Auschwitz – October 2025

Unfathomable — yet real. Chaos.Disorientation.Confusion.Confiscation —of clothing, hair, identity, life.Tattooed numbersreplace names. Lies.Deception.Arbeit Macht Frei —“Work will make you free.” Evidence:suitcases, shoes,prayer shawls, phylacteries —remnants of Jewish faith,proof of the Nazi magnitude of murder. Evil.Zyklon B — poisonous pellets,stealing 1.1 million lives:young and old,disabled and abled —indiscriminate death. On the other side:of barbed wire,of electric fence,of the world,of humanity,of life.…

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The Last Jew of Tarnów

Once, half of Tarnów’s people were Jews. Now, only two — maybe four — remain. Once, there were thirty synagogues:grand sanctuaries, humble shtiebels —prayer rooms tucked in homes,small houses of…

Walking Among Warsaw’s Memory &Monuments

From Day Four of our Charlotte Community Trip Monuments and museums in conversation,stone and story side by side.The Ghetto Uprising’s Heroes and Martyrs Memorialand the Polin Museum,where a thousand years…

A World of Shtetls Stolen—Tykocin

Once, shtetls dotted Poland — now only echoes remain. In 1522, a nobleman’s inkwelcomed ten Jewish families to Tykocin—to build commerce, to build community. A kahal* rose—commerce, culture, a court,…