The Holocaust

Bugged conversations 'could reveal extent of Britain's Holocaust knowledge'

By Martin Bright, May 31, 2012

The author of a forthcoming book on the Jewish refugees who listened in on the bugged conversations of captured German PoWs believes that the work of this top secret operation could reveal the extent of British government knowledge of the Holocaust during the war years.

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Fears over commercial plans for Serbia death camp

By Regine Schwab, May 24, 2012

Historians and Jewish leaders who met this week in Serbia to discuss the future of the country’s largest death camp are concerned that the site could be subsumed in a commercial development.

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Night at the museum

By Jennifer Lipman, May 22, 2012

The Young Holocaust Educational Trust committee hosted 200 young professionals at the Imperial War Museum's Holocaust for a fundraising evening. Guests heard from Professor David Cesarani, viewed the Holocaust exhibition and spoke to Holocaust survivors about their experiences.

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Holocaust artist sets Four Rooms dealers' teeth on edge

By Jennifer Lipman, May 3, 2012

A man who claimed that his sculpture of the entrance of Auschwitz was made from the gold teeth of Holocaust victims has walked away from £37,000, after being challenged by a Jewish art dealer to destroy the "tasteless" work.

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Burial book could unlock secrets of Austrian Jewish community

By Jennifer Lipman, April 25, 2012

The descendants of Jews who lived in the Austrian Burgenland region before the Holocaust may now be able to discover where their relatives were buried, thanks to newly unearthed funeral records.

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Holocaust memorial that brought us together

By Daniel Bratt, April 24, 2012

When you are sitting in a circle with new friends around you, the sweet smell of grass and birds tweeting, it's hard to conceive that you are in a place where 1.1 million people were murdered at the hands of the Nazis.

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Lord Sacks speaks about Holocaust memory at Yom Ha'Shoah service

By Jennifer Lipman, April 23, 2012

The chief rabbi spoke of the Jewish community's "duty of remembrance" at a service to mark Israel's Holocaust Memorial Day.

Lord Sacks, who held a question and answer session with Jewish teenagers at JFS School before the annual commemoration, was one of several speakers at the event.

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Australian cardinal says Jewish people 'inferior'

By Dan Goldberg, April 19, 2012

The head of Australia's Catholic Church apologised for what Jewish leaders described as "deeply problematical" comments he made about Jews during a public debate.

Cardinal George Pell said last week during a debate with renowned atheist Richard Dawkins on Q&A, a highly regarded current affairs talk show aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, that the Jews were intellectually and mora

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Israelis stand still as horns sound for Yom Hashoah

By Nathan Jeffay, April 19, 2012

Israel ground to a halt for two minutes yesterday morning, as sirens sounded across the country to mark Yom Hashoah.

As well as mourning victims and honouring resistance fighters, this year's events paid tribute to Jews who helped each other during the Shoah.

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Holocaust fear still common in Israel

By Nathan Jeffay, April 19, 2012

Two out of five Jewish Israelis believe that the Holocaust might happen again, according to a new poll.

The study also found concerns that Israel may be destroyed to be equally widespread.

Surprisingly, respondents thought these national dangers just as real as personal dangers that they face.

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