Posts Tagged: Holocaust survivors
Antisemitic Cartoon Printed; Prosecutor Offends Holocaust Survivors in Europe
JNS.org - Antisemitism has come to the forefront in European media this week after an antisemitic cartoon was published in Spain and an Austrian prosecutor said...
Israel and Netherlands to Negotiate Over Holocaust Survivor Payments
JNS.org - Israel is expected to negotiate with the Netherlands over the alleged Dutch decision to cut monthly payments to Holocaust survivors from the European nation...
Holocaust Survivors Sue Hungary in US Court Over Nazi Cooperation
JNS.org - Fourteen Hungarian Holocaust survivors have filed a class action lawsuit in the US against the Hungarian government and its national train company for cooperation...
Netherlands Denies Halting Holocaust Reparations for Survivors Living in Israel
JNS.org - The Netherlands Foreign Ministry is denying reports that it decided to stop making Holocaust reparations to survivors residing in Israel who are receiving equivalent...
Israeli Auschwitz Survivor Yisrael Kristal is Now World’s Oldest Man at 112
JNS.org - Following the death of 112-year-old Japanese man Yasutaro Koide, the designation of being the world's oldest man likely belongs to Israeli Holocaust survivor Yisrael...
Flag From Iconic ‘Exodus’ Ship That Transported Holocaust Survivors Donated to US Museum
The flag of an iconic ship that tried to take Jewish Holocaust survivors to what would later become Israel is destined for a museum in...
Holocaust Survivors in Israel Inundated With Repossession Claims, Report Says
JNS.org - Some 2,000 Holocaust survivors reportedly approached the Israeli Justice Ministry’s Legal Aid Department over the last year for assistance, after lawyers who were hired...
Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Back on Sale in Germany
JNS.org - Copies of Adolf Hitler’s notorious Mein Kampf went on sale in Germany this week after the book’s copyright expired Jan. 1, meaning the work...
Inspired by Grandparents’ Holocaust Survival, Japanese Man Enlists in IDF
JNS.org - Daniel Tomohiro is not the typical Israeli soldier. His Hungarian grandparents survived the Holocaust, made aliyah, and fought in Israel’s War of Independence, but...
Queen Elizabeth to Recognize Holocaust Survivors in Traditional Year-End Honors
The Queen of England will recognize the contributions of 10 Holocaust survivors in her annual "New Year's Honors List" the UK's Jewish News reported on Wednesday. Zigi Shipper,...
Mourning My Mother, Lillian Vernon
I knew the day would come, I just kept hoping unrealistically it would not. But this week, I lost my mother. It has been a time to...
We Are the Last to Hear Holocaust Survivors’ Stories Firsthand
JNS.org - Their childhoods were stripped from them. Seventy years later, we — teens who are enjoying what they couldn’t when they were our age —...
Robbed by Nazis of Traditional Ritual, Elderly Jews Undergo Bar Mitzvah in Melbourne Nursing Home
Seventy-five residents of an Australian nursing home celebrated their bat and bar mitzvahs on Sunday, after missing the chance to do so at age 12 and 13, because of...
Alan Gross: Thinking of Holocaust-Survivor Relatives Helped Me Get Through Time in Cuban Prison
Alan Gross, the American Jewish government contractor who spent five years in Cuban prison, said thinking of his family members who survived the Holocaust was...
