Holocaust Memorial Day

The EU Ambassador's surprise visit to Bnei Brak

Ambassador Dimiter Tzantchev reveals the EU has speeded up the implementation of its program for the fight against antisemitism.

Biden:

'I have not forgotten what Hamas did'

US President delivers keynote address at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the US Capitol

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Haredi soldiers mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

Haredi soldiers mark the day with the Israeli national anthem and Ani Maamin - a song of faith sung by many as they went to the gas chambers.

Mossad Director:

'Never Again' is more important now than ever

Mossad head Dedi Barnea spoke at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Mossad headquarters after hearing, along with other Mossad personnel, the testimony of Holocaust survivors' family members.

Bar-Ilan University won't cancel classes for Holocaust ceremony

Bar-Ilan University announced that this year during the memorial ceremonies, studies will be held as usual - and faced criticism.

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March of the Living begins at Auschwitz

Six Holocaust survivors who were affected by the October 7 massacre join the March of the Living on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Shin Bet Director:

'Israel will be the last barrier when people lose their humanity'

Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Director Ronen Bar addressed a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Samaria and pledged that Israel would continue to fight, even if the world would leave its side.

On eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day

95-year-old Holocaust survivor passes away

Esther Greitzer, 95-year-old Holocaust survivor who survived Auschwitz and the infamous 'medical experiments,' passes away; nephew urges the public to attend her funeral.

Survivor in the IDF

'I saluted the flag, as the Holocaust flashed before my eyes'

Izi (Itzhak) Kabilio, who lit one of the torches at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem tells his story.

Holocaust survivor:

'Everything amazing became terribly sad'

Pnina Hefer was one of six survivors to light a torch at the State Ceremony opening Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem.

Libyan Holocaust survivor:

'I try to live an active life that's my victory over the Nazis'

Allegra Gutta, who lit a torch at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem, was deported with her family by the Italians from Benghazi to the Giado concentration camp.

Arie remembers:

'When US soldiers liberated the camp, I was too weak to stand up'

Italian Holocaust survivor Arie Eitani, one of the torchlighters at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem, tells his story.

Holocaust survivor recounts:

'We heard the Germans' boots, we laid down and were quiet'

Raisa Brodsky was one of six survivors to light a torch at the State Ceremony opening Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem.

'Try to remain good Jews'

Holocaust survivor remembers father's last words

Michael Bar-On, who lit one of the torches at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem tells his story.

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Israel remembers six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust

Israel's annual Holocaust Memorial Day ceremonies begin at Yad Vashem.

Hitler's book found in Gaza displayed at March of the Living

Davidi Ben Zion, KKL-JNF representative at the March of the Living in Budapest, shows to participants the copy of "Mein Kampf" which was found during in the house of a Hamas commander in Khan Yunis.

Yair Lapid:

'Our life is not the massacre, but our response to it'

Opposition leader speaks at Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony at Yad Mordechai: The survivors taught us that you can always start over.

'Never Again':

Canadian opposition leader issues Yom Hashoah statement

Canadian opposition leader Pierre Poilievre: The genocidal death cult Hamas has shown us that the evil that led to the Shoah still exists.

Yad Vashem Chairman

From Auschwitz and Berlin to Be'eri and Columbia University

Dani Dayan speaks about the Hamas massacre, the Holocaust, the similarities and differences between the two, and antisemitism today around the world.

'Like liberating Majdanek’

Fallen soldier's account of massacre aftermath

Yossi Hershkowitz, who fell in Gaza, spoke to his father on October 9th and told him about the military activity in the area after the massacre: ‘If we don’t destroy them, we have nothing to look for here.’

PM Netanyahu to the world:

'We will fight alone if we have to. Never again is now'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday addressed the opening ceremony of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

President Herzog:

'Oct. 7 was not the Holocaust because today we have the IDF'

Israeli President addresses start of Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem, says Hams terrorists sought to emulate the horrors inflicted by the Nazis.

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Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024 Opening Ceremony at Yad Vashem

First Holocaust Remembrance Day since the Hamas massacre of October 7 begins, with theme, 'A Lost World: The Destruction of Jewish Communities.'

EU on Yom Hashoa:

'We thought this could never happen again, yet it did'

The Ambassadors of the EU states in Israel released a joint statement ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day in the shadow of the October 7th massacre.

The warning of the 102-year-old Holocaust survivor

The warning of the 102-year-old Holocaust survivor at the German Film Awards Ceremony

Netanyahu to torchlighters:

'If we need to stand alone – we will stand alone'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes' Remembrance Day Torchlighters: "."

El Al pilot who compared govt. to Nazis to be punished

Pilot who used Holocaust Remembrance Day to attack government over plane intercom to learn his punishment tomorrow.

Holocaust survivor:

Ephraim Mol, 85, dies after collapsing before memorial ceremony

Rabbi Ephraim Mol was slated to recite a prayer at Yad Vashem's Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony - but collapsed before he could do so.

Antisemitic flyers found in Florida on Holocaust Memorial Day

Hate group behind nationwide antisemitic flyer campaign distributes propaganda in heavily Jewish Palm Beach.

