Anielewicz 1943 - IDF 2023

Mordechai Anielewicz, the commander of Warsaw Ghetto Uprise (standing in the middle of the monument. Yad Vashem, Jerusalem.

In the last letter to his deputy commander Yitzhak Cukierman, Mordechai Anielewicz wrote on April 23, 1943:

Be well, my friend! Perhaps we will see one another again. The most important thing is that my life's dream has come true. Jewish self-defense in the ghetto has been realized. Jewish retaliation and resistance have become a fact. 

I have been witness to the magnificent heroic battle of the Jewish fighters.

Emmanuel Ringelblum, the Warsaw Ghetto archivist, wrote several biographical sketches of some of the leading personalities of the Warsaw Ghetto, including the following about Mordechai Aneilewicz:

Mordechai threw himself into the defense activity with all his zeal. Together with other groups and parties the Fighters' Organization was created, at whose head the coordinating commission of the political organization placed Comrade Mordechai. ...Mordechai was the soul of the organization, one of its most devoted workers.

49 svåra dagar - Raz 5, Aviv 2, Emilia 5 och Ohad 9 tillbaka i Israel.

Israeliska gisslan släpptes den 24 november 2023: Topp från vänster: Adina Moshe, Margalit Moses, Danielle Aloni och hennes dotter Emilia; mitten från vänstern: Doron Asher och hennes döttrar Raz och Aviv, Hannah Katzir; nedersta raden från vänster: Keren Munder och hennes son Ohad, Ruti Munder, Yaffa Adar och Channah Peri.

13 israeler, inklusive fyra barn, är tillbaka i Israel efter att ha hållits som gisslan i Gaza i 49 dagar. Det var 4 barn, 3 mödrar och 6 äldre kvinnor vilka överlämnades av Hamas. De kördes från Kerem Shalom. övergången mellan Gaza och Israel (längst mer i fotot) till

13 israeler, inklusive fyra barn, är tillbaka i Israel efter att ha hållits som gisslan i Gaza i 49 dagar. Det var 4 barn, 3 mödrar och 6 äldre kvinnor vilka överlämnades av Hamas i en överenskommelse där även en frigivning av 39 palestinska säkerhetsfångar ingick. 

Den israeliska gisslan överlämnades av terroristerna till representanter för Internationella Röda Korset på ett sjukhus i Khan Younis i södra Gaza. Därefter fördes de till Rafah-övergången med Egypten och överlämnades till Israel.

De frigivna israeler kom från kibbutz Nir Oz och kibbutz Nir:

Doron Katz-Asher och hennes två döttrar Raz, 5, och Aviv, 2, kidnappades från Kibbutz Nir Oz. 

Emilia Aloni, 5, och hennes mamma Danielle, 44, kidnappades från Kibbutz Nir Oz när de besökte familjen. Danielle sågs senare i en propagandavideo från Hamas – hennes syster, svåger och deras treåriga tvillingflickor är fortfarande gisslan i Gaza. 

Ohad Munder-Zichri, 9, hans mamma Keren Munder, 54, och hans mormor Ruti, 78, kidnappades när de kom till Kibbutz Nir Oz från Kfar Saba för att besöka sin familj för Simchat Torah Shabbat. Rutis man Avraham är kvar i Gaza. Ohad fyllde nio medan han hölls i Strip.

Yaffa Adar, 85, kidnappades från Kibbutz Nir Oz. Henne kunde man se på en video från Hamas då hon kördes i en golfbil till Gaza. Hon satt insvept i en rosablommig filt och såg stoisk ut. Denna bild blev en av symbolerna för 7 oktober.

Adina Moshe, 72, kidnappades från sitt hem i Nir Oz den 7 oktober. Hennes man Sa'id mördades. Adina Moshe sågs på bilder från den dagen sittande på en motorcykel mellan två terrorister i Gaza. 

Margalit Moses, 78, sågs också i Hamas videofilmer då hon kidnappades från sitt hem i Nir Oz.

Hanna Katzir, 77, kidnappades från Nir Oz. Hennes man Rami mördades och hennes son Avraham tros hållas som gisslan i Gaza. Tidigare hade terrorgruppen Palestinian Islamic Jihad meddelat att hon hade dött i fångenskap, ett fruktansvärt exempel på en psykologisk krigföring. Hanna Katzirs frigivning visar att det finns samarbete mellan Hamas och andra terrorgrupper som tog israeler som gisslan, och att separata förhandlingar kanske inte krävs för att frige dem alla. 

Channah Peri, 79, kidnappades från Nirim. Hennes son, Nadav Popplewell, är fortfarande fängslad i Gaza.

Jag tänkte på barnens ålder. Kanske Aviv som är 2 år gammal kommer att glömma den 7 oktober 2023 och de efterföljande 49 dagar i fångenskap i Gaza. Jag tänkte på de andra barn, de utan föräldrar...

I Sverige så annonserar man numera Black Week istället för Black Friday. Jag tänker dock hela tiden på Black Saturday, Shabbaten den 7 oktober, 2023.

I Eretz Israel historia finns redan en Black Saturday, den 29 juni 1946.

 

Waiting for the kidnapped children to be released - I just hope that it is not going to be a Black Friday.

Waiting for the kidnapped children and woman from kibbutz Nir, to be released.
The first stop for the hostages released at Rafah will be Hatzerim Israeli Air Force Base.

The Israeli helicopters were seen landing at the Hatzerim base to prepare to pick up the 13 hostages that would be released at 4 p.m. local time, including many children. To prepare for them, small noise-canceling ear muffs were placed inside. Hatzerim Israeli Air Force Base is an airbase of the Israeli Air Force located in the Negev Desert on the western outskirts of Beersheba, near Kibbutz Hatzerim. As Be'er Sheva [the "capital of the Negev"] has grown, it has expanded almost to the edge of the airbase itself.

“From the river to the sea” and "Resettlement to the East" - Old and new euphemisms meaning the same!

Both “From the river to the sea” and "Resettlement to the East" refer to the "Final Solution," the murder of Jews during the Holocaust. This photo was taken 80 years ago in the death camp Auschwitz where the "Resettlement to the East" was finalized in the gas chambers - the Final Solution.

Both “From the river to the sea” and "Resettlement to the East" refer to the "Final Solution," the murder of Jews during the Holocaust.

Both above-mentioned euphemisms are/were used to avoid directly addressing subjects that might be deemed negative or embarrassing. "Resettlement to the East" was a Nazi euphemism that was used to refer to the deportation of Jews to extermination camps during the Holocaust.

“From the river to the sea” is an antisemitic euphemism used after 10/7, commonly featured in anti-Israel and anti-Jewish campaigns and chanted at demonstrations. “From the river to the sea is a rallying cry that has been previously used by anti-Israel voices, including supporters of terrorist organizations such as Hamas and the PFLP, which openly seek Israel’s destruction through violent means. Now, it is a call for a Palestinian state extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that means the dismantling of Israel, the Jewish state. It has been also used as an antisemitic charge denying the Jewish right to self-determination.

“From the river to the sea,” euphemism is not an innocuous word but an expression used to mask profanity and the wish for a new "Final Solution" of the Jews. Usage of this phrase has the effect of making members of the Jewish and pro-Israel community feel unsafe and ostracized.

Gdzie w Domu Sierot Korczaka był "Bar pod schodami"?

Gdzie w Domu Sierot Korczaka był "Bar pod schodami"?

Czytając wspomnienie mojego taty, bursisty, a potem wychowawcy w Domu Sierot Korczaka dowiedziałem się o istnieniu Baru pod schodami.

Poprzednio patrząc na jedyne zachowane plany Domu Sierot "odkryłem" dwie salki (od podwórka), na poziomie antresoli oznaczone Loże dla modlących się. Salki były po obu stronach schodów.

Sądzę że jedna z Lóż dla modlących się była miejscem spotkań Korczaka z bursistami. Bar to prawdopodobnie ta zachodnia salka do której był bezpośredni, poprzez Galerie, dostęp z antresoli na której również były pokoje bursistów. Możliwe że ta salka miała wnękę pod schodami prowadzącymi na najwyższe piętro gdzie były sypialnie dzieci.

Wiadomo z innych relacji że pokój dla modlących się był na parterze.

Gdzie w Domu Sierot Korczaka był "Bar pod schodami"?

Poprzednio patrząc na jedyne zachowane plany Domu Sierot "odkryłem" dwie salki (od podwórka), na poziomie antresoli oznaczone Loże dla modlących się - L. Salki były po obu stronach schodów. Piętro wyżej i niżej były w tym samym pionie ubikacje i umywalki.

Poprzednio patrząc na jedyne zachowane plany Domu Sierot "odkryłem" dwie salki (od podwórka), na poziomie antresoli oznaczone Loże dla modlących się. Salki były po obu stronach schodów. Piętro wyżej i niżej były w tym samym pionie ubikacje i umywalki.

The fields of kibbutz Magen run along the fence to Gaza.

The fields of kibbutz Magen run along the fence to Gaza.

My friends, Davidele and Irit from Magen kibbutz (Holocaust survivors) are relocated to the Dead Sea area.

On October 7th, Magen was one of the Israeli villages that was attacked but managed to fight off the attackers. Several members of the kibbutz were killed during this fight. Israeli forces counterattacked with tanks the following day, successfully eliminating the remaining Hamas terrorists in the kibbutz.

