Prof. Walter Zwi Bacharach (1928-2014), Holocaust survivor, was a professor in the General History Department at Bar-Ilan University and one of the leading research scholars in the fields of the Holocaust and antisemitism. He was a researcher at Yad Vashem and President of the Leo Baeck Institute. Read more about Prof. Bacharach >>>
“We declare that on 7 July 1944, the order for the evacuation of the ghetto of Siauliai (Shavli) was issued. We want future generations to know our names: Shmuel Minzberg — the son of Shimon from the city, Lodz (Poland); his wife, Reisele née Saks from Vaiguva; her sister, Feigele Saks; and Friedele Niselevitch — the daughter of Nahum Zvi from Vaiguva. We don’t know to where we are being deported. Two thousand Jews are in the ghetto awaiting the order to leave. Our destiny is unknown.... Continue reading
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