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Key takeaways
- I took a quick look; there were three identifying questions.
- Along with these four volumes, 10,000 other books had been found in his private library in Nuremberg.
- Thanks to an extraordinary Nuremberg-based institute and a remarkable group of volunteers, these four volumes were identified as belonging to my grandfather, which is why this email was sent to me.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Sanders, Associated Press Nazi publisher and notorious anti-Semite Julius Streicher, on trial in Nurembergj in 1946. In December 2024, while sitting at home outside Jerusalem, I received the most extraordinary email possible. The subject line was the name of my late grandfather, murdered in Auschwitz in May 1944.
My initial thought: Spam. I took a quick look; there were three identifying questions. The answer to all was affirmative.
To make a long story short, four volumes of the Talmud (Jewish scripture) that my late grandfather took with him to Auschwitz had been found in the private library of Julius Streicher, the editor of the Nazi newspaper Der St rmer. Along with these four volumes, 10,000 other books had been found in his private library in Nuremberg. Streicher was prosecuted in the Nuremberg trials, hanged after his conviction.