Jewish Telegraphic Agency1h
An UES street corner gets a new name — after a Holocaust museum in Israel
The new street sign, named for the Jerusalem museum built in 1953 as a memorial to victims of the Holocaust, is just a few steps from Park East Synagogue, the stately Orthodox congregation at 163 East ...
A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films, memoir explore the contradictions of ‘dark tourism’
The works explore a process familiar to Jewish visitors to the death camps and the former homes of vanished loved ones: an ...
The Gazette7h
Electric Palace and Essex University hold Holocaust Memorial Day event
Essex University and Harwich's Electric Palace Theatre held a screening and talk to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation ...
Stratford Herald9h
Trying to understand horrors of Auschwitz
Stratford author Nicholas Milton was there to sign copies of his new book, The Birdman of Auschwitz. The fascinating work explores the life of death camp guard and ornithologist Günther Niethammer – ...
The Jewish Chronicle10h
Jews excluded from Holocaust Memorial Day wreath-laying
One of the speakers at the event allegedly made ‘deeply offensive’ comments regarding the Gaza War during commemorations ...
South Lanarkshire pupils gather to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
The Holocaust Memorial Day event was hosted by Carluke High School head teacher Steve Duffy, alongside his school captain Ailsa Mackie and vice-captains Daniel Barnstaple and Leah Headley, as well as ...
Kate Middleton rewears £90 Zara dress while meeting families in Wales
Kate Middleton wore high-street favourite Zara as she visited a children’s hospice in Wales today. The Princess of Wales met ...
Cleveland Jewish News12h
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine: Holocaust education ‘must not end’
Education is essential in honoring Holocaust survivors, remembering victims and preventing history from repeating itself, speakers said at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration on ...
Kate Middleton opts for high street chic in old favourite £16 dress from the Zara sale as she visits children's hospice in South Wales
Arriving at Tŷ Hafan this morning after 'proudly' announcing her new patronage, Catherine, 43, stepped out in muted tones.
Your Local Guardian13h
Lizzy Dyszkiewicz - Auschwitz survivor living in Kingston
The final concentration camp that Lizzy endured was Mauthausen, in Austria where after a few months, she was liberated by American soldiers on May 5 1945. She had survived the unimaginable and after ...
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Miami-Dade students hear harrowing stories of survival
At 90 years old, Allan Hall is one of the dwindling population of Holocaust survivors left in the United States who is alive to share his life’s story. And share he does. Hall, who moved to Miami in ...
Auschwitz commander's home open to the public, converted into center for Holocaust history
The house, until this year, had always been in private hands. A U.S.-based group, the "Counter Extremism Project," has purchased it. Now, in conjunction with the Auschwitz Museum and UNESCO, they have ...