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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Posts relating to Jewish matters.
The Girls of Handlówka in Cieszyn: Class III.B of 1936
This 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).
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Commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day in Worthing on 27 January 2026
On Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January 2026, local communities will gather at the Holocaust Memorial Tree in Worthing.
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Kraków Old Town – An Unforgettable Visit
In 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.
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The Bernheim Petition
Find 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.
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Leonhard Posner Betrayed by Britain’s Enemy Aliens Policy
Two 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.
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The Case of Charlotte Teichgräber from Beuthen, Upper Silesia
Against 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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