Purim
24.March.1940.
First Purim Under Nazi Occupation
When I was a child I thought that the holidays were great! So,it puzzled me tremendously to hear and to read reports that the holiday season is a difficult time for many, many people. Decades later, a significant number of decades later since I am now middle-aged, I begin to understand in my own way that there exist these difficulties which can burden us when we are supposed to be celebrating.
All the more so in 1940, among the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto. The historian Shimon Huberband says at that time that "the mood was terrible; the predominant spirit wasn't of Purim but of Tisha B'Av."
All the more so in 1940, among the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto. The historian Shimon Huberband says at that time that "the mood was terrible; the predominant spirit wasn't of Purim but of Tisha B'Av."
