Holocaust

Holocaust survivor passes away at a Swiss clinic specializing in voluntary assisted death - report

Ruth Posner was a talented actress and dancer who survived the Treblinka extermination camp as a child.

Ruth Posner, Holocaust survivor and talented actress, dancer, and author
An award winning Bavarian pizzeria placed a sign on its front door warning on Sunday that Israeli citizens were not welcome at the restaurant, but after public outrage the sign was removed and the owner issued an apology to the local Jewish community.

'Israeli citizens are not welcome:' Sign at Bavarian pizzeria bans Israelis

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Aron Bell pose for a photo at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow, Russia on June 4, 2019.

Aron Bell, last of the Bielski brothers whose famed brigade saved 1,200 Jews, dies at 98

JERRY STEIN, 96, is embraced by family members upon his recent aliyah.

A Holocaust survivor's aliyah story: Survival, rebuilding and healing


Opening the gates of tears: Finding hope and strength in Jewish tradition - opinion

Prayer becomes more than words to God. It becomes the opening of our hearts so that we may feel the suffering of others.

Tears. Illustration.

25 ViZionaries Elizabeth Pipko - No. 17

Uses her voice to combat hate, confront indifference and rising antisemitism.

Elizabeth Pipko

Marching to Ponary: Remembering the Lithuanian Jewish Community

Holocaust Survivor Arnold Cleves: "The Jews contributed so much to Lithuanian culture [...] but unfortunately we were not treated well. Don't make the same mistake again: Help the state of Israel."

March of the Living from Vilnius to Ponary

'Declaring war on antisemitism in Germany': Merz tearful at synagogue reopening ceremony

"We will not tolerate antisemitism even when it is disguised under the pretense of freedom, of art, of culture, or of science," Merz said.

German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks at the reopening of the Reichenbach Synagogue. September 15, 2025.

Ohio auction house halts sale of paintings looted during Holocaust, billed as ‘unclaimed property'

Two 17th-century paintings looted by Nazis were pulled from an Ohio auction after a Holocaust art restitution group confirmed their rightful heirs.

Two paintings believed to be by Ambrosius Bosschaert recovered by the Monuments Men and Women Foundation.

U of Oregon budget cuts spare Judaic studies faculty who had raised alarm

“The Trump administration’s ‘deals’ turn Jewish studies into the court Jew of old,” a trio of established scholars in the field wrote in a recent Chronicle of Higher Education op-ed.

The University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.

Why is Yad Vashem silent on claims of Israeli genocide in Gaza? - opinion

One might have expected Yad Vashem to make a powerful rebuttal to claims of genocide in Gaza, but no such statement has been made.

A WOMAN walks past graffiti depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with text reading ‘Wanted: Netanyahu For Criminal Genocide,’ in Barcelona. The writer asks: Why does Yad Vashem stay silent?

'Never again can't only mean never again for Jews': Holocaust Museum LA retracts social media post

The museum said the post was "easily open to misinterpretation by some as a political statement reflecting the ongoing situation in the Middle East. That was not our intent.”

A protester (R) holds a placard reading "Never again is now, Free Palestine" during a demonstration in support of Palestinians on Dam Square, in Amsterdam, on November 2, 2024.

Genocide is a word that has lost all meaning since Gaza war - opinion

We live in a time when Parliament in the UK can debate Israel 10 times more than Sudan, where half a million children have starved to death.

FOREIGN MINISTER Gideon Sa’ar and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul visit the Holocaust Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, in Berlin, in June.

Argentina investigates daughter of former Nazi official and her husband over stolen painting

Friedrich Kadgien was a senior Nazi official who fled to Argentina after the war. He died in 1979.

Argentine Federal Police escort Patricia Kadgien to a hearing on charges of concealment and obstruction of justice, after authorities recovered a portrait of Contessa Colleoni by Italian artist Giuseppe Ghislandi, an iconic painting stolen decades ago by the Nazis, Argentina, September 4, 2025.

Holocaust education needed to combat distortion of history - opinion

The Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum and the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum convene educators, researchers, and educational entrepreneurs from Holocaust museums and heritage sites, in Oswiecim.

University Presidents Mission, Auschwitz - Birkenau on the 2025 March of the Living.