holocaust artifacts

80 years since deportation of Hungarian Jews: 'We stood by and didn't do enough'

One Hungarian politician, a resident of Paks, discussed the importance of the parade for recognition of the Jewish community, both past and present.

By JOSH ARONSON
17/07/2024

Auschwitz display of 3,000 murdered children's shoes returns after undergoing preservation process

The shoes underwent a preservation process that took over a year of work at the Auschwitz Museum Conservation Laboratories.

California lawmaker introduces bill helping Holocaust survivors reclaim stolen property

The law would require courts to apply local California law, rather than foreign law, in cases involving art stolen during the Holocaust, even if the art is held abroad.

National Library, Shoah Foundation preserve Holocaust, October 7 records

This will make Holocaust educational materials more accessible to those with Israeli IP addresses.

Holocaust property restoration: Not enough progress made, report finds

Blinken's address noted the countless works of art and cultural property stolen by Nazis which still have not been returned to their owners. 

7 Egon Schiele portraits to be returned to heirs of Jewish cabaret star murdered in the Holocaust

In 1938, Grünbaum and his wife were arrested by the Nazis and forced to sign a document giving her power of attorney; forcing them to sign a paper claiming they voluntarily turned over the art.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
21/09/2023

UK to launch investigation into two concentration camps on British soil

To date, there has never been a formal investigation into the number of deaths that occurred on Alderney during the Holocaust.

Landmark exhibits shed light on life in German displaced person camps after the Holocaust

Life in the DP camps is the subject of a collaborative exhibition between Munich’s Jewish Museum and its City Museum, situated across the square from each other in the city’s center.

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
13/07/2023

Russian media releases declassified documents on the Holocaust – report

Russia has released new documents claiming that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were highly involved in the murder of Jews during the Holocaust.

What should Jews think of Poland?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The fact that it wasn’t Nazism’s accomplice doesn't mean it wasn't plagued by antisemitism.

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