Holocaust Remembrance Day to begin with state ceremony at Yad Vashem memorial
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog are scheduled to speak at the event.
Tag: Holocaust
Thessaloniki marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz trains
Officials, led by President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, marched from Eleftherias ("Freedom") Square, where members of the city’s Jewish community were rounded ...
Torah scroll, hidden during World War II, now at Yad Vashem
While fleeing the horrors of World War II, Mordechai (Motel) Kanner reached a village in the Soviet Union where he ...
Poles executed for hiding Jews declared martyrs by pope
Recognition of martyrdom would permit the couple to be beatified, the last formal step before possible sainthood.
Hundreds of Tunisian Jews get Holocaust survivor status due to late testimony
Campaign by Aviv for Holocaust Survivors nonprofit proved that even though no official Nazi decree was issued, women and children ...
Holocaust survivors offered DNA tests to help find family
The New York-based Center for Jewish History is launching the DNA Reunion Project, offering DNA testing kits for free through ...
Lapid hits back after Iranian leader claims only 'some signs' of Holocaust exist
Ebrahim Raisi also says that Tehran will make ‘no concessions’ in nuclear negotiations with world powers.
Why did Hitler write a letter to a Jew?
A letter about the mistreament of Jews was sent to German President Paul von Hindenburg, who then handed it over ...
Gal Gadot shares grandfather's harrowing tale during Holocaust
In a lengthy post on the social network, she notes how her grandfather Abraham Weiss – born as Adolf Weiss, ...
A match made in Vienna: How coffeehouses shaped Jewish history
The Viennese Café scene was created to a large extent by Jews who would frequent them for many generations, but ...