By: HMC Editorial Staff – In 2013, the Jewish Heritage Collection, headed by Michigan resident Constance Harris, donated a very special edition of the Bible in honor of her dear grandchildren. It was the last Hebrew Bible published in Nazi Germany, one of the most beautiful printed bibles in the history of Jewish printing. Hamishe Humshe… Continue Reading The Last Hebrew Bible Published In Nazi Germany
By: HMC Editorial Staff – Like many of our wonderful volunteers, Clara Garbon-Radnoti is devoted and passionate about the Holocaust Memorial Center’s mission to engage, educate and empower by remembering the Holocaust. But she had no idea that her work as a volunteer would lead to a monumental discovery for Holocaust survivors and Hungarian Jews.… Continue Reading Translating Tragedy: Clara Garbon-Radnoti’s Deciphering of Hungarian Holocaust Records
By: Feiga Weiss, Head Librarian & Archivist – The Holocaust tragedy keeps resurfacing. In 2010, a gentleman with no foreign accent arrived in the Library and after mustering great courage, announced, “I am a Holocaust survivor.” He had come to the Library to see if he might find out about his background. He identified himself… Continue Reading No one knows what happened to six-year-old Rolf Hess
By: HMC Editorial Staff – Vera Spitz Herz last saw her childhood friend Agnes Kohn in a Displaced Persons camp in 1947. They had been school chums in Debrecen, Hungary, when the Germans came and took them from their homes. Vera and her family had miraculously survived as slave laborers. Agnes had endured Auschwitz and… Continue Reading Searching For Agi