Tag: Holocaust
Yad Vashem gears up for Holocaust Remembrance Day
Israel will mark Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day beginning on the evening of Wednesday, April 23, and continuing through Thursday, April 24. This year's theme is, "Out of the Depths: The Anguish of...
Who will speak when the last survivors are gone?
As Holocaust survivors pass away, so, too, fades our most powerful defense against hatred: their stories. In a time when antisemitism is rising and historical distortion runs rampant, we must ask ourselves: Who will...
Germany’s last convict for Holocaust crimes dies at 99
The last person to have ever been convicted in Germany for crimes during the Holocaust has died, a court said on Monday.
Irmgard Furchner, a 99-year-old former Nazi camp secretary, was handed a two-year suspended sentence...
Holocaust drama ‘Bau, Artist at War’ to premiere in September
“Bau, Artist at War,” a historical drama directed by Sean McNamara (“Reagan,” “Soul Surfer”), will have its theatrical release by ShowBiz Direct in the United States and Canada on Sept. 26. The film, which stars Emile Hirsch as real-life Holocaust survivor and artist Joseph...
Eisenhower’s great-grandson to join Holocaust march in Poland
The great grandson of American general Dwight D. Eisenhower will join scores of aging Holocaust survivors and the presidents of Israel and Poland on the March of the Living in Poland next month to...
‘We’re very lucky you’re here,’ Vance tells Holocaust survivor on visit to Dachau
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, met with Abba Naor, a Holocaust survivor, and with Karl Freller, the director of the Bavarian Memorial Foundation, and other officials at Dachau, the...
Trump: Freed hostages resemble Holocaust survivors
U.S. President Donald Trump expressed shock on Sunday at the condition of the Israeli hostages released from Hamas captivity a day earlier, comparing them to Holocaust survivors.
Speaking aboard Air Force One en route to...
Hamas, we got your message …
Or ben Sima Geula. I’ve said that name every time I prayed, three times a day, for the last six months. At some point during Or Levy’s 491-day captivity, my son’s school—in an attempt...
If hostages are being abused, their captors shouldn’t be rewarded
It’s been more than 16 months since Israel was invaded and its citizens, including men, women and children, were subjected to mass murder, torture, rape and kidnapping. But while anyone who visits the Jewish...
House reps reintroduce bipartisan Holocaust-education bill
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) led 61 of his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in reintroducing the Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons (HEAL) Act to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday.
The bill instructs...