Holocaust
News and updates about Holocaust

On a bike, ex-child refugee retraces escape from Nazi Germany
Holocaust survivor bikes with son and grandson in tribute to the Kindertransport which saved his life.

Olympic paddler helps raise memorial to murdered Polish Jews
Polish national champion Dariusz Popiela spearheads project to restore memory of local Jewish Holocaust victims.

Rio mayor sings to raise funds for Holocaust memorial
Thousands pay to watch mayor of Rio sing at concert where box office was entirely donated to construction of a Holocaust memorial.

Dutch King, Lithuanian president honor unsung Holocaust hero
Multi-media monument honors Jan Zwartendijk, who saved 2,500 Jews. 'Both the Netherlands and Lithuania are proud of him.'

'Number of Jews in Crete is slowly but steadily growing'
The last link to a doomed Jewish community in Crete watches its rebirth with gratitude.

Pope: ‘Never forget the Shoah’
"It should be a warning of an obligation to reconciliation, of reciprocal comprehension and love toward our ‘elder brothers,’ the Jews."

New Samaria synagogue is a 'dream come true' for Dutch Jews
Replica of Dutch synagogue destroyed in WWII opens near Jerusalem.

Kansas teacher awarded for revealing Holocaust hero's story
Norman Conard awarded in Warsaw for working on bringing story of Holocaust hero Irena Sendler to light.

Austria: We took too long to admit our role in Holocaust
Chancellor of Austria says his country waited too long to 'be honest' about its involvement 'as a perpetrator' in the Holocaust.

Holocaust survivor who comforted Anne Frank passes away
Gena Turgel, who comforted Anne Frank at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp before her death, dies at 95.

German party leader apologizes for belittling Nazi crimes
Co-head of the nationalist Alternative for Germany party called Nazi era 'speck of bird refuse.'

Israel police commemorate Kielce pogrom in visit to Poland
120 police officers visit site of murder of 200 Jews who had returned from Nazi death camps in 1946.

Blogger removes 'Happy Holocaust Day' video
Russian blogger tricks interviewees to wish viewers ‘happy Holocaust Day.’

The Holocaust did not legitimize Zionism

Germany loses Holocaust reminder as survivors dwindle
As the numbers of Holocaust survivors dwindle, Germany struggles with how to pass their message to the next generation.

British columnist calls German troops the heroes of D-Day
Columnist calls on readers to sympathize with Germans who were 'not trained in combat' yet fought 'nobly' against the 'attacking forces.'

Remembering the lost Jewish communities of Eastern Europe
Lithuania unveils the Lost Shtetl Museum, dedicated to the small Jewish communities wiped out during the Holocaust.

Study: Poles helped kill most of the Jews in hiding from Nazis
New study estimates over half a million Jewish Holocaust victims were murdered by their Polish neighbors.

Trump signs law to help Holocaust victims reclaim lost property
President signs law requiring State Department to monitor European countries handling of property taken from Holocaust victims.

Event recalling Nazi massacre leaves out mention of Jews
Army dress-up ‘feast’ planned at Lithuanian WWII killing site for Jews.

Blood and mud poured on Netherlands Holocaust monument
Memorial to 1,200 Dutch Jews murdered by Nazis at train station where they were deported desecrated.

Canada to apologize for turning away Holocaust refugees
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says government will apologize for turning away MS St.Louis, full of Jews fleeing Nazi Germany.

New Connecticut law requires Holocaust ed in state high schools
Joins Kentucky, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and California requiring genocide education.

Poland furious after New Jersey mayor calls senator a 'joke'
Plans to move Jersey City monument to Polish massacre spark international row.

German 'Nazi Grandma' fails to show up for prison sentence
Holocaust survivors’ group urges German authorities to intensify search for 89-year-old Ursula Haverbeck, convicted of Holocaust denial.

Dutch cop asks removal of Holocaust memorial sign, citing Israel
Bookshop owner in Amsterdam says police officer asked him to remove a sign commemorating Holocaust victims, citing Israel’s actions.

Psychological warfare:
German Palestine association slams Abbas ‘anti-Semitic’ remarks
'To suggest Jews in some way share responsibility for Holocaust is grotesque distortion of historical facts,' says PA German lobby.

Watch: The cycling champ who became a Holocaust hero
Marking launch of Giro d'Italia in J'lem, short film tells story of the heroism and bravery of one of cycling's most accomplished athletes.

