tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58404240666420545732024-03-13T23:12:37.900-07:00Social Causes 101To promote a deeper, more comprehensive understanding of whats going on the world, and how we as individuals can help to effect change for the better.Stephen C. Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863598375561081872noreply@blogger.comBlogger383125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-12970501401278801472014-04-29T07:53:00.003-07:002014-04-29T07:53:47.333-07:00Moshe Arens in Shdema Speaks: Warsaw Ghetto Events - Jewish World - News - Israel National NewsMoshe Arens in Shdema Speaks: Warsaw Ghetto Events - Jewish World - News - Israel National News: "Anielewicz was also killed, but Lubetkin, Cukierman and dozens others escaped through the sewage pipes, came to Israel, wrote books and told their half of the story. There was no one left to tell the full story”.
Due to the suppression of the full story of the fighting in the Ghetto, HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-83631139549231204412014-04-29T07:53:00.001-07:002014-04-29T07:53:17.745-07:00Moshe Arens in Shdema Speaks: Warsaw Ghetto Events - Jewish World - News - Israel National NewsMoshe Arens in Shdema Speaks: Warsaw Ghetto Events - Jewish World - News - Israel National News: "Anielewicz and Frenkiel had different plans for the fight against the Germans. Frenkiel wanted to have a direct confrontation with the German army and to that end they positioned themselves at Muranowska Square, raised the Zionist flag, later to become the Israeli flag, and the Polish flag. Himmler HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-10493774881913047912014-04-29T07:51:00.001-07:002014-04-29T07:51:46.585-07:00Moshe Arens in Shdema Speaks: Warsaw Ghetto Events - Jewish World - News - Israel National NewsMoshe Arens in Shdema Speaks: Warsaw Ghetto Events - Jewish World - News - Israel National News: "“If it was difficult to understand why 2 organizations were established, it was much easier to understand why they had difficulties merging together. Anielewicz’s organization was political and less militant," Arens stated. "His people were youth group participants. On the other hand, Frenkiel’s HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-81985203242524895592014-04-28T22:27:00.001-07:002014-04-28T22:27:07.143-07:00Władysław Szpilman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaWładysław Szpilman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Szpilman's compositions include the suite for piano "Life of the Machines" 1932, Violin Concerto 1933, "Waltzer in the Olden Style" 1937, film soundtracks: "Świt, dzień i noc Palestyny" (1934), Wrzos (1938) and Doctor Murek (1939), Concertino for Piano and Orchestra (1940), Paraphrase on Own Themes (1948) "Ouverture for Symphonic Orchestra" HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-70287302502888006182014-04-28T22:25:00.001-07:002014-04-28T22:25:56.837-07:00Władysław Szpilman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaWładysław Szpilman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Szpilman was hiding out in an abandoned building at 223 Niepodległości Avenue when he was found in November by a German officer, Captain Wilm Hosenfeld. To Szpilman's surprise, the officer did not arrest or kill him; after discovering that the emaciated Szpilman was a pianist, Hosenfeld asked him to play something. (A piano was on the groundHostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-33954201847431474892014-04-28T22:24:00.001-07:002014-04-28T22:24:16.168-07:00Władysław Szpilman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaWładysław Szpilman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Everyone in his family was deported in 1942 to Treblinka, an extermination camp within German-occupied Poland roughly 80.5 km (50.0 mi) northeast of Warsaw. A member of the Jewish Police (Jerzy Lewinski), who recognized Szpilman from a concert, pulled him from a line of people—including his parents, brother, and two sisters—being HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-4823776216467392042014-04-28T22:21:00.001-07:002014-04-28T22:21:23.634-07:00Robinson Crusoes of Warsaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaRobinson Crusoes of Warsaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The group stockpiled water, coffee, medicines, fuel, and various foodstuffs.[19] Additionally, Beck kept a set of watercolors, crayons, ink and paper, which he used to illustrate life in the bunker.[note 8] Some of the members having fought in the uprising, the group also possessed a small cache of weapons, unusual for Robinsons. A HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-13973517362229080902014-04-28T22:20:00.001-07:002014-04-28T22:20:56.900-07:00Robinson Crusoes of Warsaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaRobinson Crusoes of Warsaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The largest known group of Robinsons was composed of 37 people[7][note 7] under the leadership of Roman Fiszer and medical doctors, Dr. Beer and Prof. Henryk Beck. Beck was the director of a makeshift insurgent hospital during the uprising. As it became clear that the insurrection was going to fail, he and Cpt. Władysław Kowalski, a HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-35305230339500770982014-04-28T22:19:00.001-07:002014-04-28T22:19:14.429-07:00Robinson Crusoes of Warsaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaRobinson Crusoes of Warsaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The phenomenon of the hideaways was noticed soon after the Red Army captured Warsaw. On January 26, 1945, a bulletin of the Żydowska Agencja Prasowa (Jewish News Agency) reported that 48 individuals had emerged from hiding and referred to them as jaskiniowcy, or "cavemen". The term "Robinsons" soon became common, a reference to the HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-81686598954174820522014-04-28T22:17:00.001-07:002014-04-28T22:17:32.007-07:00Robinson Crusoes of Warsaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaRobinson Crusoes of Warsaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The Warsaw Uprising, which began on August 1, 1944, was an attempt by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa, AK) to liberate the capital of Poland from Nazi occupation in advance of approaching Soviet forces.