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Victor Perahia, Holocaust survivor and president of French Union of Auschwitz Deportees, dies at 91
Read full article: Victor Perahia, Holocaust survivor and president of French Union of Auschwitz Deportees, dies at 91French Union of Auschwitz Deportees president and Holocaust survivor Victor Perahia has died.
Opera Orlando performance to raise money for Holocaust Memorial Resource Center
Read full article: Opera Orlando performance to raise money for Holocaust Memorial Resource CenterOpera Orlando is teaming up with the Dr. Phillips Center, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando Sings and The Defiant Requiem Foundation for a show where the ticket sale proceeds will be donated to the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida.
Supreme Court will take up Hungary's bid to end lawsuit from Holocaust survivors
Read full article: Supreme Court will take up Hungary's bid to end lawsuit from Holocaust survivorsThe Supreme Court has agreed to intervene for the second time in a dispute between Hungary and Holocaust survivors who want to be compensated for property confiscated from them during World War II.
Argentina will get next installment of bailout as IMF praises Milei's austerity policies
Read full article: Argentina will get next installment of bailout as IMF praises Milei's austerity policiesThe International Monetary Fund, Argentina’s biggest creditor, has agreed to release the next tranche of loans due under a bailout program.
The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war
Read full article: The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas warU.S. university presidents have joined Holocaust survivors and thousands of Israelis for a yearly memorial march at the site of Auschwitz.
Netanyahu uses Holocaust ceremony to brush off international pressure against Gaza offensive
Read full article: Netanyahu uses Holocaust ceremony to brush off international pressure against Gaza offensiveIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected international pressure to halt the war in Gaza in a fiery speech marking the country’s annual Holocaust memorial day.
At time of rising antisemitism, Holocaust survivors take on denial and hate in new digital campaign
Read full article: At time of rising antisemitism, Holocaust survivors take on denial and hate in new digital campaignHolocaust survivors are participating in a digital campaign called #CancelHate which features videos of them reading Holocaust denial posts from different social media platforms.
Jewish group launches Holocaust survivor speakers bureau to fight increasing antisemitism worldwide
Read full article: Jewish group launches Holocaust survivor speakers bureau to fight increasing antisemitism worldwideMore than 250 Holocaust survivors have joined an international initiative to share their stories of loss and survival with students around the world during a time of rising antisemitism following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip.
Argentina's president condemns threat by provincial governor to cut energy supplies in dispute
Read full article: Argentina's president condemns threat by provincial governor to cut energy supplies in disputeThe government of Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has condemned a threat by the governor of the oil-rich province of Chubut to cut off energy supplies to the rest of the country amid a dispute over funding reductions.
Israel says Brazil's president unwelcome until he apologizes for comparing Gaza war to Holocaust
Read full article: Israel says Brazil's president unwelcome until he apologizes for comparing Gaza war to HolocaustIsrael’s foreign minister says Brazil’s president will not be welcome in Israel until he apologizes for comments he made comparing Israel’s war in Gaza to the Holocaust, accusing him of a “very serious anti-Semitic attack.”.
Israel's Netanyahu slams Brazilian president's comparison of Gaza war to the Holocaust
Read full article: Israel's Netanyahu slams Brazilian president's comparison of Gaza war to the HolocaustIsrael has condemned Brazil’s president for comparing the war in Gaza to the Holocaust, accusing him of being antisemitic and trivializing the Nazi genocide of European Jews during World War II.
EU Commission changes social media post about Auschwitz after protests from Poland
Read full article: EU Commission changes social media post about Auschwitz after protests from PolandPoland on Sunday asked the European Commission to fix a social media post about the Holocaust, saying it wrongly linked the Auschwitz death camp to Poland.
Muslims and Jews in Bosnia observe Holocaust Remembrance Day and call for peace and dialogue
Read full article: Muslims and Jews in Bosnia observe Holocaust Remembrance Day and call for peace and dialogueJews and Muslims from Bosnia and abroad gathered in Srebrenica to jointly observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day and promote compassion and dialogue amid rising global sectarian hatred fueled by Israel’s war in Gaza.
