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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

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 have more grandchildren than I can count': Holocaust survivors celebrate families as victory over Nazis

Three Holocaust survivors share stories of loss, survival and renewal, describing how the families they built in Israel — children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren — represent their enduring victory over the horrors of the Holocaust

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 04.13.26

דניאל לוז, שורד שואה שידליק משואה בטקס בקיבוץ יד מרדכי

'I am a Holocaust survivor twice — from France during World War II and from Be’eri in 2023'

Daniel Luz, 92, says he wants to see peace in Israel but doesn't think he will live to see it: 'My grandchildren will — that is what matters most'; On Tuesday, he will light a torch at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony held at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai

Roni Green Shaulov | 04.12.26

‘The sun will rise’: Holocaust survivors meet Gaza border residents, offer hope for recovery

Gaza border residents, still displaced, meet Holocaust survivors on remembrance day, sharing trauma, resilience and hope for recovery after Oct. 7

Roni Green Shaulov | 04.10.26

עצרת הפתיחה הממלכתית לציון ערב יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה ביד ושם

Yad Vashem names Holocaust survivors to light Remembrance Day torches

Holocaust museum pre-records Monday’s 8 p.m. state ceremony under Home Front Command guidelines, with six survivors set to light torches, and the event is not expected to return to its usual format despite the ceasefire

Itamar Eichner | 04.09.26

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

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