Tag: Holocaust
Ukrainian city plans to build residences atop mass Jewish grave
A mass grave of Jews murdered in the Holocaust has been sold by a Ukrainian city to a residential building developer who is planning to establish real estate projects on the site.
Some 5,000 Jews...
Film to be made about Nuremberg Trials 99-year-old prosecutor Ben Ferencz
A film about the head prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials following World War II will be made.
Producers Barry Avrich and Patrice Theroux have acquired the film and television rights to the life story of...
Episode in new Netflix series mocks diarist Anne Frank
The new Netflix series “Historical Roasts,” which mocks the young Jewish diarist Anne Frank, finds itself in the midst of a backlash.
One particular episode features actress Rachel Feinstein as Frank, Gilbert Gottfried as Adolf...
Krakow street to be named after rabbi and 300 orphans murdered in the Holocaust
The city council in Krakow, Poland, has announced that a municipal street will be named next month after Rabbi David Alter Kurzmann, a caretaker of the Krakow ghetto orphanage.
During the liquidation of the orphanage...
German archive uploads millions of documents related to Holocaust victims
Germany’s Holocaust archive has uploaded more than 13 million documents “from Nazi concentration camps, including prisoner cards and death notices, to help Holocaust researchers and others investigate the fate of victims,” reported the Associated Press on...
Israeli man apologizes for spitting at Polish ambassador
An Israeli man has apologized for spitting at Polish Ambassador to Israel Marek Magierowski.
“I would like to express my apologies,” said Arik Lederman, who was arrested for spitting at the ambassador, in a statement....
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March of the Living transcends distinctions to provide a deeply meaningful Jewish experience
There are no words for the experience of commemorating the horrific death, together with Holocaust survivors, on the sacred grounds of the Birkenau extermination camp, where more than 1 million Jews were sent to...
March of the Living founder: ‘The only thing worse than Auschwitz is the world...
On Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah) on May 2, under the theme “Say No to Anti-Semitism,” more than 10,000 Jewish and non-Jewish youth from 40 different countries, together with dozens of Holocaust survivors and dignitaries from around...
Leadership conference in Krakow calls on millennials to grapple with anti-Semitism
More than 200 young leaders, both Jewish and non-Jewish, from 10 countries gathered at Jageillonian University in Krakow, Poland, to take part in the first-ever “Emerging Leadership Conference,” an initiative of the International March of the Living launched...
Will the Holocaust on Instagram teach remembrance?
To say that the impact of social media on society and popular culture has not been entirely beneficial is the understatement of the 21st century. Our politics has been further embittered by the isolation...