Holocaust

Monday, Jan. 27, marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Ten days prior to the opening of the gates, Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews, was detained. He disappeared and his fate remains unknown. These events highlight humanity’s capacity…

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Toronto, January 22, 2025: Timed to coincide with Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, The Walrus Lab, in partnership with the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (VHEC), will release The Hidden Holocaust Papers: Survival. Exile. Return., a six-part documentary podcast series that delves into the hidden family history of Canadian author…

Holocaust Memorial Day, the memorial garden in Hyde Park. London, United Kingdom, 27 Jan 2024. Photo: Reuters On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, British town halls and educational establishments are being threatened by The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) to make an equivalence between the war with…

Scholz warned of a “worrying and alarming normalisation” of anti-Semitism, hate speech, and the rise of far-right movements in Germany, particularly on social media, where such sentiments are often paired with incitements to violence read more German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke about the memory of Auschwitz against the backdrop of…

Using AI in Holocaust education will require the responsible digitisation of historical assets, as well as collaboration between system providers and domain-specific experts, to ensure effective guardrails that protect against misuse By Vipin Chimrani, Computer Weekly Published: 17 Jan 2025 15:15 Existing artificial intelligence (AI) models available in the public…

Each morning, for 467 days now, Mandy Damari has awoken and repeated the same mantra to her feisty, charismatic daughter Emily. ‘Keep strong, keep alive – you are going to be OK,’ she tells the 28-year-old Tottenham Hotspur fan. Mrs Damari says she then gives her daughter an imaginary hug.…

The organiser of the National Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration has defended its decision to invite President Michael D Higgins to give the keynote address, despite opposition from some in the Jewish community. Mr Higgins will address the annual gathering which takes place this year on Sunday January 26th in the…

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George Shefi meets with German Ambassador to Israel Steffen Seibert at the ambassador's residence in Herzliya on Jan. 10, 2025. (Photo: March of the Living) The Federal Order of Merit was awarded on Friday to Holocaust survivor George Shefi (89) for his contributions to Holocaust education. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier…