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A Polish scout lights a candle in front of the monument of Treblinka World War II-era Nazi death camp on October 2, 2013 in Treblinka. (JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP)
June 27, 2026, 9:06 am
New Treblinka research uncovers forgotten role of women in 1943 death camp revolt
Apart from two female survivors, all testimony about Treblinka came from male inmates. In a new book, historian Chad S.A. Gibbs restores Jewish women’s overlooked place in camp resistance
By Matt Lebovic
Members of a 10-horse cavalry procession that took place as part of the October 23, 2017, ceremony commemorating the battle for the Tzemach train station in northern Israel. (Michael Huri/KKL-JNF Photo Archive)
October 24, 2017, 5:07 am
In Israel, descendants of Aboriginal ANZAC soldiers retrace forgotten stories
On trip marking 100 years since one of the last great cavalry battles in history, descendants of WWI Commonwealth soldiers seek to shed light on army’s discrimination at home
By Melanie Lidman
Illustrative: Portraits of Anne, her sister Margot, and mother Edith, inside the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
December 30, 2016, 4:32 pm
Report on Anne Frank’s capture sparks frustration among experts
Following release of study suggesting Holocaust diarist and her family were not betrayed, Anne Frank House responds to criticism of its ‘obvious mistakes’
By Matt Lebovic
Author Helen Maryles Shankman brings X-Men sensibilities to Holocaust horrors in Wlodawa, Poland. (courtesy)
May 27, 2016, 5:31 pm
Raised with miracle of parents’ survival, author writes magical Holocaust tales
With the X-Men and vampires as her influences, Helen Maryles Shankman brings ‘fabulist’ realism to Wlodawa, Poland
By Matt Lebovic
A Holocaust survivor is interviewed at Yeshiva University High School for Girls. (Names, Not Numbers)
August 23, 2015, 6:26 am
Students perform the mitzvah of posterity in recording survivor testimony
In Yeshiva University High School project ‘Names, Not Numbers,’ history turns personal as students inherit Holocaust survivors’ memories
By Cathryn J. Prince
Simon Butler holds a rediscovered transcript of an interview he conducted for a seventh grade history class with two Holocaust survivors, Jack and Bella Bajnon, on July 29, 2015. (Trudi Cohen)
August 7, 2015, 10:27 pm
How a rediscovered 7th grade history project ended up in a museum
Almost three decades ago, Simon Butler recorded the testimonial of Holocaust survivors Jack and Bella Bajnon. The story of historical lost-and-found relinked two families, and children to deceased parents
By Cathryn J. Prince
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