175,000 Holocaust Survivors Live in Israel. Most Live on $101 a Month in Government Stipends
While some Holocaust survivors in Israel are entitled to 10,000 shekels a month, the majority have to get by with a fraction of that
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Never-before-seen Aerial Photos of Pre-state Israel Taken by a Nazi Pilot
During the longest and most complex sortie executed by the Nazis in the skies of pre-state Israel, the German Junkers plane photographed Tel Aviv, the Jordan Valley, Tiberias and an airport near Amman
Opinion They're Israel's Far Right, Pro-ethnic Cleansing Nationalists. But Don't Call Them 'Nazis'
On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, far right leader Bezalel Smotrich threatened Palestinian citizens of Israel with ethnic cleansing. Calling him a Nazi is too easy a way out of the real, pressing problem his camp poses for Israel and Judaism
The Mystery of the Jewish Boy Who Was Forced to Be Mengele's 'Dog'
Archival documents reveal the story of a Jewish child who was forced to behave like a dog in Auschwitz, at the order of the camp's notorious doctor. A contemporary researcher is determined to discover what became of that boy
Analysis Netanyahu’s Shameful Speech: When Holocaust Remembrance Day Becomes a Campaign Event
For Netanyahu, the day commemorating the Holocaust is just another opportunity for a self-serving political tirade
Soap Made From Jews and How Hitler Took Power: The Truth Behind Holocaust Myths
Did the king of Denmark really wear a yellow star? Did the atom bombs get Japan to surrender? We have the answers
WATCH Israelis Stand Silent on Holocaust Remembrance Day as Siren Wails
Public buses and cars stopped on the streets and highways, and pedestrians stood in place in memory of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust
Opinion The Holocaust Is in My Blood: Bearing the Scars and Stories of Survivor Grandparents
My Zayde told us about his childhood in Kazimierz, and about burying half-alive bodies in Buchenwald. What it means to be the grandchild of a Holocaust survivor, and to lose them
U.S. Jewish Organizations Decry 'Despicable' anti-Arab Remarks From Netanyahu Ally
Jewish groups issue sharp rebukes after Bezalel Smotrich says that Arabs who do not recognize Jewish rule over Israel 'will not remain here'
Netanyahu Cautions Against Iran Deal at Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony
President Rivlin honors survivors who lost their lives to COVID-19 at the ceremony marking the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem
She Was an Avid Maoist Student in Paris. Then She Visited China
Admired Holocaust historian Annette Wieviorka's visit to China in the 1970s turned her world upside down. 'We saw trucks carrying people with shaved heads, bent over, eyes downcast'
German Volunteers in Israel Find Themselves ‘Welcomed, and Even Loved’ by Holocaust Survivors
These German Christians came to Israel to help Holocaust survivors and chose to stay during the pandemic, forging new connections and engaging with living history
The British Hangman Who Executed Belsen's Most Sadistic Nazis
Albert Pierrepoint, whose task included executing the 'Beast of Belsen' and the 'blonde who beat inmates to death,' wrote after the Holocaust that the death penalty solves nothing
Holocaust Facts: Where Does the Figure of 6 Million Victims Come From?
Considering the amount of original research that has been done in recent decades, is this number still considered accurate by scholars of the subject?
Holocaust Movies: 21 Must-see Films Beyond Schindler's List
Exploring not only what was, but what could have been
Top Official in Nazi Secret Police Evaded Trial by Working for U.S., German Intel, Declassified Docs Show
Documents released as part new documentary reveal the CIA and West German intelligence services shielded former head of Gestapo in Vienna, despite his involvement in crimes against humanity during the Holocaust
Shortly Before Her Death, Eva Revealed the Diary She Wrote at Bergen-Belsen
Holocaust survivor Eva Livne surprised her family with a heartbreaking diary she wrote starting in the concentration camp and ending in a Kibbutz: I survived. I went through hell
Attempt to Reclaim Polish Building Leads to Gigantic Underground Nazi Factory
American writer Menachem Kaiser never thought his journey would lead him into one of the most impressive engineering enterprises launched during the war by the Nazi regime - and introduce him to a special relative
The Young Jewish Women Who Fought the Nazis – and Why You’ve Never Heard of Them
A powerful new book, 'The Light of Days,' reveals the tragic and audacious stories of fearless Polish women in Jewish resistance movements. Author Judy Batalion explains how a chance discovery helped changed her perception of the Holocaust
A ‘Nazi Love Story’ About a Mass Murderer Who Got Away
'What troubles me the most is how can people who are intelligent, cultured, educated, religious, get involved in mass murder on an industrial scale,' says author Philippe Sands
Germany Drops Probe of Former Nazi Guard Deported From U.S.
Friedrich Karl Berger arrived in his native Germany in February after being ordered deported by a court in Memphis last year
Holocaust Survivors' Son and International Human Rights Lawyer Reflects on Genocide Through Poetry
Menachem Rosensaft, who has visited Bergen-Belsen more than 25 times, wrestles in some of his 82 poems with what he calls 'ghosts of those who will not leave' places where they were killed
Vaccine Passports Are Being Compared to Yellow Stars of David From the Holocaust
U.S. opponents of vaccine passports have implied that the policy is similar to the Nazis persecution Europes Jews, which culminated in genocide
An Israeli Suspected of Nazi Collaboration Was Murdered. What Is Israel Hiding?
An Israeli historian demands to know why a gag order was placed on the identity of Shin Bet security agents involved with the case that rocked Israel: the assassination of Rudolf Kasztner
Swastika, SS Symbols Spray-painted on Synagogues in Belarus
Pro-Nazi displays are very rare in Belarus, where the Nazis killed more non-Jewish civilians than the 800,000 Jews murdered in its territory
France to Return Klimt Painting 'Sold' During Nazi Era
The original owner had to sell the painting 'Rosiers sous les Arbres' at a knock-down price to survive financially after the Nazis annexed Austria in 1938, says France's culture minister
Remembering Lotte Weiss, a Holocaust Survivor Who Lived Two Remarkable Lives
Heather Morris, author of ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz,’ pays tribute to the late Lotte Weiss, who survived Auschwitz, emigrated Down Under and ensured that her own experiences were documented for future generations
A Mother, a Child, a Death Pit. The Search for the Truth About the Holocaust in Ukraine
American Holocaust researcher Wendy Lower has devoted an entire book to the picture taken at the mouth of a death pit. She tells Haaretz about that horror and others in Nazi-occupied Ukraine