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Morris Sana, 87, and his cousin, Simon Mairowitz, 85, greet each other after 75 years of believing the other had perished in World War II. Credit: Screenshot.

Cousins separated as a result of World War II reunite 75 years later in...

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Two cousins who were separated 75 years ago by World War II reunited in Israel on Saturday. Morris Sana, 87, and his cousin Simon Mairowitz, 85, grew up believing that the other died in a...
The Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City revealed a shofar that was hidden and blown in the Auschwitz concentration camp 75 years ago, Sept. 23, 2019. Credit: Museum of Jewish Heritage via Instagram.

New York Jewish museum reveals hidden shofar from Auschwitz ahead of holidays

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The Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City revealed on Monday a shofar that was hidden and blown in the Auschwitz concentration camp 75 years ago and...
Marko Feingold in a synagogue in Saltzburg, Austria, with middle-school students in April 2015. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Austria’s oldest Holocaust survivor dies at 106

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Austria’s oldest Holocaust survivor died on Thursday at the age of 106, announced Vienna’s Jewish Community organization, or IKG, on Friday. Marko Feingold was born in 1913 in present-day Slovakia and was arrested in Prague...

Rose and Max (z”l) Schindler relate their survivals

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There is a romantic notion in popular Judaism that everyone has a bashert – a special person intended to become a lifelong spouse.  Sometimes, he or she may live just down the street; other times, you...
The 400 descendants of Holocaust survivor Shoshana Ovitz, 104, who gathered together at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to fulfill her birthday wish, July 2019. Source: Twitter.

104-year-old matriarch celebrates birthday at Kotel with 400 descendants

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A 104 year-old Holocaust survivor went viral on Thursday when a photo was publicized showing her and her 400 descendants gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. According to Yeshiva World News, the family of centarian...
“Selection” of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland, May-June 1944, during the final phase of the Holocaust. Jews were sent to work or to the gas chamber. Yad Vashem Photo Archives, Jerusalem.

88 US senators call on Poland to pay Holocaust victims for property stolen by...

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A bipartisan group of 88 U.S. senators signed a letter on Monday to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, asking him to “act boldly and with urgency to help Poland resolve this issue comprehensively” of compensating...
The main gate of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Credit: Angelo Celedon via Wikimedia Commons.

Dutch national railway to compensate Holocaust survivors and their families

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Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), the Dutch national railway company, announced over the weekend that it had completed the necessary preparation to pay compensation to Holocaust survivors who were sent via Dutch trains to the death...
Survivors at the Dachau concentration camp cheer their liberation by U.S. soldiers. Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.

US Senate introduces bipartisan legislation to prioritize health care for Holocaust survivors

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U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) introduced on Thursday legislation that would prioritize health care and nutrition services for Holocaust survivors, increasing the likelihood they could continue to...
Female survivors of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945. Credit: No. 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Oakes, H (Sgt).

Negotiations with Germany result in increased welfare for Holocaust survivors, payment for surviving spouse

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The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (also known as the Claims Conference) announced on Monday the results of the organization’s negotiations this year with the German government on behalf of Jewish Holocaust...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) at SXSW 2019. Credit: Flickr.

Holocaust survivor calls for Ocasio-Cortez to be removed from Congress for comments

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Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg accused U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Saturday of “spreading anti-Semitism, hatred and stupidity” and called for her to be ousted from Congress. “She should be removed from Congress. She’s spreading...