Where Hitler's Crowds Once Roared
After decades of visiting Nuremberg, I finally stood on the grounds where Hitler once addressed thousands of followers.…
Holocaust
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What Was Destroyed Did Not Vanish
Born before Poland existed, my father lived to see what survives destruction.…
My Parents Were the Argument
In 1896, Theodor Herzl warned that antisemitism would return even after periods of calm. More than a century later, his words still resonate. As the child of Holocaust survivors, I have never viewed the need for a Jewish state as an abstract political question. My parents’ lives were the argument.…
Walking Through Silence: A Son’s Journey to Auschwitz in 2025
I came to Auschwitz not as a historian or photographer, but as a son. Walking through Birkenau in 2025, I confronted memory, loss, and the responsibility to remember.…
A Parisian Museum, a Family’s Tragedy, and the Lessons of History
The Musée Nissim de Camondo is one of Paris's most beautiful house museums. Behind its extraordinary collection of French decorative arts lies a tragic family story that ended in Auschwitz.…
The Honourable Woman
The Honourable Woman is a 2014 British political spy thriller written and directed by Hugo Blick for the BBC and SundanceTV. It is among the best television series I have seen. Maggie Gyllenhaal star…
Google Engineer Uses AI to Identify Faces in Holocaust-era Photographs
Can artificial intelligence help restore identities lost during the Holocaust? From Numbers to Names, created by Google engineer Daniel Patt, uses facial recognition technology to connect Holocaust victims and survivors with photographs scattered across historical archives.…
Abram Enzel (1916 - 1994)
The story of my father, Abram Enzel: Holocaust survivor…
The Weight of History: Reflecting on Poland After My Visit
A proud, complicated country with a painful past.…