A Holocaust survivor in Israel recalls that trauma through the lens of Oct. 7 attack
Read full article: A Holocaust survivor in Israel recalls that trauma through the lens of Oct. 7 attackHolocaust survivor Gad Partok never thought he'd live to see horrors like the ones he witnessed as a young boy in Tunisia when Nazis invaded his town and killed many of his neighbors.
Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Read full article: Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance DayA group of survivors of Nazi death camps has marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony in southern Poland.
Holocaust survivors will mark Hanukkah amid worries over war in Israel, global rise of antisemitism
Read full article: Holocaust survivors will mark Hanukkah amid worries over war in Israel, global rise of antisemitismHolocaust survivors from around the globe will mark the start of the fifth day of Hanukkah together with a virtual ceremony as worries grow among Jews worldwide about the Israel-Hamas war and a spike of antisemitism in Europe, the United States and elsewhere.
French Holocaust survivors are recoiling at new antisemitism, and activists are pleading for peace
Read full article: French Holocaust survivors are recoiling at new antisemitism, and activists are pleading for peaceSurvivors of Nazi atrocities have joined young Jewish activists in Paris to sound the alarm about resurgent antisemitic hate speech, graffiti and abuse linked to the Israel-Hamas war.
Germans commemorate 'Night of Broken Glass' terror as antisemitism is on the rise again
Read full article: Germans commemorate 'Night of Broken Glass' terror as antisemitism is on the rise againPeople have come together across Germany to commemorate the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht or the “Night of Broken Glass” in 1938 during which the Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria.
Holocaust survivor recalls 'Night of Broken Glass' horrors in interactive, virtual reality project
Read full article: Holocaust survivor recalls 'Night of Broken Glass' horrors in interactive, virtual reality projectCharlotte Knobloch was 6 years old when she saw the synagogues of Munich burning and watched helplessly as two Nazi officers marched away a beloved friend of her father who was beaten up and bleeding on the forehead.
In Hamas' horrific killings, Israeli trauma over the Holocaust resurfaces
Read full article: In Hamas' horrific killings, Israeli trauma over the Holocaust resurfacesFor many Israelis and Jews around the world, the horrors committed by Hamas militants during their stunning onslaught on southern Israeli communities is triggering painful memories of a calamity of a far greater scale: the Holocaust.
Palestinian politicians lash out at renowned academics who denounced president's antisemitic remarks
Read full article: Palestinian politicians lash out at renowned academics who denounced president's antisemitic remarksPalestinian politicians have denounced dozens of Palestinian academics who criticized President Mahmoud Abbas’ recent remarks on the Holocaust.
Florida woman who stole nearly $3 million from Holocaust survivor gets over 4 years in prison
Read full article: Florida woman who stole nearly $3 million from Holocaust survivor gets over 4 years in prisonA Florida woman who drained an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor's life savings by posing as a love interest and then lived lavishly off the $2.8 million she got has been sentenced to over four years in prison.
Florida woman who stole nearly $3 million from Holocaust survivor gets over 4 years in prison
Read full article: Florida woman who stole nearly $3 million from Holocaust survivor gets over 4 years in prisonA Florida woman who drained an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor's life savings by posing as a love interest and then lived lavishly off the $2.8 million she got has been sentenced to over four years in prison.
Germany to give $1.4 billion to Holocaust survivors globally in 2024
Read full article: Germany to give $1.4 billion to Holocaust survivors globally in 2024The organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis says that Germany has agreed to extend another $1.4 billion overall for Holocaust survivors around the globe for the coming year.
Holocaust survivors, descendants join forces on social media
Read full article: Holocaust survivors, descendants join forces on social mediaMore than 100 Holocaust survivors and their descendants are participating in a new social media campaign that illustrates the importance of passing on the Holocaust survivors’ testimonies as their numbers dwindle.
Israeli Holocaust memorial criticizes deal with Poland
Read full article: Israeli Holocaust memorial criticizes deal with PolandIsrael’s national Holocaust memorial has criticized a new agreement renewing Israeli school trips to Poland, saying it recommends a number of “problematic sites” that distort history.
