Online Database With 26 Million Documents On Nazi Victims, Survivors Now Online

The world’s most comprehensive archive on the victims and survivors of Nazi persecution reached a “milestone” on Tuesday by publishing 26 million documents to its online database, including new information on forced laborers and deported Jews.

The Arolsen Archives–International Centre on Nazi Persecution, formerly known as the International Tracing Service, has a collection of information on about 17.5 million people and belongs to UNESCO’s Memory of the World initiative. It was established by the Western Allies in 1944 and changed its names to Arolsen Archives in 2019.

All 26 million of the Arolsen Archives’ documents, are now available online, a collection that includes information on 21 million people who were displaced, persecuted and murdered by the Nazis.

The new uploads included data on the deportations of Jews, Roma and Sinti from the former German Empire, Austria, Bohemia and Moravia, reported The Jewish Chronicle.

The Arolsen Archives, based in the German town of Bad Arolsen, said the recent addition to its online database was completed with its partner, Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial center in Jerusalem.

“This means that the majority of the documents in the world’s most comprehensive archive on Nazi persecution are now accessible online,” said the archives. “They are a unique body of evidence that documents the crimes committed by the Nazis, and they are of immeasurable value to the relatives of the victims of Nazi persecution.”

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Tribute to children of Holocaust features previously unreleased Shlomo Carlebach recording

As we honor the memory of those brutally murdered by the Nazis on Yom Hashoah, Sparks Next presents Mira, featuring previously unreleased audio of the legendary Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. 

A poignant tribute to the 1.5 million children killed during World War II, Mira was composed by musician and songwriter Cecelia Margules in memory of her maternal aunt Mira who was a beautiful child who loved to sing and dance and brought great joy to her family.

She was taken as a child from the Lodz ghetto together with her family and sent to her death in the gas chambers. The song was originally performed at a 1984 concert by Carlebach at the Brown’s Hotel in the Catskills, with Reb Shlomo calling Margules’s young niece onto the stage as he sang Mira in memory of the aunt whose name she carried.

Directed and produced by Daniel Finkelman, written and produced by Chaya Greenberg and co-directed by Aharon Orian, Mira spans the decades, weaving an exquisite duet between Reb Shlomo and the incomparable talent of Dudu Fisher. 

Vintage cinematography by David Orian takes viewers back in time to 1984 with a reenactment of the concert and shows both war-torn and contemporary Lodz through Fisher’s eyes. 

Cast in the role of a witness to history, Fisher sees Mira and her family rounded up by the Gestapo and herded onto a cattle car as they are sent to their untimely deaths at Auschwitz.

“When Shlomo heard Mira’s story he wanted to tell it very much and when he did you felt it,” said Margules. “The fact that you could still hear him speaking and singing when so much of the tape had been destroyed was an amazing thing.”

The number of remaining Holocaust survivors continues to dwindle with every passing year and the coronavirus outbreak has further chipped away at their numbers, making it more important than ever to pass the torch to the next generation.

“More than ever, during these stressful days,” said Margules. “We need Shlomo Carlebach’s inspiration, his heart and soul as he did in his lifetime, and his innate ability to lift and help a broken spirit"

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Israeli scientist awarded US patent for coronavirus vaccine

Tel Aviv University researcher has just received a patent from the USPTO for his innovative vaccine design for the corona family of viruses.

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Holocaust Sand Art by Ilana Yahav

To draw in sand the most horrific period in Jewish history is a privilege mixed with great pain.

I stand over my table of sand with trembling hands, my heart beating heavily, knowing as I have known all my life that I was there with them always in my heart and in my soul.

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"Chusid Shoiteh" Goy Dies from Coronavirus after Calling it a ‘political ploy’

Did this guy belong to the Chassidishe bully club? 

Did he tweet with @KollelNiyes or with @HeimishNiyes  ...?

the Chassidishe "grube yingin" ?

I don't know but what is certain is that he is pushing daisies now ..

An Ohio man who dismissed the coronavirus pandemic as a “political ploy” and ripped his state’s lockdown as “bulls–t,” has died of COVID-19, according to reports.

John W. McDaniel, 60, passed away last Wednesday in Columbus — exactly a month after reportedly firing off a series of angry messages about the contagion.

“Does anybody have the guts to say this COVID-19 is a political ploy? Asking for a friend. Prove me wrong,” he wrote on March 13, according to The Sun.

Two days later McDaniel reportedly called “bulls–t” on Ohio governor Mike DeWine’s stay-at-home order closing bars and restaurants.

“He doesn’t have that authority. If you are paranoid about getting sick just don’t go out. It shouldn’t keep those of us from living our lives,” he wrote, according to the reports.

“The madness has to stop.”

The posts have since been deleted, but were saved and shared widely on social media, including by coronavirus talking head Dr. Dena Grayson.