The fields of Magen run along the fence to Gaza. I hope to see You soon my friends, of course at your home in Magen

Hovevei Zion - Lovers of Zion - Katowice Conference 1884.

The birth of the Zionist movement in Poland is connected to the activity of Hovevei Zion (Lovers of Zion) groups emerging in Poland at the beginning of the 1880s in Warsaw and Łódz. Between November 6th and 11th, 1884, thirty-six participants of that movement from Russia, the Land of Israel, France, Great Britain, and Romania came to a meeting that subsequently became known as the Katowice Conference.

Who saved Danish Jews during WWII? - Danes or Swedes?

In October 1943, the Danish resistance movement, with the assistance of many Danish citizens, managed to evacuate 7,220 of Denmark's 7,800 Jews, plus 686 non-Jewish spouses, by sea to nearby neutral Sweden during the Second World War.

In October 1943, the Danish resistance movement, with the assistance of many Danish citizens, managed to evacuate 7,220 of Denmark's 7,800 Jews, plus 686 non-Jewish spouses, by sea to nearby neutral Sweden.

The battle at Kursk in July 1943 was considered to be the turning point of WWII and also of numerous countries' politics.

One year earlier, in November 1942, the Germans, with the assistance of collaborationist Norwegian officials, began rounding up Jews in Norway. The Germans (Norway) deported approximately 770 Norwegian Jews to the death- and concentration camps. The main group of deportees was sent to Auschwitz. The train journey from the port of Stettin to Auschwitz took 28 hours. At the selection at the ramp in Auschwitz, 186 people were transferred to a labor camp. The remaining 345 were murdered directly in the Auschwitz gas chambers.
Approximately 900 Jews were smuggled out of Norway by the Norwegian resistance movement, mostly to Sweden but some also to the United Kingdom.

Only 464 Danish Jews were arrested and transported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. The Danish Red Cross was frequently monitoring the condition of the Danish Jews at Theresienstadt. A total of 51 Danish Jews—mostly elderly—died of disease at Theresienstadt.

At the end of WWII, on April 17, 425 Danish Jews (among them some newborns) were transported to Sweden by White Bus mission. No Norwegians were brought to Sweden by this "Scandinavian transport" as most of the Norwegian Jews were murdered in Auschwitz. White buses on the way to Theresienstadt brought 400 Frenchmen, mainly sick POWs that the Germans removed from Neuegamme to get the space for the "Scandinavians".

Bruno Schulz and Janusz Korczak were publishing in the Wiadomości Literackie.

Wiadomości Literackie nr 52 December 3, 1933 published Ptaki - The Birds by Bronisław (Bruno) Schulz.

The newspaper „Wiadomości Literackie” [Literary News], was created in 1924 by Mieczysław Grydzewski. It was one of the most influential, interwar social-cultural magazines. Co-workers of „Wiadomości Literackie” regarded Grydzewski, the editor-in-chief as a liberal despot. Liberal in terms of his political views and a despot at work. He would thoroughly correct received manuscripts disregarding protests of their authors. He edited on his own, in his flat at 8 Złota Street (flat number 5) in Warsaw serving him as an office. He owned this house and was renting one of his flats to Janusz Korczak and his sister Anna.

Among the best-known authors publishing in Wiadomości Literackie were: Julian Tuwim, Antoni Słonimski, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Kazimierz Wierzyński, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, Ksawery Pruszyński, Antoni Sobański, Jan Lechoń, Karol Irzykowski, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Stefania Zahorska, Irena Krzywicka, Janusz Korczak and Bronisław-Bruno Schultz.

Ptaki - The Birds is a short, only four pages long story set in the house of Józef and his family. Józef decides to house a hundred exotic birds in one room of their home after becoming interested in ornithology. Later he decides to cross-breed them, creating new and more bizarre specimens, and also begins to become bird-like himself. But one day the cleaner comes and throws the birds out.

On November 19th, 1942, Bruno Schulz was murdered/shot by a Gestapo officer while walking back home toward Drohobycz Ghetto with a loaf of bread. 

Bruno Schultz was a Polish Jewish writer, fine artist, literary critic, and art teacher. Several of Schulz's works were lost in the Holocaust, including short stories from the early 1940s and his final, unfinished novel "The Messiah".

Wiadomości Literackie were edited Grydzewski flat at 8 Złota Street (flat number 5) in Warsaw. He owned this house and was renting one of his flats, number 4, to Janusz Korczak and his sister Anna.

Korczak Wiadomości Literackie, October 8, 1933.

This famous photo of Bruno Shulz in his Carpentry Class in Drohobycz - well one of our (few) 1st Generation survivors just recognized himself. Young Hesio Heilig is in the far left corner.

 Korczak Wiadomości Literackie Senat Szalenców nr 41  October 11, 1931.