Auschwitz-Birkenau

JTA — Virtual memorial plaques were projected on to the “Arbeit Macht Frei” gates at Auschwitz-Birkenau in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day. More than 10,000 of the plaques were uploaded to the March of the Living online platform, NeverMeansNever, replacing the march’s tradition of placing messages on plaques on the former…

This year’s Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is an especially important anniversary. In January, we marked 75 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Since then, through our programs on and off campus, and in collaboration with the Center for Jewish Studies, we were able to reflect on…

Giselle Cycowicz was supposed to spend this year's Holocaust Remembrance Day in Poland. The 93-year-old Jerusalem resident usually accompanies Israeli high schoolers there to learn about life before the Nazi invasion and under occupation. "Normally, I would be, this time of the year, I would be in Poland, because I also…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Elias Feinzilberg, a 102-year-old Holocaust survivor, had to commemorate Israel's annual memorial day for the six million Jewish dead on Tuesday separated from his family because of the coronavirus lockdown.From his third-floor Jerusalem home, he blew kisses to his daughter, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who stood in the…

Although Library of Congress buildings are closed to the public, projects like Newspaper Navigator are busy unlocking even more digital content for members of the public to access from home! On May 7th at 2pm EST, Innovator in Residence Ben Lee will host a virtual data jam to experiment and…

President Reuven Rivlin this morning (Tuesday) referred to the fact that the March of the Living would not take place as it has in the past."This year we were unable to march in the March of the Living. But the people of this important project did not give up and…

A two-minute-long siren sounded throughout Israel at 10 a.m. Tuesday to remember Holocaust victims and signal the start of the main daytime Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremonies, which are taking place in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed the lives of many survivors. The siren typically brings Israeli…

Israel’s aging population of Holocaust survivors finds itself on the country’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day this year much like they were during World War II, alone and in fear of the unknownBy ARON HELLER Associated PressApril 21, 2020, 3:30 PM4 min readJERUSALEM -- With the global coronavirus pandemic ravaging the…

JERUSALEM (AP) — With the global coronavirus pandemic ravaging the elderly, Israel’s aging population of Holocaust survivors finds itself on the country’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day this year much like they were during World War II — alone and in fear of the unknown.Some survivors say the current isolation and…

Groundbreaking Arabic video project reaches tens of millions across Arab world, hits 150,000 followers on Facebook, 50,000 on Twitter NEW YORK, April 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Jewish Committee (AJC) today, ahead of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day, which takes place tomorrow), released an Arabic-language video about the Holocaust. The…