Holocaust

Poland gets back at Bennett

Poland penalizes Education Minister for statement in which he tells Poles 'the past can not be rewritten'; upcoming state visit cancelled.

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Watch: Polish Prime Minister speaks to Arutz Sheva

Poland's PM reaches out to Jews and friends of Israel in special interview; 'Would offend survivors to mix perpetrators with victims.'

Special: Polish Prime Minister hosts Israeli journalists

In special gesture, Polish PM spends 2 hours with Arutz 7 and Israeli journalists to deliver conciliatory message to Israel and world Jewry.

Germany finally recognizes Algerian Jewish Holocaust survivors

25,000 North African Jewish Holocaust survivors now eligible for Holocaust compensation from Germany.

Bennett plans Poland visit to challenge Holocaust law

Education Minister to travel to Poland, vows to 'speak the truth' about Polish crimes against Jews during the Holocaust.

German Foreign Minister:

'The mass murders were carried out by our country'

German Foreign Minister says Poland can rely on his country to condemn distortions of history regarding the Nazi camps.

New French film raises ghosts of Nazi medical horrors

New documentary from Dr. Michel Cymes explores Nazi 'medical experiments,' tries to show how the victims would have felt.

'Hold the March of the Living in Ukraine instead of Poland'

Chief rabbi of Ukraine wants Holocaust program moved to his country to punish Poland.

Coco Schumann, jazz legend and survivor, dies at 93

He played at the entrance to Auschwitz, horror mingling with the music, later playing with Dietrich and Fitzgerald. The Jewish People lives.

Smoke grenade thrown into Holocaust lecture in Ukraine

Man wearing ski mask hurls smoke grenade into bookstore hosting lecture on the Holocaust in Lviv.

Polish PM: We understand Israel's emotions

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki addresses controversial bill, stresses Poland will not limit freedom to debate the Holocaust.

Payback: straw, stone, lead and the Poles

US chides Poland over controversial Holocaust law

Polish Holocaust rhetoric bill may have ‘repercussions’ for international relations, US embassy warns.

Foreign Ministry: No law can change the facts

Israel's Foreign Ministry slams newly-passed Polish law criminalizing mention of Poland's role in the genocide.

Polish TV host: Just call them 'Jewish camps'

Polish TV host makes light of debate on death camps, jokes they should be called “Jewish camps”.

Polish Senate approves controversial Holocaust bill

Polish senators approve bill making it illegal to suggest Poland was responsible for Nazi atrocities. President must now sign it into law.

Polish spokeswoman: 'We were Holocaust victims'

'Poland has never done anything that could hurt another country; we were the victims of World War II.'

'There's a reason why Germany built its death camps in Poland'

Emergence of Polish hidden Jews proves Poland's anti-Semitic past, NGO says.

Polish President says country didn't take part in Holocaust

Poland's President: Individual Poles took actions against Jews but there was no institutionalized participation by Poland in the Holocaust.

Ex-London mayor on Iranian TV for Holocaust Remembrance Day

Ken Livingstone, ex-Mayor of London and member of Labour Party, appears on Iranian state TV, claims Zionist movement colluded with Hitler.

No more trips to Poland for high school students?

Youth group leader calls to end organized trips to Poland, due to concerns for guides' and participants' safety.

Could Israeli guides at Auschwitz be arrested under new law?

Israeli tour guides worry that new law will cause them to be imprisoned for discussing Polish involvement in Holocaust.

'No tolerance for Holocaust denial, Polish law must be changed'

Netanyahu blasts Polish bill banning mention of Polish complicity with Nazis during Holocaust. 'Zero tolerance for revisionism.'

'How did I manage to escape from the Nazis and survive?'

Veteran reporter, Sylvain Brachfeld, gives his firsthand account of how he survived the Holocaust in Belgium.

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Hotovely warns against Poland's 'slippery slope'

Deputy Foreign Minister to Arutz Sheva: Polish desire to shake off responsibility for its part in the Holocaust must be stopped.

Polish PM: Auschwitz-Birkenau is not a Polish name

Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki responds to controversy over bill to outlaw mention of Polish involvement in Holocaust.

Saudi-based Muslim body rejects Holocaust denial

Leader of Muslim World League says history is impartial, Holocaust denial is a crime.

Polish legislation 'a slap in the face,' European rabbi says

European Jewish Association leader slams Polish bill to outlaw mention of involvement in Holocaust, says it harms righteous Poles.