McDaniel’s obituary confirmed that he died “with his loving family by his side from complications from Covid-19.” He was the first COVID-19 fatality in Marion County, the Marion Star said.

In sharp contrast to his reported posts, his family pleaded in his obit for “everyone to continue practicing social distancing to keep each other safe.”

McDaniel leaves behind a wife and two sons and will have a livestreamed funeral service on Wednesday. “You could not have known a more loving and loyal husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and friend,” the obit said.

“Simply put, Johnny McDaniel loved life and loved everyone he knew with his whole heart.”

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Yom Hashoah Message From Survivors Rabbi Lau, Kloizenberger Rebbe ... Hatikvah Sung by Children that were murdered by Germans

Below the Kloizenberger Rebbe relates an experience in Auschwitz

Rabbi Lau 

IDF Soldiers Singing Ani Maamin

Hatikvah Sung By Children That Were Subsequently murdered by the germans

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Eli Beer Head of Ichud Hatzala Comes Home to Israel ..... Video

Rav Yehuda Michoel Meisels Dean of Sara Schenirer High School Succumbs to Corona

Rav Yehuda Michoel Meisels zt”l, dean and president of Beth Jacob Sara Schenirer High School and Teachers Seminary in Boro Park, passed on.

Rav Meisels was a pioneering trailblazer in the field of chinuch habanos, leading Sara Schenirer with distinction and founding the Seminar Seminary in Yerushalayim.

Rav Meisels, in his youth, studied at Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland, under the roshei yeshiva, Rav Elya Meir Bloch and Rav Mottel Katz, standing out as one of the elite talmidim of the yeshiva. He later served as a R”M in the mechinah of the yeshiva. 

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Monsey Stabber Will Likely Walk Free In a Couple of Months

So guys ...... the handwriting is on the wall..... it's basically over for the Jewish people in the "goldeneh medinah" ...it's just a matter of time... 

For those who held on to the theory that "men tur nisht voinen in Eretz Yisrael" (You are not allowed to live in Israel)

Hashem had other plans ..... he closed off all the countries with large frum populations ...so there is no where to go ...

you can't come back home to Israel either ...(except if you are dead ...I'll talk about this in a later post) ...

Remember the words of the Minchas Eluzer who screamed that "America is a treifeneh medinah"...in the 1930's?

Even though you guys were always quoting his  anti-Zionist stance ...

 You laughed at him when he said that "america is treif"...

all of you said  .... "its not treif" ... after we have all the kosher food we want .... we have Fakewood, 5 Clowns, Shmonsey, Flatcrap, Shnora-Park, Mon'rowtohell...Villamsberger,

Chareidim are thriving ....Belz, Kloizenberg, Ger, Satmar, Chabad, Stolin Lakewood, Mir, etc etc ...

except you cant go to a tish or go to the shuls or kollilim  except if you sneak around like a marrano ...

Grafton Thomas, who is accused of stabbing five people with a machete at a Hanukkah celebration in Monsey, New York, this past December, is not mentally fit to stand trial, a judge ruled in a decision made public Monday, according to The Associated Press.

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Is North Korean leader "Kock Im Uhn" Dying?

The US is monitoring intelligence that North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, is in grave danger after undergoing surgery, a US official with direct knowledge told CNN on Monday.

Kim recently missed the celebration of his grandfather's birthday on April 15, which raised speculation about his well-being. He had been seen four days before that at a government meeting.

The National Security Council and Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment when reached by CNN.

The network has also reached out to the CIA and the State Department for comment and sought comment from the South Koreans.

North Korea tightly controls any information surrounding its leader. His absences from official state media often spark speculation and rumors about his health.

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Massive Aliya Wave Coming soon....

by Rabbi Elchanan Poupko

One thing we do know for certain: 

the Aliya apocalypse is coming. 

As many have noted, for American Jews, the notion that America is a first-world country, and Israel is some kind of second world country can no longer exist. 

Sitting in New York hearing the harrowing sounds of ambulances all day and all night, while watching videos of Israelis singing Ma Nishtana from their balconies, can never be erased. 

The far superior management of the coronavirus outbreak in Israel, while we felt stranded and abandoned by state policies, will never disappear. Charedi Jews in Brooklyn and Rockland County who had seen tens of deaths a day for the past few weeks will never again be able to look down on Israel.

The contrast between the swift and effective action taken in Israel confronting the coronavirus, although it did suffer fatalities - a much lower number proportionately than outside Israel -  contrasted with the slow and inadequate actions taken against it in most states in America, highlights the technological, governmental, and medical superiority Israel has been able to exercise in defense of its citizens. 

This is something everyone considering making Aliya will now have on their minds. This is not true only of Jews in America. It is also true of Jews in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Australia, and more. 

