Holocaust

Germany: Nazi memorial stones stolen on October 7

German town’s memorial stones for Nazi victims are stolen on Oct. 7 anniversary, MP offers 1,000 euros to anyone with information leading to perpetrators' arrest.

Book review:

On Duty: The Polish Blue & Criminal Police in the Holocaust

Millions of Polish Jews were murdered by the Nazis. But they did not work alone. A new and damning book shows how Polish law enforcement and firefighting personnel played an integral part in the destruction of Polish Jewry.

Albanian educators seek to teach their country's Holocaust legacy

In Albania, which saved its own Jews and Jewish refugees from the Nazis, educators teach the Holocaust to a new generation. 'Albanians hid Jews without regard to where they came from, or whether they were rich or poor.'

South Carolina:

School restricts use of Holocaust book in classrooms

South Carolina school district restricts Holocaust graphic novel for middle-graders, citing new state law.

Prague names street after British Holocaust hero

Prague names street after British Holocaust hero, Sir Nicholas Winton, who rescued hundreds of mostly Jewish children from the Nazis.

New documentary reveals:

Leni Riefenstahl may have played an active role in Jews' deaths

Leni Riefenstahl’s Nazi sympathies ran deeper than she admitted, a new documentary about the director argues.

What is the Jewish approach to evil?

What is evil, and how does one comprehend its place in our lives? People have an obligation to recognize that evil exists, but understanding its essence is beyond human intellectual capacity, says Rabbi Soloveitchik.

Berlin Holocaust memorial vandalized with antisemitic graffiti

In Germany, a Holocaust memorial commemorating non-Jewish women who protested deportation of their Jewish relatives is vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti. 'Simply unacceptable.'

Founded in 1944? This Polish bakery has a little-known past

Before this famous Polish bakery ‘opened’ in 1944, it belonged to a Jewish family killed by the Nazis.

Holocaust survivor:

'I can't believe the whole world participates in Jew-hatred'

Antisemitism and protests in the United States trigger PTSD in Holocaust survivors.

Nazi-looted Egon Schiele painting returns to rightful owners

Another Nazi-looted Egon Schiele painting returns to heirs of ‘Cabaret’ inspiration Fritz Grünbaum.

Poland:

Workers find remains of synagogue destroyed by Nazis

Workers unearthed the remains of columns and walls that belonged to the Goldberg Synagogue in Otwock, Poland.

Candace Owens claims:

'Hitler wasn't so evil, Mengele experiments bizarre propaganda'

Former Daily Wire employee engages in more antisemitic conspiracy theories, claims the allies were worse than Nazis and the Holocaust was 'ethnic cleansing' rather than genocide.

Researchers aim to find books from large Holocaust-era library

Amateur detectives are invited to join search for a lost Jewish library looted by the Nazis.

Seven museums:

Anti-Israel graffiti 'straightforwardly antisemitic'

Seven Holocaust museums condemn vandalism against one of their own after police say it wasn’t a hate crime.

Outrage in Germany:

Last known surviving Nazi camp guard ruled unfit to face trial

Outrage in Germany as last known surviving Nazi concentration camp guard, age 99, 'who helped to murder 3,300 in gas chambers and horrifying medical experiments’ is ruled unfit to face trial.

Shoes of children murdered in Auschwitz back on display

Over 3,000 of 8,000 shoes of children murdered at Auschwitz return to display, following the conservation process.

Texas:

School district pulls books without formal challenge process

Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus,’ ‘The Fixer’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint.

Will a Holocaust survivor's daughter unseat a Democrat in NY?

Just when you thought miracles couldn’t happen, a strong Jewish woman comes along and decides to save a county. It might sound like Purim to you! Opinion.

The Holocaust museum that never was

In the 1940s, Jewish scholars planned a museum about the world they were losing.

Did Trump joke about the Holocaust?

A vice president in one of Trump's organizations claims that the former president made jokes about the Holocaust when Jewish executives were in the room.

Vogue cover model is 102-year-old Holocaust survivor

102-year-old Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer is Vogue Germany’s latest cover model.

We must all act like Israelis do

We must be proud and stand up against our enemies with courage. Op-ed.

U of Minnesota pauses search for Holocaust Center director

University of Minnesota backtracks on Holocaust Center hire who accused Israel of genocide.

German gov't allocates a record $1.5b in Holocaust reparations

German Holocaust reparations increase again this year, but plateau expected as survivors perish.

As global antisemitism rises, Holocaust education receives boost

Holocaust education, Holocaust survivors, receive additional funding; social welfare services for over 100,000 Holocaust survivors to see increase of €105 million.

Touching:

Holocaust survivor and evacuee from north at the Western Wall

Simon Hayat was evacuated with his family from the town of Shlomi and dreamed of praying at the Western Wall, where he hadn't been since the Second Lebanon War - and finally saw his dream come true.

French police:

'Suspects in vandalism of Holocaust memorial fled to Belgium'

French prosecutors say three suspects in last week's defacement of the Paris Holocaust memorial were tracked across the border into Belgium.

Latvia:

Jewish artist fights for Holocaust memorial at concentration camp

Nearly 4,000 Jews died at Jungfernhof, a Nazi camp in Latvia. This artist is fighting for a memorial to them.

Vandals deface Paris Holocaust museum with blood-red hands

Wall of the Righteous memorial to French citizens who saved Jews defaced with dozens of red hands in act Israeli Ambassador harkens to lynching of 2 Israelis at start of Second Intifada.

