Holocaust

Holocaust Law:

'We kept our obligation to preserve the truth'

PM praises Polish decision to remove criminal penalties from controversial Holocaust Law.

Einstein letters on the auction block

Letters written by Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa, including one written during and about the Holocaust, are up for auction.

Another “N” word that needs to be scrubbed

On a bike, ex-child refugee retraces escape from Nazi Germany

Holocaust survivor bikes with son and grandson in tribute to the Kindertransport which saved his life.

Olympic paddler helps raise memorial to murdered Polish Jews

Polish national champion Dariusz Popiela spearheads project to restore memory of local Jewish Holocaust victims.

Rio mayor sings to raise funds for Holocaust memorial

Thousands pay to watch mayor of Rio sing at concert where box office was entirely donated to construction of a Holocaust memorial.

Dutch King, Lithuanian president honor unsung Holocaust hero

Multi-media monument honors Jan Zwartendijk, who saved 2,500 Jews. 'Both the Netherlands and Lithuania are proud of him.'

'Number of Jews in Crete is slowly but steadily growing'

The last link to a doomed Jewish community in Crete watches its rebirth with gratitude.

Pope: ‘Never forget the Shoah’

"It should be a warning of an obligation to reconciliation, of reciprocal comprehension and love toward our ‘elder brothers,’ the Jews."

New Samaria synagogue is a 'dream come true' for Dutch Jews

Replica of Dutch synagogue destroyed in WWII opens near Jerusalem.

Kansas teacher awarded for revealing Holocaust hero's story

Norman Conard awarded in Warsaw for working on bringing story of Holocaust hero Irena Sendler to light.

Austria: We took too long to admit our role in Holocaust

Chancellor of Austria says his country waited too long to 'be honest' about its involvement 'as a perpetrator' in the Holocaust.

Holocaust survivor who comforted Anne Frank passes away

Gena Turgel, who comforted Anne Frank at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp before her death, dies at 95.

German party leader apologizes for belittling Nazi crimes

Co-head of the nationalist Alternative for Germany party called Nazi era 'speck of bird refuse.'

Israel police commemorate Kielce pogrom in visit to Poland

120 police officers visit site of murder of 200 Jews who had returned from Nazi death camps in 1946.

Blogger removes 'Happy Holocaust Day' video

Russian blogger tricks interviewees to wish viewers ‘happy Holocaust Day.’

The Holocaust did not legitimize Zionism

Germany loses Holocaust reminder as survivors dwindle

As the numbers of Holocaust survivors dwindle, Germany struggles with how to pass their message to the next generation.

British columnist calls German troops the heroes of D-Day

Columnist calls on readers to sympathize with Germans who were 'not trained in combat' yet fought 'nobly' against the 'attacking forces.'

Remembering the lost Jewish communities of Eastern Europe

Lithuania unveils the Lost Shtetl Museum, dedicated to the small Jewish communities wiped out during the Holocaust.

Study: Poles helped kill most of the Jews in hiding from Nazis

New study estimates over half a million Jewish Holocaust victims were murdered by their Polish neighbors.

Trump signs law to help Holocaust victims reclaim lost property

President signs law requiring State Department to monitor European countries handling of property taken from Holocaust victims.

Event recalling Nazi massacre leaves out mention of Jews

Army dress-up ‘feast’ planned at Lithuanian WWII killing site for Jews.

Blood and mud poured on Netherlands Holocaust monument

Memorial to 1,200 Dutch Jews murdered by Nazis at train station where they were deported desecrated.

Canada to apologize for turning away Holocaust refugees

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says government will apologize for turning away MS St.Louis, full of Jews fleeing Nazi Germany.

New Connecticut law requires Holocaust ed in state high schools

Joins Kentucky, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and California requiring genocide education.

Poland furious after New Jersey mayor calls senator a 'joke'

Plans to move Jersey City monument to Polish massacre spark international row.

German 'Nazi Grandma' fails to show up for prison sentence

Holocaust survivors’ group urges German authorities to intensify search for 89-year-old Ursula Haverbeck, convicted of Holocaust denial.

Dutch cop asks removal of Holocaust memorial sign, citing Israel

Bookshop owner in Amsterdam says police officer asked him to remove a sign commemorating Holocaust victims, citing Israel’s actions.

