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Gabriel Weisman, Holocaust survivor and first IDF chief mental health officer, dies at 97

A survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto and Mauthausen, Weisman fought in 1948 and later built the IDF’s mental health system, pioneering treatment for combat trauma and serving for decades as a psychologist and author

Alexandra Lukash | 02.18.26

אדריאנה טורק בילדותה עם אחיה, לצד תמונתו של אביה

She thought her family was killed in the Holocaust — until one DNA test revealed the truth

A MyHeritage DNA test led Adriana Turk, 74, to at least 50 living relatives worldwide, uncovering Holocaust survival stories and bringing unexpected closure after decades of loss

Yogev Israeli | 01.29.26

The hidden story of the 'Austrian Anne Frank' revealed

Leokadia Justman fled with her father from Poland to Austria, where she was imprisoned, documenting the daily lives of women in jail and her escape in poems first written on her cell walls, until she was given a notebook despite regulations

Zeev Avrahami, Berlin | 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

111,681 Holocaust survivors live in Israel as the last generation reaches an average age of 88

New data released for International Holocaust Remembrance Day shows about 12,000 survivors died in Israel in 2025, with fewer than 200,000 Jewish Holocaust survivors still living worldwide

Shira Kadari-Ovadia | 01.27.26

She survived the Holocaust and Oct. 7: 'I was hiding with a handgun and a broken leg'

Penina Ben Yosef, who survived the Holocaust and the Hamas attack on southern Israel, describes hunger, flight and fear, from wartime Europe to sitting injured in a safe room as terrorists closed in

Itamar Eichner, Shmuel Munitz | 01.27.26

From right to left: Rabbi David Lau, Mayor Moshe Lion, Zvi Zalewski, and his mother Yardena Zalewski, 98, a Holocaust survivor who presented the book to the mayor and rabbi

Days before Holocaust Remembrance Day, survivors launch ‘Book of Hope’ in Jerusalem

At emotional ceremony at the Friends of Zion Museum, 52 Holocaust survivors share personal stories of survival and hope; with candles lit in memory of victims, leaders praise their heroism and resilience, calling their testimony a gift to future generations

ynet Global | 01.25.26

Fewer than 200,000 Holocaust survivors alive today, half in Israel

Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Claims Conference report shows that 30% of Holocaust survivors are 90 years old or older; and 71% receive or have received welfare services in the past year

Itamar Eichner | 01.21.26

Holocaust survivor Dugo Leitner honored as falafel becomes a national symbol of remembrance

On Jan. 18, people in Israel and worldwide will eat falafel in memory of Holocaust survivor David 'Dugo' Leitner, whose story gains added meaning this year with a commemorative stamp and the birth of a great-grandson named for him

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 01.16.26

Holocaust survivor, table tennis maestro Josef Veselsky, Ireland’s oldest person, dies at 107

Veselsky survived the war in the Carpathian Mountains while his parents and brother were murdered at Auschwitz, later building a life in Ireland as a businessman, table tennis leader and Trinity College student who earned an honorary degree at 98

ynet Global | 01.05.26

Eva Schloss, Auschwitz survivor and Anne Frank’s stepsister, dies at 96

A lifelong educator and activist, Schloss survived the Holocaust, later becoming a leading voice against hatred and intolerance; her death marks the loss of one of the last living witnesses to Auschwitz and a powerful link to the diarist's legacy

Itamar Eichner | 01.05.26

השוטרים מלווים את ניצול השואה בדרכו האחרונה

‘You are not forgotten’: Police officers escort Holocaust survivor with no family on his final journey

Officers of the Tel Aviv North Station realized that Igo Margolis, whom they found lifeless, had no relatives or anyone to claim his body and decided to provide him with a dignified burial; 'This man, a Holocaust survivor, deserved a proper funeral and for Kaddish to be said in his memory'

Meir Turgeman | 12.25.25

Delegation of Holocaust survivors visits Auschwitz, 2017

Holocaust survivors to be honored in global virtual event on fifth night of Hanukkah

Hosted by Noah Emmerich, the Dec. 18 International Holocaust Survivors Night will feature tributes from global leaders, celebrities and survivors, honoring resilience and remembrance 80 years after WWII

ynet Global | 12.17.25

Ruth Haran, who survived the Holocaust and Oct. 7, dies at 90

Kibbutz Be'eri member dies two years after the Hamas attack in which her son Avshalom was murdered, and other family members were kidnapped and later released; She told ynet of the horrifying similarity between the events that changed her life: 'When babies are murdered in their beds - it's a Holocaust'

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 11.23.25

Holocaust survivors warn 87 years after Kristallnacht: 'The world is returning to 1938'

Survivors warn of resurgence of antisemitism, 87 years after Nazis burned synagogues and Jewish businesses: Walter Bingham, 101, says "We live in an era where synagogues are burned'; George Shefi emphasizes that the 'younger generation is responsible for making sure it doesn't happen again'; and Paul Alexander tells how Kristallnacht saved his life

AP | 11.09.25

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