Tag: Holocaust Survivor
Holocaust survivor saved from Hamas buries son, fears for captive family
“This is a second Holocaust for me,” said survivor Ruth Haran, 87, who is reliving a childhood nightmare.
Twice now, she has made it out alive from the inferno.
But the death, the destruction and the...
Funeral takes place for Holocaust survivor David ‘Dugo’ Leitner, 94
David “Dugo” Leitner was born in Hungary in 1930 to his parents, Meir and Golda Leah, and raised in an Orthodox home. In March 1944, invading Nazi Germans corralled his family to the ghetto;...
Murderer of Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll sentenced to life
A French court on Wednesday sentenced Yacine Mihoub to life in prison, with no possibility of parole for 22 years, for the 2018 murder of Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll. A second man, Alexander Carrimbacus,...
Jewish federations awarded $5 million federal grant to assist Holocaust survivors
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living/Administration on Aging has awarded a $5 million grant to the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) to expand Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed (PCTI) care...
State Department: ‘Much work remains’ to provide restitution to Holocaust survivors and their descendants
Property belonging to Holocaust survivors and their descendants have yet to be returned to their rightful owners, in addition to restitution to these people, is an issue largely unresolved 70 years after the end...
Holocaust survivor stabbed to death in Moscow apartment
A 90-year-old Holocaust survivor was discovered stabbed to death last week in her apartment in Moscow.
An unidentified 69-year-old woman was arrested in connection with the murder of Irina Shur, a former professor at the...
Holocaust center to present Tisha B’Av film screening, survivor interview
The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus in Farmington Hills, Mich., will hold a virtual event and film screening of the documentary “Hidden” on July 30, along with an interview with Holocaust survivor Miriam Ferber.
The event is timed...