Holocaust Memorial Day 2026Rabbi tells miraculous story of 51 boys who escaped the gas chambers of AuschwitzSix of the survivors’ testimonies have now been turned into a documentary and a bookBy Gaby Wine3 min read
AuschwitzFar-right Polish lawmaker says ‘Poland is for Poles, not Jews’ in speech outside AuschwitzGrzegorz Braun has a history of hostility to Jews, from extinguishing Chanukah candles in the Polish parliament to claiming the gas chambers were “fake”By Jamie Shapiro1 min read
By Tanya Gold Lanzmann’s Shoah was so well done many find it near-impossible to watchClaude Lanzmann’s epic reshaped how the Holocaust is remembered. He built his film not on archives but on silence – the terrible absence left by the dead4 min read
Boris JohnsonBoris Johnson urges public to ‘call out and stamp out’ antisemitism where they see it during first Auschwitz visit‘Unmistakably anti-Jewish sentiment is spilling from the lips of people who normally think of themselves as kind and decent,’ the former PM saidBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
AuschwitzBishop condemns ‘gates of Auschwitz’ float at school’s Halloween paradeThe mock-up of the concentration camp entrance appeared on a float organised by a Catholic school in PennsylvaniaBy JC Reporter1 min read
AntisemitismSurgeon who said not enough Jewish ‘rats’ were killed in Auschwitz is struck offManoj Sen made the comments just three days after the October 7 massacreBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
HolocaustDavid Schaecter, president of Holocaust survivors foundation, dies at 96By JC Reporter4 min read
By Tanya Gold How popular culture erases the Jews from the HolocaustThe most celebrated Shoah fictions focus on the rare rescuers, fictional non-Jewish victims or sympathetic perpetrators. But you cannot love Jews if you refuse to understand what happened to them, and why6 min read||August 18, 2025 14:52
Auschwitz Museum ban Israeli flags from IDF delegationThe group attempted to reason with staff at the death camp, but were forced to pack their flags awayBy JC Reporter2 min read||August 3, 2025 07:16
By Jake Wallis SimonsIs there any point arguing with those that compare aid drops in Gaza to Auschwitz?When commentators make these false comparisons, they’re showing us who they really are3 min read||May 30, 2025 09:08
By Rob RinderShabbat is the original detox from being constantly availableI tried to stay offline. Ten minutes later, I was watching a video of a dancing dachshund in a ruff3 min read||May 2, 2025 11:00
In pictures: Hostages and Holocaust survivors march through Auschwitz to mark Yom HashoahThe crowds, including Israeli President Isaac Herzog, silently walked through the former death camp to commemorate the 80th anniversary of its liberationBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||April 24, 2025 14:26
Hostage flags confiscated from Jewish group touring AuschwitzPolish Museum defended the removal of Israeli flags bearing hostage ribbons from Bushey Synagogue tour groupBy Jane Prinsley2 min read||February 26, 2025 18:22
Irish Taoiseach hits out at ‘false accusations’ of antisemitism following HMD rowThe nation’s president, Michael Higgins, has previously faced criticism over remarks linking Israel-Gaza conflict to Holocaust remembranceBy Ellie Grant1 min read||February 12, 2025 17:35
The lessons of Auschwitz are being lost, Ron Lauder warns worldIn his address at the 80th anniversary ceremony at the death camp, the Jewish leader references October 7 in a powerful wake-up callBy Daniel Ben-David3 min read||January 28, 2025 13:09
The woman with two hearts who survived AuschwitzWhen Fania Fainer was in the camp, a friend made her a birthday gift that she managed to preserveBy Heidi Kingstone4 min read||January 27, 2025 16:05