Holocaust

Chief Rabbi of France:

'Even today there are those who seek to destroy us'

'World has a responsibility to fight anti-Semitism’, says France's chief rabbi at event marking 80th anniversary of infamous Nazi conference

Podcast:

Six million - what does it mean?

Documentary filmmaker David Fisher was haunted by the number of Jews murdered in the Holocaust and made a movie about it.

Book Review:

"A Divine Madness" by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

A lamentation of the past and a warning for the present

Florence honors Holocaust victims with stumbling stones

The city of Florence has installed 25 new stumbling stones in honor of Jews murdered in the Holocaust.

US SC to rule on painting seized from Jewish woman by Nazis

The Supreme Court is set to decide the fate of a 19th century painting seized from a Jewish woman by the Nazis.

Lithuanian city names cultural center after Jewish philosopher

Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas is honored in a Lithuania still grappling with the Nazi era.

Report:

Over 60m online engagements linking COVID-19, Holocaust

Holocaust survivors urge action against increasing abuse, trivialization, and appropriation, of their suffering.

Poland set to appoint new envoy to Jewish community

After firing envoy for calling law that censors what can be said about Poland's role in the Holocaust 'stupid,' Poland to appoint new envoy.

B’nai Brith petition seeks answers about Raoul Wallenberg's fate

B’nai Brith Canada launches petition demanding Sweden ask Russia to hand over documents shedding light on disappearance of Raoul Wallenberg.

Nearly two dozen educators attend intensive Holocaust program

23 educators from six US states selected for advanced-level Holocaust education program.

Ohio university to eliminate Jewish studies professor

An Ohio university’s Holocaust Studies center is in jeopardy. These people are rallying to save it.

Ohio congressman compares D.C. vaccine mandate to Nazi Germany

Warren Davidson, Ohio GOP Congressman, posts Nazi health card in attack on DC vaccine mandate.

Holocaust survivor portraits to be placed in Buckingham Palace

Portraits of seven Holocaust survivors will be painted and on display in Buckingham Palace as commissioned by Prince Charles.

California Holocaust memorial damaged for 2nd time in two years

Santa Rosa cemetery memorial to victims of the Holocaust badly damaged for second time in two years.

Poland fires Jewish envoy for calling Holocaust law ‘stupid’

Poland's envoy for the Jewish diaspora calls Polish law regulating Holocaust speech "one of the stupidest amendments that was ever done."

Haredi soldiers visit Nazi death camps to say 'Never again'

Recently released haredi IDF soldiers tour key Holocaust sites in Poland, including 'Children's Forest' where Nazis gunned down 800 children

UK government closing compensation fund for victims of Nazis

Fund launched two decades ago to compensate victims of the Nazis who had assets confiscated by the British government is set to close.

Can we question G-d?

Many have questioned G-d, especially after the Holocaust, but to what avail?

Israeli amb to Romania blasts remarks against Holocaust education

Israeli Ambassador to Romania David Saranga condemned statements by nationalist lawmakers that “minimized the tragedy of the Holocaust.”

UK government remembers Holocaust survivor Freda Wineman

Wineman, who survived Auschwitz and other death camps, was awarded a British Empire Medal in 2019 for her service in Holocaust education.

Chilean diplomat who saved over 1,000 Jews honored in Romania

Romanian Jews honor Chilean diplomat who saved over 1,200 during the Holocaust.

This London library collected Holocaust documents in real time

London’s Wiener Library is the world’s oldest Holocaust archive. It’s still collecting material.

Sec. Blinken appoints new Holocaust adviser

Former EU Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat is appointed as Special Adviser on Holocaust Issues

Germany to give Holocaust survivors $200M emergency COVID fund

Germany to pay some $1,400 per person to dispense emergency COVID funding for 150,000 Jews persecuted during the Holocaust.

Holocaust victims' prayer books found in Germany

Pieces of wood and paper fragments inscribed with Hebrew letters were unearthed during road work in Zuelpich, Germany.

Wash. DC third grade class told to reenact Holocaust scenes

Staff member on leave amid investigation into allegations students told to act out the Holocaust, including pretending to dig mass graves.

One of Bergen-Belsen’s last liberators passes away

One of the last living liberators of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp has died at the age of 97.

When uninhibited hatred is released

The murder of human beings is a greater tragedy than the destruction of the Holy Temples.

Ernst Verduin, one of the last Dutch Auschwitz survivors, dies

Ernst Verduin, one of the last Dutch Auschwitz survivors, lectured and spoke to your people about his experience in the Holocaust.

Remembering Rabbis martyred in the Holocaust

Nazis targeted Jewish leaders, especially rabbis, as their first victims when moving into Jewish areas, because rabbis meant continuity.

Yair Netanyahu lights Hanukkah candles with Holocaust survivors

Former Prime Minister's son lights eighth Hanukkah candle together with Holocaust survivors at Yad Ezer L'Haver organization in Haifa.

