Spiegel was one of about 750 Jewish fighters who on April 19, 1943, launched an uprising that took the Germans off guard.

The U.S. religious freedoms report highlights continued 'flourishing' of the Passover blood libel as well as Holocaust denial.

Allegations concern an anonymous letter sent to Frankfurt office that identified five cases in which restitution was approved for ineligible claimants.

A program called Minyanim is helping young Jews in Hungary and other Central and Eastern European countries reconnect with the religion they were cut off from under Nazi and Soviet rule - no aliyah required.

Polish officials honor Irena Sendler, a Polish woman credited with saving 2,500 Jewish children from the Holocaust.

Shmuel Zygielbojm gave up his own life as a symbol of frustration at the Allies' inaction in the face of the slaughter of the Jews.

Watching these five 3D minutes, it suddenly dawned on me that it was to that ruined city that my parents returned. There, in Warsaw, they started to build their life anew, a life to which I owe my own.

Medal inscribed with ‘hero of heroes’ beneath the likeness of Swedish diplomat who rescued thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.

Semen Domnister, the former Claims Conference employee who was charged with leading a fraud scheme at the Holocaust restitution organization, faces up to 20 years behind bars.

After opening-night outcry, Tannhauser is pulled from Dusseldorf opera stage; the Holocaust-related parts prompted several in the audience on Saturday to seek medical attention, spokeswoman for the opera house says.