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The bravery of Soviet Jews should be remembered this VE Day

Jewish troops in the Red Army fought to the end rather than face the horror of capture

By Kiril Feferman

4 min read

22nd January 1943: Red Army reinforcements arrive in Stalingrad during World War II to recapture the city from the German 6th Army. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Mervyn Kersh, the Jewish veteran who helped to liberate Belsen

Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer honours Jewish veterans in VE Day column

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

(L-R) Dov Forman, Mervyn Kersh and Susan Pollack

By Dov Forman

VE Day stands for victory over evil but the fight against hatred still rages

3 min read

The numbers don’t lie: Jews made a giant contribution to Britain’s WW2 fightback

By Martin Sugarman

The numbers don’t lie: Jews made a giant contribution to Britain’s WW2 fightback

2 min read

(l-r) Holocaust Memorial Day Trust CEO Olivia Marks-Woldman, D-Day veteran Mervyn Kersh and Holocaust Memorial Day Trust chair Laura Marks at the unveiling of the HMD 2025 impact report (Photo: HMDT)

By The JC Leader

They fought like lions in every theatre of this war – remembering the Jewish heroes of WW2

3 min read

Henny Franks (bottom right) in the British Auxiliary Services.

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We’re British Jews who helped rid the world of Nazi evil – and will always be proud of it

By Eliana Jordan

5 min read

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My grandpa’s war diary connects me with the human side of conflict

By Rosa Doherty

3 min read

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How the JC reported Victory in Europe Day in 1945

Poetry, prayers and reports from the East End, Dachau and Tel Aviv marked our coverage 80 years ago

By Keren David

2 min read

May 7, 2025 11:36

How the JC reported Victory in Europe Day in 1945

Blood money or vital aid? How rabbis wrestled with German reparations

Post-Nazi Germany’s offer of compensation to Israel for the Shoah split the country

By Rabbi Gideon Sylvester

3 min read

May 6, 2025 12:08

Israeli Opposition leader Menachem Begin addressing a protest in Tel Aviv agraints German reparations (National Photo Collection of Israel)

New Nazi recordings confirm the Holocaust was ordered by Hitler

A senior SS officer admitted that the Führer gave explicit instructions for the mass extermination of Jews, claiming this was confirmed by Reinhard Heydrich

By JC Reporter

2 min read

May 6, 2025 10:17

Newly uncovered recordings of Nazi war criminals apparently confirm that Hitler directly ordered the Holocaust (Image: Getty)

By Karen Pollock

On the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation, I remember the ‘bride of Belsen’

Survivors of Bergen-Belsen describe the camp as the ‘worst place’ imaginable

3 min read

April 16, 2025 08:43

Jewish RAF mechanic who fled Nazi persecution finally receives medals aged 101

Ruth Klauber was only nine years old when her family left Frankfurt and played a key role in Britain’s air defence, but never sought any recognition for her heroism

By Imogen Garfinkel

3 min read

April 15, 2025 12:22

German-born Ruth Klauber has been recognised for her work in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War and awarded two medals at the age of 101 (Stock image via Getty Images)

Germany’s last convict for Holocaust crimes dies aged 99

Irmgard Furchner was found guilty for being an accessory to murder when she worked for the commander of the Stutthof concentration camp.

By JC Reporter

1 min read

April 8, 2025 16:28

Irmgard Furchner, who was convicted over her role in the Holocaust in 2022, has died aged 99 (Image: Getty)

‘Coco Chanel stole my aunt’s furniture’

A family history casts fresh light on the designer’s collaboration with the Nazis in wartime Paris

By John Jay

5 min read

April 2, 2025 12:51

Argentina to declassify Nazi files on how war criminals escaped justice

The documents will reveal the ‘ratlines’ used by the architects of the Holocaust to flee across the Atlantic

By JC Reporter

1 min read

March 25, 2025 16:08

Argentina is declassifying files discussing how Nazi war criminals like Adolf Eichmann escaped justice in Europe (Image: Getty)

WJR on ‘mission’ to connect Jewish refugee history with descendants

Do you know someone who arrived in the UK between 1933 and 1946 with the assistance of the Central British Fund? World Jewish Relief might have their files

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

January 29, 2025 15:19

World Jewish Relief is on a 'mission' to connect documents about Jewish refugees arriving in the UK between 1933 and 1946 with their descendants

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Second World War

The bravery of Soviet Jews should be remembered this VE Day

Starmer honours Jewish veterans in VE Day column

VE Day stands for victory over evil but the fight against hatred still rages

The numbers don’t lie: Jews made a giant contribution to Britain’s WW2 fightback

They fought like lions in every theatre of this war – remembering the Jewish heroes of WW2

We’re British Jews who helped rid the world of Nazi evil – and will always be proud of it

My grandpa’s war diary connects me with the human side of conflict

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