I’m humbled. Items from the destroyed synagogue in Pforzheim are now memorialized in my residence. The Bloch family gave prayer books and a piece of a pew to the “1938 Projekt”, which documents the perspectives of Jews who suffered persecution at a turning point in history.
Why didn't LBI's @1938Projekt reveal what happened to the German and Austrian Jews struggling for survival in 1938? @ReneeGhertZand explains how not knowing the full story can help students understand the past.
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NEW YORK—Dec. 31, 1938: Rabbi Prinz from Berlin saw the new radio program of the German-Jewish Club as “an instrument of education as people of freedom.” But especially important, he thought, it was to leave behind the past and be happy again. https://t.co/q7QbvoS1FC
NEW YORK—31. Dec. 1938: Rabbiner Prinz aus Berlin sah das neue Radioprogramm des German-Jewish Club als „Erziehung zu Menschen der Freiheit“. Besonders wichtig aber sei es, die Vergangenheit hinter sich zu lassen und wieder glücklich zu sein. https://t.co/8kFgQlNgNY
PARIS—30. Dec. 1938: Die freie Presse war unter den ersten Angriffszielen der Nazis. Ins Exil gezwungen, war der Journalist Ernst Feder von vielen Schicksalsgenossen umgeben. https://t.co/QTICKwgwYB
PARIS—Dec. 30, 1938: Due to the central role of the press in streamlining public opinion, the free press was among the first targets of the Nazis. Forced into exile, the journalist Ernst Feder was surrounded by numerous people sharing the same fate. https://t.co/635MjyuqHc
SCHWANDORF, BAVARIA—Dec. 29, 1938: With the horrors of the November Pogroms still fresh and her husband and son in a concentration camp, Lillian Friedmann needed no further incentive to make provisions for emigration. https://t.co/6YoWum7OfN
SCHWANDORF, BAYERN—29. Dec. 1938: Die Schrecken der Novemberpogrome waren noch frisch, ihr Mann und ihr Sohn in einem Konzentrationslager. Lillian Friedmann brauchte keine weiteren Anreize zur Auswanderung. https://t.co/Q7kEHtGyCG
PALÄSTINA—28. Dec. 1938: Eigentlich wollte Stella lieber in England oder Amerika leben, aber als das Mussolini-Regime ausländische Juden zum Verlassen des Landes aufforderte, war Palästina ihre einzige Wahl. https://t.co/xFhdNL7ZgW
PALESTINE—Dec. 28, 1938: In fact, Stella would have preferred to live in England or America, but when the Mussolini Regime demanded that foreign Jews leave the country, Palestine was her only choice. https://t.co/1QQkTt125V
WIEN—27. Dec. 1938: Der 16jährige Heinz Ludwig musste allein nach England reisen, aber es besteht Hoffnung, dass auch seine Familie bald in Sicherheit ist. https://t.co/2zMnXOh6Ki
VIENNA—Dec. 27, 1938: 16-year-old Heinz Ludwig had to go to England on his own, but there is hope that his family will soon be in safety, too. https://t.co/ebGjwWhMoV
ARGENTINIEN—26. Dec. 1938: Max Busse in Buenos Aires wollte seiner Schwester in Deutschland helfen, aber die argentinische Einwanderungspolitik ließ ihm wenig Raum dazu. https://t.co/hiRTW6hUTD
ARGENTINA—Dec. 26, 1938: Max Busse in Buenos Aires wanted to help his sister in Germany, but Argentine immigration policy left him little room to do so. https://t.co/qWhlCnesBy
LEIPZIG—25. Dec. 1938: Als der Pelzhändler Siegmund Fein Deutschland schließlich verließ, hatte er Gesundheit und Besitz eingebüßt. https://t.co/Ck9bEjQxCI
VIENNA—Dec. 24, 1938: Police authorities being a central organ of the Nazi regime, turning to them for help was not a pleasant assignment. https://t.co/farTCn1p6O
WIEN—24. Dec. 1938: Die Polizei war ein zentrales Organ des NS-Staats. Sie um Hilfe bitten zu müssen, war keine angenehme Aufgabe. https://t.co/5Souv5eEii
VIRGINA BEACH—Dec. 23, 1938: Alice Rice wanted to intercede on behalf of her Czech relatives. All she got in return was a reference to the requirements of the 1917 Immigration Act. https://t.co/Xm8i1cSOfh