Auschwitz

A desecration: A church inside Birkenau is a violation of Holocaust memory - opinion

To honor the victims of Auschwitz, we cannot allow a church to stand where over a million Jews were killed.

A CROSS is seen in the German death camp Auschwitz II Birkenau.
 Auschwitz concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during the Holocaust.

On This Day in 1945: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp is liberated by Soviet Army

Eylon Levy holding Dan Auerbach's yellow star from Nazi-era Europe. Tel Aviv, January 26.

'It is impossible to believe, but it happened': Holocaust survivor recalls childhood in Nazi camps

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Holocaust remembrance to feature in TV shows, ‘The Pitt’ and the Springsteen biopic premier on TV


From Auschwitz to TikTok: how Lily Ebert inspired millions - opinion

This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day theme, “For a Better Future,” is a powerful reminder that remembrance alone is not enough.

 Lily Ebert (Left) standing next to her great-grandson Dov Forman (Right)

Auschwitz marks 80 years since liberation, potentially last with living survivors

Officials say the commemorative event marking the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation could be the last of its kind.

  A freight train used to transport Jewish people to their death in Auschwitz

A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films and a graphic memoir explore ‘dark tourism'

Ari Richter’s memoir and new films revisit Holocaust memory and family roots.

 Ari Richter depicts his visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in his graphic memoir "Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz."

Zelensky attends Auschwitz liberation memorial event at Babyn Yar

This ceremony is Zelensky’s third event at Babi Yar since the start of the war, reaffirming his commitment to Holocaust remembrance.

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Babi Yar on the 80th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation, January 26, 2025.

New film marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Israel commemorates its own Holocaust Remembrance Day in the spring, on the Hebrew date of the start of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. 

 A SCENE from ‘The Investigation.’

Just 50 Holocaust survivors will be at Auschwitz for the 80th anniversary of its liberation

Fewer than 1,000 Auschwitz survivors remain as the 80th liberation anniversary nears.

The main tower at the entrance to the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, covered under a large tent, stands illuminated during the official ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp on Jan. 27, 2020.

This week in Jewish history: Liberation of Auschwitz, Yahrzeit of the 'Alter Rebbe'

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

 THE FIRST German Youth Aliyah  group makes its way to Kibbutz  Ein Harod, 1934.

Grapevine January 24, 2025: Memory, heroism, and suffering

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 (FROM L-R) B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem director Alan Schneider, Chairman of the Committee to Recognize Jewish Rescuers During the Holocaust Aryeh Barnea, IPO Musical Director Lahav Shani, Chairman Yuval Shapiro, and Secretary-General Yair Mashiach.

'Never forget', says UK's Queen Camilla at Holocaust remembrance event

Camilla said it was crucial to remember the Holocaust given anti-Semitism was at its highest level for a generation.

 Britain's Queen Camilla, patron of the Anne Frank Trust, lights a candle during a reception for Holocaust Memorial Day at the Hilton Park Lane in London, Britain, January 23, 2025.

Where was God in the Holocaust? A NY poet and activist asks the question in a book of ‘psalms’

“Never again” pledges to stop all genocide. A commitment to honor and assist the dwindling number of survivors and to fight the antisemitism that persists 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz.

 Menachem Rosensaft leads a tour of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau complex for members of the World Jewish Congress, January 2020.