Posts Tagged: Holocaust survivors
Holocaust Survivor of Nine Concentration Camps, Purveyor of Message About Nazi Atrocities, Dies at Age 91
A Holocaust survivor who spent his teenage years in nine different concentration camps before moving to the US, becoming a successful businessman and attempting to educate...
Holocaust Survivor Who Cut Hair at Auschwitz Closes Chicago Barber Shop After 60 Years in Business
A Holocaust survivor whose task it was to cut the hair of concentration-camp prisoners closed his Chicago barber shop after serving the local community for 60...
Twice-Divorced Holocaust Survivor Marrying Woman Nearly Half Century Younger Wants ‘Big New York Party’ to Celebrate
A Holocaust survivor who recently got engaged to a woman nearly half a century his junior told the New York Post that he hopes to have the wedding at...
Melbourne Couple Waits for 50th Anniversary to Tell Children They Fell in Love at Nazi Concentration Camp
A couple in Melbourne, Australia didn't tell their family that they met and fell in love at a Nazi concentration camp until the day of their 50th wedding anniversary,...
Outrage Over Czech Bus Advertising Auschwitz Vacation Tour
JNS.org - Jewish groups and Holocaust survivors are outraged over a bus in the Czech Republic advertising a satirical holiday tour of the Auschwitz death camp. The...
Israeli Party Leader Lapid Lauds Air Conditioning Contractors for Helping Holocaust Survivors; Says Country ‘Full of Good, Caring People’
The Association of Air Conditioning and Heating Contractors in Israel is providing free repairs to Holocaust survivors in need, an Israeli party leader announced Wednesday on Facebook. Lauding the initiative, Yesh...
Grandson of Holocaust Survivor Wins Silver Medal for France at Rio Olympics
A French Olympian who is the grandson of a Holocaust survivor won a silver medal with his team on Monday in the men's freestyle relay finals...
Pope Francis Prays in Silence, Walks Alone at Site of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
JNS.org - Pope Francis made a historic and somber visit to the Auschwitz-Burkenau Nazi concentration camp on Friday where more than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews,...
Chefs Partner With Holocaust Survivors in Unique Cookbook
JNS.org - In the culmination of a year-long project, a group of Holocaust survivors and leading Israeli chefs on Sunday unveiled a cookbook they wrote together...
Boston Publisher of ‘Mein Kampf’ to Donate Proceeds to Holocaust Survivors
JNS.org - The Boston-based publishing company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will donate proceeds from the sale of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf autobiography to an organization helping aging...
Viktor Frankl’s Best-Selling Holocaust Memoir, ‘Man’s Search for Meaning,’ to Be Made Into Movie
A production company based in Los Angeles obtained the film rights for world-renowned psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, a memoir chronicling his experiences during the Holocaust and describing...
91-Year-Old Man Confesses to, Apologizes for Fabricating Life Story as Auschwitz Survivor
A Pennsylvania man expressed remorse on Friday for having spent years lying about being a Holocaust survivor who escaped a concentration camp, The Guardian reported. "I was wrong. I ask forgiveness,"...
Love Letters of the Holocaust
JNS.org - This is a story about the power of letters to span both years and miles, and to unite the hearts of children and their...
US House Passes Measure Calling on Germany to Increase Holocaust Restitution
JNS.org - The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed a resolution calling on Germany to increase restitution support for Holocaust survivors. The resolution, sponsored by U.S....
