Holocaust survivors

Bearing witness to new chapter in haredi Holocaust education

As a descendant of Holocaust survivors myself, I inherited traumatic Holocaust memories that have accompanied me throughout my life.

By MENACHEM BOMBACH
22/04/2025

Holocaust mural depicting Edith Bruck moved to Rome museum following antisemitic vandalism

Despite the vandalism, Bruck maintained a message of peace and forgiveness, stating she holds no resentment or hatred toward those responsible for the act.

Warsaw Uprising's last survivor: The story, testimony of Michael Smuss

Everyone has a story, and every life is a story lived, but those who lived through the atrocities of the Nazi regime share stories that challenge our ideas of human capabilities.

By RAPHAEL SHUCHAT
12/04/2025

Federal spending cuts could affect aid for Holocaust survivors and kosher Meal on Wheels deliveries

US Health and Human Services layoffs threaten services like Meals on Wheels and support for Holocaust survivors.

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV
05/04/2025

Ex-hostages to join Herzog, Duda in March of the Living marking 80 years since liberation

The ex-hostages joining the commemoration of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust will include those freed in recent deals with their Hamas captors.

When theory becomes life: Viktor Frankl's legacy for modern Israel

On the 120th anniversary of the logotherapy founder's birth, his teachings take on new meaning for me as a public figure and father who lost his son on October 7th.

By DR. HAIM BEN YAKOV
26/03/2025

‘Optimistic & full of light’ - The creative child of survivors

The accomplished collage artist notes with pride that her birth date coincides with International Women’s Day and that the State of Israel was born not long after her arrival into the world.

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.

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