Holocaust

Dutch city renames park named for mayor who betrayed Jews to the Nazis

There were 250 Jews on the list given to the Nazis, and by 1951, only 27 remained in the city

By Ben Bloch

1 min read

Dutch city renames park named for mayor who betrayed Jews to the Nazis

Obituary

Obituary: Rabbi Dow Marmur

By Rabbi Professor Tony Bayfield

5 min read

Should we go ahead with the proposed Westminster Holocaust Memorial?

7 min read

Russia

Deceit book review: Intriguing introduction to the work of largely forgotten Russian emigre Yuri Felsen

By Mark Glanville

2 min read

Survivor

Felix Kolmer, Terezin and Auschwitz survivor, dies age 100

By Tom Gross

1 min read

Obituary

Obituary: Bernard Maurice Levy - Belsen liberator who became one of the last surviving death camp liberators later established high street chain store High and Mighty

By Howard Parker

3 min read

Holocaust

Book review: The Incandescent Threads - Mystic hokum or a popular classic?

By David Herman

1 min read

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Appeal to build headstone for the grave of author behind searing Babyn Yar account

Campaign launched to build a headstone for the unmarked grave of Soviet émigré Anatoly Kuznetsov, who wrote novel about massacre after witnessing atrocity aged 12

By Nic North

2 min read

August 4, 2022 11:01

Appeal to build headstone for the grave of author behind searing Babyn Yar account

Inspired by my namesake who died in the Holocaust

A family tragedy, and a strange coincidence sparked Melanie Levensohn’s creativity

By Joy Sable

5 min read

August 4, 2022 10:46

Inspired by my namesake who died in the Holocaust

Anonymous Jewish buyer wins Hitler's watch in million-dollar US auction

The item was expected to fetch as much as $4m

By Josh Kaplan

1 min read

August 2, 2022 11:50

Anonymous Jewish buyer wins Hitler's watch in million-dollar US auction

By Melanie Phillips

Critics of this act of communal myopia will not be silenced

Supporters of the proposed Holocaust memorial and ‘learning centre’ opposite the Houses of Parliament have been trying to stop those who oppose the plans from speaking out

3 min read

July 28, 2022 13:39

Critics of this act of communal myopia will not be silenced

‘I told President Biden that he reminded me of my husband’

Holocaust survivor photographed speaking with the US President reveals the details of their conversation at Yad Vashem

By Natalie Lisbona

3 min read

July 21, 2022 11:18

‘I told President Biden that he reminded me of my husband’

France must do more to fight Jew hate, says Shoah survivor 80 years after Vel d'Hiv roundup

Joan Salter MBE was in Paris just before the mass arrest and narrowly escaped deportation

By Felix Pope

2 min read

July 17, 2022 10:40

France must do more to fight Jew hate, says Shoah survivor 80 years after Vel d'Hiv roundup

Remains of 8,000 victims of Nazis found at site in Poland

Bodies had been dug up and burnt to ashes in attempt to cover crimes

By Ben Rusnak

1 min read

July 15, 2022 13:09

A symbolic grave in the Bialucki Forest near Ilowo on July 13, 2022 the site where the mass grave of about 8,000 Geman Nazi victims from the nearby Soldau concentration camp in Dzialdowo was unearthed at the beginning of July 2022. (Photo by JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

By Jonathan Freedland

Speaking publicly about the Shoah was an eye-opener

The intensity of the reaction to my new book has surprised me, as have the different responses depending on where I’ve been speaking – but it tells us much about ourselves

4 min read

July 14, 2022 12:23