Holocaust
How the world discovered the Nazi death camps
World
January 27, 2020
How the world discovered the Nazi death camps
Images of what the Allies found when they liberated the first Nazi death camps towards the end of World War…
Survivors, dignitaries to mark Auschwitz liberation 75 years on
World
January 25, 2020
Survivors, dignitaries to mark Auschwitz liberation 75 years on
Elderly Holocaust survivors will gather in Auschwitz on Monday, some for the last time, to mark 75 years since Soviet…
Islamic leaders make ‘groundbreaking’ visit to Auschwitz
Middle East
January 24, 2020
Islamic leaders make ‘groundbreaking’ visit to Auschwitz
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Muslim religious leaders joined members of a U.S. Jewish group at Auschwitz on Thursday for what…
World leaders rally in Jerusalem against anti-Semitism
Middle East
January 23, 2020
World leaders rally in Jerusalem against anti-Semitism
JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of world leaders descended upon Jerusalem on Thursday for the largest-ever gathering focused on commemorating the…
Holocaust survivors meet their saviour 75 years later
World
November 4, 2019
Holocaust survivors meet their saviour 75 years later
Eyes brimming with tears, 92-year-old Melpomeni Dina Gianopoulou was reunited Sunday with Jewish siblings she had helped hide from Nazis…
Former SS guard, 93, on trial in Germany for complicity
World
October 17, 2019
Former SS guard, 93, on trial in Germany for complicity
A 93-year-old former SS guard goes on trial in Germany on Thursday for complicity in the murder of more than…
Renowned Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller dies at 90
World
July 21, 2019
Renowned Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller dies at 90
Renowned Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller, who taught political theory for 25 years in New York, has died at the age…
Buried treasure poses Holocaust puzzle for Hungary museum
World
July 21, 2019
Buried treasure poses Holocaust puzzle for Hungary museum
A vast and “unique” trove of antique and Roman-era coins, unearthed in what was one of Hungary’s wartime Jewish ghettos,…
Israeli minister likens Jewish intermarriage to ‘Holocaust’
Middle East
July 10, 2019
Israeli minister likens Jewish intermarriage to ‘Holocaust’
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s new education minister has likened intermarriage among North American Jews to the Holocaust in a recent…
German theater brings David Grossman novel to Israeli stage
Middle East
July 3, 2019
German theater brings David Grossman novel to Israeli stage
He was talking following a stage performance of his 2008 novel To the End of the Land (translated from Hebrew into English by…