Holocaust

NYC:

Posters of Holocaust survivors torn down

Unknown vandals tore down posters featuring Holocaust survivors alongside celebrities in New York City.

Holocaust Survivor:

'Lest we forget' - a letter to the soldiers who liberated Dachau

A survivor of Dachau writes to the American soldiers who liberated the camp: 'You and I, who saw it all, must forever be willing to bear witness to the authenticity of the Holocaust, which was perpetrated by a so called civilized nation.'

Netanyahu honors Holocaust victims in personal address

Prime Minister recounts family history during Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Knesset.

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Captivity and Holocaust survivors march together in Aushwitz

Marking 80 years since liberation, Israeli President Herzog and Polish President Duda to lead March of the Living alongside 80 Holocaust survivors and 10 freed October 7 hostages.

Holocaust Survivor:

'The State of Israel is a miracle'

Holocaust survivor Arie Reiter, who lit a torch yesterday at the state ceremony at Yad Vashem, shared his story in an interview on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Russia publishes questioning of concentration camp commander

The Russian FSB has published a segment from the investigation of the commandant of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where approximately 100,000 people were murdered.

'Ani Maamin'

The song of hope and faith born on the train to Treblinka

On Holocaust Memorial Day, the story of the popular 'Ani Maamin' tune takes on new meaning as a song of faith and hope - and as one devoted hasid's last gift to his beloved rebbe and the Jewish world.

Haunting:

101-year-old Holocaust survivor prays for the victims

101-year-old Holocaust survivor Eliezer Sheffer recited the 'El Maleh Rahamim' memorial prayer at the Holocaust Remembrance Day opening ceremony at the Testimony House in Nir Galim.

Sa'ar:

'Millions of Jews cried out for help, no one came, Never again'

Foreign Minisgter Gideon Sa’ar at the Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony with Foreign Ambassadors at the Foreign Ministry. 'We will not allow the new antisemites to rob us of our right to self-defense.'

i24NEWS: Telling the story of the Holocaust using AI

A new documentary combines archive footage and AI simulations to highlight the less-familiar story of the doomed Jewish uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto, which began in January 1943.

Hostage's father:

'On 10/7 we were abandoned, just like in the Holocaust'

Chaim Hayman, father of Inbar, murdered in Hamas captivity, speaks to Knesset Holocaust Remembrance Day Committee and connects the Holocaust to October 7 massacre.

'We will never forget'

EU ambassadors stand united in Holocaust Remembrance statement

Marking Holocaust Remembrance Day, the EU Delegation to Israel and all member state embassies pledge to confront rising antisemitism and preserve the memory of the six million murdered.

Germany:

Convicted former Nazi camp secretary dies at 99

Irmgard Furchner, the 99-year-old former secretary at the Stutthof concentration camp, has died. She was convicted in Germany in 2022 for complicity in over 10,000 deaths.

Painting looted by Nazis to return to rightful owners

Britain’s Tate to return Nazi-looted painting to heirs of Jewish art collector.

After a day of delays:

Student delegation that was stuck in Turkey lands in Poland

A delegation of Israeli students that was stuck in Turkey since 8:00 on Monday morning has arrived at its destination after a nerve-wracking ordeal in the unfriendly country.

Drama on school flight to Poland

Education Ministry says plane carrying students to Poland for school trip carried out emergency landing in Turkey due to technical issues.

Holocaust remembrance pages removed in Pentagon’s DEI purge

Holocaust articles disappear from Pentagon platforms under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's DEI purge; Pentagon Press Secretary John Ullyot says pages inadvertently removed will be reinstated.

Israel assumes presidency of IHRA

Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan will serve as Chair of the IHRA during Israel's presidency, which runs through February 2026.

International Auschwitz Committee pres. Marian Turski dies at 98

President of the World Jewish Congress, Amb. Ronald S. Lauder: 'Turski, a man of extraordinary courage, intellect and moral clarity, dedicated his life to ensuring that the world never forgets the horrors of the past.'