U.S. Holocaust Museum condemns Abbas
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum says PA chairman's remarks blaming Jews for the Holocaust are "an insidious type of anti-Semitism".

Abbas: Jewish behavior, not anti-Semitism, caused Holocaust
PA President regurgitates anti-Semitic conspiracy theories in 'history lesson' seeking to disprove Jewish connection to Land of Israel.

Yad Vashem signs Holocaust agreement with German state
Yad Vashem signs educational agreement with the German state of Brandenburg.

Nazi symbols, salutes on display at Ukrainian nationalist march
Hundreds take part in far-right march in Ukrainian city of Lviv to honor SS unit of local volunteers.

Over-reacting and under-reacting: The Portman vs. the Konstanz Case

Rabbis urge Kansas lawmaker not to compare abortion to Holocaust
Jewish group calls on Republican state lawmaker from Kansas to refrain from comparing abortions to Nazi genocide of Jews in World War II.

German memorial honors forced laborers of forgotten Nazi camp
Germany inaugurates memorial honoring prisoners who died in a long-forgotten Nazi concentration camp.

Russian Jews to learn about rescue and betrayal in Poland
1,100 Russian Jews visit Auschwitz, hear about Polish rescue, betrayal of Jews.

US House passes bill to aid Holocaust survivors
House unanimously passes bill to help Holocaust survivors obtain restitution, seized assets.

Artists return German music award over rappers’ Holocaust lyrics
Artists return Echo Awards in protest of Holocaust-encouraging rappers' receipt of award.

From Holocaust to independence
FIDF supporters travel to Poland, Israel, with Holocaust survivors and IDF officers.

They did not go like sheep to the slaughter

Remembering the Jews who fought back against the Nazis
Today marks 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising as well as the 70th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel: OP ED

Holocaust survivor: My brothers built bunkers, we hid in sewers
Seventy-five years after the Warsaw ghetto's end, the dead live on in memory.

Polish nationalists seek to sue President Rivlin
Nationalists want to sue Israeli president for saying many Poles were complicit in the Nazi Holocaust.

Israeli intervention in Syria

Jewish sport clubs commemorate soccer teams shuttered by Nazis
Two Jewish sport clubs in Argentina honor their counterparts in Vienna and Warsaw, that were shuttered by the Nazis during the Holocaust.

Watch: Haredi soldiers pray at Western Wall
Haredi soldiers 'sworn in' to IDF in special ceremony at the Western Wall. Rabbis: Haredi soldiers ensure Holocaust never happens again.

The song memorializing the Holocaust that went viral
Russian singer Kain Rivers' song about the Holocaust goes viral.

Invisible Jews: Surviving the Holocaust in Poland

'People need to be here and realize what went on here'
Special: Arutz Sheva speaks to survivors at March of the Living.

America's first all-kosher supermarket to change hands
America's first all-kosher supermarket, founded by Holocaust survivors, begins a new era.

Holocaust survivor meets long-lost friend whose family saved her
Separated by the Holocaust, old friends find each other 76 years later.

Watch: We Remember
Kain Rivers' song in the spirit of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.

'March of the Living connects young Jews to Israel'
Greg Masel, Gen. Dir. of Keren Hayesod, says March of the Living brings young Jews closer to Israel, strengthens Jewish identity.

Polish President:
'Jewish survival is victory over the Nazis'
President Andrzej Duda addresses March of the Living, says Poland will continue to testify about the Holocaust to teach the world.

Study: 22% of US millennials never heard of the Holocaust
Over 40% of millenials think number of Jewish victims of Holocaust less than 2 million.

Polish President: Holocaust Law won't block survivors' speeches
Despite newly-passed law barring claims of Polish complicity in Holocaust, Poland says survivors won't be charged for criticizing Poland.

Rivlin: Many Poles helped carry out Holocaust
Israeli President tells Polish counterpart at March of the Living anti-Semitism in Poland helped Nazis carry out Holocaust.

'Ensure that the memory of the Holocaust lives among us'
Minister Gila Gamliel hosts Holocaust survivor Esther Schlesinger from Efrat on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

March of the Living:
'Coming together as Jews, to remember'
Participants on March of the Living 2018 share their impressions of the moving experience with Arutz Sheva.
