History

Significant past events, influential figures, and cultural moments that shaped society. Ancient civilizations, wars, social revolutions, historical landmarks, and biographies.

From murder to macabre relic: How William Corder's skin became a museum artifact

Author calls the skin-bound books 'disgusting artifacts' that 'should not be exhibited'.

'Prophetic' letter written aboard the Titanic fetches nearly $400,000 USD at auction

The letter was written by Col. Archibald Gracie days before the tragedy.

On this day: Oskar Schindler's birth 117 years ago, and the legacy that lives on today

Seeing the persecution of innocent people, something was triggered within Schindler, and he became driven by the desire to save as many Jews as possible.

'Sons and Daughters': The last great Yiddish novel now available in English

An English translation by Rose Waldman of Chaim Grade’s final, unfinished work has been published.

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER
27/04/2025

Mussolini's Jews: How Il Duce bewitched Italy's Jewish communities

For nearly two decades, millions of Italians, and thousands of Jews, believed in Benito Mussolini as the man to make things right for Italy. In the end, they were wrong.

This week in Jewish history: Liberating Dachau, fall of Jericho, birth of revisionist Zionism

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

By STEVEN DRUCKER
26/04/2025

Jews will never forget the Holocaust, even if the world has

A world without Holocaust survivors is terrifying, but inevitable - yet it would not be the end of the story or memory, just the end of their responsibility.

 Yom HaShoa: There are only 220,800 Holocaust survivors left in the world according to recent survey

Holocaust Survivor Rena Quint keeps memory of victims alive by sharing her story

Holocaust survivor Rena Quint shared her story, knowing that the opportunity to hear directly from those who survived the Holocaust is approaching its end.

This week in Jewish history: Atomic bombs and Masada under siege

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

By STEVEN DRUCKER
19/04/2025

A love supreme: The great love affair of Harriet Cohen and Arnold Bax

One of the most passionate and saddest, yet hardly known great historical love affairs was that between an English classical music composer and a Jewish pianist.

By BARRY BORMAN
15/04/2025
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