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Exclusive Photos of Rabbi Laibel Katz Burial in Floral Park NJ

Son being Maspid 

Grandchild being maspid 

  

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Unity agreement signed: National Unity government to be formed ... Netanyahu Turns Left!!

This is actually a terrible deal, because Blue and White will have have the Justice and Defense portfolios ! Netanyahu kicks Bennett & Sheked to the curb!
Frum parties happy because they get to keep their portfolios.....

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz signed an agreement to form a unity government Monday evening, ending the political deadlock which prevented the formation of a coalition and led to three elections in less than a year.

"An agreement for the establishment of a national emergency government is now being signed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Blue and White (alliance) chairman... Benny Gantz," the parties said in a joint statement.

Under the agreement, Binyamin Netanyahu will be prime minister for a year and a half. Benny Gantz will become prime minister in October 2021.

Commentator Amit Segal reported on Channel 12 News that the Likud and the right-wing parties will hold the position of the Knesset Speaker, chair the Finance, Economy and Coronavirus committees.

The Foreign Ministry will be held for half a term by the Likud and for half the term by Blue and White.

The right will also receive the housing, interior, education, environmental protection, energy and Jerusalem portfolios with a number of additional portfolios.

Blue and White will receive the defense, justice, economy, welfare, immigration and absorption, culture and sports, communications, tourism, social equality, diaspora, agriculture and strategic affairs portfolios.

Under the agreement, as of early July, the government will be able to apply sovereignty in the Jordan Valley and Judea and Samaria according to the Trump administration's 'Deal of the Century.

During the day, the Prime Minister spoke with some of the right-wing parties and updated them with his intention to bring about a unity government.

Shortly before the meeting with Gantz, Netanyahu spoke with Interior Minister and Shas chairman Aryeh Deri and updated him on the details of the agreement.

Yamina chairman and Defense Minister Naftali Bennett reportedly did not receive a call from Netanyahu.

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Rabbi Label Katz Latest Victim of Corona ... Levayah Info

THE LEVAYA WILL TAKE PLACE AT 11AM.  

THE  NIFTAR WILL LEAVE SHOMREI HACHOMOS AT 11AM AND DRIVE BY THE SHUL. THEY SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE SHUL ABOUT 11:10 AM. 

PLEASE DO NOT CONGREGATE IN  FRONT OF THE SHUL . 

PLEASE STAND IN THE DISTANCE.  

FROM THERE THE LEVAYA WILL PROCEED TO THE BAIS OLAM .

 THE LEVAYA IN THE BAIS OLAM WILL BEGIN AT APPROXIMATELY 12:15 PM .THE BAIS OLAM IS IN FLORAL PARK, N.J.

Washington cemetery

104 Dean's Rhode Hall road .

THERE WILL BE A ZOOM HOOK UP AVAILABLE. PLEASE SEE LINK BELOW.

המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילה ציון וירושלים.

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.

When: Apr 20, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Topic: Levaya of Rav Leibel Katz

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

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References to Israel purged from new Bible translation

Question: Not trying to mock, just a question .... do you guys think that Satmar will be ordering these now? 

Asking for a friend...

A new Danish translation of the Christian Bible has purged the New Testament of references to Israel, removing more than 60 instances of the word “Israel” from the new edition.

According to a report by 24NYT, the new “Bible 2020” released by the Danish Bible Society has removed every reference to “Israel”, save one, purging the name in more than 60 places.

With one exception, every instance of the word “Israel”, whether in reference to the Land of Israel or the people of Israel, was replaced with either the word “Jews” – in instances where the people of Israel was referenced – or “the land of the Jews”. In some cases the word “Israel” was removed with no alternative term substituted, the report noted.

The translators involved in preparing the new edition said the references to Israel were removed in order to distinguish the historic Land of Israel with the modern-day State of Israel.

However, references to other ancient nations or geographic areas which share the same name with modern states – such as Egypt – were not purged from the Bible 2020.

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Chassidic Terrorists in Monsey Bullying Askanim including Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz

Just yesterday  I blogged about a Chassidishe Twitter group called @kollelniyes that is harassing and intimidating those that are trying their utmost to keep us safe ...

These Chassidishe thugs and gangsters are not only advocating the spread of disease and death in our communities by encouraging secret minyanim in Monsey, they are bullying and threatening those who are trying to stop these gatherings so that we can survive....

They call those askanim that are bravely fighting these houses of death and disease, ...... "moisrim" "informers." 

Today I found a Chassidishe site that posted a poster headed

"Jewish Informers" and included 3 photos of known Askanim!

And who are they accusing of being an "informer"?

None other than the most selfless advocate and asken 

Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz .... the fearless fighter for the sexually and emotionally abused ....
And what was his crime to be designated a "moiser"?
He is begging people to follow Social Distancing Regulations?

The guy in the middle photo is the brave tzaddik Yaakov Kornbalu who stopped the Belzer "murderers" from starting a minyan ..

