During the six difficult and bitter years that the Jewish people experienced during the Holocaust, every day was Tisha B'Av; Every day was a day of mourning, destruction and weeping, fasting and sorrow. Every day one could read the Book of Lamentations. The only hope that helped the Jews to survive the horrors was the comforting prophecy at the end of the Book: “Return us to You, G-d, and we will return. Renew our days as of old.” Here are testimonies and exhibits documenting the Tisha B'av fast...[Read more]
During the six difficult and bitter years that the Jewish people experienced during the Holocaust, every day was Tisha B'Av; Every day was a day of mourning, destruction and weeping, fasting and sorrow. Every day one could read the Book of Lamentations. The only hope that helped the Jews to survive the horrors was the comforting prophecy at the end of the Book: “Return us to You, G-d, and we will return. Renew our days as of old.” Here are testimonies and exhibits documenting the Tisha B'av fast day in the Jewish Diaspora before and during the Holocaust.