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Aug22

Bob Aronson, AFYIU Director, Report on Poland Investigation

  • Callum Hamilton
  • Uncategorized

Report on Yahad Poland Investigation July 14th – 19th, 2018 Michael, aged 92, walked us through the streets of Radomsko. “Here”, he said, pointing at a nondescript door, “Here is where I saw the cart full of Jewish bodies, all naked. They brought ...

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Apr5

Of a Tragic Beauty – Maël / Robin – Ukraine, March 2018.

  • Callum Hamilton
  • Holocaust, Ukraine, Yahad, YIU Field Course Ukraine

Of a Tragic Beauty   Dorochivsti, the Dniester offers up a picturesque setting. The fog has dissipated, allowing us to admire nature’s beauty. The banks of the Dniester are frozen; the ground is still covered in snow. The riverbanks rise up, rapidl...

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Mar12

From Immensity to Nothingness – Maël, Maria, Nadège and Robin. Ukraine, March 2018

  • Callum Hamilton
  • Ukraine, YIU Field Course Ukraine

From immensity to nothingness. Tombstones as far as the eye can see, the Jewish cemetery at Chernivsti appears out of the mist. Snow, like time, seems to have shrouded a small peace of eternity, reinforcing a profound impression of passing time. The Chapi...

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Jul4

Mendel Samama, “Muddled Impressions”. Warsaw, 2017.

  • Callum Hamilton
  • Poland, Yahad

Monday 12 June 2017, Warsaw Region 10:15am   They’d been waiting to meet this witness since the beginning of the trip. An eye-witness capable giving such an accurate account of the shooting of Jews is very rare. It was worth the 1 hour drive. A...

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Jun19

Poland, June 19, 2017 by Juan Merida, Educator at Guatemala Holocaust Museum

  • Callum Hamilton
  • Poland

As educator at the Museo del Holocausto in Guatemala, which is part of the educational program of Yahad in Unum, it is my job to develop educational programs which teach people about mass violence, its causes and its consequences, in order to prevent mass...

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Jun1

Russia – May 25, 2017 by Mattéo Cian, Intern at Yahad-In Unum

  • Callum Hamilton
  • Russia

I had the opportunity to participate in one of Yahad-In Unum’s research trips to the regions of Stavropol, Karatchaievo-Cherkessie, and Kabardino-Balkarie from the 10th to 25th of May, 2017. Holding a degree in History, and being currently in my second ...

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May23

Ukraine – May 18, 2017 by Mendel Samama, Rabbinic Advisor

  • Callum Hamilton
  • Ukraine

Duty to remember, duty to reconstruct Typically, I leave the house at the crack of dawn as Strasbourg sleeps, without being able to say goodbye to my family. This time, my train was at 9:59. Typically, after two or three planes, I still have 2-5 hours in ...

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Mar15

YIU Field Course in Poland/Belarus – Day 5 by Jonathan

  • Callum Hamilton
  • YIU Field Course Poland & Belarus

Even as a student aspiring to be a scholar of the history of the Holocaust, nothing could have prepared me for what I saw at Bronnaya Gora: an ordinary clearing in Belarus where 54,000 Jews were brutally murdered. There was no doubt in my mind that I was ...

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Mar15

YIU Field Course in Poland/Belarus – Day 4 by Brittany

  • Callum Hamilton
  • YIU Field Course Poland & Belarus

One year ago, I visited the Auschwitz complex for the first time. Under Father Desbois’ guidance, I was exposed to the stark difference between the “museum” of Auschwitz I and the extermination site of Auschwitz II. I emerged from the day both physi...

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Mar14

YIU Field Course in Poland/Belarus – Day 4 by Janine

  • Callum Hamilton
  • YIU Field Course Poland & Belarus

We started our morning after a short night’s sleep with a Belarusian breakfast before heading to the Brest fortress, a site of Belarusian resistance. It’s literally on the Polish border, and we learned on our visit how within 2 days of the war...

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