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Screenshot: RTE Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina with Holocaust survivors Suzi Diamond (third left) and Tomi Reichenthal (fourth left) as they arrive at a Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Mansion House
January 29, 2025, 12:33 pm
OPINION: The dark descent into Holocaust erasure
Let's be clear: the genocide of European Jews by the Nazi regime was unique in its systematic nature and industrial scale
By Claudia Mendoza
Pic: Holocaust Centre North
December 11, 2024, 11:10 am
Holocaust museum launches poetry collection inspired by one man’s family history
Historian Ben Barkow commemorates his family Shoah testimony with 20 heart-felt poems
By Michelle Rosenberg
Lily Ebert with her great grandson Dov Forman
October 16, 2024, 11:56 am
OPINION: My safta’s message to the world: ‘Am Yisrael Chai — the people of Israel live’
My great-grandmother lived with the unshakable belief that no matter how dark the world becomes, we have the strength to survive, to rebuild, and to thrive
By Dov Forman
Lady Rosa Lipworth CBE, Pic: Michelle Rosenberg. Thursday 23rd May 2024
May 24, 2024, 1:18 pm
Holocaust and genocide survivors come together for tea
Guests gathered at private north London home to hear Holocaust Memorial Day Trust's plans for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
By Michelle Rosenberg
Lord Pickles, Andy Lawrence, Tamara Finkelstein, Olivia Marks-Woldman
April 16, 2024, 2:04 pm
Theme announced for 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust announces that the 2025 remembrance day, focusing on 'For A Better Future’ will also mark the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia
By Michelle Rosenberg
Holocaust survivor and educator Frank Bright MBE passed away 16 August 2023 at the age of 94. Pic: Holocaust Educational Trust.
September 1, 2023, 11:24 am
Beloved Holocaust orphan Frank Bright dies, aged 94
Born in Berlin in 1928, Frank survived Auschwitz as a teenager. He was awarded an MBE in Queen Elizabeth II's final New Year's Honours List.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Ivor Perl BEM with four generations of his family at publication of 'Chicken Soup Under the Tree' Credit: Jewish Care
August 9, 2023, 9:42 am
Ivor Perl marks the publication of “Chicken Soup Under The Tree” at Jewish Care’s Holocaust Survivors’ Centre
Shoah survivor dedicates £1 from every sale of his memoir to the charity
By Michelle Rosenberg
In conversation with Sobibor survivor Philip Bialowitz
May 19, 2023, 11:59 am
OPINION: I owe it to Philip and the six million to redouble my efforts
Writes Paul Giannasi, trustee at the Holocaust Memorial Trust, reflects on the reasons behind his visit this week to Auschwitz and the Polish town of Tarnów.
By Paul Giannasi
Pic: United Synagogue
April 25, 2023, 3:39 pm
New Holocaust memorial and garden unveiled at Bushey New Cemetery
More than a dozen survivors among the 160 people at the consecration service led by Chief Rabbi.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Credit: Triumph of the Spirit/Reuters
February 6, 2023, 5:37 pm
OPINION: New vision of hell is a triumph for Holocaust educators
Jewish News' Michelle Rosenberg visited Auschwitz-Birkenau thanks to a new virtual reality documentary.
By Michelle Rosenberg
VR audience, Montcalm Hotel, London. Credit: JVR360
February 6, 2023, 5:33 pm
High tech horror: Virtual reality guide to Auschwitz launched
Michelle Rosenberg experiences a pioneering attempt to bring the Shoah to future generations through the latest technology.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Jane Haining. Credit: PA
January 27, 2023, 4:11 pm
Auschwitz victim’s story to be taught in schools across Scotland
Given the choice to leave, missionary Jane Haining stayed with her Jewish students: "If these children need me in days of sunshine, how much more do they need me in darkness?”
By JN Reporter
The national monument of Westerbork camp is a painfully simple reminder of the place's history.
January 25, 2023, 1:09 pm
OPINION: Remember the story of Steven and his tomatoes
Karen Pollock, CEO of Holocaust Educational Trust, recalls an extraordinary story, born of ordinariness, ahead of this week's Holocaust Memorial Day.
By Karen Pollock
Credit: Adam Soller
January 18, 2023, 11:20 am
Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper dies on his 93rd birthday
Association of Jewish Refugees among many community organisations paying tribute to an "indefatigable speaker" and dedicated advocate for Holocaust education.
By Michelle Rosenberg
May 5, 2022, 10:57 am
OPINION: How will we approach Holocaust education when survivors are no longer with us?
It might be the last time those travelling to the major sites of the Shoah are accompanied by survivors - we have a duty to pass on the torch to the next generation.
By Talia Ingleby
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