Sunday, Nov. 9, marked the 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the terrifying “Night of Broken Glass” that historians mark as the pogrom that started the Holocaust.
Sunday, Nov. 9, marked the 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the terrifying “Night of Broken Glass” that historians mark as the pogrom that started the Holocaust.
Rather than beginning with St. Maximilian Kolbe’s early life or missionary work, new film “Triumph of the Heart” opens at the moment many accounts conclude: his entry into the starvation cell.
The National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education was founded in 1987 by Sister Gemma Del Duca and Sister Mary Noel Kernan, both Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill. It was one of the first of its kind in the country.
In August 1944, Miep Gies opened the “secret annex” in her employer’s office building where Nazis had just arrested her boss, Otto Frank, who was hiding there with his family — wife Edith and daughters Margot and Anne.
A portion of this 402-year-old monastery, where St. Maximilian Kolbe studied in Rome, is now an award winning hotel that helps fund the formation of Conventual Franciscans. It also includes a museum dedicated to the saint.
The cruelty of the Holocaust must never be repeated, Pope Francis said on the eve of the international day of commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
Remembering the Holocaust and its victims is not only an act of solidarity but also serves as a warning to humanity that such horrors could happen again, Pope Francis said.
Gary Krupp, a co-founder of the Pave the Way Foundation, a Long Island-based organization that strives to promote understanding among people of different religions, says Pope Pius XII, did a lot to help Jewish people during World War II.
More than 40 eighth grade students from local Queens schools, including Wieczorek, participated in the “Names, Not Numbers” program. The program was created by educator, Dr. Tova Fish-Rosenberg.The project is described as an interactive, multimedia Holocaust oral history documentary.