Holocaust

Germany's new challenges 80 years after VE day: AfD, antisemitism, and new politics

EUROPE AFFAIRS: The political climate in Germany is shifting as the AfD rises in power, raising concerns about the future of Holocaust memory and the country’s commitment to Shoah remembrance.

By KONSTANTIN NOWOTNY
10/05/2025

'Israel knows what’s best for national security,’ ambassador to Germany tells 'Post'

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor speaks to The Jerusalem Post on 60 years of diplomatic relations between the countries.

10/05/2025

Margot Friedlander, German Holocaust survivor who landed a Vogue cover, dies at 103

The Margot Friedlander Foundation announced her death on Friday, just weeks after opening applications for a 25,000 euro prize to recognize efforts to fight antisemitism and promote democracy.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
10/05/2025

Post-Oct. 7 literature: Bearing witness, preserving memory, resisting erasure

'On October 7, the progressive Left went from ‘believe women’ to ‘believe fascists.’ They took Hamas at its word over the testimonies of raped women.'

By BONNIE K. GOODMAN
08/05/2025

Former chief rabbi Lau at Knesset: Only unity can overcome evil, then and now

Recounting his liberation from Buchenwald, Rabbi Lau described hiding among corpses during the camp's final days.

AMERICANS PROTESTING against trade with the Nazis before World War II.

From Hitler’s bunker to Jewish resolve, 80 years on

This week, Jewish leaders from around the world returned to Berlin – not in fear, and not in mourning, but in defiance and solidarity.

The horrors of the Holocaust still haunt Jews to this day

Though October 7 will mark our generation like the tattoos marked our ancestors in the Holocaust, I know we will persist because we always have and because we have no choice.

By KYLE BLANK
03/05/2025

Pro-Nazi singer sells out Zagreb arena as Croatia’s collaborationist past sheds its taboo

Marko Perkovic, a Croatian singer who goes by Thompson, known for his Nazi sympathies, has sold more than 500,000 tickets for an outdoor concert in July.

By LARRY LUXNER/JTA
01/05/2025

Death of the Führer: Inside Adolf Hitler’s final hours, 80 years on

The suicide of Hitler, long anticipated but shrouded in secrecy and confusion for decades, marked the symbolic end of the Nazi regime.

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