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Dugo Leitner, a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau, holds a balloon shaped like the Jewish star that the Nazis forced Jews to wear
Portraits of Holocaust survivors at German Embassy seek to reclaim their stories
'We need to find new ways to engage the public and especially the younger generation,' German envoy says about exhibition billed as digital storytelling for a digital age
Deborah Danan/JTA | 04.17.23
Volunteers help renovate homes of Holocaust survivors living near Gaza Strip
Gap-year volunteers renovate homes of Holocaust survivors living close to Gaza Strip
Group works tirelessly to make much-needed repairs and engage in thought-provoking conversations with survivors
Ynet | 04.17.23
מימין: צילום למגזין הרפר'ס בזאר, 1942. משמאל: "הצלב האדום", למגזין ווג אמריקה, 1945
Catching Light: the Jewish photographer who escaped the Nazis and found world fame
German-born Erwin Blumenfeld escaped Nazi-occupied Paris and eventually made his way to NYC to pursue the American Dream; his photographs were featured on the covers of renowned fashion brands such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar
Itay Yaacov | 04.17.23
Rachel (Didi) Harel (Hertz)-Roos receives citation for her heroism
The courageous Jewish woman who fooled the Nazis
'Even under horrific torture by Nazis, Didi never betrayed her fellow fighters': Jewish underground resistance fighter to be honored on Yom HaShoah with special award for Jews who rescued Jews during the Holocaust
Emily Schrader | 04.17.23
דבורה ויינשטיין, שורדת שואה
Holocaust survivor shares her story in Knesset using hologram: 'It's simply amazing'
Deborah Weinstein lost her brother to hunger and her sister to freezing. Her father was injured in combat near Leningrad, while she survived a fire, crossed a river that claimed many lives, and dreamed of immigrating to Israel. Now her story is presented in the Knesset using innovative technology
Sivan Hilaie | 04.16.23
אווה, ניצולת שואה
'I forgo food, medicine, to pay bills but what can I do? just die?'
Israeli non-profit says a quarter of Holocaust survivors live below the poverty line, 60% report government, and other stipends fall short for basic home, medical and physical needs
Hadar Gil-Ad | 04.16.23
Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz at the Einsatzgruppen Trial in Nuremberg, which lasted from September 1947 until April 1948
The last surviving prosecutor of Nazis at Nuremberg, dies at 103
At the age of 27, Benjamin Ferencz was named chief prosecutor at the Einsatzgruppen Trial, in which 20 members of the SS’s mobile death squads were convicted of war crimes; in 2022, the U.S. Congress awarded him the Congressional Gold Medal, its highest honor
Andrew Silow-Carroll/JTA | 04.09.23
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