Holocaust

Gideon Bayer with his son Urija (Photo courtesy of Friends of Israel Defense Forces) Gideon Bayer, a resident of the northern Israeli town of Ma’alot, walked the grounds of Auschwitz in Poland last month, remembering that his own parents had dedicated their lives to comforting Holocaust survivors in the wake…

Half of all the adults surveyed in Ireland did not know that six million Jewish people were killed in the Holocaust, while 1 in 12 young adults believed it never happened, according to a new survey commissioned by the Claims Conference.  In the survey, which polled a sample of 1,000…

Joe Engel was and remains an icon in Charleston, South Carolina. Born in Zakroczym, Poland, he survived Auschwitz and several other concentration camps and fought with the resistance before landing on American shores as a refugee in 1949. After retirement from his dry-cleaning business, Engel focused his later years on…

A menorah is pictured on Dec. 20, 2025, after the seventh candle is lit for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah as mourners stand next to floral tributes in memory of the victims of the mass killing at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Photo by DAVID GRAY /AFP via Getty Images…

A new poll has revealed worrying levels of Holocaust denial among young people in Ireland, prompting warnings from broadcaster Ciara Kelly that the trend is “rooted in antisemitism." Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day, the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany conducted a poll of over 1,000 Irish…

Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders likes to lecture others and is known for taking on a holier-than-thou tone while pushing his socialist agenda, but I’m very curious how he’s going to explain this one. You see, he’s been on the board of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum since 2007 —…

January 14, 2026 If the US abandons New START, say goodbye to that comfortable feeling we once enjoyed of relative freedom from an imminent nuclear holocaust. A group of people protest against the Trump administration and demand immediate diplomatic talks with North Korea to prevent nuclear war, August 9, 2017.…

Illustration. Photo: depositphotos.com A recent report by the international research institute IMPACT-se (Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education) highlights that Hungary’s public school textbooks provide detailed coverage of Jewish history, the Holocaust, and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. According to the report, textbooks portray Jewish life and heritage…

Shay Given (file pic). Alamy Stock Photo insensitive The former Premier League player used inappropriate language to describe Wilfried Nancy’s short-lived tenure at Celtic. The 42 EX-IRELAND INTERNATIONAL Shay Given has apologised for remarks he made on the BBC show Final Score today. The former Newcastle and Man City player…

Shay Given ©Telegraph Media Group Holdings Ltd Sat 10 Jan 2026 at 20:43 The BBC was forced to apologise on air after former Premier League goalkeeper Shay Given described Wilfried Nancy’s Celtic reign as “an absolute holocaust” on live television. The 49-year-old’s comments came during Saturday’s Final Score programme on…