Other than the question of God, the question of human nature—who we are, why we are here, whey we behave as we do—is the most fundamental and perplexing of all. We are mystified at both the kin…
The Jews of Nesvish, a small town under German control in what had been eastern Poland, were scheduled to be destroyed on July 21, 1942. On July 17, leaders of the Nesvish Jewish community learned …