Australia Loves Its Jews, but Nearly One in Five Question Their Loyalty, New Survey Shows
First extensive report in recent decades on attitudes toward Jews Down Under finds that nearly two-thirds of Australians support banning the swastika
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Opinion Note to Benny Morris: The Armenian 'Tragedy' Was a Genocide
Turkey's ultranationalist genocide deniers, led by President Erdogan, must be applauding the shameful revisionism of academics like Benny Morris, while they continue to threaten Armenian lives today
Holocaust Survivor Who Testified Against Eichmann in Jerusalem Trial Dies at 91
'Nearly everyone was exterminated,' Joseph Zalman Kleinman told of conditions in Auschwitz, where he was taken at the age of 14
Relatives of Auschwitz Prisoners Object to Polish ex-PM's Nomination to Museum Council
Families say Beata Szydlo's government had a policy of exclusion, making her nomination inappropriate
How Israel Quashed Efforts to Recognize the Armenian Genocide - to Please Turkey
Decades before the U.S. president formally recognized the horrors of 1915, Israel's Foreign Ministry sought to foil an academic conference on the subject, fearing reprisal from Turkey. 'We continue to act to reduce and diminish the Armenian issue to the extent of our ability by every possible means'
Elie Wiesel to Be 'First 20th Century Jew' Honored With Bust in Washington's National Cathedral
Excluding Jesus and other biblical figures, Wiesel will be the first Jewish figure to be so honored
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli Police Sicced Violent Dogs on Palestinian, Then Beat Him Up
The historical memory of regimes that used to sic dogs against the weak and the helpless is apparently not a deterrent for Israeli police
Germany Won’t Prosecute Former Concentration Camp Guard Deported From US
The Public Prosecutor’s Office in Germany dropped all charges last month against Friedrich Karl Berger, who was deported in February
Opinion Why Won't Israel Recognize the Armenian Genocide? It's Not Just About Turkey
Biden is preparing to recognize the Armenian genocide. So why is Israel, founded in the wake of genocide, holding out? How far does Israel's decision really rest on the state of relations with Ankara and Erdogan?
The Invincible Group of 10 Women Who Survived the Holocaust Together
Ten women risked their lives to keep each other safe from Nazi ‘selections,’ endured three concentration camps together and held each other up during death marches. Writer Michal Govrin only discovered this amazing story after her mother died. It was thanks to them that she survived the Holocaust
How a Catholic Photographer Penetrated a Hidden Hasidic World
Agnieszka Traczewska has devoted the past few years to photographing ultra-Orthodox communities worldwide. In an interview, the Polish artist describes working in a world closed to outsiders and women
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
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