Illustrated Anne Frank book removed by Florida school
Read full article: Illustrated Anne Frank book removed by Florida schoolA high school along Florida’s Atlantic Coast has removed a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank after a leader of a conservative group challenged it, claiming it minimized the Holocaust.
Poland honors citizens who helped Jews during Holocaust
Read full article: Poland honors citizens who helped Jews during HolocaustPoland's president has taken part in nationwide observances Friday to honor Poles who risked — and often lost — their lives trying to save Jews from the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation of Poland.
Israeli foreign minister visits Poland to restore ties
Read full article: Israeli foreign minister visits Poland to restore tiesThe Israeli and Polish foreign ministers have met in a step that they are hailing as a breakthrough in restoring a relationship that's been badly damaged for years due to disagreements over how to remember Polish behavior during the Holocaust.
Germany recalls overlooked LGBT victims of Nazi persecution
Read full article: Germany recalls overlooked LGBT victims of Nazi persecutionGermany has commemorated the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp by focusing on people who were incarcerated and killed during the Nazi era because of their sexual orientations and gender identifies.
Holocaust Remembrance Day marked as peace again shattered by war
Read full article: Holocaust Remembrance Day marked as peace again shattered by warAuschwitz-Birkenau survivors and other mourners have commemorated the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp in the final months of World War II.
Florida woman targeted Holocaust survivor in $2.8M romance scam, feds say
Read full article: Florida woman targeted Holocaust survivor in $2.8M romance scam, feds sayAn Orlando woman was arrested Wednesday, accused of a romance scam that drained an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor of his life savings, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
Survey shows lack of Holocaust awareness in the Netherlands
Read full article: Survey shows lack of Holocaust awareness in the NetherlandsA Jewish group that commissioned a survey on Holocaust awareness in the Netherlands says the results show “a disturbing lack of awareness of key historical facts about the Holocaust.”.
16 objects from Germany tell story of Holocaust in new ways
Read full article: 16 objects from Germany tell story of Holocaust in new waysAn exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial brings back to Germany a diverse set of everyday objects that Jews took with them when they fled the Nazis.
Rio Holocaust Memorial remembers Jewish victims - and others
Read full article: Rio Holocaust Memorial remembers Jewish victims - and othersRio de Janeiro has opened the doors to a Holocaust Memorial that honors not only Jewish victims, but also lesser-known groups likewise persecuted by the Nazi regime, including artists, anarchists, masons, Roma people, Jehovah’s Witnesses, gay people and the disabled.
Holocaust memorial: Kristallnacht photos were already seen
Read full article: Holocaust memorial: Kristallnacht photos were already seenIsrael’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial has acknowledged that a series of photos from Nazi Germany’s 1938 pogroms against Jews have been seen and published before, revising a claim it made when releasing the photos last week.
Newly discovered photos show Nazi Kristallnacht up close
Read full article: Newly discovered photos show Nazi Kristallnacht up closeHarrowing, previously unseen images from 1938′s Kristallnacht pogrom against German and Austrian Jews have surfaced in a photograph collection recently donated to Israel’s Yad Vashem memorial.
Kristallnacht survivors warn about antisemitism, hate speech
Read full article: Kristallnacht survivors warn about antisemitism, hate speechHolocaust survivors from around the world are warning of the reemergence of antisemitism as they mark the 84th anniversary of Kristallnacht — the “Night of Broken Glass.”.
Iranian president's Holocaust remarks spark outcry in Israel
Read full article: Iranian president's Holocaust remarks spark outcry in IsraelThe Iranian president’s comment that “there are some signs” that the Holocaust happened but that the issue required more research has sparked an outcry from Israel, a country home to tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors.
New York museums to disclose artwork looted by Nazis
Read full article: New York museums to disclose artwork looted by NazisMuseums in New York that exhibit artworks looted by Nazis during the Holocaust are now required to let the public know about that dark history through signs or placards put on display with the stolen objects.
