Adolf Eichmann was a Nazi SS officer. He was responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust.

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In my relatively short life, I’ve come across many stories about the Holocaust. I heard some of them from people and others I read in books. The hardest story for me to hear is the story of my grandfather, who died a year ago. This is the first time I’m writing about him since then.

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Toy Nazi Soldiers

Amit L ORT Dafna On January - 26 - 2012

The Holocaust that occurred during WWII was a horrible historic event that happened to the Jewish people and to the whole world. The memory of the Holocaust is very important because it may prevent it from happening again and because no one should ever forget the horrors that happened there.

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My Israeli hero is my grandmother Miriam, my father’s mother.

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This May 12 2011 John Demjanjuk was sentenced to 5 years in jail for killing about 28,000 Jews during the Holocaust.

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The Gebethner family was a very well-known family in Poland. Gustav Adolf was the founder of one of the big publishing houses - Gebethner & Wolff. His grandson, Tadeusz, had other interests. He set up a sports club association called ”Polonia”, and was the first soccer team captain. Gebethner played more than 150 games.

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Hello, my name is Noga and I want to tell you the story of my grandfather. I hope it will show you how cruel and terrible the Holocaust really was.

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Holocaust Memories

Or K ORT Alon On March - 22 - 2011

My great-grandfather’s name is Moshe and today he is 95 years old. He was born in 1915 in Kelme, Lithuania.

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A Lucky Life

Shaked O ORT Afek On March - 22 - 2011

This is the story of my grandfather (my mother’s father), Poldi, from the Second World War. He was seven years old when the war began.

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My grandfather was born in 1938 in Druya, which is now in Belarus. His name is Meir.

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Alexandra Novikov was born on September 9, 1927. She had two older brothers and two older step-sisters. They lived in Moscow, Russia when the war began.

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