PM Netanyahu slams Polish law: History cannot be changed

PM Netanyahu, Pres. Rivlin, and MKs slam Poland for new bill to jail those who mention Poland's role in the Holocaust.

In the US, rising number of Holocaust survivors live in poverty

One third of American Holocaust survivors live in poverty, aid group says.

Why the Holocaust does not fade away

This Jewish man saved hundreds of Jews from the Nazis

B'nai B'rith confers Jewish Rescuers Citation on 98-year-old who saved hundreds of escaping Jews from the Nazis.

Finland to probe troops’ alleged role in the Holocaust

Finland will investigate evidence suggesting that soldiers of its army were involved in murdering Jews during the Holocaust.

​​​​​​​French broadcaster blasted for prime-time Holocaust joke

French lawyer slams media for disallowing jokes about women but allowing a woman to make jokes about the Holocaust.

The 'Never Again' state of Israel

Austrian Jews to boycott Shoah memorial if FP ministers attend

Jewish leader says community will not attend Austria's Holocaust memorial ceremony if lawmakers from far-right Freedom Party are present.

Japanese PM pays tribute to 'Japanese Schindler'

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits memorial to Chiune Sugihara, who saved 6,000 European Jews from the Holocaust.

A new twist for academic Holocaust distorters

Dutch Holocaust survivor to pay taxes on forced labor pension

Dutch tax authority demands Holocaust survivor pay tax on pension stipend for forced child labor.

Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld dies at 85

Holocaust survivor and award-winning novelist Aharon Appelfeld dies in Israel at 85.

Nazi-Zionist cooperation medal offered at auction

Items from Holocaust period to be sold at special auction on eve of Tenth of Tevet fast.

Jewish trove hidden from Nazis, Soviets gives up its secrets

Documents dating back to 18th century allow readers to 'reconstruct Jewish life before the Holocaust,' Jewish History professor says.

Despite agreement, Mormons continue posthumously baptizing Jews

Mormons are baptizing Holocaust victims, Lubavitcher rebbe and celebrities, researcher says.

Why the Holocaust is more than “a Genocide”

Photo-Essay: 'Compassion has no nationality'

Former Utrecht professor: Holocaust exaggerated to extract money

Dutch university’s professor emeritus questions Holocaust on TV, calls Jews ‘parasites.’

'She showered me with unconditional love'

Vera Katz, three-term mayor of Portland who escaped the Nazis, dies at 84.

Western Wall dedicates Menorah lighting to Holocaust survivors

"We survived because of our strong desire to live, because we expelled despair and believed that better times would come.'

'Nazi toys' on sale at Amazon

German citizen petitions Amazon.com to 'take action' against manufacturers of toy Nazi soldiers.

Hanukkah celebration in Albania's Government House

Conference of European Rabbis President meets with Albania's PM, holds candle lighting ceremony in Albania's Government House.

Polish PM: Jews are our brothers

New Polish Prime Minister refers to rescue of ‘Jewish brothers’ in his inaugural address.

Senate committee advances Holocaust restitution bill

Senate committee advances bill to aid Holocaust survivors in obtaining restitution or return of assets.

Holocaust memorial in Athens vandalized

Vandals strip inscriptions written by Elie Wiesel from Athens' Holocaust memorial.

Massachusetts teen arrested over theft of Holocaust memorial

19-year-old arrested in connection with the theft of part of a Holocaust memorial sculpture from a cemetery in Milton, Massachusetts.

Poland: Investigate 'naked tag' video filmed in gas chamber

Polish interior minister orders investigation into naked video filmed at gas chamber.

Long-lost Hitler painting discovered?

The unique painting said to be by Nazi leader shows the old Vienna fortifications and is signed “A. Hitler”.

Landowner asks Polish town: Remove memorial to Holocaust victims

Owner of land on which memorial to Jews murdered by Nazis was built wants monument gone to sell or lease land.

Alleged Nazi war criminal identified as Republican donor

98-year-old Ukrainian man accused of being Nazi mass-murderer donated thousands of dollars to Republican party.

Holocaust survivor who cut hair in Chicago till he was 97, dies

A life-saving choice: Benjamin Scheinkopf's father insists he be a cobbler, but Ben and his brother choose to cut hair, saving their lives.

'Serbia was a terrible tragedy, but it wasn't genocide'

Mladic conviction rekindles Holocaust historians’ debate on definition of genocide.