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Jewish-crafted chess pieces uncovered in Nazi concentration camp

Various cardboard game pieces found during conservation efforts, offering insights into the daily lives of Jewish inmates using them for recreation under harsh conditions

Itamar Eichner | 04.14.24

The Tattooist of Auschwitz TV series seeks to send a message of hope

Mini-series recounts story of Slovakian Jew Lali Sokolov who became a tattooist in Auschwitz in 1942, marking prisoners; shortly after, he met and fell in love with Gita, a fellow Slovakian, while tattooing her arm

Reuters | 04.10.24

רק קומץ מיהודי העיירה אושוויינצ'ים שרדו את השואה

Rare Holocaust-era photos of Jews in Poland uncovered

Some 120 photos were acquired by the Oshpitzin Jewish Museum in Oświęcim from a private individual who apparently discovered them in Braunschweig, Germany in 2020

Itamar Eichner | 02.14.24

'I’m Jewish by association,' Elon Musk says at Auschwitz

Controversial tech billionaire lays wreath at former Nazi death camp, says social media would have made Holocaust impossible to hide

Itamar Eichner, Krakow | 01.23.24

Amazon, how can you remain indifferent in the face of atrocities?

Opinion: An internal company email shows how some Amazon execs try to frame last week’s massacre as a two-side issue, lumping up innocent victims together with their Hamas murderers

Shoshana Chen | 10.14.23

Uncovered Vatican letter confirms pope was aware of the Holocaust

Vatican archive researcher says he's 'sure' Pope Pius XII received and read a letter from a German Catholic priest informing him of thousands of Jews being killed in Auschwitz

Daniel Edelson, New York | 09.17.23

The controversial performance centered around the Holocaust

Watch: Holocaust dance number on reality show sparks controversy in Argentina

Some of the performers are members of Argentina’s Jewish community and say they have family that suffered through the Holocaust

I24NEWS | 09.04.23

Donald Trump with Mike Flynn during the 2016 presidential race

Former Trump official says Jews to blame for dying in Holocaust

Mike Flynn speaks to Christian audience describes his take-away from his visit to Auschwitz saying thousands of Jews did not resist few Nazi guards, says was disturbed by the notion a mother would willingly give her child away

Daniel Edelson, New York | 08.16.23

Bollywood film sparks outrage for 'normalizing' Holocaust

Jewish communities incensed with Amazon Prime film Bawaal for using the Holocaust as a metaphor for relationship issues, with scenes set in gas chambers and analogy drawn between extermination camps and romantic relationships

ynet correspondents | 07.31.23

Holocaust survivor who celebrated life by eating falafel dies at 93

At 14, David (Dugo) Leitner participated in the Auschwitz Death March, all while dreaming about what he’d savor in the Land of Israel; Since then, every January 18, thousands of people in dozens of countries join in Operation Dugo to celebrate the triumph of life by eating falafel

Matan Tzuri, Itamar Eichner | 07.27.23

The Auschwitz survivor who lost everyhting and came back home

Born into an Orthodox Jewish family, Rose Groves was uprooted from her heritage by the Holocaust; After her liberation, she married a British soldier but faced rejection from the Jewish community; When she sought restitution, the Germans denied her Jewish identity, reigniting old traumas; Her story as an Auschwitz survivor brings her journey full circle in Israel

Itzchak Tessler | 07.07.23

'Mengele's little dancer' empowers others to break free from mental prisons

Decades after her liberation from Auschwitz, clinical psychologist Dr. Edith Eger returned to the extermination camp; It was there that she realized that her past trauma still haunts her; Today, at 95, she offers tools to free ourselves from psychological prisons

Noga Shavit-Raz | 07.03.23

Auschwitz survivors pay homage at camp on Holocaust remembrance day 2019

Auschwitz Museum condemns Polish political video using images of camp

The short video posted on social media by the ruling Law and Justice Party aims to discourage people from attending an opposition march in Warsaw

Reuters | 05.31.23

'God didn't hear us': Holocaust survivor shares story with her granddaughter

Elizabeth Deutsch survived the Holocaust and Auschwitz, and moved to America where she felt it was possible to live safely as a Jew, now she sits with her granddaughter to share her story

Shmuel Munitz‎ | 04.29.23

Characters from The Simpsons painted by aleXsandro Palombo, vandalized, on the outside of Milan's central train station

Latest victim of antisemitism: Mural of Simpsons as Auschwitz prisoners vandalized

Harrowing depiction of world's most famous cartoon family on outside of Milan's central train station had their yellow Star of David badges marked over in black and the entire mural scribbled over

i24NEWS | 04.20.23