The Wiener Holocaust Library, one of the largest Nazi-era archives in the world, has launched a new online portal putting over a quarter of a million pages of evidence of the Holocaust and those who resisted it at the hands of researchers…
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OPINION: Politicising the Holocaust is an unforgivable betrayal of six million people
Perhaps it was almost inevitable. The Holocaust, once universalised to make an uncaring world give a damn about what the Nazis did to the Jews, is now being used against us to the point where we have now seen Jews dragged out of a Holocaust…
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OPINION: Can humanity truly learn from the past?
What will the world look like in 80 years? Will AI have integrated seamlessly into our daily lives, performing tasks that once required human hands? Will advancements in medicine have eradicated some of the diseases that haunt us today?…
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Auschwitz concentration camp, 80 years later
For International Holocaust Remembrance Day: AP photographer Oded Balilty captured images at the Auschwitz concentration camp, 80 years after it was liberated by Soviet soldiers from Nazi control; A special ceremony marking the liberation of the…
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OPINON: 80 years on, the weight of memory grows heavier
On 27 January 2005, Holocaust survivors gathered in Auschwitz, surrounded by the world’s media. British survivors of Auschwitz Zigi Shipper, Bob Obuchowski, and David Herman went together to the commemorations. No one could imagine what…
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LIVE UPDATES: 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
We are live all day as the King travels to Poland to mark the 80th anniversary of liberation
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King to visit Auschwitz to mark 80th anniversary of Nazi camp’s liberation
The King will become the first British head of state to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau when he tours the former Nazi concentration camp to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation.
Charles will travel to Poland to commemorate the milestone…
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Martin Buber mobilized for Auschwitz survivors, immediately after their liberation
A letter signed by Jewish philosopher Martin Buber and his colleagues reveals the Hebrew University’s contribution to the rehabilitation of Holocaust survivors: equipment packages, academic absorption, and more; Tuition waivers were given to…
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Herzog placed note for fast return of hostages at grave of Lubavitcher Rebbe
President Isaac Herzog and his wife, Michal, arrived in New York as part of an official visit. During their time in the city, the couple visited the gravesite of the Lubavitcher Rebbe at the Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens.
The president and…
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Jewish New Yorkers turn out to support Miriam, a popular Israeli restaurant that was hit with anti-Israel graffiti
When employees arrived Sunday morning for their shift to open up Miriam, the popular Israeli restaurant in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood, they discovered the same two messages sprayed in red graffiti over its windows,…
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