That day in Dachau
“Fear festers,” pop told him all through childhood. “Step in, step through, but don’t be hindered by fear. Yet always respect it.”...
Tag: Jewish History
Our collection of biographical and historical fiction short stories, quotes and photographs from Jewish History.
A Warsaw Ghetto Deportation
She was in the line, the one you didn’t want to be in, the one leading to the deportation train going to Treblinka, a death camp. We all knew that’s...
Leaving Home: A Time to Emigrate
Aron didn’t fear much in life. He was a fighter by nature. As a kid, he often came home with scrapes and black eyes, dried blood on his face. “What ...
Baseball star Thelma “Tiby” Eisen
Born in 1922 into an Orthodox Jewish family in Los Angeles, CA, Thelma “Tiby” Eisen became interested in sports when she was around twelve or thirte...
“The Pogrom”: A historical fiction short story
There was fear in fathers eyes. It was there in the sweat running down his face. And in his frantic shouting to my uncle. My father, a small thin man with soft ...
“A Glimpse of Normal”: A historical fiction short story
Life feels normal. There is warm sunshine on my face. And soft grass under my back. Chaya is at my side. I roll over and kiss her cheek. And then her lips. I ta...