Second World War

Swiss bank ‘holds 900 undisclosed Nazi accounts’

The allegation emerged during a US probe into the Swiss bank’s relationship with the Third Reich

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February 5, 2026 18:24

The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by US Senator Chuck Grassley (C), Republican from Iowa, holds a hearing regarding Nazis and Swiss Banks, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 3, 2026 (Credit: ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)

The Jewish woman selected by Goebbels as the ‘perfect Aryan baby’

Hessy Levinsons Taft, whose photograph appeared without her parents’ knowledge in a Nazi propaganda magazine, has died aged 91

By Alma Green

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January 12, 2026 12:42

A six-month-old Hessy Levinsons Taft, dubbed the 'perfect Aryan baby', on the cover of a Nazi propaganda magazine in 1935 (Yad Vashem)

Obituary: Ruth Bourne

Bletchley Park Wren who operated Alan Turing’s Bombe machines which helped shorten the war by four years

By Martin Sugarman

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December 22, 2025 14:44

Nazi camp doctor dubbed ‘Angel of Death’ owned medical lab while living openly in Argentina, new documents reveal

An Argentine judge even denied a West German extradition request for Josef Mengele on the grounds that the war criminal could face ‘political persecution’

By Jacob Jaffa

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December 1, 2025 14:20

(L-R) Josef Mengele circa 1940, before his involvement in the death camps, and Mengele photographed again around 1950, just after fleeing to Argentina (Getty Images)

By Nigel Biggar

Archbishop of York’s ‘genocidal acts’ charge against Israel is neither wise nor appropriate

Given the Church’s history of antisemitism, the second-most senior Anglican bishop should have thought again before using an accusation that has the stink of prejudice

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November 21, 2025 11:02

The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell (Image: Getty)

Thousands attend annual AJEX parade to honour the Jews who served in the World Wars

The Jewish community came together on Sunday to remember their fallen soldiers and to show resilience

By Jamie Shapiro

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November 16, 2025 19:03

The annual AJEX remembrance day was held on November 16 (Image: Justin Grainge)

Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner name baby daughter after her Shoah survivor paternal great-grandmother Reichel

In keeping with Ashkenazi tradition, the couple have named their newborn in memory of a beloved relative who has passed away

By Katie Grant

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October 1, 2025 12:54

Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss (Photo: Getty)

Aron Bell, the last surviving member of the Bielski brothers, dies aged 98

Their story was turned into the Hollywood film, Defiance

By Siam Goorwich

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October 1, 2025 09:45

Aron Bell, the last surviving Bielski brother, has died at the age of 98 (Image: YouTube/ USC Shoah Foundation)

The heroic rabbi of Terezin is remembered at the Czech Republic’s biggest festival of Jewish culture

The Stetl Fest in Brno runs from August 27 to 31

By Anthea Gerrie

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August 21, 2025 14:25

The heroic rabbi of Terezin is remembered at the Czech Republic’s biggest festival of Jewish culture

Prison guard at Nazi PoW camp under investigation for ‘murder’

France honours Jewish resistance fighter executed by the Gestapo with Panthéon interment

Star of David armband and 1930s siddur found hidden in former Ghetto building

AJEX presents surprise set of medals to late war veteran’s wife on her 101st birthday

Belsen liberator Stanley Fisher dies aged 101

Tucker Carlson calls pro-Hitler Oswald Mosley one of Britain’s ‘great war heroes’

US soldier credited with saving 200 Jews in Second World War to receive posthumous military honour

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Prison guard at Nazi PoW camp under investigation for ‘murder’

France honours Jewish resistance fighter executed by the Gestapo with Panthéon interment

Star of David armband and 1930s siddur found hidden in former Ghetto building

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Belsen liberator Stanley Fisher dies aged 101

Tucker Carlson calls pro-Hitler Oswald Mosley one of Britain’s ‘great war heroes’

US soldier credited with saving 200 Jews in Second World War to receive posthumous military honour

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Swiss bank ‘holds 900 undisclosed Nazi accounts’

The Jewish woman selected by Goebbels as the ‘perfect Aryan baby’

Obituary: Ruth Bourne

Nazi camp doctor dubbed ‘Angel of Death’ owned medical lab while living openly in Argentina, new documents reveal

Archbishop of York’s ‘genocidal acts’ charge against Israel is neither wise nor appropriate

Thousands attend annual AJEX parade to honour the Jews who served in the World Wars

Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner name baby daughter after her Shoah survivor paternal great-grandmother Reichel

Aron Bell, the last surviving member of the Bielski brothers, dies aged 98

The heroic rabbi of Terezin is remembered at the Czech Republic’s biggest festival of Jewish culture