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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

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

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

By Gaby Wine

2 min read

Kindertransport

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

By Richard Percival

2 min read

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Newly unearthed footage shows US soldiers saving Jews from Holocaust train

By Hannah Gillott

2 min read

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

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Kindertransport

Dame Esther Rantzen: 'Nicolas Winton film moved me to tears'

By Felix Pope

1 min read

Kindertransport

Meet the 200 Kindertransport children who found refuge in a Welsh castle

By Andrew Hesketh

5 min read

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German hero honoured for sheltering Jews during war

Businessman Karl Steineke risked his life by hiding several persecuted Jews in his home

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

July 27, 2023 11:43

German hero honoured for sheltering Jews during war

Fox News anchor Greg Gutfeld under fire for saying Jews survived Nazi camps by being ‘useful’

Critics said Gutfeld told a 'horrid, dangerous and extreme lie'

By Richard Percival

2 min read

July 26, 2023 10:02

Fox News anchor Greg Gutfeld under fire for saying Jews survived Nazi camps by being ‘useful’

How Dov Forman reunited Lily Ebert with her brother's lost book

The great-grandson of the Holocaust survivor travelled to Hungary to rescue an 80 year old book of Exodus

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

July 21, 2023 11:29

How Dov Forman reunited Lily Ebert with her brother's lost book

Jewish Care cancels Ruth Deech meeting over her Shoah memorial campaigning

The charity was concerned the baroness could use a planned meeting with Holocaust survivors to lobby against the Westminster memorial

By Hannah Gillott

2 min read

July 21, 2023 09:59

Jewish Care cancels Ruth Deech meeting over her Shoah memorial campaigning

The Jewish tennis star banned by the Nazis who went on to play at Wimbledon

Author Felice Hardy on the extraordinary story of her grandmother, which she tells in her new book

By Nicole Lampert

8 min read

July 6, 2023 13:44

The Jewish tennis star banned by the Nazis who went on to play at Wimbledon

Paris Holocaust memorial vandalised as city rocked by riots

Jewish organisations said the vandalism was 'horrifying' and 'shameful'

By Richard Percival

1 min read

June 30, 2023 15:50

Paris Holocaust memorial vandalised as city rocked by riots

Quest to discover the lost actress of Vilnius who is full of mystery

Diplomat Meryl Frank spent years tracing the wartime fate of her Lithuanian relative. But the truth was sitting on her bookshelf

By Jenni Frazer

6 min read

June 23, 2023 08:53

Quest to discover the lost actress of Vilnius who is full of mystery

Obituary: Sir Ben Helfgott

Forever one of 'The Boys', the Olympic weightlifter who survived Buchenwald and favoured reconciliation between nations

By Gloria Tessler

4 min read

June 22, 2023 12:28

By Daniel Finkelstein

We were lucky to know Sir Ben Helfgott

Now he has gone, we must make sure his story is never forgotten

2 min read

June 16, 2023 16:55

Holocaust survivors Ben Helfgott and Sabina Miller stand with a memorial candle on the Millennium Bridge in central London on January 27, 2013 to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Holocaust survivors

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

'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

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

Dame Esther Rantzen: 'Nicolas Winton film moved me to tears'

Meet the 200 Kindertransport children who found refuge in a Welsh castle

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