Second World WarLucien Lazare, the Jewish fighter who turned the tables on the Nazis, dies aged 101The hero recalled how, on capturing German soldiers, he told them ‘I am a Jew’By Hayley Cregor2 min read
Esther RantzenEsther Rantzen remembered for reuniting Kindertransport refugees with rescuerIn 1988, the That’s Life! presenter reunited Sir Nicholas Winton, dubbed the ‘British Oskar Schindler’ with some of the 669 children whose lives he savedBy JC Reporter2 min read
UkraineZelenskyy leads ceremony for 85th anniversary of Babyn Yar massacreMore than 33,000 Jews were murdered by the Nazis in one of the single largest war crimes of the Second World WarBy Hayley Cregor1 min read
HalloweenZara criticised for selling ‘concentration camp-style’ Halloween costume in EuropeThe retailing giant has yet to issue a statement about the item, which appears to have since been removed from its online storeBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read
By Stephen DaisleyThe Jewish heroes who fought for Britain – and why their courage matters todayPassing on stories of those who fought and bled and died under the Union Jack can be a powerful rejoinder to the calumnies of the antisemites. This is what our people have done for this country – how about yours?4 min read
HolocaustHolocaust survivor to return to Austrian Kindertransport station where she was saved from NazisGabriele Keenaghan is making the trip, with a helping hand from an anonymous benefactor, to mark her 100th birthdayBy Lucy Pollock3 min read
Second World WarTwo soldiers killed in Second World War to get Star of David on their gravestones after 84 yearsPrivate Max Goodman and Sapper Isaiah Reuben Gerber both died on the same day in 1942By Jamie Shapiro1 min read
SAS hero who fought Rommel’s army dies aged 100Jack Mann was the last survivor of the Long Range Desert Group, a specialist unit that helped turn the tide of the North African campaignBy JC Reporter3 min read||August 18, 2026 12:24
Bletchley Park codebreaker Miriam Rodrigues-Pereira dies aged 104She went on to become a Cold War analyst and a stalwart member of the Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi CommunityBy Kris Musikant4 min read||August 11, 2026 17:01
Jews face the ‘same situation’ with antisemitism as before the Second World War, says 102-year-old veteranMonty Goldstein asks: ‘What have I done to deserve it?’By JC Reporter3 min read||August 3, 2026 12:18
Wine, women and ignoring the genocideIt is the first time this disturbing war portrait has been published in EnglishBy David Herman1 min read||August 2, 2026 22:22
Unesco adds D-Day beaches to list of world heritage sitesThe decision will see both Allied and Nazi soldiers who lost their lives during the decisive battles commemoratedBy Mark Wood2 min read||July 27, 2026 17:15
New museum sheds fresh light on the Jewish ‘secret listeners’ who helped save Britain from NazisTrent Park in north London was used by the British to bug Nazis – and Jewish refugees from Germany played a vital roleBy Mark Wood2 min read||July 21, 2026 15:22
Italy advances law to compensate victims of Nazi-era art lootingMore than 100,000 pieces of art have not been returned to their rightful owners, according to official figuresBy Etgar Lefkovits1 min read||July 8, 2026 10:53
Grandson of Jewish art collector fights to reclaim Van Gogh lost during Nazi eraThe painting comes from Van Gogh’s Saint-Rémy period, one of his most sought-after, and is likely worth tens of millionsBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||July 2, 2026 13:34
The coincidences that saved my grandmother from the NazisAn encounter with a British politician on the ski slopes, and then an English newspaper article she spotted in a coffee house, saved Valerie Fuhrman as the Nazis invaded CzechoslovakiaBy Michael Fuhrmann4 min read||July 1, 2026 12:17
