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Netanyahu vows no second Holocaust at Yad Vashem, warns Europe losing moral clarity in address

At Israel’s state Holocaust Remembrance ceremony at Yad Vashem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had vowed there would be no second Holocaust and credited Israeli military strength and US cooperation; President Isaac Herzog warned against internal division and rising global antisemitism

ynet | 04.13.26

How Jewish escapees first exposed Nazi death camps months before official Polish underground reports

A reexamination of testimonies from Chełmno and the 'Oneg Shabbat' archive challenges the prevailing narrative: months before Polish and Western reports, Jews who escaped the killing sites were the first to warn of the destruction of European Jewry, but their cries did not translate into action by the world’s nations

Itamar Eichner | 04.13.26

The Muslim who teaches Arabs about the Holocaust: 'At Auschwitz I saw darkness and blood'

When passing by Yad Vashem, Murad Awadallah didn't think this story had anything to do with him, but now he has a mission: to make memory accessible to Arab society and bridge gaps of unfamiliarity, suspicion and prejudice

Amir Kaminer | 04.13.26

Holocaust survivor’s hidden poems discovered decades later reveal life as partisan

Roni Dunitz discovered fragile papers after his father Mordechai’s death, with restoration revealing rare firsthand accounts of Jewish partisans’ lives in Belarus forests, preserved after months-long conservation work at Yad Vashem

Itamar Eichner | 04.12.26

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

Yad Vashem chairman meets Pope Leo XIV, says ‘alarming rise in antisemitism’ demands action

At the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV stresses the importance of Holocaust remembrance and condemns antisemitism during talks with Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan

ynet Global | 03.23.26

Official poster marking Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026

Holocaust Remembrance Day poster unveiled, highlighting Jewish family legacy

A figure embracing an absent form symbolizes loss and survival in Israel’s official Holocaust Remembrance Day poster, awarded to designer Yoav Kahana, grandson of a German Holocaust survivor saved by Righteous Among the Nations

Itamar Eichner | 03.19.26

Yad Vashem after dark: A French journalist’s night alone among Holocaust memories

French writer and journalist Laure Adler spent an entire night alone inside Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem museum for a literary project; hours among Holocaust testimonies left her reflecting on memory, October 7 and rising antisemitism

Tamar Sebok | 03.15.26

Taking on Norway’s anti‑Israel line, lawmaker nominates Yad Vashem for Nobel Peace Prize

MP Joel Ystebø cites Holocaust museum’s global educational role and fight against hatred as grounds for nomination, aiming to shift public discourse toward combating antisemitism

Itamar Eichner | 01.29.26

מוזיאון חבלי הצלה להוקרת יהודים שהצילו יהודים

Saving Jews as Jews: a new museum spotlights Holocaust rescuers long left unrecognized

While Righteous Among the Nations are firmly rooted in Holocaust history, Jews who risked their lives to save other Jews were long sidelined; a new museum challenges that narrative and asks whether their heroism was truly taken for granted

Yaniv Pohoryles | 01.27.26

Yad Vashem plans to establish a Holocaust education center in Germany

The center is set to open in Bavaria, North Rhine–Westphalia or Saxony; Yad Vashem Chairman said the new educational site will help counter Holocaust distortion and trivialization and serve as a pillar in the fight against antisemitism

Itamar Eichner | 12.21.25

Poland blasts Yad Vashem over Holocaust post, summons Israeli ambassador

Warsaw demands answers after museum wrote on X that Poland was the first country where Jews were forced to wear identifying armbands; Polish officials insist order issued by German occupiers; Yad Vashem later posted a clarification

Itamar Eichner | 11.24.25

In historic milestone, Yad Vashem documents over 5 million Holocaust victims

The World Holocaust Remembrance Center has now documented over 80 percent of Jewish victims, using decades of testimony, archival research and cutting-edge technology to restore identities the Nazis tried to erase

Itamar Eichner | 11.03.25

Stolen 200-year-old Torah ark from Romania found after decade to be displayed at Yad Vashem

The ark, pride of Siret’s Jewish community, survived World War II and stood in the town’s synagogue for decades; in 2016, it was found to have been stolen and replaced with crude copy bearing incorrect Hebrew inscriptions

Itamar Eichner | 10.28.25

‘I gave them back their voices’: Holocaust survivor marks 100th birthday at Yad Vashem

Moshe Abeles, born in Hungary in 1924, spent more than two decades volunteering in Yad Vashem’s historical archives, where he labeled and organized materials and assisted visitors searching for information about the Holocaust

Gilad Cohen | 07.10.25

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