bravery, czech children, holocaust, kindness, nicholas winton, wwii
In 1988, 79-year-old Nicholas Winton sat quietly in the audience of a BBC show. His face was calm, his eyes squinted, and he wore no expression. Suddenly, the audience around him stood up, all looking at him in silence, their faces lit with smiles. The man was taken aback, unaware of why he was the ...
Anne Frank’s favorite spot was by the window, the real world only a pane of glass away. She loved observing the chestnut tree as it changed with the seasons – from blossoming to fruit-bearing, then shedding its leaves, and finally renewing its life cycle. These natural rhythms reflected Anne’s own yearning for life. She also ...
The name of the young girl is Anne Frank, an iconic figure in world literature and the author of the once-forbidden book, “The Diary of Anne Frank”. Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank came into the world in a wealthy Jewish family in Frankfurt, Germany. When Hitler rose to power in 1933, initiating a ...
Six-year-old Heinrich and David were best friends and neighbors during World War II. It was 1942 and Nazi Germany was determined in its efforts to wipe out the Jewish race, rounding up Jews and sending them to concentration camps by the trainload. David’s family was Jewish and it wasn’t long before they were subjected to the same ...
A German sausage museum exclusively focused on sausages created quite a stir in early February after it was revealed that it planned to move to a new location that was apparently a concentration camp during Nazi rule. The decision has now been reversed. German sausage museum When news first broke out about the decision to ...