Psychological warfare:

German Palestine association slams Abbas ‘anti-Semitic’ remarks

'To suggest Jews in some way share responsibility for Holocaust is grotesque distortion of historical facts,' says PA German lobby.

Watch: The cycling champ who became a Holocaust hero

Marking launch of Giro d'Italia in J'lem, short film tells story of the heroism and bravery of one of cycling's most accomplished athletes.

U.S. Holocaust Museum condemns Abbas

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum says PA chairman's remarks blaming Jews for the Holocaust are "an insidious type of anti-Semitism".

Abbas: Jewish behavior, not anti-Semitism, caused Holocaust

PA President regurgitates anti-Semitic conspiracy theories in 'history lesson' seeking to disprove Jewish connection to Land of Israel.

Yad Vashem signs Holocaust agreement with German state

Yad Vashem signs educational agreement with the German state of Brandenburg.

Nazi symbols, salutes on display at Ukrainian nationalist march

Hundreds take part in far-right march in Ukrainian city of Lviv to honor SS unit of local volunteers.

Over-reacting and under-reacting: The Portman vs. the Konstanz Case

Rabbis urge Kansas lawmaker not to compare abortion to Holocaust

Jewish group calls on Republican state lawmaker from Kansas to refrain from comparing abortions to Nazi genocide of Jews in World War II.

German memorial honors forced laborers of forgotten Nazi camp

Germany inaugurates memorial honoring prisoners who died in a long-forgotten Nazi concentration camp.

Russian Jews to learn about rescue and betrayal in Poland

1,100 Russian Jews visit Auschwitz, hear about Polish rescue, betrayal of Jews.

US House passes bill to aid Holocaust survivors

House unanimously passes bill to help Holocaust survivors obtain restitution, seized assets.

Artists return German music award over rappers’ Holocaust lyrics

Artists return Echo Awards in protest of Holocaust-encouraging rappers' receipt of award.

From Holocaust to independence

FIDF supporters travel to Poland, Israel, with Holocaust survivors and IDF officers.

They did not go like sheep to the slaughter

Remembering the Jews who fought back against the Nazis

Today marks 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising as well as the 70th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel: OP ED

Holocaust survivor: My brothers built bunkers, we hid in sewers

Seventy-five years after the Warsaw ghetto's end, the dead live on in memory.

Polish nationalists seek to sue President Rivlin

Nationalists want to sue Israeli president for saying many Poles were complicit in the Nazi Holocaust.

Israeli intervention in Syria

Jewish sport clubs commemorate soccer teams shuttered by Nazis

Two Jewish sport clubs in Argentina honor their counterparts in Vienna and Warsaw, that were shuttered by the Nazis during the Holocaust.

Watch: Haredi soldiers pray at Western Wall

Haredi soldiers 'sworn in' to IDF in special ceremony at the Western Wall. Rabbis: Haredi soldiers ensure Holocaust never happens again.

The song memorializing the Holocaust that went viral

Russian singer Kain Rivers' song about the Holocaust goes viral.

Invisible Jews: Surviving the Holocaust in Poland

'People need to be here and realize what went on here'

Special: Arutz Sheva speaks to survivors at March of the Living.

America's first all-kosher supermarket to change hands

America's first all-kosher supermarket, founded by Holocaust survivors, begins a new era.

Holocaust survivor meets long-lost friend whose family saved her

Separated by the Holocaust, old friends find each other 76 years later.

Watch: We Remember

Kain Rivers' song in the spirit of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.

'March of the Living connects young Jews to Israel'

Greg Masel, Gen. Dir. of Keren Hayesod, says March of the Living brings young Jews closer to Israel, strengthens Jewish identity.

Polish President:

'Jewish survival is victory over the Nazis'

President Andrzej Duda addresses March of the Living, says Poland will continue to testify about the Holocaust to teach the world.

Study: 22% of US millennials never heard of the Holocaust

Over 40% of millenials think number of Jewish victims of Holocaust less than 2 million.

Polish President: Holocaust Law won't block survivors' speeches

Despite newly-passed law barring claims of Polish complicity in Holocaust, Poland says survivors won't be charged for criticizing Poland.

Rivlin: Many Poles helped carry out Holocaust

Israeli President tells Polish counterpart at March of the Living anti-Semitism in Poland helped Nazis carry out Holocaust.