'A fifth column in our midst'

Knesset member compares Gazans' voluntary relocation to Holocaust

MK Almog Cohen announced that he is seeking the ouster of MK Ofir Cassif who posted a photo of Jews in line to be deported from Nazi Germany and compared it to the voluntary relocation of Gazans.

VP Vance at Dachau:

'Seeing it up close drives home the evil that was committed'

US Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance visit Dachau Concentration Camp and Memorial Site. "I really am moved by this site. It’s very important that it’s here."

Dew of Revival:

First letters of people of faith after the Holocaust

Elie Weisel famously said: 'If anything can, it is memory that will save humanity.' While antisemitism sweeps the globe, it is time to remember, act, and place our faith in G-d. A book that expresses those feelings in Holocaust survivors' own words. Review.

Poland's failed second chance

Imagine telling the surviving prisoners in the Auschwitz death camps that in the future, not only will Poland refuse to prosecute Poles who helped kill millions of Jews, but that it would also pass amnesty laws to protect them, and then ban an Israeli Prime Minister from entering a memorial for those killed in Poland during the Holocaust. Opinion.

Outgoing IHRA chief:

Holocaust distortion more dangerous than denial

International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance secretary-general Kathrin Meyer says she considers Holocaust distortion particularly dangerous, especially as the number of survivors dwindles with each passing year.

WJC head:

Antisemitism that led to Holocaust still rampant globally

The virulent antisemitism that led to the Holocaust is still rampant around the globe today, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder said on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

President Herzog:

'Former anti-Nazi alliances now allow antisemitism to flourish'

UN General Assembly honors Israeli President Isaac Herzog at ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation.

Portugal:

1,000 students, dignitaries at Holocaust museum memorial ceremony

At Porto Holocaust Museum, Israeli Ambassador to Portugal says difference between Shoah and today is, 'Now we can fight back.'

Memorialising the Holocaust: Europe versus Israel

Who is the true son of Israel - the one who goes to the gas chambers or the one who fights in his defense? Opinion.

'Don’t say Hess to Nazi accusations':

Elon Musk cracks Holocaust jokes

Elon Musk makes Holocaust jokes after Netanyahu defends him as ‘great friend of Israel.’

German Chancellor:

'Every single one of us bears responsibility for the Holocaust'

In poignant address marking 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz underscores the nation's enduring responsibility for the atrocities of the Holocaust.

Belgian gov't panel:

Deportation trains 'collective responsibility' of gov't & public

Belgium’s railway should apologize but not pay for sending Jews to Nazi death camps, government panel concludes.

Disturbing survey in France:

1 in 5 adults unsure they have heard of the Holocaust

Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany releases eight-country Index on Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness. 20% or more respondents in seven of eight countries surveyed believe 2 million or fewer Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.

German Chancellor:

'Germany must never turn the page on the Holocaust'

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks at event marking 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, acknowledges Germany’s historical responsibility for the atrocities committed during World War II.

Brussels:

Schools refuse to participate in Holocaust memorial event

Two schools in Anderlecht say they will not participate in the ceremony for Belgian Holocaust victims because they do not wish to impose discussion of the Holocaust on children given the situation in the Middle East.

German court:

Ownership of 'Aryanized' home to be granted to Claims Conference

German woman who lives in home looted from Jews must give it up, judge rules.

Historian:

Germans didn't coerce Poles to shoot Jews during Holocaust

Polish police murdered Jews during the Holocaust with gusto and even without Nazi orders, new book claims.

Oklahoma Jewish museum holds funeral for Holocaust victims

A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years.

Russian Jewish Congress VP:

This is how I brought Europe to commemorate the Holocaust

A decade of ‘Liberation and Rescue Day’: Dr. Zakharayev’s revolutionary initiative, in an in-depth interview.

16 family members in war:

97-year-old Holocaust survivor sits in stairwell during siren

Dov Landau, a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor sits in his Tel Aviv stairwell during sirens | 16 of his family members are fighting in the war.