German leader condemns Abbas' '50 Holocausts' remark
Read full article: German leader condemns Abbas' '50 Holocausts' remarkGermany’s chancellor says that he was “disgusted by the outrageous remarks” made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin, accusing Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” against Palestinians over the years.
Nazis show up outside Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa
Read full article: Nazis show up outside Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in TampaA Holocaust center in Florida and others condemned the presence of protesters holding Nazi flags and posters with antisemitic imagery outside a convention of young conservative activists that drew as speakers President Donald Trump, Florida Gov, Ron DeSantis and several Republican U.S. senators.
Poland wants formal rules for Israeli Holocaust study trips
Read full article: Poland wants formal rules for Israeli Holocaust study tripsA Polish official says his government wants formal rules to regulate the terms under which Israeli schoolchildren pay Holocaust study visits to the country, including on the presence of armed Israeli guards.
Israel says Putin apologized over his FM's Holocaust remarks
Read full article: Israel says Putin apologized over his FM's Holocaust remarksIsraeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says he accepted an apology from Russian President Vladimir Putin for controversial remarks about the Holocaust made by Moscow’s top diplomat.
Survivors unite to deliver message on Holocaust remembrance
Read full article: Survivors unite to deliver message on Holocaust remembranceHolocaust survivors across the world are uniting to deliver a message on the dangers of unchecked hate and the importance of remembrance at a time of rising global antisemitism.
Holocaust survivor, author Gerda Weissmann Klein dies at 97
Read full article: Holocaust survivor, author Gerda Weissmann Klein dies at 97Gerda Weissmann Klein, a Holocaust survivor and author who wrote about her ordeal and went on to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, will be remembered at a memorial May 1 after her death this month.
Poland, France trade barbs over Russia's war on Ukraine
Read full article: Poland, France trade barbs over Russia's war on UkrainePoland has summoned the French ambassador over recent comments by President Emmanuel Macron who called Poland’s prime minister a “far-right anti-Semite” in a budding feud over Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Holocaust survivors flee from Ukraine to Germany for safety
Read full article: Holocaust survivors flee from Ukraine to Germany for safetyAs the war in Ukraine sees increased Russian attacks on cities and towns, Jewish organizations are trying to evacuate as many of the 10,000 Holocaust survivors living there as possible.
Zelenskyy evokes Holocaust as he appeals to Israel for aid
Read full article: Zelenskyy evokes Holocaust as he appeals to Israel for aidUkraine’s president has called on Israel to take a stronger stand against Russia, delivering an emotional appeal that compared Russia’s invasion of his country to the actions of Nazi Germany.
EXPLAINER: Why Putin uses WWII to justify war with Ukraine
Read full article: EXPLAINER: Why Putin uses WWII to justify war with UkraineVladimir Putin has again painted his enemies in Ukraine as “neo-Nazis,” even though the country has a Jewish president who lost relatives in the Holocaust and who heads a Western-backed, democratically elected government.
Germany to give $720 million to Holocaust survivors globally
Read full article: Germany to give $720 million to Holocaust survivors globallyAn organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis says Germany has agreed to extend another $720 million (647 million euros) to provide supportive services for vulnerable Holocaust survivors.
Latvia passes long-awaited Holocaust restitution law
Read full article: Latvia passes long-awaited Holocaust restitution lawLatvia’s parliament has passed a Holocaust restitution bill that includes funding to revitalize the Baltic nation’s Jewish community, which was almost completely wiped out during World War II.
Book aims to shine light on Romanian role in the Holocaust
Read full article: Book aims to shine light on Romanian role in the HolocaustMaksim Goldenshteyn's book, “So They Remember,” tells the story of his Holocaust survivor grandparents who languished in Jewish death camps and ghettos in Transnistria during World War II.
Did ABC miss a learning opportunity by suspending Whoopi?
Read full article: Did ABC miss a learning opportunity by suspending Whoopi?ABC’s decision to suspend Whoopi Goldberg from “The View” for two weeks for her remarks about the Holocaust has opened the network up to criticism that its response derailed a teachable moment for the nation.
