Ann KirkMuch-loved Holocaust educator mournedAnn Kirk died weeks after her husband, Bob, who also came to England on the KindertransportBy Gaby Wine1 min read
AJRAttack against Israel organisations was ‘echo of Kristallnacht’, says rabbi at commemoration serviceSaturday will be the 86th anniversary of the destruction of synagogues, Jewish homes, shops and businesses at the hands of the NazisBy Felix Pope3 min read
Amsterdam'This must be a wake-up call’: Jewish groups urge European leaders to respond to Amsterdam ‘pogrom’ on eve of Kristallnacht anniversary‘People roaming the streets in masks asking people if they were Jewish then assaulting them and throwing them into canals. This is Europe in 2024’By Jane Prinsley3 min read
KindertransportKing Charles marks 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht by meeting Kindertransport refugeesSix AJR Holocaust survivors and refugees took part in a candle-lighting ceremonyBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read
By Karen PollockDuring Kristallnacht, the Jews were defenceless. 85 years on, we can defend ourselves from hateIn 1945 it was thought the flame of antisemitism had burnt out but this is certainly not the case 85 years on2 min read
ObituaryObituary: Alice FraserShe lived to be 103 and saw seven of her 11 great grand-children become bar and bat mitzvah. However, the life of German-born Alice Fraser was anything but predictable. Her grandson tells her storyBy David Fraser3 min read
GermanyHamburg's Jews to begin rebuilding synagogue destroyed after Kristallnacht'This moment is a turning point for our Jewish history in Hamburg', a local community member declaredBy Florence Bean2 min read
German AfD politician fined for comparing Covid vaccination to KristallnachtThe far-right AfD politician compared the terror campaign in 1938 with Germany's Covid-19 vaccination campaignBy Richard Percival 1 min read||August 21, 2023 17:18
Ruins of synagogue destroyed in Kristallnacht found in Munich riverThe Ohel Yaakov synagogue was one of the largest in the cityBy JC Reporter1 min read||July 7, 2023 09:43
The Aboriginal leader who spoke up for the JewsAfter Kristallnacht, one of the only protests in the world came from an Australian Yorta Yorta tribesman. Now a musical composition pays tribute to himBy Etan Smallman6 min read||March 2, 2023 13:46
Obituary: Waltraud HollmanCourageous German woman who risked her life to oppose the NazisBy Julie Carbonara4 min read||November 14, 2022 09:56
1,500 teenagers visit Porto’s Holocaust Museum on anniversary of KristallnachtJust a few generations following the Holocaust, studies show that antisemitism is on the rise across Europe and beyondBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||November 10, 2022 15:03
Rishi Sunak hails 'brave' Holocaust survivors on Kristallnacht anniversaryThe prime minister noted that Britain was the first country to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitismBy Felix Pope1 min read||November 9, 2022 13:05
