shoahHow I wrote The Tattooist of Auschwitz and other Holocaust storiesAhead of a talk for the JC, Heather Morris tells John Jeffay about her new work of historical fiction based on an amazing true storyBy John Jeffay5 min read
UkraineZelenskyy leads ceremony for 85th anniversary of Babyn Yar massacreMore than 33,000 Jews were murdered by the Nazis in one of the single largest war crimes of the Second World WarBy Hayley Cregor1 min read
HolocaustScottish parliament honours Christian matron who died at Auschwitz after refusing to abandon Jewish schoolgirlsJane Haining, who was arrested by the Nazis in Budapest in 1944 and sent to the death camp, had the option to return to Britain but chose to stay with her pupilsBy Hayley Cregor2 min read
HolocaustGerman town bans new Holocaust memorial stonesThe International Auschwitz Committee called the decision “despicable”By Hayley Cregor2 min read
Francesca AlbaneseFrancesca Albanese apologises after ‘distorting Holocaust’ with claim that Jews in Nazi camps were called ‘Muslims’UN Special Rapporteur on occupied Palestinian territories accused of trying to rewrite meaning of word ‘antisemitism’By Daniel Ben-David2 min read
HungaryHistoric Budapest synagogue shuttered by Nazis opens for first time since the HolocaustFamily members of the synagogue's founding rabbi, Michael Dushinsky, attended the rededication ceremonyBy Hayley Cregor2 min read
FranceFrench Holocaust denier jailed for saying gas chambers were ‘made-up stories’Vincent Reynouard said witness accounts of the Shoah were ‘Soviet propaganda’ and described Jews as ‘pathogenic’ in articles for a far-right magazineBy Hayley Cregor1 min read
Obituary: Lesley Urbach, Holocaust educator dies at 69Holocaust educator who was determined that the story of her family’s long history in Germany would not die with herBy Gloria Tessler5 min read||September 17, 2026 10:48
Argentine couple ordered to return Nazi-looted painting after it was spotted on estate agent’s websitePortrait of a Lady by Giuseppe Ghislandi was among 1,000 works stolen in 1940 from a Jewish art dealerBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||September 7, 2026 14:35
Everton supporters’ club condemns local councillor’s comparison of train station queues to AuschwitzCouncillor Richard Kemp said he made the comment because conditions at the station are ‘dangerous’ and that the operator is ‘lucky not to have deaths’ at its siteBy Lucy Pollock2 min read||August 27, 2026 12:03
Exclusive: Consultant behind BBC Arabic rebrand sold pro-Hamas T-shirtsMarketing expert who also worked at Unicef ran online shop that posted Holocaust denialBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||August 26, 2026 11:33
Holocaust survivor to return to Austrian Kindertransport station where she was saved from NazisGabriele Keenaghan is making the trip, with a helping hand from an anonymous benefactor, to mark her 100th birthdayBy Lucy Pollock3 min read||August 24, 2026 16:20
Kindertransport refugee and ‘legendary’ volunteer Harry Heber passes away aged 95Harry Heber arrived in Harwich aged 7 as a Kindertransport refugee and, after retiring, went on to create more than 60,000 pairs of prescription glasses for people in needBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||August 13, 2026 15:32
Film honouring Holocaust rescuers wins Best Short award at major US festivalThe Righteous Road Trip was made in association with Jewish News and was directed by Emmy-winner Vanessa RothBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read||August 13, 2026 14:17
I owe my life to her: Israeli man, 82, pays tribute to Christian woman who saved him from HolocaustJacqueline Mintz is honoured by Yad Vashem after ‘adopting’ Ephraim Kochba when he was a babyBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||August 12, 2026 20:10
Stalker who sent antisemitic abuse and Holocaust references to judge detained in hospitalCourt heard that Richard Kendal suffers from psychosis and harbours ‘deep suspicions of a judicial conspiracy’By JC Reporter4 min read||August 11, 2026 12:49
