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'Women in Auschwitz performed abortions on each other to survive'

Historian Dr. Na'ama Shik studies gender aspects of the Holocaust and says, 'Sexual violence in Auschwitz had the same characteristics as the sexual violence on Oct. 7'

Mali Zaidman | 04.14.26

Holocaust survivors, 87 and 94, make aliyah: 'Antisemitism frightens me more than sirens'

Penina Zeitchik and Helen Charash, who fled the Nazis as children, fulfilled a lifelong dream by immigrating from the United States to Israel, saying the security situation did not deter them: 'I feel safe — everything pales in comparison'

Yogev Israeli | 04.14.26

Israel pauses as nationwide Holocaust Remembrance Day siren sounds

Israel comes to a standstill for a nationwide siren marking Holocaust Remembrance Day, followed by ceremonies at Yad Vashem and across the country, as global events including the March of the Living honor victims and survivors

ynet | 04.14.26

Holocaust survivor who escaped Nazis became the face of Irish table tennis

After fleeing the Nazis to the Carpathian Mountains and losing his family in Auschwitz, Joseph Veselsky rebuilt his life in Ireland, becoming one of the most recognizable figures in table tennis and leaving a legacy of resilience, optimism and love of sport

Yair Kattan | 04.14.26

Reuven lost a son, Moshe lost a grandson: the story connecting Holocaust survivor and IDF soldier

The story of Holocaust survivor Moshe Adler and Master Sgt. (res.) Omri Ben Shachar shows that volunteering with survivors is more than an act of kindness — it forges deep, meaningful bonds between the Holocaust generation and the Oct. 7 generation

Limor Livnat | 04.13.26

'I am here. I won': On the tracks of Birkenau, my mother declared victory over the Nazis

Commentary: They fell into each other’s arms as if 63 years had not passed since they were torn apart, and for a moment I saw two young girls again, speaking as they once did — the most moving moment of all, a testament to the enduring power of life

Memi Peer | 04.13.26

Netanyahu vows no second Holocaust at Yad Vashem, warns Europe losing moral clarity in address

At Israel’s state Holocaust Remembrance ceremony at Yad Vashem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had vowed there would be no second Holocaust and credited Israeli military strength and US cooperation; President Isaac Herzog warned against internal division and rising global antisemitism

ynet | 04.13.26

How Jewish escapees first exposed Nazi death camps months before official Polish underground reports

A reexamination of testimonies from Chełmno and the 'Oneg Shabbat' archive challenges the prevailing narrative: months before Polish and Western reports, Jews who escaped the killing sites were the first to warn of the destruction of European Jewry, but their cries did not translate into action by the world’s nations

Itamar Eichner | 04.13.26

Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with Yad Vashem ceremony

Israel opens Holocaust Remembrance Day with an evening ceremony at Yad Vashem, a national siren at 10 a.m., and a global March of the Living at Auschwitz featuring survivors and victims of antisemitic attacks worldwide

ynet | 04.13.26

Jewish-American WWII hero Theodor Bachenheimer immortalized in rare comic book

Daring Jewish-American soldier Theodor Bachenheimer repeatedly posed as a German to evade capture before being killed in 1944; a year later, his story lived on in Real Life Comics, now revealed for Holocaust Remembrance Day

Gilad Cohen | 04.13.26

The Muslim who teaches Arabs about the Holocaust: 'At Auschwitz I saw darkness and blood'

When passing by Yad Vashem, Murad Awadallah didn't think this story had anything to do with him, but now he has a mission: to make memory accessible to Arab society and bridge gaps of unfamiliarity, suspicion and prejudice

Amir Kaminer | 04.13.26

Holocaust survivor’s hidden poems discovered decades later reveal life as partisan

Roni Dunitz discovered fragile papers after his father Mordechai’s death, with restoration revealing rare firsthand accounts of Jewish partisans’ lives in Belarus forests, preserved after months-long conservation work at Yad Vashem

Itamar Eichner | 04.12.26

Zikaron BaSalon expands global activity as Jewish communities confront rising antisemitism

Thousands of Zikaron BaSalon gatherings will mark Yom HaShoah worldwide, as communities confront rising antisemitism, campus hostility and declining numbers of survivors, shifting testimony to younger generations

ynet Global | 04.12.26

Global Jewish population at 15.8 million, still below pre-Holocaust levels, new data shows

Data released ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day shows 85% of Jews live in Israel and the US, while numbers decline in Russia and France; Israel is home to 111,000 survivors, nearly a third aged 90 or older

Yaron Drukman | 04.12.26

A taste of memory: the dishes we still long for

A 70-year-old wedding photo leads food writer Nira Russo back to her family’s survival from the destruction of Chelm’s Jewish community during the Holocaust, and to the flavors that endured, returning to the table across generations

Ruthie Rousso, Nira Rousso | 04.12.26

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