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Hundreds of strangers attend funeral of Holocaust survivor who died without family

Esther Greizer was never able to have children after being abused by Mengele at Auschwitz

By Jane Prinsley

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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: (L-R) Leonard Blavatnik, James Wilson, and Jonathan Glazer accept the Best International Feature Film award for "The Zone of Interest" onstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Shame on you, Holocaust survivor tells Zone of Interest director

By Eliana Jordan

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

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Schools ‘shamefully’ boycotting Holocaust education over Gaza

By Elisa Bray

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Lily Ebert celebrating 100th birthday at home, surrounded by family, balloons, and a large birthday cake (Photo: Dov Forman)

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King Charles pays tribute to Auschwitz survivor Lily Ebert as she marks 100th birthday

By Jane Prinsley

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Sir Nicholas Winton (Photo by Graeme Robertson/Getty Images).

By Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain

Nicholas Winton was a hero, and my shul took care of his garden

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Holocaust survivors ‘feel deep connection’ with hostages held by Hamas

By Daniel Ben-David

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Exploring the emotional recovery of a Shoah survivor who lost father, brother and sister

By John Nathan

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Holocaust survivor pens letter to Steven Spielberg urging him to break his silence on Israel

'Jews will never be safe until Israel is safe and secure' says 94-year David Schaecter in open letter to Spielberg

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

November 9, 2023 12:13

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 25: Steven Spielberg attends the "Back To The Future: The Musical" Gala Performance at Winter Garden Theatre on July 25, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

How a language student became the heroic saviour of 16 Jewish Nobel laureates

A new biography tells the story of a young woman who masterminded the escape of academics from Nazi Europe to the UK

By Jennifer Lipman

4 min read

October 20, 2023 16:35

How a language student became the heroic saviour of 16 Jewish Nobel laureates

Obituary: Alice Fraser

She lived to be 103 and saw seven of her 11 great grand-children become bar and bat mitzvah. However, the life of German-born Alice Fraser was anything but predictable. Her grandson tells her story

By David Fraser

3 min read

October 12, 2023 12:40

Jewish lawyer who spied for Britain after fleeing the Nazis honoured

Dr Kurt Erich Glauber has been honoured with a memorial stone at Ipswich Old Cemetery

By Gaby Wine

4 min read

October 5, 2023 11:07

Jewish lawyer who spied for Britain after fleeing the Nazis honoured

Holocaust Survivors’ Centre hailed a ‘lifesaver’ at annual dinner

Fundraising event at St John’s Wood United Synagogue raises £150,000 for Shoah facility

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

September 28, 2023 12:06

Holocaust Survivors’ Centre hailed a ‘lifesaver’ at annual dinner

The chilling stories of female Shoah survivors being turned into music

The album Silent Tears is based on the writings of women survivors of the Holocaust

By Elisa Bray

6 min read

September 8, 2023 16:42

The chilling stories of female Shoah survivors being turned into music

Frank Bright, one of the last Jewish Holocaust survivors remaining in Britain, dies aged 94

Tributes have been paid to an ex-Auschwitz prisoner who survived the Holocaust and spent decades educating youngsters

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

August 31, 2023 16:22

Frank Bright, one of the last Jewish Holocaust survivors remaining in Britain, dies aged 94

Germany reveals plans for national memorial to remember Polish Jews who died in Holocaust

The memorial will also be dedicated to other Polish victims of World War II and the Nazi occupation of Poland

By Richard Percival

1 min read

August 29, 2023 13:09

1943: Fire breaks out during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a Polish insurrection against the German forces who had occupied Poland at the start of World War II. By 1944 Warsaw was the centre of Polish resistance, but the army was forced to surrender on October 2nd 1944 under pressure from German air raids. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

By Josef Lewkowicz

I’m a Nazi hunter but I’m still haunted by my time in a camp

In an extract from ‘The Survivor’, the author describes his time as an inmate at Plaszow and his later return to visit the site

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August 24, 2023 14:53

I’m a Nazi hunter but I’m still haunted by my time in a camp

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Holocaust survivors

Hundreds of strangers attend funeral of Holocaust survivor who died without family

Shame on you, Holocaust survivor tells Zone of Interest director

Schools ‘shamefully’ boycotting Holocaust education over Gaza

King Charles pays tribute to Auschwitz survivor Lily Ebert as she marks 100th birthday

Nicholas Winton was a hero, and my shul took care of his garden

Holocaust survivors ‘feel deep connection’ with hostages held by Hamas

Exploring the emotional recovery of a Shoah survivor who lost father, brother and sister

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