So why is this group so dangerous?

Because the Hebrew term "moisrim" meaning "informers" carries a very evil connotation  ....

These Chassidishe gangsters are comparing Rabbi Horowitz to  the evil Jewish Capos in the Holocaust that would inform on their fellow brothers and sisters to the Nazis!

@HeimishNiyes Twitter .... they quote a Rambam that you are allowed to murder an "informer"

For good measure they included one other Askan ...;

the purpose is to destroy them socially and financially! 

I want to put out a question to my former neighbors of Monsey..

Why are you guys quiet? 

Where is the condemnation of those who spread death?

Why aren't the widows and orphans screaming at the rabbis of these shuls??? 
To shut them the hell down ....
Where is Aron Weider??? 
Who keeps calling Day an anti-Semite?
Mr Weider how many heimishe yidden did Day kill? Hmmmm?
How many heimishe yeeden are the rabbonim that you are protecting killing?
Are you so  afraid that you won't get re-elected???
Why didn't you put out a statement condemning these bullies and gangsters? Why aren't you covering for fellow askanim? 

You ran to the press when Satmar on Cherry Hill Road got a fine for being open .... crying "anti-Semitism" "anti-Semitism" 

Where are you now when your brothers are choking on their own phlegm ......

This ...Mr. Weider is not about anti-semitism.... Nooooo
It's about people of our community dying because of the open shuls .....
Don't tell me about the goyim.... the goyim are not killing us now ... the rabbanim with their open shuls are ...
Misaskim just reported that there are over 1,000 aveilim sitting shiva post-Pesach !

Why is Satmar & Belz (Yes the Marmorosh Satmar and the Galizyaner Belzer) allowing these sick bullies to operate? .... yes yes yes ..they know who they are....

Normally Satmar and Belz hate each other ..... 
but to spread disease they teamed up just like in the good old days when the Hungarians made an alliance with Hitler ym"s.

These gangsters and intimidators must be outed and spat out of our communities ....

We must get to the bottom of these Mafia capos , to get their names so that we can make sure that no one associates with these bullies and brutes ....

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Gabriel Wortman Kills 16 in Canada

 Gabriel Wortman 51, disguised as a police officer went on a shooting rampage in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, killing 16 people Sunday, in the deadliest such attack in the country’s history. Officials said the suspected shooter was also dead.

A police officer was among those killed. Several bodies were found inside and outside one home in the small, rural town of Portapique, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) north of Halifax — what police called the first scene. Bodies were also found at other locations.

Overnight, police began advising residents of the town — already on lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic — to lock their doors and stay in their basements. Several homes in the area were set on fire as well.

Police identified the man believed to be the shooter as Gabriel Wortman, 51, who was thought to live part-time in Portapique. Authorities said he wore a police uniform at one point and made his car look like a Royal Canadian Mounted Police cruiser. Authorities believe he may have targeted his first victims but then began attacking randomly.

Police first announced that they had arrested Wortman at a gas station in Enfield, outside Halifax, but later said he had died. It was not clear how, and they did not explain further.

“This is one of the most senseless acts of violence in our province’s history,” said Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil.

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Women of the Wall file appeal to hold Rosh Hodesh prayer service

Our Holy Mothers & Sisters ....

The pathetic Women of the Wall movement filed a request with the Rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites and the Israeli police, asking them to allow prayer services at the Western Wall on the upcoming Rosh Hodesh Iyyar, with a limit of up to 19 women, as required by government-approved directives.

Yochi Rappaport, executive director of WOW, said

 "We will return to pray at the Western Wall at the coming Rosh Hodesh as we have for the past 31 years, except for the last Rosh Hodesh. We hope that the institutions responsible for approving the services will assist us and not create undue and unnecessary hardships in our path."

At the same time last year, Arutz Sheva reported that a special Rosh Hodesh prayer service organized by the Women of the Wall marking the beginning of the Hebrew month of Iyyar drew less than 20 people at the Western Wall in Jerusalem despite hopes by the Reform movement in Israel that hundreds would take part in the service. 

The previous month, the group hoped to bring out 1,000 supporters, but ended up drawing only a few dozen.

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Yom Hashoah Tonight! Listen to Holocaust Survivors Sing Hatikvah in Bergen Belsen

Watch Chazzan Chaim Adler Recite the Keil Moleh Rachmim At Auschwitz .... Followed by Kaddish from Survivors and then the song of hope Hatikvah!

Now Watch Holocaust Survivers with their Children and Grand Children and Great Grand Children Sing Chai Chai Together ...... Bring Tissues!!

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Police Raid Stanislover Shul in Monsey

DIN: They should charge these animals with attempted murder!

Police officers from the Ramapo Police Department made a raid Sunday evening on the Stanislover Shul in Monsey, handing out summonses for those on location.

Reports indicated that there were possibly multiple arrests.

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