By Alex WinstonThe Jerusalem Post (see photo below) [Shoshona Ovitz] celebrated her 104th birthday this week, surrounded by approximately 400 of her descendants at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Ovitz wished that her birthday celebration would be with all of her family together at the holy site. Ovitz survived Auschwitz after witnessing her mother being … [Read more…]
We had hoped and prayed that the war would end without an invasion of Bautzen, for we continued to be afraid of the Russians, not knowing how they would treat us. Would they pillage, burn, and rape, or would they liberate and restore? We had been fed horrible propaganda about the Reds. According to Hitler, they were as despicable as the Jews.
LTRP Note: In September of this year, a book publisher in Germany (under contract with Lighthouse Trails Publishing) released a German translation of Trapped in Hitler’s Hell by Anita Dittman and Jan Markell. Anita, 91, grew up in Germany and was 13 years old in 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland. From the time she was … [Read more…]
By Tony Pearce During the 1970s, my wife, Nikki, and I used to go and talk to people involved in left-wing political groups about our faith. We made friends with some Jewish socialists who invited us along to a meeting of Young Mapam, a socialist Zionist group. The speaker was a man called Hyam Maccoby … [Read more…]
LTRJ Note: During this week, Holocaust Remembrance week, we sadly learned about a study conducted showing that Americans are increasingly becoming more and more ignorant of the reality of the Holocaust, especially among the younger generations. As the article below points out, it won’t be too long before there are no more first-hand witnesses who … [Read more…]
By Anita Dittman (Holocaust Survivor) December 25th in a German Labor Camp during WWII: We prayed that God would miraculously sustain our strength; each day our food rations diminished so the German soldiers on the battlefronts could receive more food. Shortly after all of us Christians had prayed for physical strength, the neighboring farmers again … [Read more…]
To Lighthouse Trails: Obama, Chancellor [of Germany] Angela Merkel, and Melinda Gates [Bill Gates’ wife] all attended and spoke at the Protestant assembly in Germany, Kirchentag, which rings in the beginning of Reformation Summer 2017. The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the Grand Imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar Mosque Sheik Ahmed el-Tayyib, two additional Imams, a number … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purpose. By Philip Oltermann The UK Guardian . . . A group of Christians, Muslims and Jews is trying to crowdsource funds to build a place where they can all worship: Berlin’s “House of One” is aiming to become the world’s first building … [Read more…]
When Hitler Was in Power – Memories of a Jewish Girl by Anita Dittman (From the booklet with the same name) 1939 Breslau, Germany I was twelve years old and entering early teen years living in Nazi Germany. Often as the lights went out at night, I lapsed into self-pity and cried myself to sleep. … [Read more…]
By David K. Li New York Post A 95-year-old man who worked as a paramedic at Auschwitz will stand trial next month as an accessory to the murder of 3,681 death camp inmates, a German court announced Monday. Hubert Zafke, accused by prosecutors of serving as an SS sergeant in Hitler’s killing machine, is set … [Read more…]
By BBC (British Broadcasting Corp) Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, with critical notes by scholars, is to be published in Germany next month – for the first time since the end of WW2. The Institute of Contemporary History (IfZ) in Munich says it will print up to 4,000 copies with some 3,500 notes. IfZ director Andreas … [Read more…]
Why is there almost no call for spiritual discernment within the Church? . . . Why are there so few warnings about a counterfeit “new gospel” movement that maligns the person of Jesus Christ and threatens the lives of His followers?- Warren B. Smith by Warren B. Smith Traditional Christian believers frequently mention the analogy of … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Because Lighthouse Trails is a research project, we post news stories from several different sources in addition to articles from our trusted authors and ministries. These out-of-house news stories are for informational and research purposes and not necessarily as an endorsement for the source itself. As with everything that is read, whether on … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network DARMSTADT, Germany – Over a year after German police raided their home and seized their children, the parents of four homeschoolers have regained legal custody of their children, but remain concerned about the criminal ramifications surrounding the right to homeschool. As previously reported, approximately 20 social workers, police officers and … [Read more…]
The following is from Holocaust survivor Anita Dittman’s book Trapped in Hitler’s Hell. Anita was a young Christian Jew in Germany when World War II began. It was her faith in Christ, and the Lord’s mercy, that sustained her during the war years, but she (along with all other Jews in Germany at that time) … [Read more…]
