Auschwitz

Trump warns Iran ships nearing Hormuz blockade will be ‘immediately eliminated’

Meanwhile, Netanyahu says Israel fully backs Trump’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, rejects claims of a rift with Washington, and stresses US demands to halt Tehran's nuclear enrichment program.

|ByJAMES GENN
President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun during a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran on Monday, April 6, 2026.
The Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 12, 2026, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

'We will remember': IDF chief of staff issues statement ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day

In the letter, Zamir vowed to “remember the communities that were erased from the face of the earth; the voices of the boys and girls, the elderly and the young, who were led to the crematoria."

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
The stunning newly-active Neolog synagogue in Trencin.

From Alpine adventures to deep history: Exploring Slovakia’s high tatras

Awe-inspiring majesty of High Tatras and Europe’s culture capital showcase wonders of Slovakia.

|ByMARK GORDON, DAVID ZEV HARRIS
The former concentration camp Auschwitz

Grapevine: 'I also remember a miracle'

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Just 50 Holocaust survivors will be at Auschwitz for the 80th anniversary of its liberation

Fewer than 1,000 Auschwitz survivors remain as the 80th liberation anniversary nears.

JANUARY 25, 2025ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA
The main tower at the entrance to the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, covered under a large tent, stands illuminated during the official ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp on Jan. 27, 2020.

This week in Jewish history: Liberation of Auschwitz, Yahrzeit of the 'Alter Rebbe'

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

JANUARY 24, 2025BySTEVEN DRUCKER
THE FIRST German Youth Aliyah group makes its way to Kibbutz Ein Harod, 1934.

Grapevine January 24, 2025: Memory, heroism, and suffering

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 24, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
(FROM L-R) B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem director Alan Schneider, Chairman of the Committee to Recognize Jewish Rescuers During the Holocaust Aryeh Barnea, IPO Musical Director Lahav Shani, Chairman Yuval Shapiro, and Secretary-General Yair Mashiach.

'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.

JANUARY 23, 2025ByREUTERS
Britain's Queen Camilla, patron of the Anne Frank Trust, lights a candle during a reception for Holocaust Memorial Day at the Hilton Park Lane in London, Britain, January 23, 2025.

Where was God in the Holocaust? A NY poet and activist asks the question in a book of ‘psalms’

“Never again” pledges to stop all genocide. A commitment to honor and assist the dwindling number of survivors and to fight the antisemitism that persists 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz.

JANUARY 22, 2025ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
Menachem Rosensaft leads a tour of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau complex for members of the World Jewish Congress, January 2020.

Belgium’s railway Holocaust report criticized for failing survivors

In a statement, WJRO President Gideon Taylor and COO Mark Weitzman called the omission a failure to address SNCB’s moral responsibility.

JANUARY 21, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
President of the World Jewish Restitution Organization, Gideon Taylor

From Budapest to Tel Aviv: echoes of hope amid Israel's painful reality

Hostage ribbons, music, and art become symbols of hope and unity, connecting people worldwide to Israel’s fight to rebuild after tragedy.

JANUARY 21, 2025BySABRINA SOFFER
ALON OHEL’S family scattered yellow pianos adorned with stickers of hostages and fallen Israeli soldiers across cities, with the words ‘You are not alone’ perched above the piano.

80 years on, how do we keep Yad Vashem relevant for visitors? - opinion

Yad Vashem is the second-most visited site in Israel after the Western Wall, and it is important for it to reach a wide audience.

JANUARY 19, 2025ByMARK GORDON, DAVID ZEV HARRIS
Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 16, 2023, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

'Surviving Mengele’s Auschwitz' is seminal Holocaust document of the banality of evil - opinion

The book is set to be released amid preparations for the January 27 commemoration in Poland of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

JANUARY 19, 2025ByDAN PERRY
RICHARD K. LOWY’S ‘Kalman & Leopold: Surviving Mengele’s Auschwitz’ is a harrowing and meticulously detailed account of two Holocaust survivors whose paths crossed in Auschwitz II-Birkenau under the shadow of Dr. Josef Mengele’s notorious experiments.

UK PM Starmer visits Auschwitz ahead of 80th anniversary

Britain's King Charles is due to attend a commemoration service at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial on Jan. 27.

JANUARY 17, 2025ByREUTERS
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers remarks at the Holocaust Educational Trust's annual appeal dinner, Sep. 16, 2024.