Holocaust Mystery Unraveled: Executioner in Infamous Vinnitsa Photo Identified

German historian Jürgen Matthäus has identified the SS officer in the infamous 1941 photograph known as “The Last Jew in Vinnitsa.” The image, shown at Adolf Eichmann’s 1961 trial, depicts a kneeling Jewish man moments before execution beside a mass grave in Berdychiv, Ukraine.

Matthäus’ research confirms the shooter as Jakobus Oehnen, a German schoolteacher turned SS officer. The photo was taken on July 28, 1941, just weeks after the Nazi occupation, during mass killings of Jews prior to the establishment of the Berdychiv ghetto.

Oehnen, born in 1906, had joined the SS in the early 1930s and participated in mobile killing operations responsible for the deaths of more than 100,000 civilians in Ukraine. He was killed in combat in 1943.

The photograph shows at least 20 German soldiers observing the execution. A Wehrmacht officer’s diary and a photo negative discovered in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum archives provided key evidence confirming the shooter’s identity.

The identity of the Jewish victim remains unknown.

Charedie Author Joins the IDF, "It's the Torah Way in a Time of War "

 On the way to bootcamp

Why I'm Enlisting in the IDF Today

Baal Teshuva Breaks Down and Weeps as he puts on Tefillin

 

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Charedie Soldier Gets Hugs and Thanks As he Strolls in Machne Yehuda

 

Hostage Survivor Emily Damari Joins 50,000 for Selichot at the Kotel

 

This year’s gathering carried added poignancy with the presence of hostage survivor Emily Damari, who spent 471 harrowing days in Hamas captivity before her release. 

As she arrived at the Kotel to join in prayer, the vast crowd erupted in cheers, welcoming her with deep affection and respect.

Damari came to the holy site wearing a strip of tape across her chest bearing the number 720—a solemn reminder of the number of days the remaining hostages have endured in captivity. She joined the worshippers in heartfelt prayer for their safe return.

Ex-Charedie a Divorcee Wants Her Children to Continue the Charedie Lifestyle!

 

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 בגיל 19 חזרתי בתשובה.

גדלתי בבית חילוני מסורתי, היו אצלנו חגים שבתות וקידוש.

את אמא ראיתי מתפללת מתוך סידור ותהילים מגיל מאוד קטן.

אבל אורח החיים, רגיל לגמרי.

התגייסתי לצבא ושם הכרתי את אבא של הילדים שלי.

ביחד עברנו תהליך של חזרה בתשובה (זה סיפור לסרטון אחר).

וניהלתי אורח חיים חרדי עד שהתגרשתי בגיל 28.

שם התחיל המסע האמיתי שלי. בחרתי בדרך אחרת.

אבל עבור הילדים, היה הכי בטוח ונכון, להמשיך באותה הדרך.

הם עברו יותר מידי שינויים. וניסתי למזער נזקים כמה שיכולתי.

הזמן עבר והקפדתי כמה שיותר להיות שם עבורם,

שירגישו כמה שפחות את הפערים בין שתי הבתים ואת השוני.

אז מקווה שעניתי לכולם

ואם יש שאלות נוספות אשמח לשיח מכבד

Translation!!

‎At the age of 19, I became religious. ‎

‎I grew up in a traditional secular home, we had holidays, Shabbat and Kiddush. ‎

‎I saw my mother praying out of a siddur and Tehillim from a very young age. ‎

‎But the lifestyle is completely normal. ‎

‎I enlisted in the army and there I met the father of my children. ‎

‎Together we went through a process of repentance (that's a story for another video). ‎

‎And I led an Chareidie lifestyle until I got divorced at the age of 28. ‎

‎That's where my real journey began. I chose a different path. ‎

‎But for the children, it was safest and more correct to continue on the same path. ‎

‎They have undergone too many changes. And I tried to minimize the damage as much as I could. ‎

‎Time passed and I made sure to be there for them as much as possible,‎

‎ so that they would feel as little as possible the gaps between the two houses and the difference. ‎

‎So I hope I have answered everyone‎

‎and if there are any more questions I will be happy for a respectful discussion ‎

Hadas Lowenstern Whose Husband Was Murdered in Gaza Re-Marries

 

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Kalla's Son Talking Under the Chuppah! 