Germany: Nazi memorial stones stolen on October 7

German town’s memorial stones for Nazi victims are stolen on Oct. 7 anniversary, MP offers 1,000 euros to anyone with information leading to perpetrators' arrest.

Book review:

On Duty: The Polish Blue & Criminal Police in the Holocaust

Millions of Polish Jews were murdered by the Nazis. But they did not work alone. A new and damning book shows how Polish law enforcement and firefighting personnel played an integral part in the destruction of Polish Jewry.

Albanian educators seek to teach their country's Holocaust legacy

In Albania, which saved its own Jews and Jewish refugees from the Nazis, educators teach the Holocaust to a new generation. 'Albanians hid Jews without regard to where they came from, or whether they were rich or poor.'

South Carolina:

School restricts use of Holocaust book in classrooms

South Carolina school district restricts Holocaust graphic novel for middle-graders, citing new state law.

Prague names street after British Holocaust hero

Prague names street after British Holocaust hero, Sir Nicholas Winton, who rescued hundreds of mostly Jewish children from the Nazis.

New documentary reveals:

Leni Riefenstahl may have played an active role in Jews' deaths

Leni Riefenstahl’s Nazi sympathies ran deeper than she admitted, a new documentary about the director argues.

What is the Jewish approach to evil?

What is evil, and how does one comprehend its place in our lives? People have an obligation to recognize that evil exists, but understanding its essence is beyond human intellectual capacity, says Rabbi Soloveitchik.

Berlin Holocaust memorial vandalized with antisemitic graffiti

In Germany, a Holocaust memorial commemorating non-Jewish women who protested deportation of their Jewish relatives is vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti. 'Simply unacceptable.'

Founded in 1944? This Polish bakery has a little-known past

Before this famous Polish bakery ‘opened’ in 1944, it belonged to a Jewish family killed by the Nazis.

Holocaust survivor:

'I can't believe the whole world participates in Jew-hatred'

Antisemitism and protests in the United States trigger PTSD in Holocaust survivors.

Nazi-looted Egon Schiele painting returns to rightful owners

Another Nazi-looted Egon Schiele painting returns to heirs of ‘Cabaret’ inspiration Fritz Grünbaum.

Poland:

Workers find remains of synagogue destroyed by Nazis

Workers unearthed the remains of columns and walls that belonged to the Goldberg Synagogue in Otwock, Poland.

Candace Owens claims:

'Hitler wasn't so evil, Mengele experiments bizarre propaganda'

Former Daily Wire employee engages in more antisemitic conspiracy theories, claims the allies were worse than Nazis and the Holocaust was 'ethnic cleansing' rather than genocide.

Researchers aim to find books from large Holocaust-era library

Amateur detectives are invited to join search for a lost Jewish library looted by the Nazis.

Seven museums:

Anti-Israel graffiti 'straightforwardly antisemitic'

Seven Holocaust museums condemn vandalism against one of their own after police say it wasn’t a hate crime.

Outrage in Germany:

Last known surviving Nazi camp guard ruled unfit to face trial

Outrage in Germany as last known surviving Nazi concentration camp guard, age 99, 'who helped to murder 3,300 in gas chambers and horrifying medical experiments’ is ruled unfit to face trial.

Shoes of children murdered in Auschwitz back on display

Over 3,000 of 8,000 shoes of children murdered at Auschwitz return to display, following the conservation process.

Texas:

School district pulls books without formal challenge process

Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus,’ ‘The Fixer’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint.

Will a Holocaust survivor's daughter unseat a Democrat in NY?

Just when you thought miracles couldn’t happen, a strong Jewish woman comes along and decides to save a county. It might sound like Purim to you! Opinion.

The Holocaust museum that never was

In the 1940s, Jewish scholars planned a museum about the world they were losing.

Did Trump joke about the Holocaust?

A vice president in one of Trump's organizations claims that the former president made jokes about the Holocaust when Jewish executives were in the room.