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Pope Pius may have known about Nazi gas chambers as early as 1942

A newly released letter indicates the head of the Catholic Church may have known about Nazi death camps earlier than previously thought

By Richard Percival

1 min read

Pope Pius XII pictured working at his typewriter as he replies to peoples personal letters, January 31st 1955. (Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone/Getty Images)

The artist racing against time to sculpt Holocaust survivors

The artist racing against time to sculpt Holocaust survivors

By Nadine Matyas

5 min read

Two lit shabbat candles in silver candlesticks

Karen Pollock

By Karen Pollock

80 years on from the Holocaust, it is the young who are our hope

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'All children should learn about Holocaust horrors', says Education Secretary Gillian Keegan

'All children should learn about Holocaust horrors', says Education Secretary Gillian Keegan

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Dame Melinda Simmons, the UK's new ambassador to Poland

Russia Ukraine War

'I had to tell the world about Russia's crimes' says UK's former woman in Kyiv

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First trailer of Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton released

First trailer of Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton released

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

Israeli family celebrates together on the eve of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, on September 25, 2022, in Rananna. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** משפחה חוגגים ישראל חג ערב חג ראש השנה

The extra ingredient in making festivals special: family memories

By Rabbi Pini Dunner

4 min read

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Calls for controversial Nazi collaborator soliders memorial at US cemetery to be removed

The memorial pays homage to the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division and went unnoticed for three decades

By Richard Percival

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September 8, 2023 09:08

Calls for controversial Nazi collaborator soliders memorial at US cemetery to be removed

Daniel Finkelstein

By Daniel Finkelstein

How I learned to fill in the gaps in my family’s Shoah story

Even with the stash of records my relatives kept, I still found dead ends — then I realised that there are ways to use other people’s experiences to build on what knowledge I did have

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September 7, 2023 16:00

The railway tracks entering the main building at the Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi death camp are pictured ahead of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's landmark visit in Oswiecim, Poland, on December 5, 2019. - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will honour Holocaust victims on December 6, 2019 with her first official visit to the former Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, a Nazi German killing factory where more than 1.1 million people, mostly European Jews, perished during World War II. (Photo by JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine, Holocaust Ground Zero review: Unbearable but important watch

Filmed by the Nazis themselves, the footage reveals the true horror of what they did to our people

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September 6, 2023 15:49

Ukraine, Holocaust Ground Zero review: Unbearable but important watch

Why the descendants of one Jewish family destroyed by Holocaust are still living with the trauma

Karen Kirsten discovered her family had been lying to her for years

By Nicole Lampert

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September 1, 2023 15:01

Why the descendants of one Jewish family destroyed by Holocaust are still living with the trauma

Nazi SS chief Heinrich Himmler’s Bavarian lakeside villa transformed into hotel

Himmler used the luxurious villa as a holiday home and a place to meet with fellow senior Nazis

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September 1, 2023 10:37

Nazi SS chief Heinrich Himmler’s Bavarian lakeside villa transformed into hotel

The Polish sculptor creating masterpieces inspired by places where terrified Jews hid during Holocaust

Polish Jew Natalia Romik says her artworks are helping eastern Europe understand its Jewish past

By Gloria Tessler

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September 1, 2023 09:51

The Polish sculptor creating masterpieces inspired by places where terrified Jews hid during Holocaust

The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust’s Most Audacious Rescue Operation review

Former protégé of leading historian Norman Davies has written a crucial addition to Holocaust bibliography

By Daniel Snowman

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September 1, 2023 09:06

The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust’s Most Audacious Rescue Operation review

Germany reveals plans for national memorial to remember Polish Jews who died in Holocaust

The memorial will also be dedicated to other Polish victims of World War II and the Nazi occupation of Poland

By Richard Percival

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August 29, 2023 13:09

1943: Fire breaks out during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a Polish insurrection against the German forces who had occupied Poland at the start of World War II. By 1944 Warsaw was the centre of Polish resistance, but the army was forced to surrender on October 2nd 1944 under pressure from German air raids. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Josef Lewkowicz

By Josef Lewkowicz

I’m a Nazi hunter but I’m still haunted by my time in a camp

In an extract from ‘The Survivor’, the author describes his time as an inmate at Plaszow and his later return to visit the site

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August 24, 2023 14:53

I’m a Nazi hunter but I’m still haunted by my time in a camp

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