Holocaust survivors

Holocaust survivor Rita Zohar brings lived history to Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut film

“Eleanor the Great,” Johansson’s directorial debut, stars 95-year-old Jewish actress June Squibb as she seeks connection in New York City following the death of her best friend Bessie.

Director Scarlett Johansson and cast members June Squibb, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Erin Kellyman pose during the red carpet for the film "Eleanor The Great", as the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) returns for its 50th edition in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 8, 2025.
Ruth Posner, Holocaust survivor and talented actress, dancer, and author

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

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

Kings County Supreme Court building. (illustrative)

Jewish Holocaust survivor beaten to death, nursing home roommate charged


Looking at the enduring inspiration of Leon Uris’s ‘Exodus’ - opinion

Sixty-five years later, would the book, the movie, and the music have been welcomed with such global approbation?

Alexander Smukler presents a samizdat copy of Exodus in Russian to author Leon Uris in Moscow, November 1989.

Holocaust Survivor and Educator David Schaecter Passes Away at 96

Schaector, who participated in several March of the Living journeys in Poland & Israel , leaves a legacy of witnesses to carry the torch of memory

Holocaust survivor and educator David Schaecter, March of the Living in Auschwitz 2023

86 Years since World War II Began

Holocaust Survivors Share Their Childhood Memories from Poland

Weiss family in 1939 Poland

March of the Living in Łódź honors the city and ghetto’s Holocaust victims

99-year-old Holocaust survivor from Łódź, Leon Weintraub: “Be sensitive to all manifestations of intolerance. I urge you to be vigilant and watchful.”

March of the Living in Łódź

Parashat Re'eh: The gift of mercy

This is our ancestral heritage, passed down through the generations, and rooted so deeply that it is part of our very nature.

COMPASSION & MERCY: Haredi soldiers from the IDF Hasmonean Brigade take part in a beret march after completing seven months of basic and advanced training, at the Western Wall, Aug. 6.

New US Postal Service stamp honors Holocaust survivor and humanitarian Elie Wiesel

Wiesel, who died in 2016 at the age of 87, is the 18th person to be honored in the USPS’ Distinguished Americans stamp series.

The United States Postal Service released a new series of stamps in honor of Elie Wiesel.

Holocaust survivor injured in Iranian missile attack succumbs to wounds

Olga Weissberg, 91, succumbed to her wounds she received during the 12-day war in June.

Wreckage from an Iranian missile impact in central Israel, June 22, 2025.

The Orenstein Project: Fighting hunger and building hope in Israel - opinion

The Orenstein Project fights hunger in Israel, fulfilling Henry Orenstein’s vision that no child or elderly person in the Jewish state is left behind.

 A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR holds a Torah as he arrives at the entrance to Auschwitz for the annual March of the Living marking Holocaust Remembrance Day in May.

Holocaust survivors meet with freed hostages, families of hostages still in captivity

"When we, Holocaust survivors, saw the images of Rom Brezlavski and Evyatar David - emaciated, frightened, barely clinging to life - we felt as if the air had been pulled from our lungs."

Holocaust survivors visited the Hostage Families Forum in Tel Aviv to offer support to the families of those still held captive on August 5, 2025.

Hostage mother on Hamas videos: Have we returned to the Holocaust?

The 'Post' reported in July that Alon Ohel's medical condition is severely deteriorating in captivity, and is believed to have lost vision in one eye due to injuries sustained on Oct. 7.

The family of Israeli hostage Alon Ohel hold a press conference at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on April 28, 2025.

Holocaust health echoes: Gaza hostages David, Braslavski suffering from starvation, trauma

Extreme hunger could lead to the deaths of Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski within weeks. Footage from Gaza shows almost identical symptoms to those of concentration camps survivors.

Holocaust survivors suffering from starvation, malnourishment, sickness; illustrative.