In keeping with Ashkenazi tradition, the couple have named their newborn in memory of a beloved relative who has passed away
By Katie Grant
Their story was turned into the Hollywood film, Defiance
By Siam Goorwich
The Stetl Fest in Brno runs from August 27 to 31
By Anthea Gerrie
Declassified documents suggested that Hans Wilsdorf was ‘well known for his strong Nazi sympathies’
By Jacob Jaffa
The study, published by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, has been criticised for allegedly neglecting historical death tolls
It is estimated that tens of thousands of Jewish soldiers spent time as a POW in the Second World War
By Daniel Ben-David
More than 80 boxes of material sent from Tokyo in 1941 were rediscovered after 84 years –shedding light on the South American nation’s role helping war criminals escape justice
By JC Reporter
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For what’s got British Jews talking
By Emanuele Ottolenghi
80 years after the war, there are attempts to erase the contributions of Israeli Jews to Italian liberation
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How a secret troop of British commandos, carried out some of the most daring missions of the war
By Leah Garrett
Jewish soldiers had to confront the enemy and prejudice in the US army
By Deborah Dash Moore
Jewish troops in the Red Army fought to the end rather than face the horror of capture
By Kiril Feferman
The prime minister paid tribute to Stanley Fisher and Mervyn Kersch, who helped liberated Bergen-Belsen
By Lorin Bell-Cross
By Dov Forman
As we remember and celebrate those who gave their lives for our freedom, we must use their experience to take action against the bigotry, extremism and dehumanisation
By Martin Sugarman
Jewish volunteers from Palestine also played their part
By The JC Leader
Around 1.5 million Jews took up arms against the Nazis. We must remember them to dispel the ugly myth that we went like sheep
On the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory against Nazi Germany, Jewish servicemen and women reflect on the day the war ended
By Eliana Jordan