A Radio Documentry by BBC reporter Patrick Gordon Walker Listen to historic recording of a 1945 BBC broadcast from liberated Bergen-Belsen, a Nazi concentration camp, featuring the singing of “Hatikva” … Read More Hatikva singing In Bergen-Belsen
Holocaust & Antisemitism
Eichmann’s Prosecutor Gideon Hausner
How did prosecutor Gideon Hausner view his role in prosecuting Nazi criminal Adolph Eichmann who supervised the systematic murder of six million Jews in Europe? What impact did the Jerusalem … Read More Eichmann’s Prosecutor Gideon Hausner
Silent Exodus – The Jewish Nakbah
Although much is heard about the plight of the Palestinian refugees, little is said about the Jews who fled from Arab states. In 1945, there were more than 870,000 Jews … Read More Silent Exodus – The Jewish Nakbah
The disgraceful link drawn between the Holocaust and the Nakba
The Holocaust and the Nakba were used, by both nations, to create the collective national memory. Except there is an unfathomable difference: The Jews used this collective memory to build, … Read More The disgraceful link drawn between the Holocaust and the Nakba
Memorial to Tragic Flight
60 years since the Israeli airline was shot down by Bulgarian air force jets El Al Flight 402, was an international passenger flight from Vienna, Austria to Tel Aviv, Israel … Read More Memorial to Tragic Flight
What happened to the Jews of Iraq?
A war-torn nation now split between the Iraqi government, ISIS controlled areas, and the Kurdish region of the north, Iraq is certainly no safe land for anyone, let alone the … Read More What happened to the Jews of Iraq?
Victory Day – The End Of World War II
On May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered to the Soviet Union and the Allied Forces. Today the world continues to remember and celebrate their salvation and the end of WWII Late … Read More Victory Day – The End Of World War II
The Forgotten Death List of Vukovar
IsraCast publishes for the first time documented list of 284 Jews who were murdered by Croatians during WWII Israel remembers six million Jews who perished in the holocaust On the … Read More The Forgotten Death List of Vukovar
‘Abandonment’ Author David Wyman: ‘I’d Die for Israel’
Seventy years after the Holocaust, historian David S. Wyman, author of ‘The Abandonment of the Jews,’ sees lessons and ‘moral imperative’ to save lives. Twenty-eight years after historian David S. … Read More ‘Abandonment’ Author David Wyman: ‘I’d Die for Israel’
The Jews in Bulgaria During World War II
During WW II, the Jews in Europe experienced the horrors of genocide and the antisemitic policy of Hitler. On March 1, 1941, Bulgaria became an ally of Germany and in … Read More The Jews in Bulgaria During World War II