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Mauthausen concentration camp; Hirtenberg was one of its subcamps

Supermarket to be built on former women’s concentration camp site in Austria

The Hirtenberg camp held about 400 women, many deported from Auschwitz and forced to work in an arms factory; Austrian media say a logistics center and Lidl branch are planned for the site, drawing outrage from Jewish leaders and memorial officials

Itamar Eichner | 07.08.26

אחד מהחפצים והעדויות ממיידנק, בלזץ וסוביבור שהועלו לרשת

From torn doll to prisoner art: Digital archive opens Majdanek to the world

A new digital archive gives free access to rare documents, artwork, photographs and personal belongings from the Majdanek, Bełżec and Sobibór death camps, preserving Holocaust history and supporting research, education and remembrance

Itamar Eichner | 07.03.26

The personal belongings of four Greek Jews deported to Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust were returned to their surviving relatives

Holocaust victims' belongings returned to families of Greek Jews more than 80 years later

High school students helped reunite Holocaust-era personal belongings stolen from four Greek Jews deported to Nazi concentration camps with their surviving relatives, more than 80 years after they were taken, as part of an international remembrance initiative

Itamar Eichner | 06.26.26

Man erects Auschwitz gate replica outside German tax office over €70,000 tax debt

Replica included Nazi symbols, a crematorium-like structure and the words 'Zyklon B'; police found more Nazi symbols at his home and suspect incitement to hatred

Itamar Eichner | 05.29.26

Rare concentration camp sketches discovered by chance in a closet in New York

Over 20 pencil drawings by French underground member Marcel Roux, which documented the lives of Nazi concentration camp inmates, were found in a private New York home and forgotten for decades; Now they are on display for the first time

Daniel Edelson, New York | 04.14.26

Pro-Palestinians plan protest at Nazi concentration camp during liberation anniversary

Planned demonstration at Buchenwald follows a dispute over a visitor barred for wearing a keffiyeh and will coincide with events marking the 1945 liberation of the camp, where about 56,000 prisoners were killed

Ze'ev Abrahami, Berlin | 02.21.26

Holocaust survivor who fought Nazis with art and humor now hits the big screen

Joseph Bau survived the Holocaust through art, forged documents and quiet acts of resistance; he married fellow prisoner Rebecca in a Nazi camp; now, his story is told in a new film and preserved at a Tel Aviv museum fighting to stay open

Rinat Perera Danieli | 01.25.26

Swiss cosmetics company Weleda to investigate alleged ties to Nazi human experiments at Dachau

Weleda, known for its natural skincare products, will launch an independent probe after new findings suggest its creams were tested on concentration camp prisoners during WWII; the company says it fully condemns Nazism

Itamar Eichner | 09.14.25

Buchenwald concentration camp can bar visitors wearing keffiyeh, German court rules

German court upholds Buchenwald concentration camp memorial’s right to deny entry to visitors wearing keffiyehs, ruling garment endangers sense of security of many Jews visiting the site

Itamar Eichner | 08.21.25

Stalin's son to Nazi captors: 'Jews, Gypsies are the same - don't want to work'

Newly released WWII-era interrogation transcripts reveal Yakov Dzhugashvili held deeply antisemitic views, despite being married to a Jewish woman and ultimately dying in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Itamar Eichner | 05.18.25

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

Master sergeant (res.) Asaf Cafri 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

The unbelievable story of Katerina Singer, the Jewish 'Queen of Auschwitz'

Katerina Singer, a Jewish Auschwitz-Birkenau prisoner, received a senior position from the Nazis, thus managing to save hundreds, perhaps thousands of women from the gas chambers

Yoel Yaari | 04.23.25

The incredible story of teenager murdered in Auschwitz whose painting flew into space

Yad Vashem receives the long-thought-to-be-lost complete personal archive of Petr Ginz, known for his prolific writing, illustrations, and editorial work while imprisoned in the Theresienstadt ghetto

Anat Lev Adler | 04.17.25

Israeli student arrested in Poland for Nazi salute at Auschwitz

High schooler made gesture beneath 'Arbeit Macht Frei' ('Work Sets You Free') sign at entrance to former Nazi camp; he was detained and later released after being fined 1,500 zloty (about $370)

Tamar Trabelsi-Hadad, Itamar Eichner, Lior El-Hai | 03.09.25

And the World Kept Silent | Eli Wiesel's lost testimony, found

The original French manuscript of Eli Wiesel's 'Night' opens new research into the first book by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who passed away nine years ago.

Dr. Yoel Rappel | 01.27.25

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