A tree that survived the Holocaust gains a new life in NYC

'The Children's Tree' smuggled in and planted at concentration camp for Tu B'Shevat to be unveiled in New York City.

Plan for museum on site of concentration camp meets with protest

In Poland, plans to build a museum on Schindler survivors’ former camp spark environmental protest.

Amazon removes ‘Gas the Jews’ wine tumbler after complaints

Offensive holiday tumbler was being sold by a third party vendor and was removed after Amazon was contacted by Jewish groups.

Albert Einstein on US: 'Tremendous degree of anti-Semitism here'

Newly-revealed Einstein letter offers a glimpse of 'extreme anti-Semitism' in 1930s US academia.

UN, Yad Vashem, chiefs meet to discuss Holocaust education

Yad Vashem's Dani Dayan meets UN Sec.-Gen. António Guterres in NY, raising issues of Holocaust education, anti-Semitism, & Holocaust denial.

Office of the UK Chief Rabbi

Vayishlach: The legacy of those who perished in the Holocaust

Holocaust victims have no headstones, no matzeiva. I derive some chizuk, some support, from the beautiful teaching in Parshat Vayishlach.

Romania makes Holocaust education mandatory in all high schools

Far-right lawmaker complains law is discriminatory, says Romania hasn't had a single 'serious anti-Semitic case' in two decades.

Holocaust memorial defaced in Oviedo, Spain

Vandalism of Oviedo memorial denounced by the local Jewish community and the EJC, who are both calling for action from Spanish authorities.

Lithuania halts bike path construction near Holocaust mass grave

Following outcry, Lithuanian city of Siauliai freezes construction of bike path near mass grave of Jewish Holocaust victims.

Jewish historian refuses award from Polish government

Historian turns down award and grant of $19,000 from Polish government institute, saying it has whitewashed Holocaust history.

My twilight zone: Past, present and future

The past cannot alter the present. Holocaust museums have not affected young Islamists who don’t believe it occurred. And the future?Op-ed..

Kate Middleton opens Holocaust exhibit at Imperial War Museum

Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, officially opened a new Holocaust exhibit at the UK’s Imperial War Museum.

Canadian basin named after Vichy France leader to get new name

British Columbia considering name change for mountain area named after World War II Vichy France leader Marshal Pétain.

Most Brits don't know how many Jews died in the Holocaust

In UK poll, most respondents don’t know how many Jews perished in the Holocaust. 1/5 couldn't name a single concentration camp.

Starbucks ex-CEO uses Holocaust analogy to discourage union vote

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz raises eyebrows by invoking Holocaust analogy in bid to discourage union vote.

Cities around the world mark Kristallnacht anniversary

'Let there be light' global initiative keeps lights on it cities around the world in memory of Kristallnacht pogrom.

Austria opens memorial listing Jews killed in the Holocaust

Vienna public memorial lists the names of all 64,440 Austrian Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust.

Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau: Holocaust must never be globalized

Holocaust will never be forgotten, but anti-Semitism will continue to exist, survivor Rabbi Meir Lau tells Arutz Sheva at EJA conference.

British protest group compares climate change to the Holocaust

UK Jewish groups slam latest comparison of climate change to the Holocaust.

An autograph book is unique among those surviving the Holocaust

My German-Jewish grandmother’s childhood autograph book survived the Holocaust. It is one of the few that did.

Berlin couple who aided Jewish families during Holocaust honored

Max and Malwine Schindler, who helped smuggle Jews out of Nazi Germany, have been honored by Berlin for the first time.

Israel Arbeiter, a driver of Holocaust memory in Boston, dies

Israel Arbeiter, Holocaust survivor who became leader for other survivors and a prominent voice in Holocaust remembrance died Friday at 96.

Georgia Congresswoman: 'Vaccine Nazis ruining our country'

Marjorie Taylor Greene blames ‘vaccine Nazis’ for ‘ruining our country’ months after Holocaust museum apology.

Court halts sale of equipment used to tattoo Auschwitz victims

Auction of stamps and instructions used to tattoo Jews and others held at Auschwitz death camp draws outcry - and court injunction.

Church of England leader compares climate change to Holocaust

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby issues apology for comparing failure of politicians to act on climate change to the rise of the Nazis.

This Jewish writer has 4,000 dreidels from prewar Europe

Arthur Kurzweil, a prolific Jewish writer, has collected 4,000 tiny dreidels found by Eastern European treasure hunters.

Ukraine researchers locate where in sewer Jews hid in Holocaust

Inspired by a 2011 movie, Ukrainian researchers have found the Lviv sewer where dozens of Jews escaped the Nazis.

UK soccer team manager blasted for Holocaust comparison

Bristol Rovers manager facing mounting criticism for comparing team's difficulty winning to "a Holocaust."

Massachusetts Senate passes Holocaust education bill

The bill is in response to worry from lawmakers, amid an increase in anti-Semitism, that students were lacking Holocaust education.