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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

3 min read

August 24, 2023 14:53

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

The secret rescue plan which saved 10,000 Jews from the Holocaust explored

A new book explores the Lados group who created false passports to allow those persecuted by Nazi-occupiers to escape

By Felix Pope

1 min read

August 13, 2023 12:28

The secret rescue plan which saved 10,000 Jews from the Holocaust explored

Holocaust survivor whose family were ripped apart during the Shoah publishes memoir at 91

Ivor Perl was almost the only surviving member of his family after they were murdered in Auschwitz

By Gaby Wine

2 min read

August 11, 2023 10:00

Holocaust survivor whose family were ripped apart during the Shoah publishes memoir at 91

'I'm a Celebrity' castle where 200 Kindertransport children found refuge saved from collapse

Gwrych Castle, in north Wales, housed child refugees between 1939 and 1941

By Richard Percival

2 min read

August 7, 2023 14:04

'I'm a Celebrity' castle where 200 Kindertransport children found refuge saved from collapse

Newly unearthed footage shows US soldiers saving Jews from Holocaust train

2,500 Jews were freed from a train to Theresienstadt in 1945

By Hannah Gillott

2 min read

August 2, 2023 12:48

Newly unearthed footage shows US soldiers saving Jews from Holocaust train

Holocaust survivor David Leitner, who made falafel a symbol of Shoah resilience, dies at 94

Leitner celebrated liberation from a Nazi concentration camp each year with falafel and now the tradition has spread around the world

By JC Reporter

1 min read

July 30, 2023 13:27

Holocaust survivor David Leitner, who made falafel a symbol of Shoah resilience, dies at 94

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