Posts Tagged: Auschwitz-Birkenau
Auschwitz-Birkenau Site Vandalized With Antisemitic, Holocaust Denial Graffiti
Wooden barracks at the Auschwitz II -Birkenau death camp memorial site in Poland were vandalized with antisemitic phrases as well as Holocaust denial slogans, staff...
Germany Praised by Top Jewish Group for Contributing Another 60 Million Euros to Preservation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Site
Germany said this week that it would provide an additional 60 million euros for the preservation of the remains of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, drawing...
Israeli NGO Calls on World Holocaust Forum Attendees to Help Retrieve Bone Fragments Found at Auschwitz for Jewish Burial
The Israeli rescue and recovery volunteer organization ZAKA asked participants at Thursday's World Holocaust Forum to assist in recovering bone fragments from the site of...
Britain’s Prince Charles to Mark Auschwitz Liberation in Jerusalem
Prince Charles will commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz 75 years ago when he visits Jerusalem later this month, his office said on Monday. He will be...
Himmler and Al-Husseini: Telegraphic Reminders of Reality
Upon her return from a class trip to Poland, taken as part of her Israeli high school education, my daughter recounted with passion the experience...
Holocaust Survivors Mark 72 Years Since Auschwitz Liberation
Dozens of Auschwitz survivors placed wreaths and flowers Friday at the infamous execution wall of the former German death camp, paying homage to the victims...
Thousands Post Remembrance Photos in What Organizer Calls ‘Largest Social Media Commemoration of Holocaust to Date’
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday, thousands of photos of people holding “We remember” or “I remember” signs have been broadcast on a...
Life After Birkenau
The Jewish community of Antwerp, Belgium is unique in that it is the most predominantly Orthodox, Hasidic and Yiddish-speaking community in Europe. It is also...
Chief Rabbi of Poland: Memory of World’s Inaction During Holocaust Should Spur Jews to Help Today’s Persecuted Christians
Poland’s chief rabbi said the world’s inaction during the Holocaust should serve as a reminder to Jews to help Christians suffering persecution at the hands of...
EXCLUSIVE: Prominent American Rabbi Calls On Pope Francis to Remove Catholic Church From World’s ‘Largest Jewish Cemetery’ in Auschwitz-Birkenau
A prominent American rabbi is urging the Pope to remove a Catholic church from the site of the “largest Jewish cemetery in the world,” The Algemeiner has learned....
Holocaust Education Trust Offers to Educate British Teens Found Stealing From Auschwitz
The British Holocaust Education Trust called the recent theft of artifacts from the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland “absolutely shocking” and offered to work to...
Auschwitz-Birkenau Now Asking Visitors to Pre-Book Trips to the Concentration Camp
Authorities at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum warned on Tuesday that it may have to begin turning people away from visiting the Nazi-German death camp...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Marked by 54 Knesset Members at Auschwitz
JNS.org - The largest Israeli legislative delegation to date, numbering 54 Members of Knesset, marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday by holding a special...
Thirty Former Auschwitz Guards Face Possible Prosecution in Germany
Thirty former Nazi Auschwitz death camp guards could face prosecution in Germany at the suggestion of justice officials in the country, the BBC reported Tuesday....
