On the fifth day of Iyar – 15 May 1948 – The State of Israel is established After two thousand years of exile, the Jewish people have an independent State 1949 Israel is one year old. The War of Independence ends. Approximately 6,000 men and women are killed in the war – almost 1% of […]

According to people who lived under the Nazi occupation of Paris, Béatrice de Camondo would often ride her well-groomed horse in the Bois de Boulogne park, accompanied by a German officer. One can only assume that while meandering among the chestnut and sycamore trees, Béatrice probably entertained the thought that a day would come when […]