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Holocaust Remembrance Day

יהודה האופטמן, ניצול השואה האחרון במושב תקומה

‘It was fate,’ says Holocaust survivor who also survived October 7

Yehuda Hauptman, Moshav Tkuma’s last surviving founding member and a Holocaust survivor, recalls his harrowing time fleeing from the Nazis and shock of Hamas' attack; 'The terrorists drove by on the road and just kept going'

Gilad Cohen | 04.22.25

'I met the lamest Holocaust survivor, he didn't even witness any horrors'

Post by reality TV star Liel Kulik sparks online firestorm after criticizing survivor’s story as insufficiently traumatic; 'I have the right to be disappointed,' she writes

Bar Zaga | 04.22.25

The Holocaust survivors who will participate in Remembrance Day ceremony

Yad Vashem memorial event to include notable guests: Holocaust survivors who have seen the worst of humanity, persevered and came to Israel to start families

Itamar Eichner | 04.21.25

The incredible story of teenager murdered in Auschwitz whose painting flew into space

Yad Vashem receives the long-thought-to-be-lost complete personal archive of Petr Ginz, known for his prolific writing, illustrations, and editorial work while imprisoned in the Theresienstadt ghetto

Anat Lev Adler | 04.17.25

Buchenwald drops speaker who equated Holocaust with Palestinian Nakba

Israeli embassy in Germany intervenes to cancel philosopher Omri Boehm’s speech at former Nazi concentration camp, citing his Holocaust minimization and criticism of Yad Vashem; ambassador calls invitation an insult and accuses Boehm of politicizing history

Itamar Eichner | 04.04.25

In first, ultra-Orthodox students join Holocaust remembrance trip to Poland

Ultra-Orthodox teenagers studying in yeshiva high schools embarked on a journey through Nazi death camps and historic Jewish sites in Poland; 'Today, they know where they came from, and this is another step toward building a more united Israeli society'

Shilo Freid | 04.03.25

Martin Buber mobilized for Auschwitz survivors, immediately after their liberation

A letter signed by Jewish philosopher Martin Buber and his colleagues reveals the Hebrew University's contribution to the rehabilitation of Holocaust survivors: equipment packages, academic absorption, and more; Tuition waivers were given to students who served in the British army in the war against the Nazis

Itamar Eichner | 01.27.25

Irish president attacks Israel during ceremony, Jews who protested were forcibly removed

Irish President Michael Higgins used his Holocaust Remembrance Day speech to criticize Israel, sparking protests from Jewish attendees who were forcibly removed; Jewish leaders had warned the president's participation was inappropriate, citing his dismissal of antisemitism concerns and anti-Israel rhetoric

Itamar Eichner | 01.26.25

How did a small book about a Holocaust survivor become an international bestseller?

Dr. Limor Regev says she never imagined the book she wrote as a birthday gift for a Holocaust survivor, recounting his life and struggles, would be translated into multiple languages and sell thousands of copies

Zipporah Roman | 01.02.25

Despite diplomatic crisis with Israel, Brazil sets national Holocaust Remembrance Day

Despite President Da Silva's near-constant bashing of Israel, the Brazilian Senate has set April 16 as the country's official Holocaust Remembrance Day, thanks to extensive effort by the Israeli embassy in the South American nation

Itamar Eichner | 07.01.24

From October '73 to October '23 – The Face of the Generation

Opinion: Israel remembers its first generation, the first children of the State of Israel, who fought in the Yom Kippur War as well as the brave generation who, after the massacre on October 7 rose up to fight

Doron Almog | 05.12.24

'State of antisemitism today worse than the 1930s'

World Zionist Organization report reveals worrying trend of antisemitic incidents rising by by hundreds of percentage points across the world since October 7

Itamar Eichner | 05.06.24

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate during Auschwitz March of the Living

Israeli participant in the march says Jews again receive 'blow to the head on cursed Auschwitz ground'; survivor says marchers must be allowed to unite with memory of victims of Holocaust and Hamas massacre

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 05.06.24

Israelis observe a moment of silence honoring victims of Nazi Holocaust

Country stands still for 2 minute siren 80 years after six million Jews murdered by Nazis in Europe and North Africa; March of the Living to set off at Auschwitz Death Camp with survivors and families, survivors of Oct. 7 massacre, Jews from around the world

Ynet | 05.06.24

There was a soccer league in the Theresienstadt concentration camp

Amid the turmoil of a World War, a 12-team soccer league emerged inside a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia; Although the games were exploited cynically for Nazi propaganda, they served as a vital escape from the looming threat of death for both the players and their fellow prisoner-spectators

ynet correspondents | 05.06.24

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