (II): Sephardic and Women Partisans
22 Adar I 5782 (22/02/2022) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What percentage of Jewish partisans were women and how were they treated?
(This is the second in a three-part series about the Jewish partisans … Leer más
Jewish Partisans (I): The Bielski Group
15 Adar I 5782 (15/02/2022) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did the Bielski partisan group take in everybody, including elderly people and children?
There is a common myth that during the Holocaust Jews passively went to … Leer más
Aristides de Sousa Mendes: Portuguese Righteous Among the Nations
24 Shevat 5782 (25/01/2022) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who is helping to fund the restoration of Sousa Mendes’s house in Portugal, and what will the house be used for?
On January 27, Europe commemorates … Leer más
Patricia Martínez de Vicente: La Clave Embassy
19 Av 5781 (27/07/2021) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was Eduardo Martínez Alonso’s profession and how was he able to use it to save thousands of people from the nazis during World War II?
(This … Leer más
On Burning Ground: An Amazing Story of Survival, with Michael Skakun
22 Sivan 5781 (01/06/2021) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: When Joseph Skakun was working as a slave laborer for the Nazis, how did he hide his Yiddish accent from his Russian and Polish companions?
Michael Skakun, … Leer más
Dr. Joseph Toltz: Brundibar–Children’s Opera in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp
14 Shevat 5781 (26/01/2021) | adminENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many times was the children’s opera Brundibar performed in the Terezin concentration camp?
On January 27, Europe commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day. This date was chosen … Leer más
Guy Stern: “Invisible Ink” Made Visible
2 Kislev 5781 (17/11/2020) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What two things does the International Institute of the Righteous do?
Guy Stern was born into a Jewish family in Germany in 1922. At the age of 15 … Leer más
Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg: Remembering the Holocaust
17 Heshvan 5781 (03/11/2020) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What characteristic do many children of Holocaust survivors have in common?
Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg was born in a DP camp in Germany, the only child of Holocaust … Leer más
Musealia’s Auschwitz Exhibition Receives Prestigious European Awards
8 Tammuz 5780 (30/06/2020) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How is the version of the exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York different from the original one?
Musealia is a Spanish company that creates, … Leer más
Artists in the Nazi Camps, with Javier Molins
25 Sivan 5780 (16/06/2020) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What materials did the artists in the Nazi camps use, and where did they get them?
Javier Molins holds a doctorate in Fine Arts from the Polytechnic University … Leer más
Yad Vashem Spain: Testimony, Memory, Education, with Samuel Bengio
3 Shevat 5780 (28/01/2020) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Spanish educators have taken the course in how to teach the Holocaust which is given at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem?
On January 27, Europe commemorates … Leer más