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השקת מחנות קיץ פרו פלסטינים בקמפוסים בצפון אמריקה

Pro-Palestinian organization hosts 'revolutionary' summer camp at Canadian university

Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights group says will offer students Arabic lessons and revised history lessons with pamphlets showcasing students armed with rifles

Itamar Eichner | 06.19.24

פולנים מובלים למאסר בסיומו של מרד ורשה נגד הנאצים, 1 באוקטובר 1944

Israeli woman discovers Catholic father fought Nazis in genealogy search

Elana Milman adopted as a small child born soon after WWII, says she found her biological parents with the help of My Heritage uncovering a brother she never knew she had

Yogev Israeli | 06.13.24

פנים בית הכנסת הפורטוגזי, שנחנך במאה ה-17

A synagogue on the water: a journey following Amsterdam's Jews

Synagogue built on wooden stilts standing in water, diverse Jewish Museum frequented mostly by non-Jewish visitors, newly opened Holocaust Museum and oldest active Jewish library: tour of Dutch capital's Jewish Quarter offers glimpse into vibrant life of community largely destroyed

Dr. Joel Rappel | 06.12.24

Amid global strife, Holocaust education and survivor welfare receive significant funding boost

Social welfare services for Holocaust survivors to up additional €105 million, impacting more than 100,000 survivors worldwide; extra €51 million in funding for Holocaust education

Ynetnews | 06.05.24

Romania's Suceava County inaugurates new Holocaust memorial museum

Museum honors the memory of Holocaust victims as it aims to educate future generations about Romania's rich Jewish history and the atrocities of the past

Attila Somfalvi, Romania | 05.28.24

Archaeologists discover trove of Jewish relics near historic Warsaw Ghetto

More than 5,000 items related to pre-war Jewish life found in 2 basements, transferred to Warsaw Ghetto Museum

Itamar Eichner | 05.26.24

Worked together in the lab, murdered together in Auschwitz

Élisabeth and Eugène Wollman made their way from Russia to the Pasteur Institute in Paris, where they worked together for many years on joint and groundbreaking research in microbiology, until the Nazis came

Davidson Institute of Science | 05.17.24

Biden: 'Too many people forget the horrors of the Holocaust and the horrors of October 7'

The U.S. president, at an event memorializing those killed in the Holocaust held at the Capitol, decried antisemitism; 'This hatred (of Jews) continues to lie deep in the hearts of too many people in the world and requires our continued vigilance and outspokenness'

Reuters | 05.07.24

גופות יהודים במחנה בוכנוולד. ברקע חיילים אמריקנים ששחררו את המחנה

Michael Oren reveals images show liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp

The father of Israeli diplomat Michael Oren fought in the US Army against the Nazis in World War II, and his uncle participated in the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp; rare photos from the family archive reveal the horror of piles of Jewish bodies; 'My father showed me the pictures and said: That's why we need a strong Jewish state,' he recalls

Alexandra Lukash | 05.06.24

עצרת פרו ישראלית בוושינגטון ליד בניין הקונגרס

Between 'New Pumbedita' and 'Altneuland': A century of the law that divided the Jewish people

Opinion: The Immigration Act passed exactly 100 years ago in the US reshaped Jewish history: millions were killed in the Holocaust as a result, the State of Israel was established, and the two largest Jewish communities in the world were formed; this is how history looks, starting with discrimination and loss, and continuing with hope

Ofer Chizik | 05.06.24

Holocaust survivor gives 80-year-old box to Yad Vashem

Susanne Schick decides to bestow her treasured box which she brought from Austria to Israel and hid in her home for decades, her only memento from her homeland; 'It's difficult to pass on the box, but it's to ensure that the stories of thousands of Jews from Vienna are not forgotten'

Itamar Eichner | 05.06.24

'The clothes they sewed saved the family'

Israeli fashion designer Galit Freiman Levi recounts the story of her grandmother Adela who was forced to sew dresses for Nazi officers' wives, saving her family in the process

Itay Yaakov | 05.06.24

הקדשה בספר ההקדשות ששרד את גטו לודז' ונמצא לאחר המלחמה ע"י הניצול, יהודה ליאון רושצקי

'May no one yell at you anymore, 'Stop, Jew'': Moving Holocaust-era correspondence

Handed over to Yad Vashem Museum, the dedication book features testimonies and correspondence between both Holocaust victims and survivors; One correspondence showed a girl writing another girl about how they hope for the end of the horrors, but unfortunately, neither survived

Yogev Israeli | 05.06.24

אלה פנומרוב, לב ארביטמן, יוסף ברנהרד, רוזה שוצקי, שושנה כרמין

The stories of Holocaust survivors who survived October 7

Approximately 2,500 Holocaust survivors experienced the horrible massacre on October 7, which triggered their bitter memories of fear and persecution during World War II

Hadar Gil-Ad | 05.06.24

There was a soccer league in the Theresienstadt concentration camp

Amid the turmoil of a World War, a 12-team soccer league emerged inside a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia; Although the games were exploited cynically for Nazi propaganda, they served as a vital escape from the looming threat of death for both the players and their fellow prisoner-spectators

ynet correspondents | 05.06.24

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