Tag: Holocaust
New virtual-reality Holocaust experience keeps survivors ‘alive,’ builds empathy
Jordan Gelfeld has connections. As a docent at the Illinois Holocaust, his grandfather, Mark Gelfeld, was able to get this grandson in for a sneak peek at the museum’s new virtual-reality exhibit. And the...
Jewish Agency, WZO launch Holocaust-remembrance social-media campaign
The Jewish Agency for Israel announced on Tuesday the launch, together with the World Zionist Organization, of a social-media campaign to memorialize the victims of the Shoah.
The “Forever in Their Name” campaign, which will...
UN approves Israeli resolution combating Holocaust denial
The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday adopted an Israeli-sponsored resolution that condemns denial and distortion of the Holocaust.
The resolution—co-sponsored by Germany, and backed by the United States, Russia and many other countries—affirms that the...
Budapest: 77 years of ghetto liberation marked with 77 live survivor testimonies
A website dedicated to the recollections of Holocaust survivors and their rescuers was inaugurated this week by the Association of Hungarian Jewish Communities (EMIH), marking the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest...
Yad Vashem partners with genealogy database to boost access to Holocaust records
New York City’s Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust and its genealogy affiliate JewishGen has announced a new partnership with Yad Vashem that will enable the public to gain more access...
‘A lost Jewish history reclaimed’: New digital archive reveals pre-Holocaust world
A lost Jewish history has been reclaimed and is set to be unveiled on Monday. For the first time, more than 4.1 million pages of original books, artifacts, records, manuscripts and documents—cultural survivors of...
Texas governor names five appointees to new Holocaust, genocide and anti-Semitism commission
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed five people to the state’s new Holocaust, Genocide and Anti-Semitism Advisory Commission.
The commission, which was created in September, “shall conduct a study on anti-Semitism in the state, provide...
Erdan submits UN resolution opposing Holocaust denial and distortion
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan has submitted a resolution to the U.N. General Assembly to combat Holocaust denial and Holocaust distortion.
The resolution defines Holocaust denial; calls on countries and social-media companies...
House introduces bipartisan bill to award Nuremberg trials prosecutor with Congressional Gold Medal
A bipartisan group of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill on Thursday to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the last living prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials.
The bill was introduced by...
Luxembourg to distribute $1.1 million in restitution to Holocaust survivors
The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) announced that the Claims Conference has begun allocating $1.1 million to Holocaust survivors who are currently living in or were persecuted by German Nazis or their allies in...