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Antisemitism

Surgeon who said not enough Jewish ‘rats’ were killed in Auschwitz is struck off

Manoj Sen made the comments just three days after the October 7 massacre

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Manoj Sen has been struck off the UK Medical Register for antisemitism (Image: X/ Jack Unfurled)

Holocaust

David Schaecter, president of Holocaust survivors foundation, dies at 96

By JC Reporter

4 min read

Scene from the movie Schindler's List. Liam Neeson (centre) as Oscar Schindler who 'enjoyed the war'. (Credit: Universal Pictures)

By Tanya Gold

How popular culture erases the Jews from the Holocaust

6 min read

Poland

Auschwitz Museum ban Israeli flags from IDF delegation

By JC Reporter

2 min read

By Jake Wallis Simons

Is there any point arguing with those that compare aid drops in Gaza to Auschwitz?

3 min read

By Rob Rinder

Shabbat is the original detox from being constantly available

3 min read

The presidents of Israel and Poland, as well as ten former Hamas hostages including Eli Sharabi (centre), were among the crowds (Image: Getty)

Auschwitz

In pictures: Hostages and Holocaust survivors march through Auschwitz to mark Yom Hashoah

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

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Hostage flags confiscated from Jewish group touring Auschwitz

Polish Museum defended the removal of Israeli flags bearing hostage ribbons from Bushey Synagogue tour group

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

February 26, 2025 18:22

Israeli hostage flags were confiscated from a tour group at Auschwitz (Photo: Lawrence Bentley)

Irish Taoiseach hits out at ‘false accusations’ of antisemitism following HMD row

The nation’s president, Michael Higgins, has previously faced criticism over remarks linking Israel-Gaza conflict to Holocaust remembrance

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

February 12, 2025 17:35

Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin has hit out at what he termed 'false accusations' of rising antisemitism in Ireland (Image: Getty)

The lessons of Auschwitz are being lost, Ron Lauder warns world

In his address at the 80th anniversary ceremony at the death camp, the Jewish leader references October 7 in a powerful wake-up call

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

January 28, 2025 13:09

President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder makes an address on behalf of the major donors of the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau (Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

The woman with two hearts who survived Auschwitz

When Fania Fainer was in the camp, a friend made her a birthday gift that she managed to preserve

By Heidi Kingstone

4 min read

January 27, 2025 16:05

The origami cloth heart made for Fania Fainer in Auschwitz

‘The Jewish community has been reborn’ says King Charles in Krakow

His Majesty also went to a community centre inspired by his conversation with a Holocaust survivor, which sits just miles from the site of the camp

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

January 27, 2025 15:41

Britain's King Charles III looks at belongings of people once deported to Auschwitz (Getty Images)

So that we never forget: Rare colourised photos of death camp liberation revealed

The images have been restored for the first time as part of a project to combat Holocaust denial

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

January 27, 2025 09:00

A survivor is escorted out of the gates of Penig concentration camp (Image: US National Archives/Spaceship Earth)

How the JC reported Auschwitz’s horror

Archive material reveals how liberation unfolded and the journalists who helped bring the horrors of the death camps to light

By Keren David

1 min read

January 27, 2025 09:00

Archive material has revealed how the JC covered the liberation of Auschwitz

‘I escaped death seven times. I don’t know why I survived’

A project by Claims Conference features the harrowing testimonies of 80 Auschwitz survivors on the anniversary of the camp’s liberation

By Eliana Jordan

9 min read

January 26, 2025 13:00

Bronia Brandman lights a Menorah candle during a Chanukah reception hosted by US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden in Washington, DC in 2022. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

By Dov Forman

Lily’s lesson? Shoah education is possible in a world of fake news

This Holocaust Memorial Day is the first without my incredible great-grandmother, Lily Ebert

3 min read

January 24, 2025 11:00

Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert (L) stands with her her great-grandson Dov Forman as she poses with her medal after being appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) following an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, on January 31, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Matthews / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW MATTHEWS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Surgeon who said not enough Jewish ‘rats’ were killed in Auschwitz is struck off

David Schaecter, president of Holocaust survivors foundation, dies at 96

How popular culture erases the Jews from the Holocaust

Auschwitz Museum ban Israeli flags from IDF delegation

Is there any point arguing with those that compare aid drops in Gaza to Auschwitz?

Shabbat is the original detox from being constantly available

In pictures: Hostages and Holocaust survivors march through Auschwitz to mark Yom Hashoah

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