Holocaust

 One of the books featured in the exhibit.

Library of Lost Books: Exhibit seeks help finding Nazi-looted texts

The project, titled “Have you seen this book?” invites the public to help locate Jewish books lost in WWII.

From Kristallnacht to Kindertransport: A personal story of hope

I have vivid memories of my own departure from Germany with the Kindertransport on July 25, 1929, almost one month before the outbreak of World War II.

This week in Jewish history: Jerusalem seized, Nazi death camps begin

An abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

By STEVEN DRUCKER
06/12/2024

Henri Borlant, sole child survivor of 6,000 deported to Auschwitz, dies at 98

The Shoah Memorial in Paris saluted Borlant as a "figure of the memory of the Shoah in France" before his passing.

Two burned Blue Boxes tell stories of Jewish resilience - from the Holocaust to October 7

“These are not just historical artifacts—they are enduring symbols of the resilience and hope of the Jewish people,” said Efrat Sinai, Director of Archives at KKL-JNF.

THE PERIMETER fence of Auschwitz II-Birkenau is enveloped in a thick evening fog during the ceremoni

'Jews murdered 44,000 women, children:' Holocaust memorials vandalized in Polish town

Graffiti in improperly written Polish has led social media users to believe that the vandalism of a Bilgoraj Holocaust memorial was not done by a native Polish speaker.

Reunited after 81 years: Holocaust survivor meets descendants of family who saved her

Trudy Stricks once thought to have perished in Auschwitz, reconnects with descendants of Alfredo and Marcella Monaco, the Italian couple who risked their lives to shelter her during the Holocaust.

Israeli police flank Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi SS colonel who headed the Gestapo's Jewish Section

Shalom Nagar, executioner of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, passes away at 86

Eichmann was a key figure in managing and enabling the logistics and transportation of deporting Jews to the extermination camps.

“I should have been as famous as Anne Frank” - The untold story of Sheindi Miller

Sheindi described watching her family fragment before her eyes, holding her diary like a lifeline. “Writing was the only thing I could control, even as everything else was taken from me."

27/11/2024

Israel needs to take action against antisemitism

While the State of Israel cannot eradicate the world’s oldest hatred of antisemitism, it must take effective action to mitigate it.

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