Memorable Sunday

The first days passed in relative calm. The German soldiers generally did not assault the Jews. But the military police, tall, muscular, well-armed – the embodiment of Prussian Militarism and brutality – sporadically attack innocent Jewish passersby. The conquerors escorted by the Ukrainian rabble, vent their bestiality, making rude jokes, and maltreating those few compelled [...]

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A city intact, sans synagogues

A city street in Lvov

Lvov, Ukraine is a beautiful city. It has an old world charm, filled with broad streets and old buildings intact from before WWII. Except for the synagogues. The synagogues were destroyed. Home to a sizable Jewish community before the Holocaust there were more than 40 synagogues, generally organized by profession. [...]

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