Cincinnati’s Holocaust Museum
The Holocaust & Humanity Center Museum Many Holocaust museums are centered on the victims killed during this horrendous period in history, but the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Cincinnati’s Union Terminal […]
Tag Archives: WWII
The Tri-State Warbird Museum
Just like the times I visited Dayton’s National Air Force Museum with my son, I knew I wanted to tour Cincinnati’s Tri-State Warbird Museum with him, too. I wanted to see […]
Auschwitz II – Birkenau
As I mentioned in my last post, whenever I envision Auschwitz in my mind, I picture a vast space of squat buildings, work fields, and guard tours. When I picture […]
Auschwitz I
How did I not know this? I’ve read so many books, and have seen so many movies, and yet, I didn’t realize that what I visualize in my mind as […]
Oskar Schindler
In a time when human lives meant nothing; when millions were exterminated without a second thought, Oskar Schindler risked his life to save as many Jews as he could. It […]
These Shoes Stopped Me in My Tracks
Sometimes you see a piece of art that stops your heart. Something so poignantly beautiful that you want to cry. Such was the effect that these cast iron shoes had […]
Terezin Concentration Camp
I wore a long wool coat, Ugg boots, gloves, and a hat. And I was freezing. The wind cut across my face and I could feel the cold through my […]
Dodging Bombs in Manchester
“Imagine it,” our guide Ed encouraged us. “Every night you face the same question: go to the shelter, where it’s stinky, crowded and noisy. Where you probably don’t get much […]
Breendonk Concentration Camp
When I was fifteen-years-old, I was an exchange student in Germany. My host family took me to Dachau Concentration Camp and I have never been the same since. I’d been prepared […]
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