Holocaust

Paddington station was bathed in purple light by Great Western Railway and Network Rail in a moment of remembrance for Holocaust Memorial Day. As part of Holocaust Memorial Day Trust’s (HMDT) campaign to ‘Light the Darkness’, Paddington station, along with Reading and Bristol Temple Meads, were illuminated at 4pm today to allow passengers and colleagues…

A new survey released ahead of Friday's Holocaust Remembrance Day found the number of adults in the Netherlands who believe the world’s worst genocide is a myth or exaggerated is higher than in any of the other nations surveyed, a "disturbing" decline in Holocaust knowledge. In the Netherlands, 23% of adults under 40…

The government will introduce new legislation to take forward plans to build a £100m Holocaust memorial next to Parliament. Prime minister Rishi Sunak announced in the House of Commons this week that the Holocaust Memorial Bill will remove an existing legal obstacle to the project. Planning consent for a new…

BERLIN (AFP) — The German parliament will for the first time on Friday focus its annual Holocaust memorial commemorations on people persecuted and killed for their sexual or gender identity. Campaigners worked for two decades to establish an official ceremony for LGBTQ victims of the Nazis, saying their experience had…

January 27, 2023 - 11:22 GMT Tania Leslau Holocaust Survivor Ruth Posner BEM discusses her experiences during the Second World War and life under antisemitism If two members of the Gestapo hadn't momentarily turned their backs for a cigarette break in 1939, Ruth Posner probably would not be speaking with…

They are believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor siblings anywhere in the world, and they live in Winnipeg. Sisters Ruth Zimmer, 96, Anne Novak, 99, Sally Singer, 101, and their brother Sol Fink, 97, grew up in Sanok, in southeastern Poland, before the Second World War forever changed their family.  Today the…

Israel Unger, Holocaust survivor and retired chemistry professor, realizes he was mistaken about antisemitism. As Holocaust survivors become a shrinking group, growing power of social media is blamed for fuelling a surge in anti-Jewish hatred and violence.By Steve McKinleyStaff Reporter Fri., Jan. 27, 2023timer6 min. read After two years hiding…

Inherited trauma: Growing up the child of a Holocaust survivorA lot is known about the horrors experienced by Holocaust survivors. Now their children are sharing how the trauma their parents went through affected their own lives. WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The trauma of Holocaust survivors has been widely…

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27 January 2023 By Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB The ECB’s main building in Frankfurt stands on a site linked to the atrocities of the Holocaust. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we affirm that tyranny and state injustice must never again prevail. Building European unity is a cornerstone of…