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Maziar Bahari

Let’s translate Holocaust resources into Farsi

Failing to create resources in Persian and Urdu creates a vacuum filled by misinformation

By Maziar Bahari

3 min read

Tehran, IRAN: Iranian protesters hold up placards during a rally to mark the 27th anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution in Tehran, 11 February 2006. Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad implicitly warned on Saturday that the Islamic republic would leave the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if forced by the West to limit its disputed nuclear programme. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

Auschwitz survivor and resistance fighter Freddie Knoller dies aged 100

Auschwitz survivor and resistance fighter Freddie Knoller dies aged 100

By Mathilde Frot

1 min read

Last survivor of massacre reveals the horror of Babyn Yar

Last survivor of massacre reveals the horror of Babyn Yar

1 min read

Shoah story inspires food for homeless

Shoah story inspires food for homeless

By Rosa Doherty

1 min read

Exclusive: ‘British Schindler’ as you have never seen him before

Exclusive: ‘British Schindler’ as you have never seen him before

2 min read

Holocaust survivors Manfred Goldberg (L) and Zigi Shipper pose for a photograph during a display entitled 'Seven Portraits:Surviving the Holocaust', commissioned by Britain's Prince of Wales, at The Queen's Gallery in Buckingham Palace, London on January 24, 2022. - The special display Seven Portraits: Surviving the Holocaust at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace has been commissioned by HRH The Prince of Wales to pay tribute to the stories of seven remarkable Holocaust survivors, each of whom has in recent years been honoured for services to Holocaust awareness and education. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by Arthur Edwards / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by ARTHUR EDWARDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Karen Pollock

By Karen Pollock

Remember the strength of Shoah survivors

3 min read

Israel will make sure the holocaust never happens again

Tzipi Hotovely

By Tzipi Hotovely

Israel will make sure the holocaust never happens again

2 min read

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Daniel Finkelstein

By Daniel Finkelstein

Mum’s inspirational Holocaust survivor friend has no anger

Lily Ebert’s extraordinary memoir is both tragic and uplifting — and it is clear that her compassion and wisdom have never faltered, even as others have fallen victim to acrimony

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January 27, 2022 10:50

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 26: Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert lights a candle during a National Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on January 26, 2017 in London, England. The commemorative event, attended by religious leaders, heard testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust, in which millions of predominantly Jewish people were killed. National Holocaust Day on February 27 marks the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by Soviet troops. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Prince Charles 'moved and forever changed' by Shoah survivors' testimony

In a Holocaust Memorial Day message, the Prince also says the strength shown by survivors is inspiring

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January 27, 2022 10:44

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 05: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales looks on during day one of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Optus Aquatic Centre on April 5, 2018 on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Polish Jewish sisters orphaned and separated 80 years ago are reunited  by DNA test

EXCLUSIVE: A video captured by the family shows their emotional reunion earlier this month

By Mathilde Frot

2 min read

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January 27, 2022 09:43

Polish Jewish sisters orphaned and separated 80 years ago are reunited  by DNA test

Meet the descendants who help Shoah survivors to release their demons

A pioneering programme offers the younger generation the skills to tell survivors’ stories with empathy and compassion.

By Gloria Tessler

3 min read

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January 20, 2022 17:21

Meet the descendants who help Shoah survivors to release their demons

Survivor: ‘Prince William took my Holocaust testimony seriously — unlike Prince Harry’

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch shared her impressions from speaking at Eton College

By Mathilde Frot

1 min read

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January 20, 2022 10:28

Survivor: ‘Prince William took my Holocaust testimony seriously — unlike Prince Harry’

Gloria Tessler

By Gloria Tessler

The betrayal of Anne Frank is a double tragedy

A new book claims that the Franks were betrayed by a fellow Jew

3 min read

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January 18, 2022 14:31

BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 09: A detail of the diary of the wax figure of Anne Frank and their hideout reconstruction is unveiled at Madame Tussauds on March 9, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

The fictionalising of Auschwitz

There's been a huge publishing boom in books about the Holocaust - often told in the form of a novel. Is this a good thing?

By Jenni Frazer

7 min read

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August 18, 2021 21:03

The fictionalising of Auschwitz

Review: How to be a Refugee: One Family’s Story of Exile and Belonging

As identity politics become more important worldwide, this book comes as an enormous shock

By Julia Neuberger

2 min read

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June 3, 2021 14:52

Review: How to be a Refugee: One Family’s Story of Exile and Belonging

Fantasy Cookbooks created during concentration camp horror

Bonding over food memories gave women prisoners resilience during the Shoah

By Victoria Prever

3 min read

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April 20, 2020 11:48

Fantasy Cookbooks created during concentration camp horror