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‘My tidal wave of monstrous fury’: Simon Schama on tonight’s Holocaust documentary

The acclaimed historian discusses his feelings about antisemitism as his new BBC film about the Shoah airs at 9pm on BBC2

By Nicole Lampert

6 min read

Dark journey: Sir Simon Schama at Auschwitz during the filming of his new documentary Photo: BBC

Lord Pickles signing the Holocaust Educational Trust's book of commitment (Image: X)

Lord Pickles: We aren’t prepared for the impact on Holocaust education of there being no survivors

By Lorin Bell-Cross

6 min read

The musicians who literally played for their lives in Auschwitz

The musicians who literally played for their lives in Auschwitz

7 min read

Bernstein’s “Kaddish” Symphony, 01/29/2025

When my father wrote the text for Leonard Bernstein’s Kaddish, he saw it all coming

3 min read

Aerial view of St Donat's Castle, home to UWC Atlantic College (Picture: Getty)

Elite school cancels antisemitism talk over ‘emotional safety’ of students

2 min read

Jewish peer accused of ‘parading’ his family’s suffering during debate over Holocaust memorial

Jewish peer accused of ‘parading’ his family’s suffering during debate over Holocaust memorial

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

A politician elected to the Isle of Man parliament described antisemitism as 'That warm feeling it gives you is just the piss running down your leg' and questioned the number of Jews killed in the Shoah

Politician who questioned how many Jews were killed in Holocaust gets seat on Isle of Man Parliament

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

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Polish-born journalist and historian Marian Turski dies aged 98

Gatekeeper of Holocaust memories who warned against the dangers of silence and indifference

By Gloria Tessler

4 min read

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March 5, 2025 11:22

Polish historian and Holocaust survivor Marian Turski speaking at the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, January 2025 (Getty)

Israel takes over IHRA presidency from the UK

Yad Vashem chair Dani Dayan has been appointed to the role of chair in a year that coincides with the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

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March 3, 2025 12:25

Yad Vashem chair Dani Dayan will lead the Israeli delegation in its presidency of the IHRA (Image: Flash90)

Rose Girone, world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 113

‘She was a strong lady, resilient.’

3 min read

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February 25, 2025 15:22

Rose Girone, the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, has died at 113 (Picture: Screenshot)

The Jews who dressed as Nazis to hunt them down

The barely known story of how the Budapest wartime Jewish resistance tricked their persecutors, the fascist Arrow Cross

8 min read

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February 19, 2025 10:32

Stein (left, courtesy of family) and Gur (Image of Gur: US Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Irish Taoiseach hits out at ‘false accusations’ of antisemitism following HMD row

The nation’s president, Michael Higgins, has previously faced criticism over remarks linking Israel-Gaza conflict to Holocaust remembrance

1 min read

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February 12, 2025 17:35

Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin has hit out at what he termed 'false accusations' of rising antisemitism in Ireland (Image: Getty)

Nick Cohen

Introducing the Holocaust historians who do not understand antisemitism

Why do academics who should know better argue that October 7 was no pogrom?

3 min read

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February 5, 2025 11:43

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Elisa Bray

Some of us are too scared to watch films on the Holocaust

The Last Musician of Auschwitz is the first film Elisa Bray has watched on the topic

3 min read

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February 4, 2025 11:10

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Holocaust refugee and educator Renee Bornstein, BEM

Courageous child refugee unfazed by Nazi intimidation

By Gloria Tessler

5 min read

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January 31, 2025 11:55

Holocaust refugee and educator Renee Bornstein, BEM

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

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January 27, 2025 09:00

A survivor is escorted out of the gates of Penig concentration camp (Image: US National Archives/Spaceship Earth)

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