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2J6B6D8 Polish President Andrzej Duda (R) seen with a survivor of the holocaust Edward Mosberg (L) as they arrive to lay a wreath during the International March of The Living. International March of The Living from KL Auschwitz to KL2 Birkenau. Over 3000 of Jews from all over the world came to Oswiecim to participate in the International March of the Living. It is a commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust. The Polish president Andrzej Duda took part in this event. (Photo by Wojciech Grabowski / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)

May 2, 2022, 11:28 am

Jewish News joined British survivors Arek Hersh, Eve Kugler, Harry Olmer, Mala Tribich, Alfred Garwood, Agnes Kaposi and Barbara Frankess as March of the Living returned.

By Nicole Lampert at Auschwitz

A Ukrainian refugee from Vinnytsia, is seen holding Ukrainian flag in front of the entrance gate with 'Arbeit Macht Frei' inscription during March of the Living.

April 29, 2022, 12:40 pm

‘There was smoke and a smell and I knew most of my friends were gone’

Jewish News joins survivor Arek Hersh at Auschwitz as he and a precious handful fellow survivors pass on the "torch of memory" during this week's March of the Living.

By Nicole Lampert at Auschwitz

March of the Living in Poland (Jewish News)

April 22, 2022, 9:21 am

Ukrainian refugees to join March of the Living

2,500 people from 25 countries are due to attend this year's event.

By JTA

Iby Knill, 98, a wartime member of the Resistance in Hungary and a survivor of Auschwitz who often educated young people on the Holocaust.

April 19, 2022, 4:25 pm

UK-based resistance hero and Auschwitz survivor dies, aged 98

Iby Knill, widow of British army officer Bert Knill, described herself as “the woman with no number” as she escaped being tattooed because her captors ran out of ink.

By Jenni Frazer

March 15, 2022, 1:51 pm

‘Surreal’ moment an Auschwitz education centre opened its doors to Ukraine refugees

The building, normally used for teaching young people about the Holocaust, is a short walk from the site of the former death camp

By Michael Daventry and Reuters

February 17, 2022, 4:58 pm

American Jewish community sues state to stop it executing people with Zyklon B

Using the gas is “tantamount to approving of what the Nazis did,” said former vice president and spokesperson for the Phoenix Holocaust Association.

By JTA

January 27, 2022, 9:17 am

Where did all the children go?

Alwin Meyer spent 50 years finding the children of Auschwitz and has put their shocking stories in a book

By Brigit Grant

The episode of Call the Midwife was broadcast on Sunday (Photo: BBC)

January 25, 2022, 9:11 am

Viewers hail Call the Midwife’s ‘moving’ Holocaust-themed episode

The hit BBC show's latest episode featured a Survivor of Auschwitz who is still haunted by its horrors

By Sabrina Miller

From left: Amir, Oded and Livia Ravek and Daniel Philosoph with the Auschwitz concentration camp number 4559 on their arms

November 19, 2021, 12:31 pm

Tender or tasteless? Why some families get tattooed to never forget the Shoah

Descendants of Holocaust survivors are voluntarily having Auschwitz tattoos inked on their arms to honour relatives .

By Ron Csillag

Peter Somogyi, left, and his brother, Thomas, right were effectively saved from the gas chambers after their mother surrendered them to the infamous Angel of Death, Josef Mengele. Credit: Pen News/Somogyi family)

October 5, 2021, 11:22 am

‘My mother saved my life – by handing me over to Mengele’

Michael Havis discovers how being sent to Auschwitz’s notorious Angel of Death meant twin brothers Peter and Thomas could evade the gas chambers

Auschwitz. (Credit: Dave Thompson/PA Wire)

September 8, 2021, 6:37 pm

Greece appoints minister who defended father’s desire to see Jews in Auschwitz

Thanos Plevris named to the health post, said Wednesday in a statement that he did not mean to offend anyone with his 2009 defence.

By JTA

Dov Forman with his great-grandma Lily Ebert

July 28, 2021, 4:36 pm

Prince Charles to write foreword for book by Shoah survivor & her great-grandson

Heir to the throne will introduce 'Lily's Promise' by 97-year-old Auschwitz survivor Lily Ebert and her 17-year-old great-grandson Dov Forman

By Jewish News Reporter

Auschwitz's infamous gate, and Hays Travel's trivial facebook post advertising a visit (Facebook post via the Jewish Telegraph)

July 23, 2021, 11:48 am

Travel firm sorry for fun emoji on Auschwitz post

Hays Travel reviews its social media policy after a post on Facebook advertising a visit to the former Nazi death camp uses inappropriate graphic

By Jack Mendel

July 12, 2021, 5:26 pm

Two Auschwitz survivors pass away within a week of each other

Esther Bejarano survived by pretending to play the accordion while David Mermelstein overcame a lifelong reluctance to speak about the atrocities

By Michael Daventry, JTA and Reuters

The Champion of Auschwitz delves into the life of Tadeusz ‘Teddy’ Pietrzykowski

July 8, 2021, 4:41 pm

Champion of Auschwitz tells story of Polish boxer who became symbol of hope

A new film explores the life of Tadeusz ‘Teddy’ Pietrzykowski, who joined the Auschwitz resistance movement and was victorious in more than 40 duels inside the Nazi death camp

By Francine Wolfisz

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