The meetings began in 1943 in a German enclave in Manhattan. When the last member to experience life under Hitler died, the original purpose was gone. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Holocaust and the Nazi Era”
‘Slam Frank,’ a Daring Satire, and ‘Crooked Cross’ Demand Our Attention
By Gotham Rex on October 24, 2025
A gleefully provocative new musical and a quiet 1930s domestic drama speak to each other across time, resounding quite loudly in our present. Source: New York Times
‘Tell the Story Every Way You Can’: Bess Wohl on ‘Camp Siegfried’
By Gotham Rex on October 25, 2022
How a real-life pro-Nazi summer camp on Long Island inspired a “deeply American play” about seduction. Source: New York Times
The Mysterious Patient in Room 23: The Hermit Baroness
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2022
Birgit Thyssen-Bornemisza led a life of eccentric anonymity and shabby gentility. Then her money got cut off. Then she had a stroke. Source: New York Times
Review: ‘The Silent Woman,’ an Opera About Putting on an Opera
By Gotham Rex on July 24, 2022
Bard SummerScape unveiled a rare staging of Richard Strauss’s opera, composed amid the Nazis’ rise to power. Source: New York Times
Werner Reich, Who Learned Magic in Auschwitz, Dies at 94
By Gotham Rex on July 21, 2022
He was 16 when a fellow inmate, a magician, taught him a card trick in the barracks of the extermination camp. He called it a “miracle.” Source: New York Times
David Weiss Halivni, Controversial Talmudic Scholar, Dies at 94
By Gotham Rex on July 17, 2022
He was considered too radical by many Orthodox rabbis and too regressive by many Conservative Jewish leaders. But his work was widely praised. Source: New York Times
He Survived the Holocaust and Was Killed Crossing the Street at Age 99
By Gotham Rex on February 7, 2022
Jack Mikulincer was on his way to synagogue to observe the Sabbath when he was hit by an SUV in Brooklyn, the police and family members said. Source: New York Times
For a 96-Year-Old Veteran, the Parade Came to Him
By Gotham Rex on November 11, 2021
Jack Le Vine, usually spends the holiday doing “nothing.” His Brooklyn neighbors had other plans. Source: New York Times
Jewish Burial Records Among Items Seized by U.S. Authorities
By Gotham Rex on July 22, 2021
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said they plan to return 17 items — once headed for auction — to their communities. Source: New York Times
Overlooked No More: Eve Adams, Writer Who Gave Lesbians a Voice
By Gotham Rex on July 2, 2021
Her 1925 book, “Lesbian Love,” is one of the earliest examples of American lesbian literature. She also ran Eve’s Hangout, a literary haunt in Manhattan. Source: New York Times
Sister Margherita Marchione, Defender of Pius XII, Dies at 99
By Gotham Rex on May 29, 2021
She spent decades arguing that the pope had helped the Jews during World War II, despite accusations that he had abdicated his moral responsibility. Source: New York Times
The Push to Vaccinate 20,000 Holocaust Survivors in New York
By Gotham Rex on April 1, 2021
One survivor who got her vaccine, Eva Rose, 96, said the last year has been “lousy,” but added: “I am still here, thank God.” Source: New York Times
Marianne Steiner, Refugee Who Found a New Life in New York, Dies at 101
By Gotham Rex on March 25, 2021
She escaped Nazi Germany and recreated a comfortable life in Manhattan. She died of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
GOP Candidate Leticia Remauro Under Fire for Saying ‘Heil Hitler’ at Virus Protest
By Gotham Rex on January 12, 2021
Leticia Remauro, who is running for Staten Island borough president, has apologized for making a “bad analogy.” Source: New York Times