The online exhibit tells the story of Yitskhok Rudashevski, who documented his life in the ghetto from 1941 to 1943. Growing up in Vilna in the 1930s, Yitskhok Rudashevski was a typical 13-year-old ...

An exhibit of unearthed photographs is offering a heartbreaking glimpse into an unforgivable part of our past. With Chip Reid, we uncover it again: Krysia Rosenstein speaks of a childhood of ...

Expletives aren't always a good sign when showing someone a song you wrote, but that wasn't the case for the man who wrote "In the Ghetto".

Whenever you hear the word ghetto immediately you associate it with sadness, negative stereotypes and death. A dark shadow is cast on anything identified as being ghetto and anyone from that ...

When Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939, they created walled-off ghettos in the larger cities to concentrate and imprison the Jewish residents. Henryk Ross worked as a news and sports photographer in ...

The movie Elvis initially had a scene of Elvis Presley recording “In the Ghetto.” The director removed the scene from the film. “In the Ghetto” was a huge hit for the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Luhrmann ...

“In The Ghetto” became a major hit for Elvis Presley in 1969. One of The King’s most socially conscious tracks, the lyrics tackle the effects of an unstable childhood. While many of Elvis’ songs ...

Elvis Presley’s “In the Ghetto” had a different title. The writer of the song said the tune only became more poignant in the 21st century. “In the Ghetto” was a big hit and appeared on one of the ...

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the first armed battle against the Germans. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the first armed battle against the Germans, though far from the only one. Some type of armed ...

(JTA) — For the last 80 years, the only way to see images of Jews rising up against their captors in the Warsaw Ghetto has been from the perspective of Germans, who took the only known photographs of ...