Holocaust survivors

Europian Jews who surviced the Holocaust.

Author and Holocaust survivor Peggy Parnass dies at 97 in Hamburg

Parnass was an icon of Hamburg's leftist scene, famous for her court reports and activism.

A Jewish magazine challenges perceptions in Germany beyond the Holocaust

A new Jewish student magazine is reshaping identity and resilience in post-October 7 Germany.

György Kun, Hungarian survivor of Dr. Mengele's twin experiments in Auschwitz, dies at 93

Kun and his brother Istvan survived Auschwitz in part due to the fact that Dr. Mengele believed them to be twins and thus spared them from the gas chambers.

Model of survival: The story of Holocaust survivor and octogenarian Yona Amit

'I don’t know why I was saved – why I from all the others. But I know that my task was to be one little part of bringing up our nation from the ashes to become a nation again, to come to Israel.'

By NATAN ROTHSTEIN
08/03/2025
  Rose Girone

World's oldest Holocaust survivor, Rose Girone, passed away at age 113

Polish-born Rose managed to get visas for her and her husband to escape Germany to Shanghai in 1939, later settling in Queens, New York.

Marian Turski, Auschwitz survivor and journalist, dies at 98

Auschwitz survivor Marian Turski, who warned against rising antisemitism, dies at 98.

By REUTERS
18/02/2025

Holocaust survivors in Israel to receive dedicated assistance through new program

Thanks to the Claims Conference, to date, over $90 billion has been paid in indemnification, with $535 million distributed in 2024 to more than 200,000 survivors in 83 countries.

 Dov Forman and his grandmother, Lily Ebert  z”l

Meet the changemakers: Mission to share Holocaust survivor’s story reaches a billion people

Dov Forman used social media to preserve his great-grandmother’s Holocaust testimony, ensuring her story educates and inspires future generations.

Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel arrives with wife, Marion Erster Rose

Marion Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, translator, wife of Elie Wiesel, dies at 94

Wiesel translated 14 of her husband’s books from French to English, according to the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, including one edition of the Auschwitz death camp memoir Night.

 MONTANA TUCKER participates in a Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Mayors Summit Against Antisemit

Our role as third-generation Holocaust survivors

Let us commit, now more than ever, to ensuring that “Never Again” is not just a promise but a living, breathing truth. This is our commitment as third-generation survivors.

By MONTANA TUCKER , SACHA ROYTMAN DRATWA
02/02/2025
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