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We have still not been fully liberated from Auschwitz

The lesson of the past 15 months is that the greatest calamity to have befallen a people – to have befallen the Jews – remains unknown or disbelieved, no matter how often we recount it

4 min read

January 27, 2025 09:20

The March Against Antisemitism in November 2023 (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)

Make ‘never again’ a reality, party leaders say ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day

The Prime Minister, Conservative Party leader and leader of the Liberal Democrats write for the JC ahead of the commemorations

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

January 26, 2025 11:00

The leaders of the three main political parties have written for the JC ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day (Image: Getty)

Holocaust Memorial Day is an occasion for all of us

Hundreds of schools, local authorities, museums and interfaith organisations will be marking the event on January 27

By Olivia Marks-Woldman

2 min read

January 26, 2025 01:51

Pupils from Canon Burrows Church of England Primary School in Manchester with their 80 Candles for 80 Years project (Photo/Jon Super)

Queen Camilla warns we must ‘never forget’ the lessons of the Holocaust at Anne Frank Trust lunch

Her Majesty became the first royal patron of the charity last year

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

January 24, 2025 12:54

Queen Camilla called on us all to 'never forget' the lessons of the Holocaust at the Anne Frank Trust lunch this week (Image: Ian Jones)

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)

The son of the Tattooist of Auschwitz on his parents’ bestseller

Gary Sokolov only learnt the full horror of his mother and father’s ordeals by reading their book

By Nicole Lampert

6 min read

January 23, 2025 16:05

Poignant pilgrimage Gary Sokolov at Auschwitz

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Starmer’s warning on Holocaust Memorial Day: Antisemitism ‘still kills Jewish people today’

Brains behind HMD boycott is ally of Iran regime’s street thugs

Is Ireland the most antisemitic country in the West?

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

King Charles warns of ‘dangerous re-emergence of antisemitism’ during HMD visit to Poland

Eichmann trial records brought to light for Holocaust Memorial Day

Protestors dragged out during Irish president’s ‘politicised’ Holocaust speech

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Starmer’s warning on Holocaust Memorial Day: Antisemitism ‘still kills Jewish people today’

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We have still not been fully liberated from Auschwitz

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

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

Make ‘never again’ a reality, party leaders say ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust Memorial Day is an occasion for all of us

Queen Camilla warns we must ‘never forget’ the lessons of the Holocaust at Anne Frank Trust lunch

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The son of the Tattooist of Auschwitz on his parents’ bestseller