Holocaust

Ukraine plans construction atop Holocaust-era mass graves

Israel, Jewish community leaders protest planned building on mass graves of Holocaust victims.

Swastika graffiti found on Argentine Holocaust memorial

Jewish groups say attack is 'part of anti-Semitic events' threatening 'coexistence and democratic values.'

Dutch senator apologizes for comment on Jews and gas chambers

Dutch senator who said Jews “went like lambs to the gas chambers” during the Holocaust apologizes.

German paper outs online store selling ‘Zyklon B’ products

German newspaper outs British-based online store offering products with ‘Zyklon B’ logo.

Dutch lawmaker says Jews 'went to gas chambers like meek lambs'

Right-wing Dutch senator says he was inspired to enlist in army after seeing Jews 'driven to gas chambers like meek lambs'.

Holocaust memorial vandalized in Prague

Train window honoring children who escaped Nazis vandalized in attack that was '100% planned.'

Fake news:

Historian's 'Holocaust victim' family members never existed

German historian stripped of award for faking a family history of suffering in Holocaust.

Putin attends unveiling of monument to Jewish resistance in WW2

Russian President attends ceremony at Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow for monument to 'heroes of resistance' of camps, ghettos.

A crazy Europe asks Jews to renounce their kippah

Kraków street named for rabbi, 300 orphans killed in Holocaust

Street to be named for Rabbi David Alter Kurzmann caretaker of the Kraków ghetto orphanage who was murdered with the orphans he cared for.

Remains of 1,000 Holocaust victims uncovered in Belarus reburied

Bodies of over 1,000 Holocaust victims uncovered during construction in city of Brest reburied.

Al Jazeera suspends journalists over Holocaust video

Al Jazeera suspends 2 journalists after video released decrying 'focus' on Holocaust, tied Israel's establishment to Nazi ideology.

Al-Jazeera's 'Holocaust education' video

Creation of Israel stems from Nazi ideology, AJ+ video claims.

Tennessee county: Censure judge for 'get over Holocaust' post

Shelby county commission votes in favor of censuring judge who posted anti-Semitic article on his Facebook page.

Trump accuses Rep. Tlaib of harboring 'hatred' of Jews

US President slams 'insensitive' statement by Arab Congresswoman that Palestinian Arabs protected Jews from the Holocaust.

Yair Lapid's remarks raise outcry in Poland

MK Lapid's remarks about the Poles' role in the Holocaust draws thousands of responses from Polish readers, many expressing anti-Semitism.

The only recipe for Jewish survival

Auschwitz Museum protests camp photos on items sold online

Authorities at Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum protest to online vendor selling items bearing photos of the former Nazi death camp.

Turkish museum says it has doll with hair from Holocaust victim

Toy museum in Turkey features display which includes doll with hair from Jewish girl killed in Holocaust.

Polish PM: Poland was Holocaust's greatest victim

Poland won’t pay WWII property compensation because Poles were 'most murdered' victims, PM Morawiecki says.

Facebook will still allow users to deny the Holocaust

Facebook allows users to 'say things on Facebook that are wrong or inaccurate, even when they are offensive.'

Holocaust tragedy and rescue commemorated at former Mir Yeshiva

Event held in Mir, Lithuania, honors son of Japanese consul Chiune Sugihara, who saved 2,700 Jews during the Holocaust.

Eva's Story: Watch the full special feature

Watch Eva's Story, the Holocaust video featured on Instagram throughout Holocaust Memorial day.

PA tries to pass off Holocaust victims as Arab victims

Official PA TV posts pictures of Jewish bodies from concentration camps, claims they are victims of Israeli massacre of Arabs.

They called her from Auschwitz block she slept in

Yaffa Shaindy's two grandchildren went on a delegation of "Witnesses in uniform" of IDF officers to the death camps.

As survivors dwindle, US still pursues Holocaust restitution

State Dept envoy says issue of restitution still lingers. 'What do you do with property where the whole family was murdered?'

From Holocaust victim to hero of Israel

Eugene Lebovitz survived Hitler's Holocaust to become a hero in Israel's War of Independence.

Sonia Gallinsky: The gift of survival

Child survivor of the Holocaust saved by non-Jews. A story of miracles and gifts.

Judge: $40 million Nazi-looted painting belongs to museum

LA judge rules Spanish museum owns painting sold by Jewish woman when she fled the Nazis, not her heirs.

Why were Jews murdered in the Holocaust? Here's Fatah's answer

Group headed by Mahmoud Abbas justifies murder of Jews with distorted story conveying supposed Jewish selfishness and evil.

