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In Spite of Everything: How Jewish Families Survived the Nazis
Photo generated by Magnific Family survival under the Nazis was a perilous endeavor and often fell largely on a coin flip. If you were born into a white German family, everything would be good. Otherwise, it would be like hell on earth. When the Nazis took power in...
The Heavens and Earth as Witness: Writing About the Holocaust
Photo by pressfoto Holocaust memoir writing requires a sensitivity to the subject and a mastery of form to be written well. These personal accounts from people who survived the Nazi genocide of World War II record what happened to real individuals, families, and...
The Unyielding Human Spirit: Powerful Memoirs on Tragedy
Photo by senivpetro Most people figure that tragedy permanently wrecks a person. Just pick up a memoir like John W. Weiser's A Thousand Kisses: A Family's Escape From the Nazis to a New Life, and that assumption falls apart. Memoirs about escaping Nazis—like the...
How Memoirs Preserve History: A View from the Ground Up
Photo by ASphotofamily Let's talk about a memoir about a family escaping the Holocaust. This single document does more than just tell one family's perspective; such a manuscript offers a ground-level view that general histories find impossible to include. In short,...
The Final Solution: When Jews Had to Flee from Europe
Photo from The Times of Israel Nazism stands out among its fascist peers in its utterly homicidal and destructive ideology, which led them down the terrible path of the Final Solution: the systematic, state-sanctioned erasure of every Jewish man, woman, and child in...
The Mispucha of Old: Jewish Families Before World War II
Photo by freepik Jewish life before WWII, across Europe, in towns and cities, flourished, contributing quietly to their respective locales (in spite of millennia-old discrimination), rich with meaning, connection, and tradition. The Yiddish word for family is...
Top 5 Recommended Reads on Nazi Escapes in 2025: Dig In!
Photo by Museums Victoria on Unsplash This 2025 is a brand new year to enliven your love for reading and renew your book collection. The best way to address this is by diving into some top books to read. As we browse through the diverse genres we can choose from,...
Escaping Nazi Germany: The Things You Need to Know
Opened gate, depiction of the act of escaping Nazi Germany | Photo by Travel with Lenses There are narratives in the periphery of the things we knew about World War II, the annexation of Nazi Germany in Europe, and Auschwitz escapes. A Thousand Kisses by Weiser is a...
Unity in Prayer: A Shared Journey of Faith and Hope
Group of people showing unity in prayer. | Photo by Pedro Lima on UnsplashPrayer is personal. It is our intimate connection with God. In times of trouble, we pray. In times of triumph, we pray as we give thanks. But besides being personal, prayer is also a unifying...
Healing the Flock: Keeping the Faith During the AIDS Crisis
Photo by MART PRODUCTION John W. Weiser's Grasp the Nettle details the profoundly pious life of Bishop William E. Swing, taking readers on a journey across the complex and inspiring experiences of a life utterly devoted to service to the Lord and healing the flock of...