Salomea Berlińska | From a Cieszyn Schoolroom to the Kraków Ghetto?
This biography about Salomea Berlińska is a companion piece to my main article on the Handlówka in Cieszyn Class of 1936, where her signature first appears.
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This biography about Salomea Berlińska is a companion piece to my main article on the Handlówka in Cieszyn Class of 1936, where her signature first appears.
Find out moreThis project focuses on a 1936 pre-war photo album that belonged to my mother, Aniela Szkawran, who studied at the Miejska Szkoła Handlowa (Handlówka in Cieszyn).
Find out moreOn Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January 2026, local communities will gather at the Holocaust Memorial Tree in Worthing.
Find out moreIn July 2025, my wife and I made a short visit to Kraków Old Town in Poland. I want to share some photographs I took during our stay. I was up and about with my camera between 6 and 7 a.m. to take advantage of the better light suitable for photography.
Find out moreFind out how a Jewish employee, dismissed from his position in Germany, was able to take his grievance to the League of Nations and win his case for anti-Jewish discrimination. Updated 23 May 2025.
Find out moreTwo people fleeing Nazi persecution could not have imagined that they would be so cruelly betrayed by the UK, a country they would have obviously regarded as a safe sanctuary.
Find out moreAgainst the backdrop of increasing anti-Jewish persecution throughout Germany in the 1930s, this post relates what happened to two people from German Upper Silesia who became caught up in the turmoil.
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