Tag Archives: Holocaust

Book: Imre Kertesz – Detective Novel (Detektivtortenet)

Posted on September 12, 2010 by admin

Born in a Jewish family in Budapest in 1929, Nobel-prize winner Imre Kertesz is a Holocaust survivor. In 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz, and liberated in Buchenwald in 1945. Part of his work is a reflection of the Holocaust … Continue reading →

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Avigdor Arikha (1929 – 2010)

Posted on May 3, 2010 by admin

A murit pictorul Avigdor Arikha. Nascut in Bucovina (unele surse spun Radauti, altele Cernauti), avea 12 ani cand a fost deportat impreuna cu familia sa in Transnistria. Tatal sau a murit in ghetto, el a supravietuit deoarece desenele sale descriind … Continue reading →

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Delia Marc: Film – Gradinile Finzi-Contini (Vittorio de SIca – 1970)

Posted on April 20, 2010 by admin

Cu o saptamana in urma, de Ziua Holocaustului am adus pe blog o lista a unora dintre filmele remarcabile pe tema Holocaustului, asa cum erau ele vazute de criticii ziarului Yediot Aharonot. Din lista facea parte si ‘Gradinile Finzi-Contini’ a … Continue reading →

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Ashes and Movies – The Holocaust Films

Posted on April 11, 2010 by admin

As the Holocaust Memorial Day starts in Israel, I found in the weekend edition of Yediot Aharonot a list drawn by Yehuda Stav and Yehuda Nuriel of some the most important films dedicated to the Holocaust. It’s certainly a personal … Continue reading →

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Opera – ‘Flying Lessons’ at the Cameri Theatre

Posted on February 10, 2010 by admin

I do not want to let too much time pass before I write something about a performance that I enjoyed at the Cameri Theatre put on stage in collaboration with the new Israeli Opera. The name of the representation is … Continue reading →

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David Krakauer and the Klezmer Madness!

Posted on January 27, 2010 by admin

David Krakauer is one of the well known clarinetists of our times, an acclaimed artist expressing himself in traditional East European Jewish music, in jazz, and classical music. Born in 1956 Krakauer and his band band Klezmer Madness! are promoting … Continue reading →

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International Remembrance Holocaust Day

Posted on January 26, 2010 by admin

January 27 is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Many events are taking place on this occasion, I will mention two that drew my attention, Angela Furtuna sent me the poster of an event organized on this occasion in the city … Continue reading →

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‘Havdalah’ by Shmuel Hasfari at the Cameri Theatre

Posted on January 23, 2010 by admin

The six characters of Shmuel Hasfari’s new play ‘Havdalah’ do not need to seek for a playwright. Hasfari is well in control of the members two families representing two poles of the Israeli society immediatly after the six days war, … Continue reading →

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A Romanian Jewish Writer Rediscovered

Posted on January 22, 2010 by admin

One of the Internet groups I am subscribed to brought up one in a series of articles about the exhibition at the Shoah Memorial in Paris which redsicovers for most of the world the personality of the Jewish Romanian poet … Continue reading →

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Wannsee

Posted on January 14, 2010 by admin

Intr-o discutie pe una dintre listele internetice verisoare a venit vorba despre Wannsee. Colegi de pe acea lista au vazut un film, cred ca o docudrama despre conferinta tinuta la 20 ianuarie 1942 in care a fost pecetluita soarta evreilor … Continue reading →

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