In memory of the 93 Jewish Maidens

This was something I hadn't heard of until today.

The 93 Jewish Maidens were students at the Beth Jacob school for girls in Ghetto-era Warsaw. They learned that they were to service the German troops. Instead of submitting to the Germans, they chose mass suicide. Chaya Feldman wrote letters about the students' decision; unfortunately, I cannot find a copy online. (Here is a post about the 93 Maidens, and here is the Wikipedia article about the Warsaw Ghetto.)

I also had the opportunity to read other writings by and about Holocaust victims.

Reading this material and watching films like Schindler's List really hits home for me, largely because the only things that separate me from those who had to face that evil are 50 years and an ocean. That's it.