Auschwitz

Grandson of Auschwitz commandant: 'My grandfather was greatest mass murderer in history'

It was only when Höss was in the 7th grade that he discovered who his grandfather was, which changed the way he saw himself.

|BySAGI BEN NUN
Kai Höss at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin. January 27, 2026.
A CROSS is seen in the German death camp Auschwitz II Birkenau.

A desecration: A church inside Birkenau is a violation of Holocaust memory - opinion

To honor the victims of Auschwitz, we cannot allow a church to stand where over a million Jews were killed.

|ByAVI WEISS
Auschwitz concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during the Holocaust.

On This Day in 1945: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp is liberated by Soviet Army

At last year's 80th anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation, only 50 survivors attended the ceremony in Poland, and it is estimated that fewer than 1,000 Auschwitz survivors remain globally.

|BySHIR PERETS
Eylon Levy holding Dan Auerbach's yellow star from Nazi-era Europe. Tel Aviv, January 26.

'It is impossible to believe, but it happened': Holocaust survivor recalls childhood in Nazi camps

“October 7th was not only the opening shot of a regional war against Israel, it was also the opening shot of a global war against the Jews,” Levy said. 

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS

Remembering the Holocaust also means standing up to hate - opinion

Yom HaShoah is a sacred day of mourning, memory, and resistance, but it is also a call to remain alert.

APRIL 23, 2025ByLAURA KAM
THE WRITER’S family in Brussels prior to the Holocaust: Her mother Sonia (L) and aunt Hannie were Hidden Children saved by Madame Anciaux, a Righteous Among the Nations. Their father Saul Birnberg was murdered in Auschwitz; their mother Dora hid under an assumed identity.

Released hostage Agam Berger to deliver violin performance at Auschwitz 

Agam Berger will perform alongside Daniel Weiss, whose parents were murdered on October 7.

APRIL 16, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinian Hamas militants release female Israeli soldier Agam Berger held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, January 30, 2025.

Grapevine April 16, 2025: Hailing Huckabee

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

APRIL 16, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
MIKE HUCKABEE (center) visits the City of David in Jerusalem in 2009.

80 years after Auschwitz, kosher food will be sold in its town of Oświęcim

The kosher concession will open in time for Yom HaShoah, beginning on the night of April 23.

APRIL 4, 2025BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
Auschwitz-Birkenau

Israeli students' flight arrives safely in Poland after emergency stop in Turkey

The Education Ministry said it is in contact with security and education officials and is coordinating with admins and parents.

MARCH 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
El Al plane

When theory becomes life: Viktor Frankl's legacy for modern Israel - opinion

On the 120th anniversary of the logotherapy founder's birth, his teachings take on new meaning for me as a public figure and father who lost his son on October 7th.

MARCH 26, 2025ByDR. HAIM BEN YAKOV
Viktor Frankl: In our response lies our growth and freedom

Confronting the complex realities of Polish-Jewish identity - opinion

Nuance is in order regarding Poland and its Jews; Jennifer Stark-Blumenthal calls for a reevaluation of Jews’ attitudes toward Poles, as well as Poles’ understanding of Jews. 

MARCH 24, 2025ByELI KAVON
OSWIECIM, POLAND - APRIL 16, 2015: International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

György Kun, Hungarian survivor of Dr. Mengele's twin experiments in Auschwitz, dies at 93

Kun and his brother Istvan survived Auschwitz in part due to the fact that Dr. Mengele believed them to be twins and thus spared them from the gas chambers.

MARCH 12, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
Gyorgy Kun in his testimony to the USC Shoah Foundation, 1999

Israeli student arrested for Nazi salute at Auschwitz during school trip

An Israeli student was arrested and fined for performing a Nazi salute at Auschwitz during a school trip.

MARCH 10, 2025ByCORINNE BAUM
THE FRONT GATE of Auschwitz carries the infamous phrase: ‘Arbeit macht frei.’ The writer states: ‘Perhaps we as Jews are less alone in our grief than we may fear.’

Auschwitz Museum confiscates hostage flags claiming its a 'political statement'

National flags are permitted at the site, the museum claimed, but not ones which have seen any alterations or slogans added.

FEBRUARY 26, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE FRONT GATE of Auschwitz carries the infamous phrase: ‘Arbeit macht frei.’ The writer states: ‘Perhaps we as Jews are less alone in our grief than we may fear.’