Live:

March of the Living begins at Auschwitz

Six Holocaust survivors who were affected by the October 7 massacre join the March of the Living on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

On eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day

95-year-old Holocaust survivor passes away

Esther Greitzer, 95-year-old Holocaust survivor who survived Auschwitz and the infamous 'medical experiments,' passes away; nephew urges the public to attend her funeral.

Survivor in the IDF

'I saluted the flag, as the Holocaust flashed before my eyes'

Izi (Itzhak) Kabilio, who lit one of the torches at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem tells his story.

Holocaust survivor:

'Everything amazing became terribly sad'

Pnina Hefer was one of six survivors to light a torch at the State Ceremony opening Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem.

Libyan Holocaust survivor:

'I try to live an active life that's my victory over the Nazis'

Allegra Gutta, who lit a torch at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem, was deported with her family by the Italians from Benghazi to the Giado concentration camp.

Holocaust survivor recounts:

'We heard the Germans' boots, we laid down and were quiet'

Raisa Brodsky was one of six survivors to light a torch at the State Ceremony opening Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem.

'Try to remain good Jews'

Holocaust survivor remembers father's last words

Michael Bar-On, who lit one of the torches at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem tells his story.

'Like liberating Majdanek’

Fallen soldier's account of massacre aftermath

Yossi Hershkowitz, who fell in Gaza, spoke to his father on October 9th and told him about the military activity in the area after the massacre: ‘If we don’t destroy them, we have nothing to look for here.’

Trudeau on Yom HaShoah

'Jewish Canadians feel Canada's promise is under threat'

Canadian PM: 'We made it a criminal act to deny, or to dismiss, the Holocaust in Canada. We will teach more Canadians, especially younger ones, about the horrors of the Holocaust, so that every generation will know their own responsibility to uphold the vow of “never again.'"

The warning of the 102-year-old Holocaust survivor

The warning of the 102-year-old Holocaust survivor at the German Film Awards Ceremony

Netanyahu to torchlighters:

'If we need to stand alone – we will stand alone'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes' Remembrance Day Torchlighters: "."

Germany:

Woman returns grandfather's looted Holocaust stamp collection

A German soldier looted postcards from doomed Jews in Poland. 80 years later, his granddaughter brought them back.

Yad Vashem condemns covering of London Holocaust memorial

Israel's national Holocaust memorial warns 'root problems of antisemitism' must be confronted after Holocaust memorial covered during anti-Israel march.

London police cover Holocaust memorial during anti-Israel march

Hyde Park Holocaust memorial covered to prevent anti-Israel marchers from defacing it, 1 week after Jewish man warned he faced arrest for being 'visibly Jewish.'

Tennessee:

Children's Holocaust Memorial closed due to Hamas war

Holocaust memorial created as part of school project where eighth graders gathered six million paper clips to symbolize the Jewish victims of Nazi Germany temporarily closed due to security concerns surrounding Gaza war.

Calls for a double Holocaust at Columbia U

And still there are those who defend those who call to murder Jews in New York City as mere critics of Israel, who decry any attempt to combat this naked hatred as the silencing of legitimate criticism. Do the math. Op-ed.

Israeli speakers stricken from Bergen-Belsen ceremony

The ceremony date was changed with no warning to the survivors of the camp and no Israelis will be allowed to address the audience.

Holocaust survivors in Israel to receive additional funds

Germany to give Holocaust survivors in Israel an extra $238 each because of the war.

No, Joe Rogan: There is no comparing the Holocaust and Gaza

Podcast host uses video of 4 people, possibly terrorists, being killed as proof of genocide in Gaza and Israeli similarity to the Holocaust, when the Nazis murdered 1.5 million Jews in 3 months, 15,000 a day. Op-ed.

Amsterdam takes first step in walking back Nazi collaboration

Amsterdam, atoning for role in delivering Jews to the Nazis, pledges donation and memorials at tram stops.

Holocaust education:

In New York, private tours aim to combat antisemitism

The Museum of Jewish Heritage seeks to educate more college-age visitors about the Holocaust, starting with a private tour for CUNY students.

Amid uptick in antisemitism at home

UK assumes IHRA presidency

The theme of the UK presidency is 'In Plain Sight,' drawing attention to the fact that the Holocaust did not happen in a dark corner.

Knesset Approves:

Greater legal aid for Holocaust survivors

A new amendment will grant survivors free legal representation in a variety of fields with no need to prove financial eligibility.

Virginia:

Students may opt out of Holocaust survivor's talk

Virginia school district will let students opt out of Holocaust lesson, citing Jewish students’ ‘trauma.’

The Lord is my shepherd

The hardships we endure to continue our heritage is sometimes best told by individuals who Survived the Holocaust, and who testify their deliverance as absolute miracles. Op-ed.

Netherlands:

New museum aims to raise Holocaust awareness

The Netherlands, home to the Nazis’ most famous victim, has never had a Holocaust museum — until now.

'How dare you?'

Montana Tucker slams Oscar winner Jonathan Glazer

Montana Tucker, Jewish TikTok influencer, slams Jonathan Glazer, Oscar award winner who renounced Judaism because of the war in Gaza

Netherlands:

Tram company worked with Nazis, demanded payment

Dutch tram company that carried Anne Frank to her doom sought compensation after the war, new research shows.

PA Official:

'Hitler had obvious reasons for the Holocaust'

A Palestinian official claimed that he was 'no fan of Hitler', but that there were nonetheless 'obvious reasons' for causing the Holocaust.

Prince of Wales visits Western Marble Arch Synagogue

The Prince of Wales visited the Western Marble Arch Synagogue, London, where he participated in conversations about the deeply troubling rise in antisemitism in the UK, and some of the invaluable work that is being carried out to combat it.