Tag: Holocaust
Jewish groups hail Bulgaria for preventing annual neo-Nazi march
Jewish organizations commended the Bulgarian government for preventing an annual neo-Nazi march in the country’s capital of Sofia from taking place last weekend.
The annual torch-lit Lukov march is named after Bulgarian Gen. Hristo Lukov,...
After repeated requests, Monaco to open archives on its role in Holocaust
Monaco has agreed to grant the Simon Wiesenthal Center access to its state archives to learn more about the country’s role in the Holocaust, The Jewish Chronicle reported on Monday.
In 1997, the center asked several countries...
Catholic Church symbolism again becomes an issue near death grounds of Auschwitz
The protest outside the church at Birkenau during last month’s commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp should not have come as a surprise.
The presence of Christian symbols...
Chabad on Campus emissaries train at Yad Vashem to be Holocaust educators
Some 30 campus Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries concluded an eight-day training program at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, learning cutting-edge, relevant and effective tools that will allow them to teach about the Holocaust and the growing problem...
Corona and the Chinese ambassador’s Holocaust chutzpah
China’s acting ambassador to Israel came under well-deserved fire this week for invoking the Nazi genocide of the Jews to criticize Jerusalem’s preventive measures against the spread of the coronavirus.
At a press conference in...
Never again? Only if the Jews never stop fighting
How does a Jewish girl born after the war experience the Shoah and remember it? The answer is with strain, disgust and disbelief—yes, quite naively. In her defense, there is no one to teach...
Auschwitz liberation ceremony draws world leaders, Holocaust survivors and their families
On the hallowed grounds of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Monday, Holocaust survivors and world leaders gathered to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the liberation of the camp, where a stark message about the growth of anti-Semitism...
US House passes Never Again Education Act on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which commemorates the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed on Monday the Never Again Education Act, a bill that seeks to...
Prime minister of Holland apologizes for nation’s role in wartime persecution of Jews
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Sunday became the first Dutch leader to officially apologize for his country’s role in the Holocaust.
Speaking at an event in Amsterdam to mark the 75th anniversary of the...
Auschwitz 1942: The story behind my missing grandparents
As a child growing up in the small English town that offered refuge for my parents in their flight from the Nazis, I was acutely aware of many differences between my own family and...