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Holocaust survivor dies 2 weeks after great-grandson's death in Gaza

Holocaust survivor Magda Baratz, 96, learned her great-grandson was killed in combat while participating in a Holocaust memorial event at Bergen-Belsen

Meir Turgeman | 05.11.25

המפגש בין ד"ר צופיה יואכים (זלטה) ואחיה מארק שנבטר לבין מצילתם, זופיה טרויאן

Emotional reunion: Holocaust survivors meet with Polish woman who saved them

Dr. Zofia Joachims and her brother Mark Schonwetter meet Zofia Trojan, who saved their lives in their childhood when she was only 10 years old

Itamar Eichner | 05.03.25

Nechama Grossman, Israel's oldest holocaust survivor, dies at 110

Born in 1914, Grossman went on to raise a large family in Israel; her son says that she had endured unimaginable suffering but overcame it with strength and resilience

Ilana Curiel | 04.25.25

Holocaust survivor finds great-grandson was killed in Gaza while visiting death camp she survived

Staff Sergeant (res.) Asaf Kafri was killed in by sniper fire—at very moment his 96-year-old great-grandmother was visiting Bergen-Belsen with his father Haggai

Meir Turgeman | 04.25.25

'My father gave his life for his Judaism. It still pains me every day – even after 75 years'

Even at 95, billionaire businessman Frank Lowy cannot part with the painful memories of his father’s disappearance in wartime Hungary. In an interview marking the release of the documentary 'To Be a Jew', he shares what he has learned about his father’s final moments – and speaks about the powerful connection to Israel that compelled him to board a flight from New York and return the very next day after Oct. 7: 'We truly felt it was the Holocaust all over again'

Smadar Shiloni | 04.25.25

'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

David Frankel, a retired judge who survived Bergen-Belsen and went on to fight in nearly every war in Israel’s history

Hidden during the Holocaust: 'I don’t ever want anyone to feel abandoned like I did'

David survived Bergen-Belsen and fought in many of Israel's wars, Bert lived as a Christian in France during the Holocaust, Suzy says her children are her victory over the Nazis: Holocaust survivors living in Israel describe how early years spent hiding from the Nazis shaped the rest of their lives

Maayan Hoffman/The Media Line | 04.24.25

אגם ברגר ואורי מגידיש שורדות השבי ביחד עם איירין ששר וגיטה קויפמן שורדות השואה

From Auschwitz to October 7: Holocaust survivors and former hostages embrace, wrapped in Israeli flags, at Nazi death camp

Freed hostages join Holocaust survivors on March of the Living between Auschwitz and Birkenau, held to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the extermination camps; Holocaust survivor cries out: 'We endured horrors, and yet here we are—standing strong in the face of evil'

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 04.24.25

'I promised my Holocaust survivor father: No oppressor will erase us'

'From a young age, I was exposed to the horrors my father endured in the ghetto and camps—but also to the hope that carried him through life’s twists and turns. That same hope sustained me when I was on the brink of death.' As a second-generation survivor, Dov Eichenwald reflects on his father’s legacy, attempting to decipher how his father's nightmarish experiences affected his life

Dov Eichenwald | 04.23.25

Holocaust survivor Aharon Barak: 'Israel is the safest place for Jews'

Former President of the Supreme Court of Israel recounts about his life as a child in the Kovno Ghetto, antisemitism and resilience

Havatzelet Damari | 04.23.25

Jewish strength through the ages: From Holocaust tragedy to modern challenges

Opinion: On Holocaust Remembrance Day, parallels emerge between past atrocities and October 7's horrors, survivors of which embody resilience, pledging to fight until all hostages return; Their message, echoing from Auschwitz, is a call for unity and revival

Haim Taib | 04.23.25

ד"ר אכי פרידמן ד"ר תאה פרידמן רופאה ניצולת שואה שורדת שואה

Medicine and courage: This is the story of a 101-year-old Holocaust survivor and her doctor son

Dr. Teha Friedman, a former ophthalmologist, survived the horrors of the Holocaust in a Romanian ghetto and prison; Her son, Dr. Achi Friedman, a dermatologist, volunteers with 'LeMa’anam – Doctors for Holocaust Survivors', and together they share a powerful story of memory, resilience and the privilege of giving

Sharon Kidon | 04.23.25

'My real Holocaust was when they kidnapped Omer'

Tzili Wenkert, an 83-year-old Holocaust survivor, recounts her grandson's 17-month captivity by Hamas and calls for the release of all remaining hostages ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day

Roni Green Shaulov | 04.22.25

Vanishing witnesses: Report warns time to document Holocaust testimonies running out

Only a fraction of Holocaust survivors will remain by 2040, new report says; Israel home to the largest survivor population with 110,000

Itamar Eichner | 04.22.25

Germany reopens investigation into 1970 arson attack that killed 7 Holocaust survivors

Munich prosecutor's office announced the reopening of the investigation following new information recently received by the Bavarian judiciary’s commissioner for antisemitism; 7 residents, all Holocaust survivors, died in the February 1970 fire, but the identity of the perpetrator and the motive remain unknown

Itamar Eichner | 03.05.25

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