Holocaust

Survivor of 8 Nazi concentration camps dies at 94

Chaim Ferster, a Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivor who spent time in eight concentration camps, passes away.

Auschwitz Museum offers confidentiality to Nazi war criminals

Polish Jews outraged after director of Auschwitz Museum calls on Nazi guards to come forward with artifacts, promises confidentiality.

Graves of Holocaust victims looted, desecrated across Ukraine

Looters dig up mass graves of Holocaust victims, desecrate remains in search for gold teeth and jewelry.

Bill allowing survivors to sue insurers reintroduced

Bipartisan bill that would allow Holocaust survivors to sue insurance companies in U.S. courts reintroduced.

'You should be gassed for what you say on this campus'

Jewish student at Beloit College, Wisconsin, received an anti-Semitic note on International Holocaust Memorial Day.

Honor Nazi victims by speaking out against anti-Semitism

Israel's UN Ambassador calls on Jewish people to unite against anti-Semitism, libels, and inappropriate Holocaust comparisons.

Milan marchers protest vandalism of Holocaust memorial

Large crowd marches through central Milan as a human chain to protest the defacement of “stumbling stone” Holocaust memorial.

Nazi propaganda chief Goebbels' secretary dies at 106

Former Nazi secretary dies 'without guilt', book on her memories to be published in 2017.

Poland's WWII museum gets caught in political crosshairs

Critics slam Polish WWII museum for neglecting 'Polish perspective' on war.

New branch of Yad Vashem to open in Negev

Holocaust museum to open new branch in Negev city to deal with increasing number of requests and visitors.

'None of us would be here if Dr. Helmy hadn't existed'

Medical doctor becomes first Arab "Righteous among the Nations"; risked life to save Jews during Holocaust.

Shaked: The Holocaust began with incitement

Justice Minister says Shoah began with incitement, and incitement against Jews continues to this day in the BDS movement and the PA.

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Distortion in Holocaust Memorializing

Much European Holocaust remembrance is a rewriting of history that downplays local cooperation with Nazis and blurs the victims' identity.

US Holocaust survivors' requests for help grow 20 percent

A group that provides assistance to Holocaust survivors in the United States says requests for assistance grew by 20 percent in 2016.

Company: Auschwitz-themed game aimed at raising awareness

Entertainment company in the Czech Republic defends its Auschwitz-themed game from critics who said it was disrespectful.

Netanyahu: Trump understands the Iranian threat

Prime Minister says world continues to be silent on Iran's genocidal ambitions, but Trump's inauguration may be harbinger of change.

#WeRemember: Over 200,000 post photos to commemorate Holocaust

200,000 people post photos of themselves on social media ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

EJC president: Europe must prove Jews have a future here

European Jewish Congress (EJC) President Dr. Moshe Kantor called on European leaders to adopt IHRA definition of anti-Semitism.

Watch: 'El Maleh Rahamim' prayer sung at EU parliament

At a ceremony marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the EU, Chief Cantor of the IDF, Shai Abramson sung 'El Maleh Rahamim'.

Nazi hunter criticizes Israeli silence on Croatian distortion

Efraim Zuroff says Israel is “abdicating its duty” to Holocaust survivors.

Arab Meretz MK compares Trump and Regev to Nazis

Holocaust survivors walk out as MK Esawi Frej compares between Nazi Germany and statements made by Trump and Israeli Culture Minister.

Vandals deface new Milan ‘stumbling stone’ Holocaust memorial

Vandals deface new Holocaust memorial in Italy with black paint days before commemoration of international Holocaust Memorial Day.

WJC Promotes Holocaust remembrance

Survivors share photographs from the Holocaust

Hundreds of runners mark Holocaust in Rome

Hundreds of participants in a road race through downtown Rome commemorate the Holocaust while looking to the future.

Croatian Jews to boycott Shoah memorial over whitewashing

Croatian Jewish community to boycott country's Holocaust memorial in protest against whitewashing of World War 2 regime's crimes.

German party: Populist who called to end Nazi guilt can stay

German right-wing party decides not to boot politician who said Germany should stop atoning for Nazi past.

Lawyer sentenced to prison for defrauding Holocuast survivors

70-year old lawyer sentenced to 1 year in prison, fines, after defrauding Holocaust survivors seeking compensation from Hungary.

Israeli artist launches campaign to shame 'Holocaust selfies'

One man declares war on disrespectful behavior at Holocaust memorial, finds unique way to publicly shame selfie-snapping guests.

German official blasts right-wing politician's Holocaust remark

Germany's vice chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, blasts member of AfD party who criticized Germany for atoning for its Nazi past.

