Advertisements
Tag Archives: Holocaust
Hope, grief and frustration at the first post-Holocaust Maccabiah
Now that the 19th Maccabiah Games have come to a close, here is another piece for Haaretz. This one is about the newspaper’s coverage of preparations for the third Maccabiah, which took place from September 27 to October 6, 1950. This … Continue reading
Posted in Haaretz, history, Jews, Middle East, Newspapers, Uncategorized, Zionism
Tagged Haaretz, Holocaust, Israel, Maccabiah, Maccabiah Games, Palestine
2 Comments
Pope Pius XI, strikes and petrol fires: Pictures from around the 1938 world
On its back page, the Arabic daily Filastin published a selection of news photos from around the world. The Christian-owned broadsheet, published out of Jaffa since 1911, was one of the highest-circulating Arabic newspapers at the time. Its main competitor … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Uncategorized
Tagged 1930s, Catholic Church, Filastin, France, History, Holocaust, Mandate Palestine, newspapers, Pope Pius XI, U.S.
Leave a comment
The Mandate Palestine press reports on Jews in Nazi Germany
Given that today is the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, it seemed only appropriate to trawl through the 1938 Mandate Palestine press for news of developments in Nazi Germany. 1938, five years into the Third Reich, is referred … Continue reading
