Did I dream this? I am trying to find an article I thought I saw on MetaFilter, but perhaps I read it elsewhere. [more inside]
posted by prefpara on Oct 29, 2009 - 5 answers

My father, a holocaust survivor, is interested in a Polish film called "Requiem dla 500,000" (Requiem for 500,000, directed by Waclaw Kazimierczak and Jerzy Bossak). I was entrusted with the task of getting a hold of it (purchase/download etc). Where should I start? I couldn't find it on Amazon, Google Video, etc.
posted by ovesh on Aug 4, 2009 - 4 answers

I've got a holocaust survivor coming, and I get to ask one question. For some reason, I can't think of a question. We've covered most of the stuff in class, and I just can't think of anything to ask him. He's 82 btw, and hes coming to my college.
posted by Nighthawk3729 on Apr 30, 2009 - 36 answers

The archivist of an exterminated Jewish community has asked me to make a tribute website (the modern equivalent of a Yizkor Book. I want to be evocative and moving and a useful reference for other people tracing their genealogy. The problem is that I have no idea how to create a modern website; or write the sort of material I want; or make it pretty. What sort of help should I look for, and where can I find it, and how much will it cost me?
posted by Joe in Australia on Jan 12, 2009 - 8 answers

Does anyone know the origin or a way to determine the origin and individuals in this Holocaust-era photograph? [more inside]
posted by pallen123 on Jan 11, 2009 - 7 answers

Book-filter (again)! I just read Markus Zuzak's "The Book Thief" and loved it and loved being moved by it. Give me more books that do the same. [more inside]
posted by robotot on Oct 9, 2008 - 15 answers

What is this post-nuclear holocaust comic book I had as a kid? [more inside]
posted by arniec on Sep 30, 2008 - 3 answers

Please help me find a short story I think I read in The New Yorker a couple of years ago. [more inside]
posted by katie on Sep 14, 2008 - 1 answer

Am I responsible for the Holocaust? [more inside]
posted by krautland on Jun 10, 2008 - 75 answers

I need help planning a 50 minute presentation for a Holocaust remembrance day relating to the apartheid in South Africa. It will be focused on the music of South Africa, after giving some background information. Did I mention that it is for a bunch of 7th/8th graders and is happening on Wednesday? [more inside]
posted by ooklala on Mar 8, 2008 - 6 answers

Help me find literature written about life in prisons, work camps, concentration camps etc. [more inside]
posted by Telf on Feb 7, 2008 - 39 answers

I am looking for holocaust archive footage of the ghettoes - without paying a fortune. shouldn't this be public domain? where? [more inside]
posted by Izzmeister on Nov 22, 2007 - 7 answers

Can anyone remember the name of a book from my childhood? Kid lit from the late 60’s/early 70’s. Book is about the Holocaust, I think. Bought the book from the Scholastic Book Club (they don’t have lists from back then). The book has a red cover with a picture of a girl with dark brown hair. Part of the story takes place on a train going to Siberia(?). Hope you can help me find this book!
posted by D Dear on Oct 31, 2007 - 12 answers

Traveling in Europe. One potential stop I'm still undecided on. [more inside]
posted by sellout on Jun 18, 2007 - 21 answers

I found WW2 "yellow stars," Jewish identity papers and other tragic items at a Hungarian flea market. What to do? [more inside]
posted by Dee Xtrovert on May 19, 2007 - 17 answers

My grandparents are Holocaust survivors. Might I be entitled to EU citizenship? How do I figure this out and pursue it if it's an option? [more inside]
posted by anonymoose on Apr 23, 2007 - 33 answers

SheetMusicFilter: I need sheet music for the theme from Schindler's List, by John Williams, for violin plus piano accompaniment. If you find only the piano acompaniment, that works too. [more inside]
posted by alona on Apr 14, 2007 - 3 answers

How widespread was the knowledge of the concentration camps outside of Germany, and displaced Jewish families, in the 30's and 40's? When did the general American public become aware of what was happening? [more inside]
posted by canine epigram on Feb 20, 2007 - 19 answers

I saw on the news tonight that there was a sect of radical orthodox Jews (some type of haredim? chasids?) attending the Holocaust denial conference in Tehran, Iran. I know some ultra-orthodox groups deny the legitimacy of Israel based on Scriptural reasons, are these the same guys? Who are they and what is their reasoning for denying the Holocaust? [more inside]
posted by Falconetti on Dec 11, 2006 - 16 answers

where is this monument (city,country)? [more inside]
posted by Postroad on Nov 20, 2006 - 4 answers

My apologies for this vague description--I used to work in a bookstore where I'd pick up and browse through a number of books. One book included a letter written to God by a Jewish man (maybe a rabbi?) imprisoned during the Holocaust. Part of the letter involved him saying, essentially, "no matter what you do to me, God, or what suffering you send, you can't make me stop loving you. That is the form my free will takes." Does anyone know the author or title?
posted by piers on Mar 30, 2006 - 4 answers

I'm looking for the name of a movie i once saw half of. Ive talked to some friends about it and some of them seem to remember it to - its all a little vague though, sorry bout that. This whole thing is spoiler-ridden, for obvious reasons, so if you start to read it and a) havent seen the movie before and b) would kind of like to i'd suggest you stop when you think it starts to get good, because i've put down what i THINK the ending is. [more inside]
posted by lowest.common.denominator on Oct 10, 2005 - 12 answers

I am looking for an on-line resource that lists atrocities committed against Jews, preferably going all the way back to Biblical times. [more inside]
posted by uncanny hengeman on Feb 28, 2005 - 6 answers

A friend of mine wants to find a poem she remembers from high school. It includes/begins with the words "God is Dead... we have burned him in the ovens of Auschwitz" or something along those lines. It rings no bells with me and I've googled to no avail. Given my country's strenuous efforts to promote CanCon, this may well be a Canadian poem. Does anyone know the title or author of this poem?
posted by orange swan on Mar 3, 2004 - 19 answers