Posts Tagged: Holocaust survivor
Germany Lays to Rest Margot Friedlaender, Holocaust Survivor Key to Remembrance Culture
Margot Friedlaender, a Holocaust survivor who played an important role in Germany's remembrance culture ensuring the country's Nazi past is not played down with the passage of time, was laid...
World’s Oldest Known Holocaust Survivor Rose Girone Dies at Age 113 in New York
Rose Girone, the world's oldest known Holocaust survivor, died at the age of 113 years old on Monday in New York. Israel's Government Press Office (GPO)...
Holocaust Survivor Marian Turski Dies Aged 98
Holocaust survivor Marian Turski, who became a journalist in Poland and headed an international committee of Auschwitz survivors, has died at the age of 98, said the Polish weekly magazine...
Jewish Sports Legend, Holocaust Survivor Agnes Keleti Dies at 103
Five-time Olympic champion Hungarian gymnast Agnes Keleti, the world's oldest living Olympic gold medalist and a survivor of the persecution of Jews in World War Two, died at the age of 103 on Thursday, the...
Giving Back to Our Jewish Community and Israel in the New Year and Beyond
JNS.org - Rabbi Hillel said: “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I?...
Italian Jewish Holocaust Survivor and Senator Speaks of ‘Deep Melancholy’ Following Hamas Pogrom in Israel
The 92-year-old Holocaust survivor who sits as a senator in the Italian parliament on Tuesday spoke of her anguish following the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom...
‘I Want to Tell The World What it is to be Chased’: Virtual Reality Holocaust Film About Survivor of Nazi Germany to Make Its World Premiere at Venice Film Festival
A Holocaust survivor, who is the subject and star of a new virtual reality film about her life that will make its world premiere at...
Holocaust Survivor Finds her Place Among Israeli Protesters
Esther Paran navigated her way in a wheelchair through the throngs of Israelis marching through Tel Aviv in protest at government plans to overhaul the country's judicial system. She was...
When a Holocaust Survivor’s Memories Strike Her Daughter’s Soul
For me, each day is Holocaust Remembrance Day. The memories come to me at night in my dreams, and upon waking, the first blurred images...
Halina Silber, Holocaust Survivor Saved by Oskar Schindler, Dies at Age 93
Helen "Halina" Silber, who attributed surviving the Holocaust to being transferred from Auschwitz to an ammunition and enamelware factory owned by the German industrialist, Oskar...
Gold Medal-Winning Australian Racewalker Wears Keepsake From Holocaust Survivor Grandmother in Competition
Australian racewalker Jemima Montag wore a gold bracelet made from a necklace that belonged to her late grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, when she won her...
Holocaust Survivor Wounded by Hamas Rocket in May Dies of Injuries
A 90-year-old Holocaust survivor who was critically wounded by a Hamas rocket that struck her home in Ashkelon in May died of her injuries on...
Outspoken Holocaust Survivor Gertrude Pressburger Dies at 94
i24 News – Outspoken Holocaust survivor Gertrude Pressburger died aged on Friday 94 in her native city of Vienna, Austria after a long illness. Austrian President...
Pilot Who Flew Out Afghan Refugees Says He Identifies With Them as Son of a Holocaust Survivor
A Delta Airlines pilot who flew refugees out of Afghanistan told CNN on Sunday that he could identify with his passengers because of his own...
