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EU Commission changes social media post about Auschwitz after protests from Poland
Poland on Sunday asked the European Commission to fix a social media post about the Holocaust, saying it wrongly linked the Auschwitz death camp to Poland.
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Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day
A group of survivors of Nazi death camps has marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony in southern Poland. About 20 survivors from various camps set up by the Nazis laid wreaths and flowers Saturday at the Death Wall in Auschwitz. They will also hold prayers at the...
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Muslims and Jews in Bosnia observe Holocaust Remembrance Day and call for peace and dialogue
The two communities used the occasion on Saturday to launch the Srebrenica Muslim-Jewish Peace and Remembrance Initiative. The plan is aimed at promoting collaboration in times of crisis, maintaining consistent and compassionate channels of communication, remembering and commemorating the victims of past genocides and repudiating all forms of bigotry.
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Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, 245,000 Jewish survivors are still alive
Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, about 245,000 Jewish survivors are still living across more than 90 countries.
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Artworks believed stolen in Holocaust seized by Manhattan DA from museums in 3 states
Three artworks believed stolen during the Holocaust from a Jewish art collector and entertainer have been seized from museums in three different states by New York law enforcement authorities.
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Art shows the lives Holocaust victims should have lived
There’s a new exhibit in New Jersey that imagines what life would have been like if the Holocaust never happened. Jen Maxfield reports.
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Florida woman who stole nearly $3 million from Holocaust survivor in romance scam gets four years in prison
A Florida woman who drained an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor’s life savings by posing as a love interest and then lived lavishly off the $2.8 million she got was sentenced Thursday to over four years in prison.
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Germany's biggest Jewish educational and cultural complex since the Holocaust to open in Berlin
Germany’s biggest Jewish educational and cultural complex since the Holocaust is set to open in Berlin, five years after the groundbreaking.
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Germany to give $1.4 billion to Holocaust survivors around the world in 2024
The organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis says that Germany has agreed to extend another $1.4
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NYC Holocaust Survivor Shares 60-Year Secret: He Arrested One of Hitler's Top Officers
One of the architects of the Holocaust was Arthur Seyss-Inquart, one of the most loyal and high-ranking officers of Hitler’s Nazi party. He might have escaped justice the day the Nazis surrendered, if not for a NYC man who shared his heroic story for the first time
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NYC Holocaust Survivor Shares Story of How He Arrested a High-Ranking Nazi
A Holocaust survivor from the Bronx is sharing his heroic story of how he arrested a prominent Nazi. Adam Kuperstein reports.
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Patriots Owner Kraft Joined by Meek Mill for Holocaust March
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is leading a delegation that includes rapper Meek Mill on a march in Poland to honor victims and survivors of the Holocaust. The 3-kilometer “March of the Living” is an annual commemoration that covers the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex, the largest Nazi concentration camp during World War II. The event is being attended by Kraft as...
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Holocaust Survivors, Descendants Join Forces on Social Media
More than 100 Holocaust survivors and their descendants are participating in a new social media campaign that illustrates the importance of passing on the Holocaust survivors’ testimonies as their numbers dwindle.
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Holocaust Survivor Shares on TikTok to Educate Young People
Holocaust survivor Tova Friedman is a TikTok star at age 85, thanks to her 17-year-old grandson. In the family living room in Morristown, New Jersey, Aron Goodman records his grandmother talking about her life in 1944 and 1945 as a 6-year-old child at the Auschwitz death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. They say they clips have garnered 75 million views since...
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NYC Holocaust Survivor Gets Family Photos She's Never Seen, Thanks to Stranger's Help
Of the six million Jewish people killed in the Holocaust, there are many whose names are still unknown. But one survivor living in New York City was able to help fill in some of the blanks — thanks to a stranger who works for Google.
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Queens Holocaust Survivor Gets Family Photos She's Never Seen
Holocaust survivor, Blanche Fixler, has a reunion through family photos she didn’t know existed. Adam Kuperstein reports.
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Auschwitz Survivors Mark 78th Anniversary of Liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Auschwitz-Birkenau survivors gathered in Poland to commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp.
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Holocaust Remembrance Day: Auschwitz Survivors Mark Anniversary of Liberation
Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau are gathering to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp amid horror that yet another war has shattered peace in Europe.
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Holocaust Survivors Share Message of Hope During Hanukkah
Some 250,000 Holocaust survivors are still alive, living in Europe, Israel, the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Original Beethoven Score to Be Returned to Rightful Heirs
A musical manuscript handwritten by Ludwig van Beethoven is getting returned to the heirs of the richest family in pre-World War II Czechoslovakia