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May 13, 2026, 10:01 am

At Abraham Foxman’s funeral, an elegy for the last generation with direct ties to the Holocaust

The longtime ADL chief, a child survivor, helped define American Jewish leadership in the second half of the 20th century

By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA)

The inauguration ceremony of Rabbi Yoni Wieder as chief rabbi of Ireland was held at the Dublin Hebrew Synagogue, May 21, 2024. (Ros Kavanagh/ Courtesy Office of the Chief Rabbi of Ireland)

March 2, 2026, 3:59 pm

Irish Jews report 143 antisemitic incidents in 6 months through a new reporting system

The tally by the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland marked the first effort to track antisemitism in the country.

By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)

Members of a student BDS campaign in Dublin holding Palestinian flags.

January 21, 2026, 5:52 pm

Half of Irish adults do not know six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust

The new survey from the Claims Conference found nearly one in 10 Irish adults believe the Shoah is a myth

By Grace Gilson (JTA)

Holocaust Survivor Harry Olmer lighting the Chanukah Candles

December 16, 2025, 2:24 pm

Global leaders and celebrities unite for Chanukah event honouring Holocaust survivors

Virtual International Holocaust Survivors Night brings together figures from 17 countries amid renewed focus on resilience

By Annabel Sinclair

Eve Kugler at Jewish Care’s Holocaust Survivors’ Centre dinner with Sarah-Jane Burstein, Jewish Care Holocaust Survivors Centre and Outreach Coordinator. Pic: Grainge Photography

April 24, 2025, 9:52 pm

OPINION: How Eve Kugler changed the world

Karen Pollock recalls how the survivor with a rare story impacted young people in schools, footballers and politicians

By Karen Pollock

Holocaust survivor at the Bergen-Belsen memorial.

January 23, 2025, 7:31 pm

New survey reveals shocking ignorance about basic Holocaust facts

Some adults surveyed said that they had not heard or weren’t sure if they had heard of the Nazis' final solution

By Jenni Frazer

January 14, 2025, 1:34 pm

British Holocaust survivors lead campaign for Auschwitz anniversary

Eighty survivors mark 80 years since liberation by telling people one thing they want us to remember

By Jenni Frazer

Charlotte Knobloch sharing memories of Kristallnacht

October 30, 2024, 3:29 pm

Meta joins virtual reality project to tell story of Kristallnacht horrors

Holocaust survivor leads viewers through immersive virtual reality experience of Munich 1938

By Jenni Frazer

January 24, 2024, 12:47 pm

Almost half of all Jewish Shoah survivors live in Israel, says new demographic survey

The Claims Conference, representing Jews in negotiating compensation and restitution for victims of Nazi persecution, found 1,200 Jewish survivors alive in the UK

By Jenni Frazer

November 9, 2023, 9:32 am

Virtual reality experience to mark 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht

Holocaust survivor Charlotte Knobloch's testimony takes the viewer on a personal journey

By Jenni Frazer

September 15, 2022, 4:39 pm

Germany to pay £1 billion in compensation to Holocaust survivors next year

The body that handles claims for compensation and restitution says extra funds will be available for survivors fleeing the war in Ukraine

By Michael Daventry

Holocaust survivor Natalia Berezhnaya with her home care worker in Odessa. ( Alexander Vdovichenko/Jewish Joint Distribution Committee)

March 2, 2022, 9:01 am

£35 million allocated to support thousands of Holocaust survivors in Ukraine

Funds from Claims Conference to provide home care, medical care, emergency assistance and food for local Shoah victims

By Jeremy Last

A booster coronavirus vaccine is administered at a Covid vaccination centre at Elland Road in Leeds, as the booster vaccination programme continues across the UK. Picture date: Tuesday December 21, 2021.

December 29, 2021, 9:47 am

150,000 Holocaust survivors to receive £148m in emergency Covid funding

Funds in the Supplemental Hardship Fund Payment secured by Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany amounts to roughly £1,000 per person

By JTA

Liverpool Street Station Kindertransport memorial

November 10, 2021, 5:00 am

Most Britons ‘unaware’ of true Holocaust death toll, new study finds

Concerns about Holocaust education after survey finds 76% of people in the UK do not know what the Kindertransport was

By Michael Daventry

Survivors and their relatives walk through the gates of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp to attend the 75th anniversary of its liberation in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

October 6, 2021, 11:11 am

More Holocaust survivors to receive pension payments from Germany

Claims Conference says the £320 monthly sum was symbolic but ‘provides recognition and restores a piece of dignity’

By Michael Daventry

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