Holocaust survivors

Extreme right-wing activists block car of former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak

Aharon Barak, a Holocaust survivor and former Supreme Court president, was harassed by right-wing activists in Tel Aviv, leading to public backlash and calls for police action.

Extreme right-wing activists block car of former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak, January 28, 2026.
Holocaust survivor Moshe David Meir poses for a picture at his home in Jerusalem on January 27, 2025, Meir survived the Birkenau concentration camp during the Holocaust.

Israel has the moral duty to simplify beaureucracy for Holocaust survivors - opinion

Holocaust survivor Sarah Weinstein speaks at the UN General Assembly.

Holocaust survivor gives speech in Hebrew for first time in history at UNGA Holocaust Remembrance

Auschwitz Survivor, Gregorz Tomaszewski, age 83 holds a book with photos of him when he was a child as he speaks during a meeting with the press at the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust on January 26, 2023 in Oswiecim, Poland.

Holocaust education, remembrance is our responsibility - opinion


IDF General Staff visits Yad Vashem to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

The generals also met and held a discussion with Holocaust survivor, Lea Balint, and presented her with a certificate.

IDF General Staff members in Yad Vashem's Hall of Names, April 21, 2025.

World to lose 90% of Holocaust survivors within next 15 years - projections

According to Vanishing Witnesses: An Urgent Analysis of the Declining Population of Holocaust, the global population of Holocaust survivors is expected to be around 21,300 by 2040.

 Dov Landau, a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor, in his home in Tel Aviv, October 14, 2024.

Bearing witness to new chapter in haredi Holocaust education - opinion

As a descendant of Holocaust survivors myself, I inherited traumatic Holocaust memories that have accompanied me throughout my life.

 THE WRITER (center, holding the right corner of the second flag from the left) and students from the Netzach yeshiva high schools visit Auschwitz last month.

Edith Bruck mural by graffiti artist moved to Rome's Museum of the Shoah following vandalism

Despite the vandalism, Bruck maintained a message of peace and forgiveness, stating she holds no resentment or hatred toward those responsible for the act.

Edith Bruck with the mural named for her.

Warsaw Uprising's last survivor: The story, testimony of Michael Smuss

Everyone has a story, and every life is a story lived, but those who lived through the atrocities of the Nazi regime share stories that challenge our ideas of human capabilities.

 SUPPRESSION OF Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, April 16-19, 1943. In this iconic image, captured Jews are led by Waffen SS soldiers to the assembly point for deportation (Umschlagplatz).

Federal spending cuts could affect aid for Holocaust survivors and kosher Meal on Wheels deliveries

US Health and Human Services layoffs threaten services like Meals on Wheels and support for Holocaust survivors.

 Holocaust survivor Rudi Jocobsen, left, takes a bag of food from Uriel Rauff, who works for Jewish Family Service Colorado as a driver for the kosher Meals on Wheels Program in Denver, Colorado, on December 19, 2017.

Ex-hostages to join Herzog, Duda in March of the Living marking 80 years since liberation

The ex-hostages joining the commemoration of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust will include those freed in recent deals with their Hamas captors.

35th March of the living 2023

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.

 Viktor Frankl: In our response lies our growth and freedom

‘Optimistic & full of light’ - The creative child of survivors 

The accomplished collage artist notes with pride that her birth date coincides with International Women’s Day and that the State of Israel was born not long after her arrival into the world.

 HANNA BEN ELIEZER CURTIS

Author and Holocaust survivor Peggy Parnass dies at 97 in Hamburg

Parnass was an icon of Hamburg's leftist scene, famous for her court reports and activism.

 Author and Holocaust survivor Peggy Parnass dies at 97 in Hamburg.