The Brooklyn Ink

Fake Holocaust Claims Affect Brighton Beach Residents

An Associated Press story reports that the arrest of 17 people on charges of fraudulent Holocaust survival stories has cost some residents of Brighton Beach and other parts of Brooklyn access to benefits paid by [...]

Holocaust Fund Defrauded of $42 Million

A fund dedicated to collecting reparations for Holocaust survivors from the German government was defrauded more than $42 million in the span of 16 years. The 17 indicted were charged with using faked identification, falsified [...]

Writing about re-building

At the same time, Schwarz also knew that her family was quite different from those of other kids: her Jewish parents had both come to the United States after growing up in the midst of World War II and experiencing the horrors of the Holocaust firsthand.