Crews work to contain 80-acre wildfire in Daytona Beach
Read full article: Crews work to contain 80-acre wildfire in Daytona BeachFirefighters in the Florida Forest Service’s Bunnell District and Daytona Beach Fire Department worked to contain an 80-acre wildfire in Daytona Beach on Wednesday, according to social media posts.
Whoopi Goldberg suspended over Holocaust race remarks
Read full article: Whoopi Goldberg suspended over Holocaust race remarksWhoopi Goldberg has been suspended for two weeks as co-host of “The View” because of what the head of ABC News called her “wrong and hurtful comments” about Jews and the Holocaust.
Whoopi Goldberg sorry for saying Holocaust was not about race
Read full article: Whoopi Goldberg sorry for saying Holocaust was not about raceWhoopi Goldberg has been suspended for two weeks as co-host of “The View” because of what the head of ABC News called her “wrong and hurtful comments” about Jews and the Holocaust.
Sales soar for 'Maus' after its banning in Tennessee
Read full article: Sales soar for 'Maus' after its banning in TennesseeJust days after the banning of “Maus” by a Tennessee school district made national news, two editions of Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize winning graphic story about the Holocaust have reached the top 20 on Amazon.
Holocaust novel 'Maus' banned in Tennessee school district
Read full article: Holocaust novel 'Maus' banned in Tennessee school districtA Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language” and an illustration of a nude woman.
As world marks Holocaust, some survivors in Israel struggle
Read full article: As world marks Holocaust, some survivors in Israel struggleSeveral dozen impoverished elderly Israelis, among them Holocaust survivors, received food donations from a charity ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
EU leaders worried by rise in antisemitism, Holocaust denial
Read full article: EU leaders worried by rise in antisemitism, Holocaust denialEuropean Union leaders are pledging on the eve of the annual commemorations of Auschwitz’s liberation to keep fighting the antisemitism and Holocaust denial that has gained traction across Europe during the pandemic.
Jewish leaders, backers defiant a week after hostage siege
Read full article: Jewish leaders, backers defiant a week after hostage siegeRabbis, public officials and others made statements of defiance against antisemitism at Sabbath services a week after last weekend's hostage siege at a Texas synagogue.
UN approves resolution condemning denial of Nazi Holocaust
Read full article: UN approves resolution condemning denial of Nazi HolocaustThe U_N_ General Assembly has approved an Israeli-sponsored resolution condemning any denial of the Holocaust and urging all nations and social media companies “to take active measures to combat antisemitism and Holocaust denial or distortion.”.
Sites where Germans killed Jews are dedicated in Poland
Read full article: Sites where Germans killed Jews are dedicated in PolandDuring the German occupation of Poland during World War II, the Germans imprisoned Jews in ghettoes and murdered them in death camps like Auschwitz, Treblinka and Sobibor.
Memorial for Babi Yar victims inaugurated in Ukraine
Read full article: Memorial for Babi Yar victims inaugurated in UkraineThe presidents of Ukraine, Israel and Germany have inaugurated a memorial for the victims of the Babi Yar massacre in Ukraine eight decades after one of the most infamous Nazi mass slaughters of the Holocaust.
Dutch king unveils Holocaust name monument in Amsterdam
Read full article: Dutch king unveils Holocaust name monument in AmsterdamKing Willem-Alexander has officially unveiled a new memorial in the heart of Amsterdam’s historic Jewish Quarter to honor the more than 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust.
Jewish leaders bury remains found in former Warsaw ghetto
Read full article: Jewish leaders bury remains found in former Warsaw ghettoWarsaw’s Jewish community has buried an unidentified Holocaust victim whose remains were discovered in a building that was within the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.
Israel condemns Poland restitution law, recalls top diplomat
Read full article: Israel condemns Poland restitution law, recalls top diplomatIsrael is condemning Poland’s approval of a law that restricts the rights of former Polish property owners, including Holocaust survivors and their descendants, to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime.
US ramps up pressure on Poland over Holocaust restitution
Read full article: US ramps up pressure on Poland over Holocaust restitutionThe United States is ramping up pressure on Poland to reverse course on new legislation that would prevent Jewish and other claims for restitution for property seized during the Holocaust and the communist era.