Category Archives: The Holocaust

Holocaust rescuer Oskar Schindler buried in Israel 40 years ago today (Oct 28 1974)

1970s, The Holocaust


Video: 'OSKAR SCHINDLER FUNERAL ENTREVISTA LEGENDADO'

(Monday, October 28, 1974) — Oskar Schindler, who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories, was buried today at the Catholic cemetery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, 19 days after dying in Frankfurt, West Germany, at age 66. Schindler was the only member of the Nazi Party to be honored in this way. Continue reading Holocaust rescuer Oskar Schindler buried in Israel 40 years ago today (Oct 28 1974) →

Anne Frank’s family notified of deportation to the east 70 years ago today (Sep 2 1944)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'Anne Frank - The Whole Story (2001) 2/2' (Sept. 2, 1944, at 50:08-52:44)

(Saturday, September 2, 1944; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank and her family were notified today that they would be deported from Holland the following day, transferred from the transit camp Westerbork to somewhere east.

Anne Frank transferred to transit camp Westerbork 70 years ago today (Aug 8 1944)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'Anne Frank - The Whole Story (2001) 2/2' (Aug. 8, 1944, at 42:59)

(Tuesday, August 8, 1944, early morning CET; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank, her family, the van Pel family and dentist Fritz Pfeffer, the eight people in discovered hiding in the “Secret Annex” were removed from their cells at Huis van Bewaring (House of Detention), an overcrowded prison on the Weteringschans, and taken by tram to the Centraal train station in Amsterdam today and transported in an ordinary passenger train to transit camp Westerbork.

Anne Frank, still in hiding, receives her first kiss 70 years ago this hour (Apr 15 1944)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'Anne Frank - The Whole Story (2001) 2/2' (Apr. 15, 1944, at 19:56)

(Saturday, April 15, 1944, 9:30 p.m. local time; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — On Anne Frank’s 650th day in hiding in a secret apartment behind her father’s business in German-occupied Amsterdam, the 14-year-old girl received her first kiss while on a “date” with Peter van Pels.

‘Schindler’s List’ wins Best Picture at 66th Academy Awards 20 years ago this hour (Mar 21 1994)

1990s, movies 1990s, The Holocaust


Video: '66th (1994) Oscars' (12 videos in playlist)

(Monday, March 21, 1994, 9:00 p.m. EST) — Schindler’s List, an epic historical drama film about the Holocaust, won seven Oscars tonight at the 66th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Steven Spielberg for Best Director. Tom Hanks won Best Actor for Philadelphia and Holly Hunter won Best Actress for The Piano. Continue reading ‘Schindler’s List’ wins Best Picture at 66th Academy Awards 20 years ago this hour (Mar 21 1994) →

Siskel & Ebert pick ‘Schindler’s List’ as best film of 1993 20 years ago today (Jan 1 1994)

1990s, movies 1990s, The Holocaust


Video: 'Siskel & Ebert - The Best of 1993'

(Saturday, January 1, 1994) — Film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert today both picked Schindler’s List, an epic drama film about of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories, as the best film of 1993.

Christmas cake with ‘Peace 1944’ served in Anne Frank’s hiding place 70 years ago tonight (12/24/1943)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'MOVIE - Diary of Anne Frank - 1 1' (Dec. 24, 1943, at 1:51:59)

(Friday, December 24, 1943, evening; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — “Friday evening, for the first time in my life, I received a Christmas present,” Anne Frank, 14, would write about this evening in her famous diary on Dec. 27, 1943. “Mr. Kleiman, Mr. Kugler and the girls had prepared a wonderful surprise for us. Miep made a delicious Christmas cake with ‘Peace 1944’ written on top, and Bep provided a batch of cookies that was up to prewar standards.” Continue reading Christmas cake with ‘Peace 1944’ served in Anne Frank’s hiding place 70 years ago tonight (12/24/1943) →

Crematorium II becomes operational at Auschwitz death camp 70 years ago today (1943)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'Auschwitz II Birkenau Crematorium II'

(Wednesday, March 31, 1943, part of The Holocaust during World War II) — Crematorium II, with the capacity to burn 1440 corpses a day, became operational today at the Auschwitz II–Birkenau extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

Originally designed as a mortuary, with morgues in the basement and ground-level furnaces, Crematorium II was converted to increase greatly the gassing capacity of Birkenau by placing a gas-tight door on the morgues and adding vents for Zyklon-B and ventilation equipment to remove the gas.