Holocaust

Austrian Fascists Danced on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Approximately 3,000 fascists, including Marienne LePen, “celebrated” Holocaust day at an annual dance while the UN remembered its horrors.

US Ambassador: 'US Won't Be Complicit in Second Holocaust'

US Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, said the US will not remain idle and be complicit in Iran's bid to destroy the Jewish state.

Auschwitz Survivor Dies Exactly 67 Years after Liberation

Kazimierz Smolen, a 91-year-old Auschwitz survivor, dies 67 years to the day the camp was liberated.

Edelstein: When We Say ‘Never Again’, We Mean It

Minister Yuli Edelstein on International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Israel will make sure that another Holocaust doesn't happen

Minister: Iran Has a 'Destroy Israel Program'

Minister of Public Diplomacy Yuli Edelstein says calling Iran's drive for a nuclear bomb a 'nuclear program' is a misnomer.

Netanyahu: World Silent on Threats to Destroy Israel

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu accused the world of remaining silent in the face of Iranian threats to destroy Israel.

Dutch Goverment: No Apology for Holocaust Wrongdoing

The Dutch government never said a word against the roundup, with local help, of 75% of its Jews in WWII. They won't say anything now either.

Dubai Pulls ‘Insane’ Ad Exploiting Holocaust

A Dubai fitness center pulls an ad that featured train tracks to the Auschwitz death camp and the slogan, “Kiss your calories goodbye.”

Will Holland Finally Apologize for Passivity in the Holocaust?

When Jews were deported in WWII, Holland's rulers looked on.The Queen was busy. Dutch parties still undecided about apology.

Swiss 'Rehabilitate' Those Who Aided Jews in WWII

Swiss authorities completed the process of 'rehabilitating' those punished for aiding Jews during the Nazi era - all are dead.

Music Students Restore Lost Jewish Compositions

A new venture will see students from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance playing lost musical compositions of Jews.

Germany to Compensate Jews Who Fled Nazis in Soviet Union

Germany, for the first time, agrees to compensate thousands of Jews who fled the Nazis in the Soviet Union, the Claims Conference said.

Reward of $30,000 for Helping Catch Last of the Nazis

The conviction of Demjanjuk has led Nazi-hunters to offer a $30,000 reward for information leading to capture of the last Nazis.

Ukraine Marks 70th Anniversary of Massacre of Jews

More than 14,000 Jews and others were massacred by the Nazis in Simferopol, Ukraine 70 years ago. Relatives remember the horror.

Commonalities of Holocaust Deniers and Anti-Zionists

First Graduate Program in Israel for Holocaust Studies

The first Israeli graduate studies program in Holocaust studies is opening next at Haifa University for students from around the world.

New Music Video Keeps Holocaust Memories Alive

"Rainbow in the Night," a new music video about the Holocaust, keeps alive the memories of the Jews who perished.

Murdered Fogels Remembered with Torah Scroll from Holocaust

A Torah scroll that survived the Holocaust is being donated in memory of five members of the Fogel family murdered by Arab terrorists.

Major Film "Hannah Arendt" to be Filmed in Jerusalem

Controversial German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt is the subject of a major international production to be filmed in Jerusalem.

Yad Vashem in Deal for Hidden Holocaust Files

Holocaust files hidden for generations will be made available through Yad Vashem.

Attackers Carve Jewish Star Into Back of Iraqi Poet in S. Louis

An Iraqi poet who immigrated to St. Louis and converted from Islam to Christianity has paid the price for supporting Jews and Israel.

Ahmadinejad: Zionism Sacred to West

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad repeated well-worn themes at the UN such as Holocaust denial, imperialism, lambasting Israel.

German Jewish Youth Mark 50th Anniversary of Eichmann Trial

This week German Jewish students mark the 50th anniversary of the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann.

Neo-Nazi Vandals Deface Poland's Bialystok Cemetery

Neo-Nazi vandals have defaced the Bialystok cemetery in eastern Poland, the second such anti-Semitic attack in the area so far this month.

Holocaust Kaddish Composition Premieres at Yad Vashem

Dr. Lawrence Siegel's "Kaddish - I Am Here", a musical composition based on testimonies of Holocaust survivors, premiered in Israel.

Lithuania Demands Survivors Retract Explicit Holocaust Report

Interview: 13 years after it was issued, Lithuania demands that Israeli survivor group "ethnically cleanse' report naming murderers of Jews.

Ukraine Destroys Historical Synagogue, Builds Hotel

Ukraine is destroying Jewish history by tearing down an old and prestigious synagogue to build a hotel for soccer championship games.

Alleged Hungarian Nazi War Criminal Sandor Kepiro Dead at 97

Alleged Hungarian Nazi war criminal Sandor Kepiro has died in Budapest at the age of 97.

Golda Meir Sought Bombing of Auschwitz, New Research Shows

Golda Meir was one of Jewish leaders who tried to persuade US government to bomb the camp in 1944; told of "sea of blood and corpses."

Vandals Deface Poland's Jedwabne Holocaust Memorial

Vandals have destroyed a Holocaust memorial in eastern Poland dedicated to Jewish victims.