Photo collection of Dachau concentration camp revealed

Album of photographs taken inside Dachau concentration camp after its liberation recently revealed, highlighting reprisals on SS guards.

Diary of WWII’s Monuments Man given to National Archives

Diary of S. Lane Faison Jr., prominent historian who identified Nazi-looted art, given to National Archives.

March of the Living 2019 to spotlight Greek Holocaust victims

US ambassador to Israel to head delegation of US ambassadors and White House representatives joining 31st International March of the Living.

#MyPropertyStory:

Behind every property there is a story

Survivors, families share stories about lives before Holocaust, how homes, land, business, personal possessions are important links to past.

'Ghetto currency' donated to Israel's National Library

Six bills used in Theresienstadt Ghetto donated to National Library of Israel.

ADL slams bills comparing abortion and Holocaust death toll

ADL says anti-abortion legislation comparing number of abortions to number of Jews murdered in Holocaust is 'totally out of bounds.'

Comedian: 'If you can't stand the heat get out of the oven'

Australian comedian Isaac Butterfield jokes about Nazi gas chambers. ADL: Apologize, meet Holocaust survivors.

Dutch Holocaust museum removes Auschwitz pics from exhibitions

Dutch national Holocaust museum leaves out "shocking" pictures taken at Auschwitz from exhibitions, overruling its own curators.

Watch: Emotional ceremony at Yad Vashem

Dutch couple recognized as Righteous Among the Nations for hiding Jewish children during the Holocaust.

Professor on leave in wake of Nazi gas dosage exam question

A chemistry professor includes an exam question about the lethal dose of poisonous gas used in the gas chambers during the Holocaust.

One-third of Americans don't believe 6 million Jews murdered

According to survey, 31% of US adults believe 2 million or less Jews killed in Holocaust. 66% of millennials didn't know what Auschwitz was.

Bolsonaro clarifies remarks on Holocaust

Jair Bolsonaro: Forgiveness is something personal, my speech was never meant to be used in a historical context.

Rivlin: We will never forgive and never forget

Israel's Pres. Rivlin promises Jewish people will 'never forgive and never forget,' says 'no one' can order Jews to forgive Holocaust.

Yad Yashem blasts Brazil's Bolsonaro for Holocaust comments

'It is not the place of any person to determine whether the crimes of the Holocaust can be forgiven,' Yad Vashem states.

Brazilian President asserts Holocaust crimes can be forgiven

Speaking with evangelical pastors, Jair Bolsonaro says crimes of the Holocaust can be forgiven, but shouldn’t be forgotten.

Monument marking mass graves Holocaust victims vandalized

Monument in central Poland to mass graves for 2,000 Jewish Holocaust victims vandalized.

Never look away

Poles protesting Holocaust restitution use anti-Semitic rhetoric

Polish nationalists use anti-Semitic rhetoric while protesting in New York City against bill to help Holocaust survivors reclaim property.

Holocaust survivor Vera Schaufeld awarded top British honor

Survivor who escaped on kindertransport wins British award for helping Holocaust education.

German band Rammstein slammed for concentration camp-style video

A yellow Star of David could be seen on at least one of the band member's uniforms.

Lithuania: Court rejects suit against honoring Nazi collaborator

Californian who sued Lithuanian center for honoring Nazi collaborator promises to pursue case, appeal to European Court of Justice.

FBI to return Nazi-stolen art to Jewish collector's heirs

Federal prosecutor orders stolen painting located at auction house to be returned to owners.

Family pledges $11 million after learning of Nazi past

One of Germany's wealthiest families pledges over $11 million to charity after historians unearth ancestors' Nazi past.

This couple aims to photograph every living Holocaust survivor

US couple works to provide financial support for Holocaust survivors in need, photograph every living survivor.

Croatia's Serbs, Jews to snub WWII death camp memorial

Serb representative says government 'did not take necessary measures' to deal with Holocaust revisionism.

'Hitler expert' Holocaust denier leads tour of Nazi death camps

British Holocaust denier David Irving leading tour of Nazi death camps.

Thousands march in Greece in memory of Holocaust victims

2,000 people hold silent march in Thessaloniki on anniversary of the departure of first train taking Jews to Auschwitz.

Event honors Poles who risked their lives for Jews

Warsaw event celebrates connection between Christians and Jews, awards Poles who risked their lives to save Jewish people from the Nazis.

In Albania, a sole Jewish history museum on the brink

Albania's Jewish museum tells the story of a Nazi-occupied country which sheltered its Jews - but the museum may face closure come April.

Poland - We’re not your toy!

How is Poland not ashamed to demand an apology from Israel, after its citizens were actively involved in the horrors of the Holocaust?