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Stanley Fisher and Mervyn Kersh. Pic: AJEX, June 2024

April 30, 2026, 12:27 am

Stanley Fisher, Jewish soldier who helped liberate Belsen, dies aged 103

'Everything we have, sir, we have because of you' says AJEX of beloved WWII veteran who helped liberate German concentration camp

By Michelle Rosenberg

Eva Schloss (Credit: Photographer Matt Writtle)

January 5, 2026, 11:06 am

Eva Schloss was never just Anne Frank’s stepsister – she was Heinz Geiringer’s voice

Remembering Eva Schloss as a survivor who devoted her life to preserving her brother Heinz’s silenced artistry

By Stephen D Smith

December 31, 2025, 11:07 am

OBITUARY: Sheindy Perez, Auschwitz and Belsen survivor, who built a new life in Brighton

Born and raised in Hungary, Sheindy (Sara) survived the Holocaust and managed to reunite with some of her extended family in Britain after the war

By Alex Brummer

Outgoing AJEX National Chair Dan Fox with Chief Executive Fiona Palmer.

December 17, 2025, 6:03 pm

AJEX honours outgoing national chair after four impactful years

Dan Fox praised for his 'passion, tireless commitment and countless hours of work' overseeing annual Parades at Whitehall and veteran testimony podcast

By Michelle Rosenberg

Remembrance Parade 2025. Pic: Justin Grainge

November 17, 2025, 9:34 am

Thousands mark 80 years since end of WWII at AJEX remembrance parade

102 year old Holocaust survivor Henny Franks and D-Day veteran Mervyn Kersh amongst marchers honouring Jewish veterans at Cenotaph

By Michelle Rosenberg

November 11, 2025, 11:19 am

Community to gather at Cenotaph for annual AJEX remembrance parade

Veterans, families, Jewish schools, JLGB, youth movements and cadet groups mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen

By Michelle Rosenberg

Bergen-Belsen babies inside the roundhouse. Photo Credit: Andrew Schwartz

August 1, 2025, 10:57 am

BBC doc uncovers stories of Belsen babies – and a journalist’s hidden family link

Radio 4’s Heart and Soul releases a moving new episode today, as Amie Liebowitz uncovers long-lost Holocaust records and meets women born in Europe’s largest DP camp

By Annabel Sinclair

80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen, at the Bergen-Belsen Memorial, Lohheide, Germany, on Sunday the 27th April, 2025. Pic: Crown Copyright

May 8, 2025, 1:59 pm

OPINION: Imagine what those who perished at Bergen-Belsen might have achieved

Defence Minister Lord Coaker reflects on his visit to Bergen-Belsen and the costs of victory in Europe

By Lord Coaker

May 1, 2025, 1:44 pm

OPINION: It’s antisemites who weaponise antisemitism, Mr Dimbleby

Today’s anti-Israel movement will not be appeased by anything less than a wholesale repudiation of Zionism, argues Jeremy Havardi

By Jeremy Havardi

Bergen Belsen April 2025. (C) Blake Ezra Photography 2025

April 28, 2025, 8:06 pm

Holocaust survivors and ex-servicemen pay tribute at Bergen Belsen

UK delegation including Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner mark 80th anniversary of concentration camp liberation

By Michelle Rosenberg

Holocaust Survivor, Mala Tribich. Photo credit: Lucy North/PA Wire

April 15, 2025, 8:54 am

‘We must work against terrible forces’: Holocaust survivor marks camp liberation

Eighty years since Bergen-Belsen’s liberation, Mala Tribich reflects on hope, loss and the need to resist hate

By Jewish News Reporter

April 10, 2025, 11:15 am

EXCLUSIVE: Prime minister’s salute to Jewish liberators of Bergen-Belsen

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of liberation by British forces, Keir Starmer pays tribute to heroes Stanley Fisher and Mervyn Kersh in letter organised by Jewish News

By Michelle Rosenberg

Susan Pollack Holocaust Survivor. 8 April 2025

April 8, 2025, 3:01 pm

SPECIAL REPORT: Susan’s haunting march to hell, 80 years on

Holocaust survivor Susan Pollack vividly recalls her brutal journey through starvation, shootings and despair on the march to Bergen-Belsen

By Michelle Rosenberg

Memorial stone in the grounds of Bergen-Belsen (Photo credit: Klaus Tatzler/Lower Saxony Memorials Foundation/PA Wire)

April 1, 2025, 2:55 pm

OPINION: From Belsen to Britain: a duty that endures

As the Light Dragoons honour their legacy at Bergen-Belsen, the rest of Britain must ask: are we doing enough to confront hate

By Olivia Marks-Woldman

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis addressing a Yom HaShoah UK event

March 5, 2025, 1:22 pm

Jewish community gears up for 80th anniversary of Bergen-Belsen liberation

Thousands expected outside Parliament for National Yom HaShoah UK commemoration in April

By Michelle Rosenberg

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