Holocaust

Claim that Ruth Posner was coerced to attend suicide clinic is ‘appalling’, say her friends

Members of ‘Ruth’s film club’ told the JC that the decision to end her life at the Swiss clinic was hers, not that of her husband

Yad Vashem recovers names of five million Holocaust victims in ‘historic’ milestone

Researchers at Israel’s official memorial to Shoah victims have worked for decades to piece together the identities of millions of Jews killed

Israeli woman arrested after allegedly burying Holocaust-survivor mother in garden

Sharon Kantor is accused of failing to report the death so that she could continue to receive her mother’s social security and Shoah reparation cheques

Surgeon who said not enough Jewish ‘rats’ were killed in Auschwitz is struck off

Manoj Sen made the comments just three days after the October 7 massacre

Holocaust survivor Ruth Posner was pushed to attending Swiss suicide clinic by husband, close friend says

Friend of the couple, who died together at a Swiss clinic, has claimed she was ‘totally under control’ of her husband

Actor and Shoah survivor Ruth Posner dies with husband at Swiss suicide clinic

A friend of the couple said they ‘wanted to die together’ despite not being terminally ill

Stolen Czech villa to become Jewish hub in multi-million-pound renovation

German chancellor weeps over antisemitism – but fails to back Israel when it counts

At Munich’s synagogue reopening, Friedrich Merz spoke movingly, invoking ’Never again’. Yet without firm backing for the Jewish state and providing military aid, his words risk sounding hollow

David Schaecter, president of Holocaust survivors foundation, dies at 96