Holocaust Martyrs Forest – Anne Frank Memorial - KKL JNF – Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund KKL-JNF, together with World B'nai Brith, began planting the Martyrs Forest, which extends on both sides of Kesalon River in the Jerusalem Hills, in 1951. The forest is a silent, powerful and natural memorial to the millions of Jews who perished in the Holocaust. In the forest stand six million trees – one for every Jew who was killed – a living, breathing memorial to the people whose lives were brutally cut short. Anne Frank Memorial at the Martyrs Forest. This beautiful forest is carpeted with colorful wildflowers according to season and provides shady tranquility in summer. In the forest stands a memorial to Anne Frank, who perhaps more than anyone else, represents the horrors of the Holocaust for many people. Anne Frank (1929-1945) hid in Amsterdam with her family during the German occupation of the Netherlands and died in Bergen-Belsen in 1945. The memorial is a sculpture created by designer Piet Cohen, and is the form of a room made of rusted steel. Photo: KKL-JNF Photo Archive
Books Third Reich Nazi Germany, also known as the Third Reich, is the common name for Germany when it was a totalitarian state ruled by Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP). On 30 January 1933 Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany, by the President of the Weimar Republic, Paul von Hindenburg, beginning the process of eliminating all opposition and the consolidation of power to become the sole leader of Germany in August 1934. The state idolized Hitler as its Führer ("leader"), centralizing all power in his hands. Historians have emphasized the hypnotic effect of his rhetoric on large audiences, and of his eyes in small groups. Kessel writes, "Overwhelmingly...Germans speak with mystification of Hitler's 'hypnotic' appeal Racism, especially antisemitism, was a feature of society in Nazi Germany. Germany made increasingly aggressive demands, threatening war if they were not met. Name The most popular English terms are "Nazi Germany" and "Third Reich." History Background
The Diary of Anne Frank | Israel Today Anyone tempted to grumble about restrictions under the coronavirus pandemic would do well to be reminded of the conditions under which Jews were forced into hiding from the Nazis during World War II. Perhaps the most famous account concerns that of 13-year-old Anne Frank, who was locked with her family in a cold, cramped Amsterdam attic for two long years before being dragged off to the concentration camps where only Otto, her beloved father, survived. Amid all the tensions of sharing meagre food and facilities between three families, they were subjected to the constant fear of being discovered, having to creep around in their stockinged feet while being jolted in fright by every knock and creak. Anne spent much of her time writing her diary – a gift from her father – recording all her hopes and fears along with the daily arguments arising from some difficult relationships including the annoying behaviour of Peter, an older boy with whom she gradually fell in love. Betrayed by a thief!
The Holocaust, Crimes, Heroes and Villains World War II: After the War - In Focus At the end of World War II, huge swaths of Europe and Asia had been reduced to ruins. Borders were redrawn and homecomings, expulsions, and burials were under way. But the massive efforts to rebuild had just begun. When the war began in the late 1930s, the world's population was approximately 2 billion. In less than a decade, the war between the Axis the Allied powers had resulted in 80 million deaths -- killing off about 4 percent of the whole world. Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: German Wehrmacht General Anton Dostler is tied to a stake before his execution by a firing squad in a stockade in Aversa, Italy, on December 1, 1945. Soviet soldiers with lowered standards of the defeated Nazi forces during the Victory Day parade in Moscow, on June 24, 1945. The return of victorious Soviet soldiers at a railway station in Moscow in 1945. Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan, one year after the atomic bomb blast shows some small amount of reconstruction amid much ruin on July 20, 1946. U.S.
History - World War Two: Summary Outline of Key Events 8 Things You Need To Know About The Battle Of Britain Contrails left by British and German aircraft after a dogfight during the Battle of Britain, September 1940. The Battle of Britain took place between July and October 1940. The Germans began by attacking coastal targets and British shipping operating in the English Channel. They launched their main offensive on 13 August. Battle of Britain The Battle of Britain was a struggle between the German Luftwaffe (commanded by Hermaan Göring) and the British Royal Air force (headed by Sir Hugh Dowding’s Fighter Command) which raged over Britain between July and October 1940. The battle, which was the first major military campaign in history to be fought entirely in the air, was the result of a German plan to win air superiority over Southern Britain and the English Channel by destroying the British air force and aircraft industry. Hitler saw victory in the battle as a prelude to the invasion of Britain (codenamed Operation Sealion). In May 1940, German forces had overrun Belgium, the Netherlands and northern France using Blitzkrieg (‘Lightening War’) tactics. The Luftwaffe’s first disadvantage was that it was neither trained nor equipped for the long range operations which became part of the battle. The climax of the battle came on 15 September, a day in which the Luftwaffe lost 56 planes and the RAF 28.
