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Drora Harehuveni, Haganah Dispatch Driver, 1948.  The Haganah (Hebrew for “defense”) was the precursor to the state of Israel’s armed forces.  It was a private Zionist military organization founded in 1920 and active until 1948, comprised of Jewish men and women (Britannica).  Its purpose was to defend Jewish settlers in the British Mandate for Palestine, …

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Post World War II, thousands of people became displaced and were in need of a place to live. Many Jewish Holocaust survivors found themselves without a home and/or family, and they were thus enticed by the Zionist movement to create a Jewish state. The idea was that it would solve their homelessness, while giving them […]

Many years after World War Two, displaced persons were able to begin a return trip home, or rather where home used to be. But rather than finding a nostalgic community of their old friends, family, and neighbors, these DP’s were Continue reading The Pain of a Disappearing Home→

During World War II, Hitler came to power in Germany and was in charge during the Third Reich. While Hitler was in power he forced the Jews to move to ghettos and concentration camps. The Jews lived in horrible conditions and many died. They were not given proper care, food, or living conditions in these […]

Lessons on the horrors of the Holocaust often include statistics on the number of deaths and personal narratives of survivors and their hardships. What became of the liberated Jews directly following the Holocaust is often overlooked. Many survivors had no home to return to because approximately 5,000 Jewish communities had been destroyed during WWII. Others […]