Tag: Zionism

The Jewish population of Europe was devastated in the wake of World War II. Millions had been taken from their homes, worked to the point of death, and brutally murdered. Coming out of concentrations camps, places of refuge, or some … Continue reading →

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 […]

“How could we ever have believed that at the end of the war the surviving Jews would have no more worries, that everything would be fine! The world, we had thought, would welcome our few survivors with open arms! We, the first victims of the Nazis. They would love us! Quickly enough, we saw that … Continue reading ““Liberated but Not Free””

In 1933, an mutually beneficial agreement was signed between two unlikely groups:  Zionist groups in Palestine and Nazi Germany. On August 25, the Haavara agreement was made into lawful policy, allowing German Jews to liquidate their assets in Germany, move Continue reading The Zionist Escape from Nazi Germany→