Right-wing German politician slams Berlin Holocaust memorial

Bjoern Hoecke, a right-wing German politician, called the Berlin Holocaust memorial a 'monument of shame in the heart of the capital'.

'Obama was the biggest liar in the world'

Head of Holocaust education institute says today's youth is just as ready to learn about the Shoah as ever, blasts Obama's Israel policies.

Germany to fund Holocaust museum in Thessaloniki

Jewish community in Greece's second city gets the go-ahead to build a Holocaust museum, funded in part by Germany.

Foreign Ministry welcomes Torah scroll from Bucharest

Foreign Ministry synagogue holds traditional ceremony welcoming Torah scroll from Bucharest.

Researchers find jewelry, hair pins in Sobibór death camp

Researchers find jewelry, hair pins beneath floorboards in Sobibór death camp.

Holocaust Jews: Murdered precisely because they were sinless

What Yediot Acharonot's first editor Ezriel Carlebach wrote about the Jewish victims of the Holocaust in 1942.

Today: The Fast of the Tenth of Tevet

The fast mourning the siege of Jerusalem in Temple times is also the day kaddish is said for Holocaust victims whose yahrzeit is unknown.

Norway public broadcaster apologizes for spoofing Holocaust

Norway’s public broadcaster apologizes for referencing Holocaust in a satirical cartoon about the financial situation of university students

Dutch rescuer of Jews during Holocaust dies at 96

Marion Pritchard, a Dutch social work student who rescued Jews during World War II, has died.

University student union votes for Holocaust education

The student union board at Ryerson University approves Holocaust Education Week resolution after anti-Israel students stage walkout.

Cousins who thought family died in Holocaust united in Israel

First cousins who thought entire family died in Holocaust meet thanks to Yad Vashem testimony.

Pre-WW2 film which foresaw expulsion of Jews to be restored

Segments of pre-World War II Austrian film that foresaw the expulsion of Jews will be restored thanks to crowd-funding campaign.

Siemens finances publication of Jewish slave laborer’s memoir

The German corporation Siemens has financed the publication of the memoir of a former Jewish slave laborer who worked for the company.

$3.5 million raised for Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation

A gala for director Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation raised $3.5 milliom

The need for 'Post-Holocaust Studies'

A renowned scholar of anti-Semitism advocates the establishment of a new discipline: Post-Holocaust Studies.

Latvian president admits local complicity in Nazi atrocities

Latvian president Raimonds Vejonis attended a memorial ceremony at a Holocaust mass murder site near Riga and admitted local complicity.

Obama taps 5 to serve on Holocaust memorial board

President Obama appoints five people to serve on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, including its current chairman.

The trap of travesty: The Shoah as show business

Russian 'Holocaust on ice' routine causes uproar

Social media outraged after Putin spokesman's wife appears on reality show dancing while dressed as a concentration camp prisoner.

Israel opposes use of term 'Polish Death Camps'

Israel and Poland released a joint statement opposing the use of the term 'Polish death camps' to describe Nazi concentration camps.

Supplement to Righteous Gentile Law debated

Proposed Supplement would allow Jews to also be rewards

Daughter of Nazi official asks forgiveness

The daughter of a Nazi official who murdered the brother of the seventh Chabad Rebbe visits grave, asks forgiveness from the Jewish People.

Nearly 1,000 Jews gather in Ukrainian city of Lviv

Nearly 1,000 people attend Jewish gathering in western Ukrainian city which honors alleged Holocaust era war criminals.

Israeli woman crowned 'Miss Holocaust Survivor'

Russian-born Israeli who was 2 days old when World War II broke out crowned Miss Holocaust Survivor.

Pro-Israel Asian organization supports survivors and lost tribes

Shalom Israel Asia Pacific held its annual event for the benefit of Holocaust survivors and members of Bnei Menashe. We spoke with founder.

French town commemorates Alfred Dreyfus

Persecuted Jewish officer honored with a statue. Dutch town honors Holocaust survivor and writer Jules Schelvis with a street sign.

Watch: emotional meeting of childhood friends separated by Shoah

Two childhood friends who had not seen each other since the Holocaust finally meet in an emotional reunion.

Ukraine to open its first holocaust memorial

Prime Minister of Ukraine has made a major announcement that could change the course of history education in the eastern European country.

Israeli filmmaker shows genocide through the eyes of its victims

Yolanda Papini-Pollock releases documentary that shows genocide through survivor testimony.

Synagogue in Zhitomir, Ukraine, reopens for the holidays

The building is the only remaining synagogue of the 54 that were there before the holocaust.

Holocaust survivor likens treatment of farm animals to Shoah

Holocaust survivor Alex Hershaft says there are striking similarities between the Nazi horrors and the way society treats farm animals.