KristallnachtA sheltered childhood shattered by Kristallnacht: 98-year-old survivor Inge recalls that terrible nightInge Gershfield was 10 years old when she was walking to school and saw her synagogue ablaze following the Night of Broken GlassBy Hayley Cregor4 min read
Manfred GoldbergManfred Goldberg, mensch of the British Empire, remembered on his first yahrzeitThe German-born Holocaust survivor and beloved educator passed away on November 6, 2025 at the age of 95By Daniel Ben-David2 min read
HolocaustHolocaust fiction is critical, ‘Tattooist of Auschwitz’ author Heather Morris tells JC eventIn a discussion with Rob Rinder, the novelist said storytelling had a vital role to play in the fight against antisemitismBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
Channel IslandsAlderney refuses second application for Holocaust memorial plaqueJewish groups have been left dismayed by the decisionBy Hayley Cregor2 min read
InstagramInstagram accused of ‘pushing pure Nazism’ as Holocaust denial spreadsJewish Holocaust educator says the social media platform is radicalising young people with pro-Hitler videos viewed millions of timesBy Hayley Cregor3 min read
Second World WarLucien Lazare, the Jewish fighter who turned the tables on the Nazis, dies aged 101The hero recalled how, on capturing German soldiers, he told them ‘I am a Jew’By Hayley Cregor2 min read
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
Zelenskyy 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||September 30, 2026 14:46
Scottish 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||September 29, 2026 14:47
German town bans new Holocaust memorial stonesThe International Auschwitz Committee called the decision “despicable”By Hayley Cregor2 min read||September 28, 2026 16:49
Francesca 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||September 28, 2026 15:04
Historic 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||September 24, 2026 15:59
French 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||September 24, 2026 11:39
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
