Courage and the Price of Integrity

It was 1942, three years after the German invasion of Poland. In the village of Rekowka, 90 miles south of Warsaw, German troops appeared in a house occupied by two families, Skoczylas and Kosiorow. Apparently acting on a tip, they were looking for Jews. Indeed, there were six Jewish people being sheltered by the Poles […]

To Be Free, You Have to Be Able to Defend Yourself.

In two weeks it will be 70 years.  Two, may be three generations ago.  How many people still remember it?  How many of them, who saw it with their own eyes, are still alive?   And there were only a few not afflicted by these events. The Biblical scene of David fighting Goliath always fascinated […]