Hiding Edith tells the true story of Edith Schwalb, a young Jewish Girl sent to live in a safe house after the Nazi invasion of France. Edith's story is remarkable not only for her own bravery, but for the bravery of those that helped her: an entire village, including its mayor and citizenry, her...
In Budejovice, a quiet village in the Czech republic, laws and rules were introduced to restrict the freedom of Jewish people during the dark days of World War II. In a small shack on the small plot of land allocated to the village's Jewish youth, some brave young people decided to create a newsp...
Angry men glared at her, fists raised. Soldiers pointed guns at her. Strange children were shaking their heads sadly and staring. All of them were shouting the same question, demanding an answer: What is your name? My name? My name, she thought, looking wildly around for someone to help her. Fina...
It was the opening of a new exhibit – a collection of paintings by an emerging Canadian artist who, like Theo, had also originally come from Czechoslovakia. This young man’s roots were much more humble than Theo’s, his journey out from under the Communist thumb much more complicated. He was a ski...
