Former Chief Rabbi of Israel and Holocaust survivor Yisreal Meir gives his account of what it was like for him to read “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Meir recalls being “forbidden” by his uncle and aunt to read the book because of the memories it was sure to bring back. He … Continue reading
Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, talks about his daughter’s diary. He explains knowing she had a diary, but not reading it until after he found out the tragic news that his children would not be coming back to him from the concentration camps. He also discusses understanding her in … Continue reading
Holocaust survivor Israel Gutman gives his firsthand account of what life was like in the Warsaw Ghetto. Gutman explains that, as bad as things were, they always seemed to just get worse.
Fifty years after the Aniston, Alabama attack on a bus that protesting Freedom Riders were on, the survivors give their personal accounts. They explain such emotional things as the sights of the tragedy, as well as trying to figure out the least painful way to die. The young Freedom Riders … Continue reading
Freedom Riders fifty years after the nonviolent movement tell their personal and powerful stories about the suffering they endured while peacefully protesting the fact that desegregation laws were not being enforced in the southern states. The stories show the courage that the Freedom Riders upheld and their determination to not … Continue reading
Janie Forsyth Mckinney tells a powerful story about witnessing a Freedom Rider’s bus being firebombed by local Klan members at just 12-years-old. McKinney describes people being mad at her as she bravely rushed to help the victims of the tragedy. The event occurred on May 14, 1961.
Ramona Africa, the only adult survivor of the May 13, 1985 bombing of Osage Avenue in Philadelphia, explains the confrontations with police that led up to the violent attack that killed 11 MOVE members and destroyed over 250 houses. Michael Moses Ward was the only child to survive the bombing.
A Philadelphia resident explains what happened in the aftermath of the Osage Avenue bombing by Philadelphia police and describes how the government is still trying to force her to move.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivers his famous “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat” speech to the House of Commons on May 13, 1940, just days after his election.
Australian veterans recall their involvement in the Battle of Coral–Balmoral that began on May 12, 1968 and share vivid memories of the confrontation with Vietnamese forces that lasted until June 6, 1968.
