Tag: Yugoslavia
Croatia Commemorates Victims of WW2 Death Camp Whose Official Numbers Keep Changing
Estimates of the number of deaths at Jadovno range from 1,794 to 120,000, mostly Serbs and Jews.
If Recognized by Israel, Kosovo Would Open Embassy in Jerusalem
According to a 2011 Census, 95.6% of the population of Kosovo are Muslim.
Baseball Hall of Fame Celebrates Jewish Big League Spy Moe Berg
Yankees and Mets legendary manager Casey Stengel said he was "the strangest man ever to play baseball."
Kremlin: Putin Invites Team Russia Players, Head Coach to Discuss World Cup Failure
Putin's summons has to do with one Josip Broz Tito, born in Kumrovec, Croatia, and one of very few Eastern European Communist leaders to stand up to the Russians successfully.
For the First Time Since Hannah Szenes IDF Paratroopers Jump in Eastern Europe
The IDF paratroopers are participating in joint training with the 173rd Brigade of the European Command of the US Army.
Yad Vashem Online Presents Touching ‘Last Letters From the Holocaust’
There are thousands of personal letters in the Yad Vashem Archives, which were sent by Jews – adults and children – to their relatives and friends from their homes, the ghettos and the camps.
Holocaust Author and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel Dead at 87
For ten years after the war, Wiesel refused to write about or discuss his experiences during the Holocaust.
Bulgaria Commemorates 70 Years of Saving Its Jews
Unlike most other Nazi allies or Nazi -occupied countries, Bulgaria saved its entire Jewish population from deportation to concentration camps.