German Town to Name Square after Rabbi

The town of Horb in Germany will name a square after Rabbi Avraham Schweizer, who was the town rabbi and died in the Holocaust.

Remember Me? Finding the Hidden Jewish Children of the Holocaust

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC has launched a project to identify long-lost children who survived the genocide of Jews.

Video: Polish Ambassador to Israel Honors Janusz Korczak

Yad Vashem marked 69 years since the deportation to Treblinka of Janusz Korczak and the children of his orphanage from the Warsaw Ghetto.

69 Years Since Korczak

69 Years Since Murder of Korczak and Children

Educator Janusz Korczak refused to leave the children of his orphanage and the Nazis murdered them all.

KGB Suppressed Wallenberg Data

Russia Caught Withholding Information About Raoul Wallenberg

A team of researchers believes it has found proof that the Soviets-Russians hid information on Raoul Wallenberg

Facebook: No Problem With Holocaust Denial Pages

Holocaust denial 'fan pages' abound on Facebook - and that's OK with the social networking site's administrators

97-Yr-Old Hungarian Acquitted on Nazi War Crimes

A 97-year-old Hungarian man was acquitted on charges of involvement in the Nazi murders of 35 people during World War II.

Polish Couple to be Honored as Righteous Among the Nations

Stefan and Maria Magenheim, who saved a Jewish child's life during the Holocaust, will be honored by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations.

Poland Apologizes to Murdered Jews of Jedwabne

Poland's president apologized to hundreds of Jews murdered by their neighbors in ceremonies that marked the massacre.

Arab MK Wants Punishment to ‘Nakba Deniers’

Arab MK Tibi tries to introduce a bill to deny funds to anyone refusing to recognize Israel’s independence as a “catastrophe” (Nakba) for Arabs.

Holocaust Center to Receive Rare Anti-Nazi Leaflet

One of the few surviving anti-Nazi leaflets from Munich University in World War II is to be presented by Britain to the British Holocaust Center.

WWII Nazi War Criminal Milivoj Asner Dies Free in Austria

The former head of the Croatian police during World War II, Milivoj Asner, has died a free man in Austria last week at the age of 98.

Was the Russian Front a Catalyst for the Final Solution?

The story of the Jews of Russia in the Holocaust will be explored at a symposium at Bar Ilan University Monday.

Israel will Train Italian Teachers to Teach About Holocaust

Italian Education Ministry will select teachers to attend special training at Yad Vashem annually.

Hitler's First Anti-Jewish Letter on Display

Now available to the public: A letter written by Hitler in 1919 outlining his vision for the Jews: Pogroms and their “irrevocable removal.”

Argentina Jews Win Injunction Against Google

Argentina's Jewish umbrella organization, DAIA has won a court order preventing Google from sending surfers to anti-Semitic sites.

"Holocaust Children" Demand Recognition

Child survivors speak up and demand special compensation for their lost childhoods.

Honoring the 'Final Remnant' Fallen

My Israel movement honors those who died to protect Israel and left no family behind.

Obama Says ‘Never Forget; Care for the Last Living Survivors’

“We must heed the urgency to listen to and care for the last living survivors, camp liberators and the witnesses to the Shoah,” says Obama.

Remembering the Spiritual Heroism of the Shoah

Rabbi Shmuel Granatstein of the Kiddush Hashem Archives talks about the organization's mission to document spiritual heroism during the Holocaust.

IDF Recognizes 17,000 Holocaust Survivors

The IDF's “Flower to the Survivor” project brings together soldiers and Holocaust survivors.

Report: Better to be a Holocaust Survivor Outside Israel

Boaz Arad of the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies tells INN TV that Israeli Holocaust survivors have a harder time receiving compensation.

UN Workers: Holocaust Education Would 'Confuse' PA Children

UNRWA workers oppose Holocaust education in PA schools, as PA accuses Israel of “imitating Nazis.”

Netanyahu: Jews Must Not Live in Denial of Reality

At Shoah ceremony, Prime Minister warns against pretending that the dangers facing us are not really there.

'The Pope Could Have Saved Many'

Pope Pius XII could have saved many Jews from death during the Holocaust, says professor given access to Church files.

Rabbi Lau: We Haven't Learned the Lesson

The Jewish people, and the world, have not yet learned the lessons of the Holocaust, says Rabbi Yisrael Lau.

Generation of Holocaust Survivors Disappearing

Holocaust survivors, who are first-person testimony to the Nazi death machine, are disappearing. Their death rate in Israel is 35 a day.

Video: Iranian Website Displays Cartoons about the Holocaust

A new video by MEMRI TV shows disturbing anti-Semitic cartoons posted by an Iranian website about the Holocaust.

Report: Abbas’ Holocaust-Denial Dissertation Widely-Taught in PA

Middle East researcher says Education Minister must demand that PA remove the document from its school curriculum.

Video: Cousins Meet for First Time at Yad VaShem

Liora Tamir was certain she had no living relatives from the time of the Holocaust...until she searched Yad VaShem's database and found her cousin.