Holocaust survivors

Holocaust education, remembrance is our responsibility - opinion

Remembrance is not a moment of silence or a ceremony once a year: It is an active responsibility.

Auschwitz Survivor, Gregorz Tomaszewski, age 83 holds a book with photos of him when he was a child as he speaks during a meeting with the press at the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust on January 26, 2023 in Oswiecim, Poland.
Holocaust survivor Moshe David Meir poses for a picture at his home in Jerusalem on January 27, 2025, Meir survived the Birkenau concentration camp during the Holocaust.

Israeli Holocaust survivors foregoing medical treatment due to inaccessibility of care, study finds

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

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


Around the world, the ‘Day of Liberation and Rescue’ was marked


Grapevine, May 25, 2025: Resilience in the face of racism

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

L-R) DANNA AZRIELI, Yeshayahu Menat, and Galit Gal

'Heartbreaking full circle': Holocaust survivor dies two weeks after IDF soldier grandson

“Magda devoted her life to preserving the memory of the Holocaust and sharing her remarkable life story with future generations,” said Raz Kinstlich, mayor of Rishon Lezion.

 Magda Baratz and Asaf Cafri.

Knesset c'mtee discusses scam stealing millions from elderly, Holocaust survivors

The fraud, committed largely via telephone, particularly targeted Israel's Russian-speaking community, with scammers speaking in Russian.

 Woman holding credit card, giving details over the phone; illustrative

Margot Friedlander, German Holocaust survivor who landed a Vogue cover, dies at 103

The Margot Friedlander Foundation announced her death on Friday, just weeks after opening applications for a 25,000 euro prize to recognize efforts to fight antisemitism and promote democracy.

Margot Friedländer, Holocaust survivor and honorary citizen of Berlin, participates in Berlin's event commemorating the end of World War II, May 7, 2025. (Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa

VE Day in Israel: Celebrating the 80th anniversary and Jewish heroes of the war

The State of Israel also commemorates VE Day on May 9 largely as a result of the massive wave of immigration from the former Soviet bloc during the 1990s.

Veterans march through Jerusalem to mark WW2 Victory in Europe Day.

'The Right to Happiness': Moving fiction about Holocaust survivors - review

While they are firmly grounded in the hearts and souls of the survivors and their families, these tales tell a universal story of love and loss that will appeal to any reader.

 A MEMORIAL to Janusz Korczak and the orphans he stayed with until their very last moments, created by Boris Saktsier, at Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem.

Israel's oldest survivor passes away on Holocaust Remembrance Day at age 110

Her son said his mother had lived through the worst of humanity and survived, raising her children with the message that hatred cannot win.

Nechama Grossman

Zikaron Basalon transforms the stories of Holocaust survivors into living memory - opinion

The intimate gathering, the conversation, the questions – all of these create a memory that is not just a ceremony, but a human experience connecting past, present, and future.

 President Isaac Herzog hosts Ines Nissim, a Holocaust survivor, as part of the Zikaron Basalon series, April 25, 2022.

Honoring Holocaust survivors: A call to remember the living and their legacy - opinion

This Holocaust Remembrance Day, we must remember not only the six million lost but also the survivors who lived to share their stories, resilience, and wisdom.

 THIS HOLOCAUST Remembrance Day, I want to reflect not just on those we lost, but on those who lived – who survived – and who gave my life new meaning, says the writer.