Posts Tagged: Holocaust victims
On Shavuot, We Are All Individuals — Not Numbers
Jack “Srulek” Feldman is a smiling, sprightly old man who lives in Rochester, New York, where -- until relatively recently -- he owned and ran...
Palestinian Television Claims Images of Holocaust Victims Show Arabs Killed by Jews
Official Palestinian Authority (PA) television has claimed images of victims of the Holocaust show Arabs killed by Jews. According to the Palestinian Media Watch monitoring group, the...
Britain’s Prince William, in Jerusalem, Honors Holocaust Victims, Meets Netanyahu
Britain's Prince William voiced horror over a Nazi death camp exhibit at Israel's Holocaust memorial in a somber start on Tuesday to the first official...
President Trump Pays Respects to Holocaust Victims, Survivors at Israel’s Yad Vashem
US President Donald Trump commemorated the victims and survivors of the Holocaust on Tuesday during a short visit to Yad Vashem, where he laid a...
70 Years Later, Still No Answers on the Holocaust
I’ve listened to the stories of Holocaust survivors, studied the history, and read many books about what happened 70 years ago. But for me, the learning...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: New Film Documents ‘Butterfly Project’ to Honor Each of 1.5 Million Children Killed by Hitler
A documentary about a unique memorial for the children who perished at the hands of the Nazis premiered at the Manhattan Jewish Community Center this...
Remembering the Holocaust, Once Again
The UN designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. That was the day, in 1945, when the Soviet army liberated Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi German death...
Tiny Wooden Charm Found in Auschwitz Attic Likely a Symbol of Resistance Against Nazis, Says Head of Memory Sites Foundation
A miniature charm belonging to an Auschwitz inmate was discovered this month in the attic of a concentration camp building, the UK's Daily Mail reported on Thursday. According to the...
Bronze Stars of David Stolen From Massachusetts Memorial for Young Girl Killed in the Holocaust
Two bronze Stars of David were stolen over the weekend from a Massachusetts memorial honoring a young girl killed in the Holocaust, the local news outlet NECN reported on Tuesday. The sculpture, called...
Holocaust Survivor, Canadian Hall of Fame Figure Skater Dies at 95
A Holocaust survivor and recognized figure-skating coach died on Monday night at the age of 95, Canada's National Post reported. Ellen Burka survived the Westerbork and Theresienstadt concentration...
Wisconsin Exhibit Features Clothes Created From Sketches of Prague Seamstress Killed in the Holocaust
A Holocaust victim's fashion designs are featured in a new exhibit in Wisconsin, the local publication The Daily Cardinal reported on Monday. Eight dresses created from sketches drawn by Hedwig Strnad, a...
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...
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...
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...









