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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 343

Abba Kovner

A still from 'Plan A.' (Courtesy Menemsha Films)
November 19, 2021, 5:58 am
‘Plan A’ dramatizes real plot to kill millions of Germans as payback for Holocaust
Streaming via the Boston Jewish Film Festival through Nov. 21, the historical thriller tells the story of Nakam, the Jewish ‘avengers’ who nearly poisoned Germany’s water supply
By Rich Tenorio
A nun prays beside the casket and photo of 110-year-old Roman Catholic Sister Cecylia Roszak, believed to be the world's oldest nun, and a rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust, during her funeral ceremonies at Church of Our Lady of the Snows the Dominican in Krakow, Poland, November 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
November 23, 2018, 12:38 am
Polish nun who rescued Jews during Holocaust laid to rest
Cecylia Roszak was thought to be the oldest nun in the world; poet Abba Kovner was one those she and her sisters saved at a local convent
By AP and ToI Staff
Cecylia Maria Roszak, right, who was awarded the 'Righteous Among Nations' honor for helping to save Jews during the Holocaust, seen here in Krakow, Poland, May 2018. (Piotr Jantos/Archdiocese of Krakow)
November 21, 2018, 8:58 pm
Polish nun who helped hide Vilna ghetto rebels during Holocaust dies at 110
Cecylia Roszak was thought to be the oldest nun in the world; poet Abba Kovner was one those she and her sisters saved at a local convent
By Stuart Winer
Melody Barron
April 12, 2018, 12:35 pm
Melody Barron
The hero who planned to kill 6 million Germans
Abba Kovner, a leader of the Vilna Ghetto uprising, planned to use poison to avenge the murder of Jews
Abba Kovner stands at the center of the Vilna Ghetto Fighters, some of whom later joined the group 'Nakam.' (CC BY-SA Wikimedia Commons)
January 20, 2018, 4:56 pm
Film to show new details of Jewish post-war revenge plot to poison German cities
UK’s Channel 4 to air documentary featuring long-lost tapes describing how a Jewish group sought to exact revenge for the murder of 6 million
By ToI Staff
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