Holocaust

Deceit book review: Intriguing introduction to the work of largely forgotten Russian emigre Yuri Felsen

English translation of the first novel of a writer whose work elicits profound truths about human nature and its motivations

By Mark Glanville

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Deceit book review: Intriguing introduction to the work of largely forgotten Russian emigre Yuri Felsen

Survivor

Felix Kolmer, Terezin and Auschwitz survivor, dies age 100

By Tom Gross

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Obituary

Obituary: Bernard Maurice Levy - Belsen liberator who became one of the last surviving death camp liberators later established high street chain store High and Mighty

By Howard Parker

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Holocaust

Book review: The Incandescent Threads - Mystic hokum or a popular classic?

By David Herman

1 min read

Holocaust

Appeal to build headstone for the grave of author behind searing Babyn Yar account

By Nic North

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Books

Inspired by my namesake who died in the Holocaust

By Joy Sable

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USA

Anonymous Jewish buyer wins Hitler's watch in million-dollar US auction

By Josh Kaplan

1 min read

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By Melanie Phillips

Critics of this act of communal myopia will not be silenced

Supporters of the proposed Holocaust memorial and ‘learning centre’ opposite the Houses of Parliament have been trying to stop those who oppose the plans from speaking out

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July 28, 2022 12:39

Critics of this act of communal myopia will not be silenced

‘I told President Biden that he reminded me of my husband’

Holocaust survivor photographed speaking with the US President reveals the details of their conversation at Yad Vashem

By Natalie Lisbona

3 min read

July 21, 2022 10:18

‘I told President Biden that he reminded me of my husband’

France must do more to fight Jew hate, says Shoah survivor 80 years after Vel d'Hiv roundup

Joan Salter MBE was in Paris just before the mass arrest and narrowly escaped deportation

By Felix Pope

2 min read

July 17, 2022 09:40

France must do more to fight Jew hate, says Shoah survivor 80 years after Vel d'Hiv roundup

Remains of 8,000 victims of Nazis found at site in Poland

Bodies had been dug up and burnt to ashes in attempt to cover crimes

By Ben Rusnak

1 min read

July 15, 2022 12:09

A symbolic grave in the Bialucki Forest near Ilowo on July 13, 2022 the site where the mass grave of about 8,000 Geman Nazi victims from the nearby Soldau concentration camp in Dzialdowo was unearthed at the beginning of July 2022. (Photo by JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

By Jonathan Freedland

Speaking publicly about the Shoah was an eye-opener

The intensity of the reaction to my new book has surprised me, as have the different responses depending on where I’ve been speaking – but it tells us much about ourselves

4 min read

July 14, 2022 11:23

Speaking publicly about the Shoah was an eye-opener

Jewish children targeted by 'gas chamber’ hissing in classrooms

Jewish children are being taunted by classmates hissing to emulate the Nazi gas chambers in schools nationwide, says a campaigner

By David Rose

2 min read

July 14, 2022 10:33

Jewish children targeted by 'gas chamber’ hissing in classrooms

Theatre review - The End of The Night: Himmler, the chillingly reasonable dinner guest

Ben Brown’s fly-on-the wall play imagines what passed between the top Nazi and the Swedish representative of the World Jewish Congress when they met in April 1945

By John Nathan

2 min read

July 8, 2022 09:25

Park Theatre and Original Theatre present the World Premiere of The End of the Night By Ben Brown Directed by Alan Strachan OLIVIA BERNSTONE I JEANNE BOMMEZJIN BEN CAPLAN I NORBERT MASUR RICHARD CLOTHIER I HEINRICH HIMMLER MICHAEL LUMSDEN I FELIX KERSTEN AUDREY PALMER I ELISABETH LUBE WRITER I BEN BROWN DIRECTOR I ALAN STRACHAN SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER I MICHAEL PAVELKA LIGHTING DESIGNER I JASON TAYLOR SOUND DESIGNER I GREGORY CLARKE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR I TOM BRAIN PRODUCTION MANAGER I TAMMY ROSE PRODUCERS I DANIEL COOPER & TOM HACKNEY PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR I CHARLOTTE HOLDER COMPANY STAGE MANAGER I LAUREN BARCLAY ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER I JEFFREY HARMER STAGE MANAGEMENT INTERN I ALEX JAOUEN

Holocaust victims’ relatives confront the past in Vienna

Members of London’s Association of Jewish Refugees visited the Austrian capital last week to seek out names of relatives among those of more than 64,000 Austrian Jews murdered in the Holocaust and commemorated at city's the Wall of Names

By Liam Hoare

2 min read

July 7, 2022 14:27

Holocaust victims’ relatives confront the past in Vienna

The best-read book of the 20th century: the extraordinary story of Anne Frank's Diary

A new book traces the history of an iconic Holocaust book which became a publishing phenomena

By Jenni Frazer

5 min read

June 30, 2022 11:20

The best-read book of the 20th century: the extraordinary story of Anne Frank's Diary

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Holocaust

Deceit book review: Intriguing introduction to the work of largely forgotten Russian emigre Yuri Felsen

Felix Kolmer, Terezin and Auschwitz survivor, dies age 100

Obituary: Bernard Maurice Levy - Belsen liberator who became one of the last surviving death camp liberators later established high street chain store High and Mighty

Book review: The Incandescent Threads - Mystic hokum or a popular classic?

Appeal to build headstone for the grave of author behind searing Babyn Yar account

Inspired by my namesake who died in the Holocaust

Anonymous Jewish buyer wins Hitler's watch in million-dollar US auction

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