Holocaust

BERLIN: Borys Shyfrin fled as a young child, along with other members of his Jewish family, from the Nazis. More than eight decades on, the Ukrainian Holocaust survivor has been forced from his home once more -- but this time he's found a safe haven in Germany . Shyfrin is…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial acknowledged Sunday that a series of photos from Nazi Germany’s 1938 pogroms against Jews have been seen and published before, revising a claim it made when releasing the photos last week. The photos, which were recently donated by a former U.S. serviceman’s…

In a recent TikTok video, 98-year-old Lily Ebert told her 1.9 million followers about the Auschwitz number tattooed on her forearm: A-10572. Like many Holocaust survivors, Ebert didn’t talk about the experience for decades. But then her great-grandson Dov Forman started recording her stories and posting them on TikTok, including…

Image source, US Holocaust Museum/BBC Image caption, Blanche Fixler and a picture of her as a child, circa 1945 By Tom Gerken Technology team Blanche Fixler remembers hiding inside a bed while Nazis searched for her. "I felt them tapping on the bed," she recalls. "I said, you better not…

Tall Tales And other stories from the stranger side of life KFC has apologised after its app invited German customers to celebrate the anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht pogrom by ordering fried chicken and cheese. The junk food chain’s push notification said: “Commemorate Kristallnacht – treat yourself to more soft…

Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the requirement is part of reforms to help young students understand the significance of the Holocaust and combat what the government says is rising antisemitism in schools The Ontario government says it is introducing a mandatory learning requirement on Holocaust education to the province's Grade…

Eve addressed a crowd of more than 200 people, recounting the gut-wrenching story how she was torn apart from her family Photos by Shihab Published: Thu 10 Nov 2022, 1:59 PM Last updated: Wed 16 Nov 2022, 1:45 PM The first ever holocaust survivor to come to the UAE to…

After years of being told she “does not look Jewish” or have a Jewish-sounding name, social media sensation Montana Tucker is proudly owning her heritage with an educational docu-series on TikTok. Earlier this year, Tucker took a film crew to Poland to capture the story of her mother’s parents during…

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — With antisemitism cases on the rise — and after a public display of antisemitic signs in LA, inspired by recent remarks of Kanye West — the Los Angeles City Council has adopted a definition of antisemitism to aid law enforcement and public officials in identifying and…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Hannah Pick-Goslar, one of Jewish diarist Anne Frank’s best friends, has died at age 93, the foundation that runs the Anne Frank House museum said. The Anne Frank Foundation paid tribute to Pick-Goslar, who is mentioned in Anne’s world-famous diary about her life in hiding…