Tag: Holocaust
‘Real-time’ testimonials from survivors to highlight new Orlando Holocaust center
The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida, north of Orlando, will expand, relocate and be renamed as its mission shifts to preserving the testimonials and memories of survivors of the Shoah.
The new...
Holocaust survivor, 91, perishes in store basement in Mariupol
As she lay dying in a Mariupol basement, freezing and pleading for water, Holocaust survivor Vanda Semyonovna Obiedkova wanted to know only one thing: “Why is this happening?”
Ill and emaciated during the last two...
Airline deletes Holocaust-related ad from social media after facing backlash
The low-cost British airline EasyJet removed from its official social-media account an advertisement that featured a flight number tattooed on a customer’s arm after social-media users criticized the ad’s references to the Holocaust.
“While this...
Mimi Reinhard, who typed out Schindler’s list, dies at 107
Mimi Reinhard, a secretary in Oskar Schindler’s office who typed up the list of Jewish men, women and children to be saved from death by Nazi Germany, died in Israel on Friday at the...
Florida Gov. DeSantis awards prosecutor of Nuremberg trials with Medal of Freedom
A 103-year-old man was awarded the Governor’s Medal of Freedom on Thursday by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in recognition of his bravery and determination to see Nazis brought to justice.
The award was presented to Ben Ferencz, the...
Virginia museum unveils memorial honoring child victims of the Holocaust
The Virginia Holocaust Museum has opened a permanent Children’s Memorial dedicated to young victims of the Holocaust, the first of its kind in the United States, reported the local NBC 12.
The memorial, which took more...
New UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian issues compared ‘nakba’ to Holocaust
The U.N. Human Rights Council announced the appointment of a new Special Rapporteur on Israel on April 1, a position that is a “mandate to discriminate,” according to the UN Watch NGO. Israel is...
Ophthalmologist John H. Merey shares his Holocaust survival story
Dr. John H. Merey, who practices ophthalmology in West Palm Beach, Fla., was born in Budapest, Hungary, and survived the Holocaust, due to the heroic actions of Zionist Rudolf Israel (Rezső Kasztner) Kasztner. He recently shared...
Art mural pays homage to ‘Righteous Among Nations’ heroes in Greece
A new street mural in Greece honors two non-Jewish Greek citizens recognized by Yad Vashem as “Righteous Among the Nations” for saving Jews during the Holocaust.
The art display in the city of Patras pays tribute to...
Ukrainian Jewish leaders talk of history old and new: Babyn Yar memorial, evacuating refugees
It’s a war that feels somewhat biblical, and Ukraine’s chief rabbi is taking lessons from the Torah.
“When our forefather Jacob met with his brother Esau, he prepared himself with three things: He prepared the doron,...