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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Oświęcim, or Auschwitz, is a town. Hundreds, if not thousands of people live with Hitler’s “Factory of Death” in their backyard. They have erased the infamous camp from local signage and carry on almost as if the Holocaust never happened. Some exp...

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