[1] The insurrectionists hoped for Soviet[2] and Allied support,[3] but in early August Joseph Stalin halted the Red Army on the HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-79921794053978679152014-04-28T22:16:00.001-07:002014-04-28T22:16:14.339-07:00Robinson Crusoes of Warsaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaRobinson Crusoes of Warsaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The estimates of the number of hideaways vary from several hundred to about two thousand. Even though the majority of the Robinsons perished during the war, most of the information about their circumstances comes from those who survived. The largest group of hideaways consisted of probably around 36 individuals who were led by two HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-13241114083713262262014-04-28T22:14:00.003-07:002014-04-28T22:14:14.441-07:00Marek Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMarek Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Former head of Israel's parliament and former Israeli ambassador to Poland Shevah Weiss said: "I'd like to offer my condolences to Marek Edelman's family, to the Polish nation and to the Jewish nation. He was a hero to all of us."[34] Ian Kelly, official spokesperson for the United States, expressed sympathies and affirmed that the United States HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-40259425109352516642014-04-28T22:14:00.001-07:002014-04-28T22:14:01.909-07:00Marek Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMarek Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: ""there are few people like Marek Edelman."[11][34] Catholic Bishop Tadeusz Pieronek said: "I respect him most for the fact that he stayed in this land, which made him fight so hard for his Jewish and Polish identity. He became a real witness, he gave a real testimony with his life."[37] The former Polish Prime Minister, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, was HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-66669110075187660322014-04-28T22:12:00.001-07:002014-04-28T22:12:41.451-07:00Marek Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMarek Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: ""Many of the survivors of the uprising who settled in Israel could not forgive Edelman for his frequent criticism of Israel. When on my return from Warsaw I tried to convince a number of Israeli universities to award Edelman an honorary doctorate in recognition of his role in the Warsaw ghetto uprising, I ran into stubborn opposition led by HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-27667146005512567682014-04-28T22:09:00.001-07:002014-04-28T22:09:33.275-07:00Marek Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMarek Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: ""We knew perfectly well that we had no chance of winning. We fought simply not to allow the Germans alone to pick the time and place of our deaths. We knew we were going to die. Just like all the others who were sent to Treblinka.... Their death was far more heroic. We didn't know when we would take a bullet. They had to deal with certain death, HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-88704754174446215852014-04-28T22:08:00.001-07:002014-04-28T22:08:37.116-07:00Marek Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMarek Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The Germans proceeded to flush out the few remaining fighters by burning down the Ghetto - Edelman always insisted, "We were beaten by the flames, not the Germans."[7] At that juncture, couriers from the Polish underground outside the Ghetto came through the sewers that still linked it with the rest of Warsaw. On the morning of May 10, Edelman HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-87512478167257863312014-04-28T22:07:00.001-07:002014-04-28T22:07:39.152-07:00Marek Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMarek Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "second day of the Uprising, while protecting the retreat of Edelman and other comrades, that another prominent insurgent and Bundist, Michał Klepfisz, was killed.[12] Over the next three weeks, the fighting was intense. The Jewish fighters killed and wounded scores of Nazis but inevitably sustained far greater losses. On May 8, ŻOB's commander, HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-48917850092287757702014-04-28T22:06:00.001-07:002014-04-28T22:06:22.273-07:00Marek Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMarek Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "to the Warsaw Ghetto. In 1942, as a Bund youth leader he co-founded the underground Jewish Combat Organization (Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa, ŻOB). In the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of April–May 1943, led by Mordechaj Anielewicz, Edelman was one of the three sub-commanders and then became the leader after the death of Anielewicz.[11]
When the Germans HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-55081084986097343092014-04-28T22:01:00.001-07:002014-04-28T22:04:29.908-07:00Marek Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMarek Edelman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Before his death in 2009, Edelman was the last surviving leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Before World War II, he was a General Jewish Labour Bund activist.
