Buchenwald

Harry Spiro speaking to students (Credit: HET)

May 18, 2026, 3:41 pm

Harry Spiro’s family was his biggest reward and strongest revenge

Holocaust survivor Harry Spiro has died at the age of 96. Holocaust Educational Trust chief executive Karen Pollock pays tribute to a remarkable man

By Karen Pollock CBE

The gatehouse at Buchenwald concentration camp. The clock is stopped at 3:15, the time of its liberation by American troops on April 11 1945 (Creative Commons/Chiode)

April 20, 2026, 12:14 pm

Holocaust inversion at Buchenwald shows why memory must be protected

Next month anti-Zionists will again attempt to use the memory and history of the Holocaust to attack Jews

By Michael Newman

February 23, 2026, 11:22 am

Keffiyeh-clad anti-Zionists to protest outside Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp

"Keffiyehs in Buchenwald" will protest a court decision upholding the memorial's right to ban those wearing the Palestinian nationalist symbol from entering the camp

By JN Reporter

March 18, 2024, 1:06 pm

OPINION: Against all odds: an epic story of childhood resilience in wartime Poland

As she celebrates her 90th birthday, David Wolchover narrates his cousin’s extraordinary story of survival as a small child in Nazi-occupied Poland.

By David Wolchover

January 21, 2021, 10:39 am

120 Over 80 – meet our mentors!

Part two of our celebration of the Jewish community's oldest and wisest.

By Jewish News

Iron gate at Buchenwald concentration camp

January 17, 2021, 11:34 am

Buchenwald memorial warns people against sledding on its grounds

Memorial for the former concentration camp said people must not desecrate the memory of those murdered, and said violators will be reported to the police.

By JTA

Holocaust survivors featured in Matt Writtle's book, Portraits for Posterity, which is published on 16 November

November 13, 2020, 11:47 am

Faces of survival

Photographer Matt Writtle commemorates 101 Holocaust survivors in his new book, Portraits For Posterity

By Francine Wolfisz

Mayor of Tirana Erion Veliaj at the unveiling ceremony, picture credit: Stephen B. Jacobs

August 19, 2020, 3:55 pm

Buchenwald-surviving New York architect designs Albania memorial

Stephen B. Jacobs, 81, whose three stone plaque memorial was opened last month, said it was 'not simply about designing… it was a personal experience'

By Jewish News Reporter

Lily Ebert pictured in the film reel taken in June 1945, and today.

August 12, 2020, 4:12 pm

Survivor Lily Ebert, 96, sees herself being liberated on film for first time

Auschwitz survivor was 'shocked and amazed' seeing the clip of her as a hopeful 20-year-old, looking happy to be starting a new life

By Jack Mendel

January 29, 2020, 5:00 pm

Trauma handed down from parent to child

Sandy Rashty explores the transgenerational impact of the Nazi genocide on descendants of survivors

By Sandy Rashty

Barrister and television personality Robert Rinder

January 27, 2020, 9:18 am

OPINION – Rob Rinder: We must tell our children and our children’s children

Robert Rinder reflects on his grandfather’s experience and explores the impact of the Holocaust on the second and third generations in his upcoming two-part documentary

By Robert Rinder

Vera Schaufeld with her MBE for services to Holocaust education at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London. Photo credit: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

January 7, 2020, 3:04 pm

“I felt I wasn’t a person any more, I’d become ‘the Jew’”

Kindertransport refugee Vera Schaufeld tells Alex Galbinski why she now speaks out for other stranded children

By Alex Galbinski

January 3, 2020, 11:02 am

Sir Ben ‘humbled and honoured’ by 90 messages for 90th birthday

Holocaust survivor turned Olympian presented with a card from Jewish News signed by five prime ministers, sporting legends and well-known names from the world of arts and media.

By Jewish News

November 8, 2019, 10:30 pm

Teens who played antisemitic songs after visit to Nazi camp being investigated

Three youths being probed by police after incident which followed trip to site of Buchenwald

By JTA

September 23, 2019, 12:00 pm

Austria’s oldest Holocaust survivor dies at 106

Vienna’s Jewish Community organisation last week announced the death of Marco Feingold, who survived Auschwitz, Neuengamme, Dachau, and Buchenwald

By JTA

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