holocaust memorial day

European Parliament suspends MEP who disrupted Holocaust moment of silence

European Parliament Member Grzegorz Braun was suspended for thirty days from the European Parliament after disrupting the moment of silence "for the next victims of the Jewish genocide in Gaza."

The site of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau

Israeli envoy to Germany: 'Der Spiegel' abuses Holocaust memory

Prosor referred to an interview, which was published on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, by Der Spiegel with Israeli-American historian Omer Bartov.

04/02/2025

Survivors cry ‘never again’ at Auschwitz’s 80th liberation anniversary

‘I thought that to be a Jewish child means you have to die,’ Tova Friedman tells world leaders

Herzog invokes Oct. 7, criticizes UN's anti-Zionism in Holocaust remembrance remarks

Herzog accused the UN and the International Criminal Court for "exhibiting moral bankruptcy" and blurring the distinction between good and evil. 

WATCH: Hostage families attend memorial at Auschwitz

"It's very hard because ... what's happened in 7th October is feeling like another Holocaust or pogrom in the kibbutz Nir Oz."

By REUTERS
27/01/2025

From Auschwitz to TikTok: how Lily Ebert inspired millions

This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day theme, “For a Better Future,” is a powerful reminder that remembrance alone is not enough.

By DOV FORMAN
26/01/2025
 Britain's Queen Camilla, patron of the Anne Frank Trust, lights a memorial candle.

'Never forget', says UK's Queen Camilla at Holocaust remembrance event

Camilla said it was crucial to remember the Holocaust given anti-Semitism was at its highest level for a generation.

By REUTERS
23/01/2025

Starmer vows to fight 'poison of antisemitism' ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day

Starmer and his wife, Victoria Starmer, attended a reception on Downing Street to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

23/01/2025
 Visitors tour an exhibition ahead of Israel's national Holocaust memorial day, at Yad Vashem

British Islamic org. calls for boycott of Holocaust Memorial Day

The IHRC said it was "morally unacceptable" that Gaza was not considered a "genocide" alongside the Holocaust.

The Holocaust in Latvia: Remembering Simon Dubnow

His work, initially in Russia, includes one of the first comprehensive descriptions of Jewish history in the context of world history.

By JACOB SIVAK
12/12/2024
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