Holocaust

President Isaac Herzog on Thursday warned of rising antisemitism, saying “the shock is wearing off” of Nazi Germany’s genocide of six million Jews in the Holocaust. Herzog issued the warning at a ceremony for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which has been marked each January 27 since United Nations member states…

Mickey Levy, Speaker of the Knesset, reacts during the commemoration of the "Day of Remembrance of the Victims of National Socialism". Photo / AP Survivors recalled their agony to a world they fear is forgetting, Israel's parliamentary speaker wept in the German parliament and politicians warned of a resurgence of…

Residents described theft, beatings, torture and at least one killing of an unarmed civilian at the hands of Russian soldiers. Read More

Exhibits and online programs spotlighting one of history’s darkest events were planned Thursday for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating when Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp in Europe in 1945. Educating citizens about the horrors of the Nazi era is essential to guarding the future, says Simmy Allen, international…

(RNS) — A Tennessee school board voted unanimously to remove a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust from its curriculum earlier this month over concerns about offensive words. The 10-member board of education in McMinn County, about 60 miles south of Knoxville, voted Jan. 10 to remove the book…

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Topline Holocaust survivors, Jewish advocacy groups and Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday by condemning anti-vaccine activists who likened Covid-19 response measures to the Holocaust and comparing healthcare officials to Nazis. An anti-vaccination patch resembling the Star of David badge the Nazis compelled Jews to…

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January 24, 2022 Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 U.S. EMBASSY IN CAIRO  AND UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM HOLD FIRST INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY COMMEMORATION  International Holocaust Remembrance Day Established  by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005 CAIRO – On Monday, January 24, 2022, the United States…