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'Hurtful, disrespectful and wrong': BBC Holocaust coverage draws sharp criticism

BBC broadcasts marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day drew sharp criticism after referring to 'six million people' murdered by the Nazi regime without identifying Jews as the primary victims, prompting warnings of distorted history and calls for full accountability

ynet | 01.28.26

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Romanian ambassador warns history can repeat itself

Romanian Ambassador to Israel Radu Ioanid: 'Speak your conscience and don’t make compromises'

Maayan Hoffman, ILTV | 01.28.26

Holocaust Remembrance Day tragedy: lone survivor freezes to death in Kyiv

Yevgenia Besfamilny, who survived the war in Ukraine as a child, was found frozen to death in her apartment during an extreme cold wave and prolonged power and water outages, her body discovered only after a burst pipe flooded the building

Itamar Eichner | 01.27.26

השלט בכניסה למחנה הריכוז וההשמדה אושוויץ

How Iran has used Holocaust denial as a political tool

Opinion: In 2005, Iran began openly denying the Holocaust, arguing that without it there is no justification for Israel; on this UN-designated day, it is vital to understand that denial and stand against it

Dina Porat | 01.27.26

‘I was always happy to help Jews’: students mark 91st birthday of Israel’s last Righteous Among the Nations

Students from a Haifa school visited a local nursing home to celebrate the 91st birthday of Yaroslava Levitska, the last remaining Righteous Among the Nations in Israel, who recalled smuggling food to Jews in the ghetto as a child

Eitan Glickman | 01.27.26

השגרירים והדיפלומטים במוזיאון בית לוחמי הגטאות

EU ambassador warns of alarming rise in antisemitism during Holocaust Remembrance visit

During the tour, diplomats were introduced to exhibits documenting both the destruction of Jewish communities during the Holocaust and acts of resistance by Jews who chose to fight the Nazis under extreme conditions

Itamar Eichner | 01.26.26

אוסטרליה פיגוע טרור טבח חנוכה סידני פרחים ב זירת הפיגוע

When memory meets the present: between Australia Day and International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Opinion: Two consecutive days, unfolding right now, have reminded us just how fragile the moment we are living in truly is

Meir Holtz | 01.26.26

Trump administration discusses possibility of offering asylum to British Jews, report

US president's personal lawyer told the British Telegraph that Britain is 'no longer a safe place' for Jews; 'I don’t believe that there is a future for Jews in the United Kingdom. To me it is especially sad'

ynet | 01.19.26

Little Edna’s War, by Janet Bond Brill, PhD

‘Little Edna’s War’ reveals Jewish child’s survival and resistance during the Holocaust

Based on survivor testimony, the new memoir tells the true story of a Jewish girl who escaped the Warsaw Ghetto, joined the Polish Resistance as a child and survived the Holocaust

ynet Global | 01.13.26

For Holocaust Remembrance Day, cyclist plans 1,000 km ride from Auschwitz to spell out ‘Never Again’

On Thursday, Czech cyclist Lukáš Klement will set out from Auschwitz on a 1,000 km ‘Never Again’ memorial ride, lasting up to 50 hours, in cooperation with ZAKA, ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day

Itamar Eichner | 01.13.26

'I could forgive the Germans for the suffering—never for the personal losses'

96-year-old Auschwitz survivor Rachel Herczl lost her parents in the Holocaust and her granddaughter in a Jerusalem suicide bombing; She shares her story with younger generations, recalling her mother’s face as they were separated forever

Shira Kadari Ovadia | 04.24.25

Inside Europe's Jewish displaced persons camps: The unofficial court for Nazi collaborators

Before the State of Israel was founded and while the Holocaust was still a fresh memory, hundreds of trials were held in Europe's displaced persons camps against Jews who had collaborated with the Nazis; The judges, witnesses, and audience were all survivors themselves, as sentences ranged from cigarette bans and expulsion from the camp to, in extreme cases, being 'cast out from the Jewish people'

Yuval Elbashan | 04.24.25

After a century: Jewish tannery's iron stamp returns to descendants in Israel

Chance discovery of old iron stamp from the Goldman family tannery in Poland leads to safe return to family after 100 years and tells the tale of harsh conditions during the Nazi occupation

Itamar Eichner | 04.24.25

'There is no difference between Hamas and the Nazis, the evil is the same'

Nelly Prezma, a 99-year-old Holocaust survivor from Kibbutz Dorot, shared her harrowing story of surviving both Auschwitz and the October 7 Hamas massacre

Dina Halutz | 04.24.25

Hostage survivor Eli Sharabi at Auschwitz: 'The Jewish people sanctify life'

Ex-Hamas captive whose wife and daughters were murdered in Oct 7 attack joins Israeli delegation to March of the Living in Poland, declaring, 'The Holocaust was unlike anything else. I endured horrors in captivity—but I chose life'

Iris Lifhitz-Klieger, Poland | 04.24.25

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