Known as the “Petit Mendelssohn”, the instrument originally belonged to the prominent Mendelssohn-Bohnke family and was stored in a safe in Berlin during the war.
01 November, 2025
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The last survivor of the Auschwitz women's orchestra, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch has no doubt: no memorial can come close to what happened.
On July 4, 1946, one of the most tragic and dark episodes of the post-war period occurred in Kielce, Poland: the Kielce pogrom.
Among those who found temporary refuge in Portugal was a figure who would profoundly reshape the course of Judaism in the 20th century: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
Two Polish families holding Portuguese visas reached Brazil, according to records cross-referenced with the Holocaust Museum in Curitiba.
During her time as a spy, she was able to provide the French military with information on German positions, contributing to several notable victories.
