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You’ve met the Windermere Children, here are the ‘Southampton Boys’

The Lake District village was not the only place in the UK that offered refuge to young Shoah survivors. Faith Eckersall recounts the heartwarming story of Wintershill Hall

By Faith Eckersall

6 min read

Remembering the past: some of the Boys’ children and their offspring visiting Wintershill House last May

Fury over ‘sickening’ LRB article saying Israel leverages Shoah to ‘slaughter children’

Fury over ‘sickening’ LRB article saying Israel leverages Shoah to ‘slaughter children’

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Kindertransport refugee who escaped the Nazis dies aged 100

Kindertransport

Kindertransport refugee who escaped the Nazis dies aged 100

By Rosa Doherty

1 min read

A scene from 'Kindness: A Legacy of the Holocaust'

Schools ‘shamefully’ boycotting Holocaust education over Gaza

2 min read

‘Aggressive mob’ of pro-Palestine demonstrators block Montreal Jews from event at Holocaust Museum

‘Aggressive mob’ of pro-Palestine demonstrators block Montreal Jews from event at Holocaust Museum

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

Hitler had ‘obvious reasons’ for the Holocaust says Palestinian official

Palestinian Authority

Hitler had ‘obvious reasons’ for the Holocaust says Palestinian official

1 min read

The Zone of Interest is the finest Shoah film ever made

David Aaronovitch

By David Aaronovitch

The Zone of Interest is the finest Shoah film ever made

3 min read

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Why is Holocaust denial rampant on Gen Z’s favourite news source?

Educational content creators on TikTok are fighting disinformation one myth-busting video at a time

By Eliana Jordan

7 min read

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February 28, 2024 12:23

Why is Holocaust denial rampant on Gen Z’s favourite news source?

Fight to preserve ‘Holocaust way station’ as memorial to the dead

Villa Buth in north Germany, which housed hundreds of Jews, faces demolition

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February 4, 2024 10:52

Fight to preserve ‘Holocaust way station’ as memorial to the dead

Daniel Finkelstein

By Daniel Finkelstein

My family now have a lasting memorial in Amsterdam

Deciding where to put the Stolpersteine, a plaque on the pavement marking the last place my grandmother lived in freedom before her captivity, was a journey of its own

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February 1, 2024 10:50

Gunter Demnig, founder of the Stolpersteine project, cleans freshly placed Stolpersteine ('stumbling stones') in commemoration of the Gutmann family (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP via Getty Images)

The shoe sole made from a Torah scroll that bears witness to the Shoah

The relic comes from a Torah scroll owned by Jews from Greece who were deported to their deaths by the Nazis

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

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January 25, 2024 07:00

Poignant Holocaust relic: a shoe sole cut from a Sefer Torah (Leeds University)

Rapper Skepta apologises and removes artwork criticised for referencing the Holocaust

The veteran grime artist took down the image for his upcoming single ‘Gas Me Up (Diligent)’

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January 10, 2024 14:39

INDIO, CA - APRIL 23: Skepta performs on the Sahara Stage during day 3 of the 2017 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Weekend 2) at the Empire Polo Club on April 22, 2017 in Indio, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Coachella)

‘Doctors Against Genocide’ cancels protest at US Holocaust Museum after uproar

The museum called the planned protest in Washington DC ‘deeply offensive’

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

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December 27, 2023 11:40

People visit the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC (Photo: Getty)

Four artists selected for Holocaust Centre North memorial residency

Memories from the last of the first-generation survivors to be memorialised in new artworks

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

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December 15, 2023 11:43

© Photo Per Kristiansen www.perkristiansen.se Stockholm, Sweden

National Holocaust Museum launches new service to tackle antisemitism

Racism response unit has been launched following the backlash from the October 7 attack

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

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December 8, 2023 13:16

National Holocaust Museum launches new service to tackle antisemitism

Yehuda Bauer

By Yehuda Bauer

Preserving historical integrity: a call to avoid politicising the Holocaust

We are academics concerned over a growing tendency to ignore fundamental tenets of scholarship in order to attack Israel

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December 8, 2023 09:44

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 15: Members of Columbia University's faculty hold a protest in support of Palestine and for free speech on the Columbia University campus on November 15, 2023 in New York City. The university suspended two student organizations, Students for Justice in Palestine, and Jewish Voices for Peace, for violating university policies. The tense atmosphere at many college campuses has increased as student groups, activists and others have protested both in support of Israel and Palestine (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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