The letter my mum left for us - moments before she was killed at Auschwitz

Vilma Grunwald with her sons John (left) and Frank (then known as Misa). 

Moments before she was gassed to death by the Nazis in July 1944, Vilma Grunwald gave a guard a letter for her husband and family who were also in the largest Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz.

The guard passed it on to her husband Kurt, but for decades the couple's youngest son, Frank, was unable to to read the handwritten note.

Here, 75 years after the death camp was liberated, he tells Sky News how it felt to read the letter which is now on display to visitors at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum:

My father, mother and older brother and I were sent to Auschwitz in December 1943.

A transport of around 5,000 inmates had arrived at the camp in September before us and we were part of the second batch of 5,000.

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R' Eliezer Ozer Sari That Davened Vasiikin At the Kotel Every Single Day Drowns in Yerushlayim Mikvah

R' Eliezer Ozer Sari a resident of Mevasseret Tzion, left his home everyday at 3:00 AM to travel to Yerushalyim, went to the mikvah and then went everyday to the Kotel to davin Shachris vassikin ..

Two days ago he suddenly collapsed in the mikvah and drowned.

He was originally from Yemen....

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Satmar Says that "Putting Gel in the Peyois is Against Chazal"

This again proves that Satmar has a different Torah than the rest of the Jewish people...

This letter to the parents of Satmar children notifies them that their children will not be allowed in school if their peyois has Gel in the them ... the gel keeps the peyois curly and orderly...

They state that this is against the teachings of the Chazal and even quote a Medrish Rabba ..... that supposedly states that when the Yetzer Hara sees that one keeps himself "tidy and neat" then he says ... "that guy is mine."

Don't worry if you cannot find anything against gel or the Medrish Rabba .....

Satmar has a different Torah ....

Just Yesterday Satmar brought down another quote:

"Better to bow down 100 times to the Christian Cross than to speak Hebrew"

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Reut Schvartz, Mother of 3 killed in Jordan Valley accident

Reut Schvartz (27) of Ma'ale Ephraim, who was killed in a car accident near Moshav Argaman on Highway 90, was laid to rest last night in the Shadmot Mehola cemetery, where her parents live.

Reut is the daughter of a lieutenant-colonel in the army, Rabbi Gabi Elmasheli, formerly the head of the IDF missing persons branch. Reut left behind a husband and three small children.

The local committee in Mehola, where she grew up and where her parents live, reported yesterday "with great sadness and grief we announce the untimely passing of the late Reut Schvartz, daughter of our friends, Ora and Rabbi Gabi Almeshshi who was killed this morning in a car accident in the Valley."

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Apple MacBooks priced down up to 40% off at B&H

There’s a new round of Apple savings to be found at B&H as it continues its deals-packed MacBook sale. 

The sale, which ends on Jan. 30,  is offering the popular computers for up to 40% off.

You can indulge in the Apple 13.3″ MacBook Air or enjoy the larger screen size of an Apple 16″ MacBook Pro. 

Every computer has high-end processors, beautiful retina displays and massive storage capabilities. 

So you’ll have the tools you need to work on creative projects, enjoy some gaming or simply surf the web.

You can check out our highlights of some of the biggest savings to be found during the sale.

And be sure to browse through B&H’s sale page for a full look at all the Apple computer deals.

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Gallup: Race Relations better under Donald Trump than Barack Obama

Oh boy, this is going to upset the liberal snowflakes. 

Per a new Gallup poll, satisfaction with race relations and the “position” of minorities under Trump are far higher than they were under President Barack Obama, the nation’s first black president. 

Let me put it a different way, race relations are perceived to be better under Trump than Obama.  Please stop crying, liberals.

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Watch Live: Naama Issachar boards PM's plane

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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife met at the Moscow airport today Naama Issachar, who was released this morning from the prison in Moscow to her mother.

Prime Minister Netanyahu said to Naama, "We're excited to see you. Now you're coming home."

Netanyahu returned Naama Issachar to Israel on his plane about 10 months after she was arrested. Netanyahu's departure to Israel was scheduled for around 1 p.m.

Israeli Consul Yafa Olivitzky said:

 "Five minutes ago, I met the border control people who transferred to me Naama, happy, smiling, and very excited. Naama is now with her mother in a side room."

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Russia to release Naama Issachar from Prison Imminently

An Israeli official on Wednesday said Russia was set to release Israeli-American backpacker Naama Issachar from prison imminently, ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Prime Minister’s Office said Tuesday that Netanyahu would travel to Russia from Washington to update Putin on US President Donald Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, raising speculation the trip could herald Issachar’s release.

Putin, who has the final say on a pardon for Issachar, has yet to publicly announce a decision on her fate.

The Israeli official said the expected release was the result of a Russian goodwill gesture toward the United States, stressing that Israel did not give Moscow anything in return.

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Jonathan Pollard Will Arrive In Israel Before Elections

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is working on an agreement to have Jonathan Pollard brought to Israel a week before the March 2 elections, a Times of Israel (TOI) report said, quoting a Likud source who spoke to Zman Yisrael, TOI’s Hebrew sister site.

Former Israeli spy Pollard told Channel 12 News in an interview in August that he asked Netanyahu to use his influence to convince US President Donald Trump to allow him more freedom in order to care for his ailing wife Esther.

Esther Pollard is seriously ill with aggressive breast cancer and Pollard explained that he doesn’t have the freedom to properly take care of her since all his restrictions are like a “virtual prison.”

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Nazi camp commander’s newly revealed photos ‘show US war crimes convict John Demjanjuk during his time at Sobibor’

A Nazi death camp commander's newly released photos appear to include images of John Demjanjuk, the retired US car worker who was tried in Germany for his alleged time as a Sobibor guard.

The collection was unveiled on Tuesday at Berlin's Topography Of Terror museum and comprises 361 photos as well as written documents illustrating Johann Niemann's career. 

Niemann was the deputy commander of Sobibor from September 1942 until he was killed on Oct. 14, 1943 in an uprising by Jewish inmates.

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Historican Martin Cueppers points at a man thought to be John Demjanjuk

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John Demjanjuk leaves the court after his verdict in Munich, southern Germany, on May 12, 2011. He was convicted of helping to kill almost 30,000 people while a guard at the Sobibor death camp in World War II

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A journalist looks at a catalogue prior to a press conference to unveil newly discovered photos from Sobibor Nazi death camp today

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A staff member of the Topography of Terror archive points at a historical photograph allegedly showing John Demjanjuk during a press conference on newly discovered photos from Sobibor Nazi death camp today

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