By Jim Fletcher WND Reporter Anita Dittman learned about fear and courage early, during a momentous period in history. “I was 5-and-a-half when Hitler came,” she says. “My mother said, ‘We’ll have to register.’ I asked her, ‘What about me?’ She told me that I’d have to register as a Jew. ‘Thank God,’ I told … [Read more…]
By Maria Kneas History shows us that as free nations become complacent, they become vulnerable to manipulation. Most dictatorships rise gradually—a step at a time. Smooth-talking politicians make each incremental step seem reasonable, because the masses are blind to the tides of change. We have been warned over and over. But sadly, a time comes … [Read more…]
In 2004, two years after Lighthouse Trails began, we signed a contract with Holocaust survivor Anita Dittman (and co-author Jan Markell) for the book Trapped in Hitler’s Hell. It was the beginning of a so-far ten-year remembrance of the Holocaust, Since Anita’s book (which we published in 2005), we have also signed a publishing contract … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has decided to allow a Christian homeschooling family from Germany to remain in the country after initially battling the family in court as they sought asylum in the United States. As previously reported, Ewe and Hannelore Romeike have been battling the matter in the … [Read more…]
Christians in Holland in 1941: “Should We Help Save the Jews?” (Obey God or Man) written by Diet Eman is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The Booklet is 14 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail. Below is the content of the booklet. To order copies … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network DARMSTADT, Germany – A judge in Germany has barred a family in Darmstadt from immigrating to another country where homeschooling is legal, and refused to return custody of the children to their parents. As previously reported, approximately 20 social workers, police officers and special agents swarmed the home of … [Read more…]
By Anita Dittman (Holocaust Survivor) December 25th in a German Labor Camp during WWII: We prayed that God would miraculously sustain our strength; each day our food rations diminished so the German soldiers on the battlefronts could receive more food. Shortly after all of us Christians had prayed for physical strength, the neighboring farmers again … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following is an excerpt from Diet Eman’s book, Things We Couldn’t Say. Diet was part of the Christian resistance movement in Holland during World War II. Her group was responsible for hiding and saving Jewish people from Hitler’s “final solution.” Today, at 92, Diet still shares her story with others. A little … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network DARMSTADT, Germany — German officials raided the home of a homeschooling family this week and seized all four children, declaring that the parents would not see them ‘anytime soon.’ The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) reports that the incident took place on Thursday morning, as approximately 20 social workers, … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network WASHINGTON — The White House responded to a petition on Monday that called for the granting of asylum to a Christian family who fled their homeland of Germany to homeschool their children, choosing not to comment on the matter. As previously reported, Uwe and Hannelore Romeike fled to the … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has replied to a request for rehearing of a case involving a Christian homeschooling family seeking asylum in the United States, asserting that the couple has not been able to prove that they have been persecuted by being forced to send their children to … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: As many of our readers know, Lighthouse Trails stands as a voice that remembers the Holocaust against Jewish people during WW II by Hitler and the Nazis. One Lighthouse Trails author, Anita Dittman, was a Jewish Christian teen in Germany who suffered greatly at the hands of the Nazi regime. Two Lighthouse Trails … [Read more…]
June 18th Update: A call today from a family member gave us the wonderful news that Anita came through her surgery with flying colors; and the doctor has said it was a complete success. Thank you to all the Lighthouse Trails readers who prayed for her! May the Lord give Anita a speedy recovery. Holocaust … [Read more…]
Christian News Network Purcellville, Virginia — Tens of thousands of Americans have signed a petition the White House to grant asylum to a German family that risks deportation for seeking to come to America to find the freedom to homeschool their children. The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) is just 15,000 signatures shy of bringing … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network The U.S. Justice Department is fighting in court against a German family that came to America to homeschool their children. Uwe and Hannelore Romeike fled to the United States in 2008 after German authorities demanded that they stop homeschooling their six children. Homeschooling was made illegal in the country … [Read more…]
