BBC traces ‘unimaginable trauma’ of Holocaust inherited by children of survivors

 Without knowing the brutal history of this place, the sprawling mound rising from the earth just outside the town of Voranova, in Belarus, could easily be overlooked.

But for those who are all too aware, such as attorney Robert Rinder, who hosts the reality TV series “Judge Rinder,” it represents “the most articulate expression of human evil.”

For it was here that Rinder’s paternal grandfather’s family, having been deported from their homes in Lithuania, were forcibly marched by Nazi officers, told to lie down and murdered with machine guns.

Remarkably, Rinder finds an elderly eyewitness to the horrific scenes that took place 80 years ago. It is just one of the many poignant scenes featuring in his new two-part series, “My Family, The Holocaust And Me,” whose first part aired on BBC One on November 9, coinciding with the anniversary of Kristallnacht. The second installment airs November 16 at 9 p.m and is also available to watch alongside the first episode on BBC iPlayer.

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Israelis Chase EU envoy from site of planned East Jerusalem project

Demonstrators chased the European Union’s top representative to the Palestinians away from the East Jerusalem site of a planned new housing project, calling him an anti-Semite and a supporter of terrorism.

Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff later said that while he did not feel threatened, he regretted that he had been unable to conduct a constructive dialogue with the protesters.

He had planned to lead a delegation of diplomats from 13 EU member states to protest Israel’s plan to expand Givat Hamatos, a neighborhood where Israeli authorities on Sunday opened bidding on the construction of new homes.

Many in the international community have condemned the plan, saying new building in the sensitive location would harm the prospects of a future contiguous Palestinian state.

Von Burgsdorff and the other European diplomats, including representatives from Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and other countries, were greeted by about a dozen activists from the right-wing Im Tirzu movement as they arrived in the area.

They shouted slogans such as “EU, shame on you,” and “Go back to Europe,” and accused the European officials of supporting terrorism. Several activists repeatedly called the European diplomats “anti-Semites.”

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THE SATMAR CAMPAIGN TO DISCREDIT RABBI MOSHE FEINSTEIN

I'm old enough to remember these incidents very well described in the video below... 

I also knew Rabbi Schwartz and I once davened in his shtibel in Flatbush ...he barely had a minyan and the minyan that he did have were his children ..

But "Satmar Violence" didn't start and end with R' Moshe ... it was against the Kloizenberger, R' Hershele Spinker, Chabad etc.. 

and guess what the common denominator was between Satmar's victims.. R' Moshe, Kloizrnberger, R' Helshele and the Rebbe of Chabad?

They were all huge.... huge Talmeidei Chachamim... let that sink in ..

 

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Return of the Swamp: 'Biden will make same mistakes & fail'

 

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Caroline Glick: Media that ignore violence are animals

 A video of a young couple in Washington DC who were followed by a crowd of Black Life Matters and Antifa protestors is circulating the web these days. The couple, who can be identified as Trump supporters by their shirts, were attacked by the mob and an unidentified liquid was thrown on them.

Columnist and author Caroline Glick shared the video on Twitter and defined the protesters as "Animals".

But Glick added a harsh criticism following the media coverage of the recent violent incidents. "And you media disgraces", Glick wrote, "CNN, NBC News, CBS, ABC, New York Times and Washington Post who refuse to cover this violence, you are animals too".

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When Menachem Begin Danced With R' Shlomo Carlebach

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Rabbi Sachs .. Leonard Cohen and Parshas Vey'rah

This was recorded when Trump was elected almost 4 years ago ... and was soon after the great poet and songwriter Leonard Cohen passed away.. 

I do want to add that Leonard Cohen was my favorite secular singer ..

 

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How to Cheat on your Diet Without Your Wife Knowing

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G-D Punishes Biden Guy Immediately ...

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28-Year-Old Nurse Succumbs To COVID-19 Hours After Posting Reassuring Video

"This is not a goodbye. I am sure I will come back after a few days." Nurse Sergio Hernandez recorded these last words before losing his battle with #COVID19. The 28-year-old leaves his son and close family behind in Mexico and many relatives in California https://t.co/N6FxfXQzKs pic.twitter.com/SBoVP5cxnx

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) November 13, 2020

 28-year-old Sergio Hernandez was a nurse working on the frontlines trying to save those who contracted COVID-19. A healthy young man with no previous problems, Hernandez believed that even if he would be infected, he would survive. The death of his 30-year-old sister in August from the deadly virus did not deter Hernandez, who continued to work until he himself fell ill with the virus.

Hernandez was convinced that he would overcome the virus and recorded a video in hospital before he was intubated, stating that “because I will come back, this is not a goodbye. I am sure I will come back after a few days.”

In the end these were some of his last words. Sergio, a nurse in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, lost his short battle with the virus just a few hours later.He was survived by his wife and young son.

“I want that, no matter what happens, and the prognosis that God has reserved for me, you always remember me for who I was and who I am,” he said in the message.

Hernandez’s cousin Adalberto Hernandez of Madera, California said that “it tears you apart… someone who’s young with his own children, and was helping people, no health complication, young, strong, full of life. It took him in 8 to 10 days after testing positive.”

Hernandez says that it’s too risky to travel or go to the funeral as some of Sergio’s family is still sick, so all they have as they mourn is his final message of hope – which will serve as his epitaph.

The family’s message is to remind people that this virus is real, and that they should wear a mask.

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