Winston Churchill: greatest British hero or a warmongering villain? Sir Winston Churchill, a journalist, a soldier, and a war-time leader, was a maverick who divided opinion throughout his lengthy political career. As the 50th anniversary of his death approaches, historians and journalists appear no closer to agreeing on his legacy. We weigh up the leading arguments on both sides. Churchill as hero: Churchill is widely regarded as one of the greatest war-time leaders Europe has ever seen, inspiring the Allies to victory in the Second World War. He was also responsible for fostering the "special relationship" between the UK and the US, which continues today, and alerting the West to the burgeoning post-war threat of Soviet communism in his infamous "Iron Curtain" speech. Less sizeable but still significant achievements include reforming the prison system, introducing a minimum wage and bringing in legislation which taxed the wealthy to pay for social welfare reforms. Churchill received numerous awards, honours and medals throughout his lifetime.
Winston S. Churchill - British History “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat,” Churchill told the House of Commons in his first speech as prime minister. “We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I can say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? Just as Churchill predicted, the road to victory in World War II was long and difficult: France fell to the Nazis in June 1940. Though Churchill was one of the chief architects of the Allied victory, war-weary British voters ousted the Conservatives and their prime minister from office just two months after Germany’s surrender in 1945.
Why did World War II Start? Since 1933, Germany had been ruled by Adolf Hitler and his political party, the Nazis. They wanted to take revenge for Germany’s defeat in the Great War by expanding Germany’s empire. In 1938, the Nazis invaded Austria and on 15th March 1939 they invaded Czechoslovakia. Next, on 1st September 1939, over a million Nazi troops then invaded Poland. Most families in the UK heard the news on the radio, announced by the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain at 11:15am. World War II was fought between two major alliances (groups of countries), which at the start of the war were: the Axis Powers, including: Germany, Italy and Japan;the Allies, including: France, China, the UK and some of its Commonwealth (e.g. The Germans quickly invaded Denmark and Norway (April 1940), Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Belgium (both in May) and then conquered France by June. In June 1941, The Soviet Union then joined the Allies, after Germany attacked it.
Wartime Recipes | How we survived in a time of rationing 1939 – 1953 Welcome to our new section devoted to Wartime Recipes. We have seperated this section out of the Historical Recipes in response to the ever increasing demand for recipes connected to wartime. We hope you find someting of interest. If you have any wartime recipes, from any period, that you would like to share with visitors you can quickly and easily add yours to this site. We have just published a new set of war-time recipes on our main site taken from the Good Fare Recipe Book first published in 1941. Patriotic PuddingIngredients 4 table-spoons Flour 4 table-spoons grated raw Potato or Fine Oatmeal 1 table-spoon Fat ½ table-spoon Jam, Treacle or Milk and Water to mix Syrup and 1 grated Carrot ½ tea-spoon Bicarbonate of Soda Pinch of Salt 2 tea-spoons grated Orange or Lemon Rind (if available) Milk and Water to mix Method: Rub the fat into the flour, add the rest of the dry ingredients and mix well. Potato Short Bread Parsley Honey 5ozs parsley 1lb sugar 1½ pints water ½ teaspoon vinegar
World War Two Recipes During World War Two the government produced a raft of recipes that each family could use. Rationing greatly limited what the average family in Great Britain could cook. To keep up morale, the government published recipes to make the most of what people could get in terms of food. This served two purposes. It gave the normal person in the street the feeling that the government was concerned about their well-being and was prepared to do something. It also ensured that wherever possible (and when all food on the ration cards was available) boredom over the same diet was a hoped for rarity. The recipes covered all manner of foodstuffs. Lord Woolton’s Vegetable Pie: This recipe required: 2 lb of potatoes 1 lb of cauliflower 1 lb of carrots ½ lb of suede ½ lb of parsnips 3 or 4 spring onions Water for cooking 1 teaspoon vegetable extract 1 tablespoon of oatmeal Chopped parsley 2 oz grated cheese. The pie was named after Lord Frederick Woolton who was Minister for Food. ½ oz of dripping or fat 6 oz macaroni