Monthly Archives: November 2023

The sign above the gate read “Arbeit Mach Frei.” It was May 12, 2011 and I found myself literally staring at the gates of hell. The entrance to the most notorious of all the Nazi Death Camps: Auschwitz-Birkenau.  Being here … Continue reading →

                       ON THE EIGHTY-FITH ANNIVERSARY OF KRYSTALLNACHT,                                                     NOVEMBER 9 AND 10, 1938 I don’t intend to make this a big deal literary effort or a weepy emotional debauch.  I simply want to tell you what I remember about Krystallnacht. … Continue reading →