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Israeli VR Platform Wins TLV Hackathon For Benefit Of Holocaust Survivors

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Israeli entrepreneuers hosted a hackathon this month for the benefit of Holocaust survivors in Israel and across the world. Twenty-three teams took part in the 36-hour “Spark Hackathon” event on May 10 and 11...
By zeevveez from Jerusalem, Israel, via Wikimedia Commons

Ensuring we never forget, even in a world without Holocaust survivors

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When my grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, passed away very suddenly in 2008, I went through his office in hope that he had documented his experience—that he had in some capacity written his story down,...

Holocaust survivors and their descendants sing to celebrate life

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600 Holocaust survivors, their children and grandchildren sing in a moving tribute to the power of life and good over evil. Project organized by Koolulam, and filmed at Jerusalem's Beit Avi Chai center. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=Vuh1-jDi7Qw

Thousands march in Paris following murder of Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll, 85

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Thousands of people took part in a “white march” in Paris on Wednesday in memory of Mireille Knoll, a 85-year-old French Jewish woman whose horrific murder provoked a strong emotional reaction and revived worries...

French authorities arrest two suspects connected with Holocaust-survivor’s murder

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French police discovered the charred body of a Holocaust survivor covered with stab wounds after a fire broke out in her Paris apartment on Friday. The local Jewish community fears the murder was motivated by anti-Semitism,...

Jewish prisoner Miriam Rosenthal gave birth in a Nazi camp

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Miriam Rosenthal, who ran a store that was for decades a fixture of Toronto's Jewish community, was also one of the few women who gave birth in a Nazi concentration camp and survived with...

Remembering the Danes’ Heroic Holocaust Actions

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On February 13, 2018, Prince Henrik — husband of Danish monarch Queen Margrethe — died at the age of 83. Many Jews recall the courage of the Danish royal family, and the entire Danish people, during the Holocaust —...

‘Inheriting Genocide’ unpacks how Holocaust trauma spans generations

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Does time—even an entire generation or multiple generations—actually heal all wounds? The question is a prominent one for trauma experts who study the Holocaust. Natan Kellermann, Ph.D., a leading researcher on transgenerational trauma and the...

How a 16-year-old girl risked her life to save Jews during World War II

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CARMEL, Ind. – Janina Korzeniewski has a one word answer when asked what it was like the day the Nazis marched into Poland in 1939. “Fear.” Janina was 16-years-old, a striking beauty and was tutored in...

Holocaust heroine tells true tale of defying Nazis, saving thousands

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A French national who spied on the Nazis will tell her tale of bravery and risk at the Chabad Jewish Center of Cape Coral's annual dinner next week. Now 97, Marthe Cohn, is a devoutly...