Holocaust survivors

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

“October 7th was not only the opening shot of a regional war against Israel, it was also the opening shot of a global war against the Jews,” Levy said. 

Eylon Levy holding Dan Auerbach's yellow star from Nazi-era Europe. Tel Aviv, January 26.
Actress Toni Kalem, who appeared in “The Sopranos,” reads an excerpt from “Other People’s Houses" at the opening of an exhibit of the life and work of writer Lore Segal, Jan. 22, 2026.

A new exhibit honors writer Lore Segal, a child survivor and lifelong skeptic of easy truths

Despite false IDs that said otherwise, Chasia Bielicka from Grodno and Haika Grossman from Bialystok were Jewish and belonged to the leadership of a Jewish underground organization with a mission to mount an armed resistance against the Nazis in Bialystok.

I went looking for Holocaust ‘upstanders.’ I found a Nazi rescuer who chose conscience

Alexander Kleytman zl helping another Jew lay tefillin.

Beyond the Headlines: Alexander’s Story


Grapevine: Happy 90th, Rena Quint!

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Rena Quint at home in Jerusalem, surrounded by her photographs.

"We have to march this year—it might be our last chance"

This year’s March of the Living may be the last chance for young participants to walk alongside Holocaust survivors and bear witness to their stories.

Holocaust survivor Nate Leipciger

Jaffa police reunite 85-year-old Holocaust survivor with lost dog

The 85-year-old survivor's home in Jaffa had been broken into the previous week, and several items were stolen. During the theft, the woman's dog, Charlie, went missing.

A HOLOCAUST survivor reunites with her lost dog, Charlie, in Jaffa, December 28, 2025.

Voices of October 7: Yosef Weiner spoke to photojournalist Chen Schimmel

"I escaped the flames of the Nazi beasts... But then on October 7th, 2023, evil struck again"

My Hands Grasp at Nothing, Auschwitz 2024

Yad Vashem races to preserve Holocaust artifacts as survivors dwindle

As the number of first-hand witnesses dwindles, artifacts from the Holocaust are being carefully collected and preserved to continue telling the story

The documents discovered by Peled’s daughter in Krakow before undergoing conservation work.

When centenarian survivors die, their lucid wartime memories go with them

Centenarian Holocaust survivors carry memories forged in adolescence; their passing marks the fading of a rare, irreplaceable perspectiv

Tova Ringer (center), a Holocaust survivor who passed away in September 2025 aged 102, won Israel’s annual Miss Holocaust Survivor beauty pageant in 2018 at age 93.

Raised with survivors: A journalist's journey to uncover her family's past

‘The Jerusalem Post’s’ Greer Fay Cashman recalls growing up surrounded by Holocaust survivors and her visits to Poland with Israeli leaders.

Placards with hand written messages on them line train tracks during The International March Of The Living at Auschwitz- Birkenau.

Auschwitz survivor says he feels 'vulnerable' after mezuzah stolen from his Toronto senior home

Nate Leipciger, a 97-year-old survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Dachau, lives in the affected building. “I feel vulnerable; they invaded under my skin," he said.

Nate Leipciger

Rob Reiner urges resilience in address for Holocaust survivor event, recorded weeks before murder

Reiner’s words carried added weight, having been recorded just weeks before he and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed in their home on Sunday.

Rob Reiner gives a posthumous address at the annual International Holocaust Survivors Night hosted by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany on Dec. 18, 2025.

Over 100 Holocaust survivors light fifth Hanukkah candle at Western Wall in ceremony of resilience

Claims Conference and Western Wall Heritage Foundation hosted the ninth annual event honoring survivors, October 7 victims, and the fight against rising antisemitism.

Some 120 Holocaust survivors lit the fifth Hanukkah candle at the Western Wall, December 18, 2025.