Holocaust

Artwork unveiled for mural to honour ‘heroic’ Scot who refused to abandon Jewish schoolgirls in Budapest

The mural commemorates the bravery of Jane Haining, who died in Auschwitz

By Jamie Shapiro

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January 30, 2026 17:00

The artwork for the mural in Paisley being painted to commemorate Jane Haining (inset)

By Mattie Heaven

Iran’s antisemitic regime is slaughtering its own people – and the West is silent

The UK must move from statements to strategy. That means proscribing the IRGC, expanding targeted sanctions, closing legal and financial safe havens, and supporting international accountability mechanisms for crimes against humanity

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January 29, 2026 17:58

Dead bodies at the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Centre in Iran (Image: Getty)

Police arrest Palestine protester dressed in mock Holocaust victim pyjamas

The woman reportedly heckled Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy MP while demonstrating outside parliament

By Jamie Shapiro

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January 29, 2026 14:04

A pro-Palestine protester in striped pyjamas in Westminister (X/NickTimothy)

Let us choose hope, Heaton Park rabbi tells audience at Holocaust event

Rabbi Daniel Walker speaks at National Ceremony for Holocaust Memorial Day after terror attack at his shul

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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January 27, 2026 19:23

BBC football pundit apologises for saying manager's poor stint was an 'absolute Holocaust'

Former Premier League and Ireland star Shay Given ‘genuinely mortified’ after incident on Final Score show

By Jamie Shapiro

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January 11, 2026 15:15

Football pundit Shay Given (Image: Getty Images)

Pen used to spare children from the gas chambers is donated to Shoah museum

Jewish prisoner Erno Spiegel wrote fake birth dates for brothers to turn them into twins who would be kept alive

By Anthea Gerrie

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January 6, 2026 14:32

The young Erno Spiegel (courtesy The Last Twins)

Immortalised in bronze: the face of death camp survivor who transformed child psychotherapy

Dr Lydia Tischler sits as latest in a series of busts by sculptress Frances Segelman of Jews who emerged from the Holocaust to settle in Britain

By Nicole Lampert

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December 10, 2025 13:46

Survivor Dr Lydia Tischler, who received an MBE earlier this month, here sitting for her bust by the sculptor Frances Segelman

By Alex Hearn

The comforting myth of Britain as a safe haven for Jews clouds our immigration debate

If we're going to invoke Jewish history in our criticism of Shabana Mahmoud’s reforms, we owe it to those who were turned away to get that history right – and to face present realities rather than romanticise the past

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December 3, 2025 11:18

Jewish Kindertransport refugees from Germany and Austria, at a camp in Dovercourt Bay near Harwich, 11th January 1939 (Image: Getty)

Scarlett Johansson reveals shock after being asked to drop Holocaust storyline from Eleanor the Great

The request from a financial backer came in just one month before production was scheduled to begin

By JC Reporter

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December 1, 2025 10:35

Scarlett Johansson has become the highest grossing actor in cinema history (Image: Getty)

Starmer’s Yom HaShoah message: I will not look away from antisemitism

Death camp survivor’s haunting sketches hidden for decades to go on display

Yom HaShoah UK 2026: Remembering the past, confronting antisemitism now

Women step into the top job at the Wiener Library for first time

Community leaders abandon exemption that allowed German Jews to avoid military service

Peter Kien stowed his art in a suitcase before the Nazis murdered him – now it’s finally in safe hands

Jewish woman who refused to give Adolf Hitler flowers during Berlin Olympics dies aged 102

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