The last survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising- Marek Edlemen z'l (died 2009)
During the war he co-founded the Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB). He took part in the 1943 Warsaw HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-43345753750567566172014-04-28T21:58:00.001-07:002014-04-28T21:58:28.397-07:00Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | Warsaw LifeWarsaw Ghetto Uprising | Warsaw Life: "From that point until April the Germans deportation plans were delayed, Nazi collaborators killed, and the Z.O.B (along with other Jewish fighting forces) were in virtually complete control of the Ghetto. Meanwhile the Polish underground movement, impressed by the Jews courage, supplied the Z.O.B with more and better weaponry. In this three month period HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-66061656628850310472014-04-28T21:55:00.001-07:002014-04-28T21:55:00.693-07:00Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | Warsaw LifeWarsaw Ghetto Uprising | Warsaw Life: "They offered their first resistance on 18th January 1943, when a large group of Germans soldiers arrived intent on rounding up more Jews for deportation. In fact the Z.O.B (Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa, or the Jewish Fighters Organization) had been planning an attack on the Jewish Police (who collaborated with the Nazis) for the 22nd, but when the Germans HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-23739776248999932692014-04-28T21:47:00.001-07:002014-04-28T21:47:08.808-07:00Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | Warsaw LifeWarsaw Ghetto Uprising | Warsaw Life: " They offered their first resistance on 18th January 1943, when a large group of Germans soldiers arrived intent on rounding up more Jews for deportation. In fact the Z.O.B (Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa, or the Jewish Fighters Organization) had been planning an attack on the Jewish Police (who collaborated with the Nazis) for the 22nd, but when the Germans HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-3962750029227831862014-04-28T21:44:00.001-07:002014-04-28T21:44:08.077-07:00Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | Warsaw LifeWarsaw Ghetto Uprising | Warsaw Life: "The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising refers to the armed resistance of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto in the early months of 1943. It should not be confused with the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, in which the non-Jewish Poles rose up against Nazi oppression (although some survivors of the Ghetto Uprising did join this fight). The latter was a bid for freedom, with a HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-68205778292819330222014-04-28T21:38:00.001-07:002014-04-28T21:38:02.579-07:00"School of Dialogue" – an educational programme of the Forum for Dialogue Among Nations - Culture, social and educational projects - Town today - Warszawa - Virtual Shtetl"School of Dialogue" – an educational programme of the Forum for Dialogue Among Nations - Culture, social and educational projects - Town today - Warszawa - Virtual Shtetl: "broadening the knowledge that students have about the presence of Jews in Poland over the centuries and their influence HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840424066642054573.post-87165282608212946732014-04-28T21:36:00.003-07:002014-04-28T21:36:49.941-07:00Warsaw Ghetto UprisingWarsaw Ghetto Uprising: "During the attempted deportation, a group of resistance fighters openly attacked SS guards. Other residents hid in makeshift hiding places and did not line up at the assembly places. When the Nazis left the ghetto after only four days and having only deported approximately 5,000 Jews, many ghetto residents felt a wave of success. Perhaps, just perhaps, the Nazis wouldn’t HostPoet is Stephen Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795458010572793637noreply@blogger.com0