Senator Schumer:

'We must ensure the Holocaust never fades from memory'

Senate Majority Leader in statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day: We must fight antisemitism wherever it rears its ugly head.

On Holocaust Remembrance Day:

Panamanian Foreign Minister visits Western Wall

Minister Janaina Tewaney and her delegation visit the Western Wall 1 year after her first visit to the holy site.

13,000 join March of the Living to Auschwitz-Birkenau

40 Holocaust survivors lead March of the Living on 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

El Al pilot compares govt. to Nazi dictatorship during flight

During flight to New York, pilot says atrocities like the Holocaust can only happen in a dictatorship.

Arab delegation takes part in March of the Living in Poland

Sharaka delegation from Morocco, Bahrain, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Algeria, and Israel joins Holocast Remembrance Day event.

Nazi hunter:

'I was silent, now I do my best to tell the world what happened'

96 year old Nazi Hunter Josef Lewkowicz who survived Holocaust launches his story at British Academy of Film and Arts.

Rabbi David Stav:

'Two separate groups fought the Nazis - and were destroyed'

'Our enemies didn't care what kind of Jews we were in 1943 and they don’t care now,' Rabbi David Stav says.

Portugal:

Thousands of children learn about Holocaust in government event

Thousands of children from across Portugal visit Holocaust Museum on Yom HaShoah.

Iranian Crown Prince:

'It's my duty to honor Holocaust victims'

Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi tells i24NEWS: The Iranian regime doesn't represent the Iranian people.

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Holocaust survivor surprises his granddaughter on Mount Herzl

Holocaust survivor Yaakov Meir Dimenstein visits his granddaughter, who will be flag bearer at the Independence Day torch lighting ceremony.

Biden on Yom Hashoah:

'We grieve the 6 million Jews and millions of other lives lost'

US President posts to Twitter on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Left-wing protesters disrupt Likud MK at Holocaust Day ceremony

Demonstrators against judicial reform disrupt speech by MK Boaz Bismuth at Holocaust memorial event in Tel Aviv.

IDF:

Jewish Heroism in mark of 80 years since Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Chief of Staff: "The Holocaust was an attempt to dismantle and destroy our spirit by erasing our identity as a nation and later our bodies."

President Herzog:

We arose from dust and ashes

President Isaac Herzog’s speech at the State Opening Ceremony for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day 2022 at Yad Vashem

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Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony at Yad Vashem

President Herzog, Prime Minister Netanyahu to address opening ceremony commemorating 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

EU ambassadors:

'We won't stand idly when Israel's right to exist is questioned'

Joint statement by EU ambassadors to Israel pledges to fight antisemitism, says 'unacceptable' that hatred of Jews rears its head today.

5,000 marchers join Budapest's March of the Living

Hundreds will join the March of the Living in Poland together with 10,000 participants from around the world.

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Approx. 46% of world Jews live in Israel

In 2022 there were 15.3 million, still less than before the Holocaust when the number was 16.6 million.

Dozens of MDA staff walk the paths of Jewish history in Poland

50 Magen David Adom staff and volunteers visit multiple Nazi death camps ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day.

Holocaust Remembrance Day:

The survival stories of this year's torch lighters

Each survivor had a unique experience during the harrowing period; these are their stories. The ceremony will be held on Monday at 8:00 PM.

Charles and Camilla light candles in memory of Holocaust victims

Ceremony to mark Holocaust Memorial Day takes place at Buckingham Palace.

Holocaust Remembrance Day:

New Plaza Cinema, WJC screen Holocaust-themed documentaries

In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, New Plaza Cinema and World Jewish Congress screen premieres of 2 Holocaust-themed documentaries.

Iranian newspaper:

'Hitler was smarter and more courageous than current leaders'

On Holocaust Memorial Day, article in Iranian newspaper affiliated with Ali Khamenei hails Nazi leader.

Gal Gadot:

'I pray that we come together and stop the bloodshed'

Israeli actress shares story of her Holocaust survivor grandfather in honor of Yom HaShoah in Israel.

President Herzog: "We must not make do with memory alone"

President Isaac Herzog spoke tonight at the Ghetto Fighter's House to end Holocaust Rememberance Day.

US marks Holocaust Memorial Day

Secretary of State Antony Blinken releases statement on Holocaust Memorial Day.

Jerusalem Mayor:

'We marched from Auschwitz to Jerusalem'

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion addresses March of the Living at Auschwitz, recalls the members of his family who were murdered by the Nazis.

Herzog:

'We will not allow the world to forget the Holocaust'

President Isaac Herzog addresses the March of the Living on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Pres. Herzog:

'The next month, Annette was loaded onto a cattle car'

Israel's Pres. Herzog lays a wreath at Yad Vashem's ceremony, then reads out names of relatives killed in the Holocaust.

Holocaust survivor activates Remembrance Day siren

Holocaust survivor Reuven, 87, activated the Remembrance Day siren together with his granddaughter, who serves as an IDF alert operator.

Knesset Christian Allies Caucus marks Yom Hashoah in Berlin

1 thousand Jews and Christians marched through Berlin under the motto "From the Heart and on Foot - for Peace, against Antisemitism."