Observation ·
How Chelm Became the Jewish Town of Fools
By PhilologosWhy was a random Polish shtetl singled out in the 19th century to become the home of fools in dozens of Jewish fables?
Poland
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Observation ·
The Non-Jewish Pole Who Snuck Into Auschwitz to Document Its Horrors
By Jared SorhaindoIntentionally incarcerated there from 1940 to 1943, Witold Pilecki saw its transformation from a particularly brutal prison into the death factory it is now notorious for being.
Observation ·
Politics; or, Grappling with Liberalism and Women’s Lib
By Dr. Ruth WisseI expected the women's movement to evaporate as quickly as it had materialized. It was the worst cultural prediction of my life.
Observation ·
Could Jewish and Zionist Leaders Have Done More to Rescue the Jews of Poland?
By Rick RichmanThat is the question a new history of Polish Jewry in the 1930s asks and—with one large exception—answers well.
Observation ·
Survival; or, How My Family Beat the Odds in 1940
By Dr. Ruth WisseIt wasn't easy for an entire Jewish family to escape Eastern Europe in the mid-20th century. Ruth Wisse's did.
Observation ·
Survival and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
By Walter LaqueurLast month I received two letters that brought back memories of a love story with the Holocaust as background but, for once, not with a tragic ending.
Monthly Essay ·
Where Is the Jews’ Homeland?
By Hillel HalkinElsewhere than Zion, said the greatest Hebrew poet of the 19th century—until he changed his mind, paving the way for others.
Observation ·
Fresh Light on Life within the Walls of the Warsaw and Łódź Ghettos
By Andrew KossEyewitness reportage from Poland helps explain the Holocaust better than a shelf of well-researched histories.
Observation ·
Jews and Other Poles
By Dr. Ruth WissePoland offered Jews some of the best conditions they ever experienced in exile—until it didn't. How are Poles dealing with that history today?
