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Our collection of biographical and historical fiction short stories, quotes and photographs from Jewish History.

historical fiction short stories

That day in Dachau

Posted on November 11, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

“Fear festers,” pop told him all through childhood. “Step in, step through, but don’t be hindered by fear. Yet always respect it.”...

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A Warsaw Ghetto Deportation

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

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...

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Leaving Home: A Time to Emigrate

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

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 ...

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Baseball star Thelma “Tiby” Eisen

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Historical Snapshots

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...

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“The Pogrom”: A historical fiction short story

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Historical Snapshots

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 ...

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“A Glimpse of Normal”: A historical fiction short story

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Historical Snapshots

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...

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