Aron Bielski the youngest and last surviving of the Bielski partisan brothers dies at 98

 Aron Bielski, also known as Aron Bell, the youngest and last surviving of the Bielski brothers, died recently, on September 22, 2025.

He was a key member of the Bielski partisans, who rescued over 1,250 Jews during World War II by living and fighting in the forests of Belarus.

Aron joined his brothers in forming the largest armed group of Jewish rescuers during the Holocaust, creating a community in the forests that provided sanctuary and protection for over 1,200 Jews.
After the war, Aron immigrated to the U.S. and changed his name to Aron Bell. He settled in Florida, where he dedicated himself to educating others about the dangers of hate and antisemitism.

Aron Bell was 98 years old at the time of his passing on September 22, 2025.
May his memory forever be a blessing

Two weeks before: How the Mossad assessed Hamas

Channel 12 News reporter Omri Maniv revealed on Saturday night that just two weeks before Hamas’s deadly attack on October 7, 2023, the Mossad issued a detailed position paper assessing that Hamas was not seeking a military confrontation with Israel.

The document stated, “It is evident that Hamas’s leadership in Gaza does not seek a military confrontation with Israel at this time, though it is not deterred from one should it be forced upon them.”

It further noted that “the broader interest of Hamas’s leadership in Gaza is to avoid escalation.”

In response to the report, the Mossad clarified: 

“The division of responsibilities among intelligence agencies, as defined by the political echelon since 2005, established, among other things, that the Mossad is not responsible for strategic warnings regarding military moves in the Palestinian arena. Consequently, the weight of the aforementioned document in decision-making processes was minimal to negligible. It should be noted that, in accordance with this definition, the Mossad did not operationally engage in the Gaza Strip - neither in intelligence gathering, agent operations, nor the execution of special operations.”

 

Chareidie Israeli babies are dying From Measles

 

A 1.5-year-old toddler from the Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem was evacuated on Thursday morning in critical condition to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital, after contracting measles. Sadly, he was later pronounced dead.

The toddler has been identified as Yonatan Wisky z”l, son of Rabbi Rafael Shmuel Wisky, a member of the Breslov Hasidic community in Mea Shearim.

According to B’Chadrei Chareidim, emergency medical teams from United Hatzalah performed CPR on the child, who had reportedly lost consciousness at home after becoming infected with measles.

Avremi Rozovski, Yehuda Fahima, and Yaakov Bulag, United Hatzalah medics who were first on the scene, said:

“We performed resuscitation efforts with the help of a United Hatzalah physician. He was then transported in critical condition to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital while CPR was ongoing. The family told us the child had contracted measles and lost consciousness this morning. United Hatzalah’s trauma support teams also responded due to the nature of the incident.”

David Levi and Pini Weiss, volunteers from ZAKA’s emergency response team, added:

“When we arrived, we saw a 15-month-old toddler with measles, without pulse and not breathing. According to the family, he had not woken up from his sleep. Together with other medics and MDA paramedics, we immediately began advanced resuscitation efforts, including chest compressions and ventilation. He was evacuated by MDA’s mobile intensive care unit in critical condition to the trauma room at Hadassah Mount Scopus.”

B’Chadrei Chareidim also reports that the child’s father was in Uman for Rosh Hashanah and received the devastating news there.

The Israeli Ministry of Health confirmed that this is the fifth death from measles since the outbreak began, all of them children under the age of 2.5 years who had not been vaccinated. 

Three of the fatalities occurred this week alone, all in Jerusalem. During Rosh Hashana a one-year-old girl who had been on an Ecmo machine in Hadassah hospital passed away and on Sunday another baby, also from a charedi family, passed away from the disease.