Holocaust memorial day

BBC apologizes for omitting mention of Jews in multiple Holocaust Memorial Day broadcasts

The BBC has apologized for failing to mention Jews in its Holocaust Memorial Day broadcasts, prompting backlash from Jewish groups who criticized the omission as disrespectful and harmful.

A person walks outside BBC Broadcasting House. November 16, 2025.
US and Saudi flags flutter along a highway of Riyadh, as pictured through the glass of a car, ahead of the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 12, 2025.

US Embassy in Saudi Arabia hosts its first Holocaust Remembrance Day event

FILE PHOTO: Abu Ubaida, the spokesman of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, gestures as he speaks during an anti-Israel military show in the southern Gaza Strip November 11, 2019.

Hamas seeks a role for its police force in Gaza, Trump and Tehran in talks

A recreated train car stands as a memorial at the former loading ramp in Bergen-Belsen, Germany, April 15, 2015.

Deutsche Bahn’s new rail plan cannot be allowed to erase a vital Holocaust memory site - opinion


Ukraine ambassador among speakers at US Holocaust Museum dinner

CNN reporter Wolf Blitzer, who attended the event, took to Twitter following the evening to thank Markarova for “her very strong words.”  

 Ukraine's ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova walks between meetings with members of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, US. February 28, 2022.

Diary of a journey: An Arab-Israeli delegation to Auschwitz - opinion

The delegation went there to learn about the Holocaust up close and to make history by being the first group to hold the memorial ceremony there in Arabic.

 Yoseph Haddad in Auschwitz

March of the Living Torch of Hope: Never Means Never


Likud MK tells Bundestag head he can’t forgive Germans

"I humbly lower my head in shame before the victims of the Holocaust," German Bundestag president Bärbel Bas said at the ceremony.

 German Bundestag president Bärbel Bas lighting a memorial candle at the Knesset, April 28, 2022.

‘Persian Lessons’ tells an unlikely Holocaust story - movie review

The point is, survival stories often hinge on coincidences and how much you can accept the ones in this movie is very personal.

 ‘PERSIAN LESSONS’

Next generation ready to bear Holocaust survivors’ memory at March of the Living

Only eight Holocaust survivors attended the March of the Living this year, causing concern that there may be none in the next few years.

Eitan Neishlos is seen hugging a Muslim man at the entrance gate the Auschwitz concentration camp on the day of March of the Living.

Reinventing Holocaust remembrance for the younger generation - opinion

75% of young people believe a change is needed in the way the Israeli education system conveys Holocaust content.

 Yahrzeit candles with names of Holocaust victims are giving away to the public ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, April 26, 2022

Jewish Agency to lead global delegation of Antisemitism victims at March of the Living

Michael Siegal

Spoon that saved a Jew’s life in Mauthausen camp is now displayed in Yad Vashem

Just before visitors enter the Holocaust History Museum to learn of the fate of the Jews of Europe and North Africa, they will encounter two items from the period of the Shoah.

 A scarf worn by Anna Lichter when she jumped from the deportation train bound for the Bełżec extermination camp, and a spoon that belonged to Artek Poznanski, displayed at Yad Vashem Visitor Center.

Argentina March of the Living to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

The March is a tribute to the 6,000,000 Jewish victims murdered in the Holocaust, and to carrying the legacy of the Survivors

 Argentina's delegation at March of the Living