(Author: Marlene Bethlehem, Vol. 74, #2, Rosh Hashanah 2019)    Background: In 1995, the World Jewish Congress instituted a lawsuit to retrieve deposits made into Swiss banks by victims of Nazism prior to and during World War II. In 1998, a settlement was reached, which

(Author: Don Krausz, Vol. 73, No. 1, Pesach 2018)          Shortly after our arrival in Ravensbruck, a prisoner called Riva Fridova approached my mother. Riva was a Mishling, a person who was half Jewish, and the red triangle that she wore above her prison number meant

  Don Krausz has served as the chairman of the Association of Holocaust Survivors in Johannesburg (She’erith Hapleitah) since 1985. Over the past three decades, he has spoken to thousands of South Africans, Jewish and non-Jewish, including addressing many school groups, on his experiences during

  Don Krausz is the subject of the youtube presentation ‘Don Krausz Holocaust Survivor 91 in 2021. Courage, Resilience & Education for a better world’ by Carolyn Massey: https://youtu.be/SlKCjNeoWbI.    This, together with  other videos on subjects relating to contemporary South African Jewry such as