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Benno Kern appears in a scene from the immersive mixed-reality Holocaust education experience Benno’s Light.
June 4, 2026, 4:25 pm
Holocaust survivor’s story brought to life in new virtual reality experience
Claims Conference launches immersive project following Benno Kern from Vienna to Auschwitz and liberation
By Annabel Sinclair
Nova Exhibition Photos - Photo Credit_ George Pimentel
May 22, 2026, 9:29 am
Shabbat Shalom: To Those Who Carry Sinai Into the Modern World
The challenge facing Jews today is not simply how we survive hatred, but whether we continue to stand visibly and proudly for truth, memory and Jewish continuity in spite of it
By Leo Pearlman
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
Dr Bea Lewkowicz. Photo: PA
May 14, 2026, 1:38 pm
Jewish filmmaker told by Prince of Wales ‘it’s important to preserve the truth’
Prince William praised the AJR filmmaker’s work documenting survivor testimony amid growing concerns over Holocaust distortion and antisemitism
By JN Reporter
Joan Salter, Pic: Sam Churchill and the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.
February 19, 2026, 4:18 pm
We must not let the distorters define Holocaust Memorial Day
The best way to counter those who seek to silence us is not to shout into the void of their making
By Joan Salter MBE
Students perform alongside recorded testimony of Holocaust survivor and Windermere Child Harry Olmer during the Holocaust Memorial Day tribute at the Royal Ballet School.
January 27, 2026, 7:44 pm
Students honour Windermere Child Harry Olmer in Holocaust Memorial Day performance
Multi-faith student performance marking 80 years since Windermere Children is dedicated to Holocaust survivor Harry Olmer MBE
By Annabel Sinclair
January 21, 2026, 9:52 am
Carrying the legacy of my grandmother’s Holocaust survival
Tabitha Steemson writes about her grandmother, Agnes Kaposi
By Tabitha Steemson
Harry Olmer MBE speaking at an event at the Home office. Photo Credit: HET
January 16, 2026, 2:55 pm
It is up to us to carry Harry Olmer’s legacy onwards
Harry was in the truest sense of the word, a mensch. In his passing we have lost a friend and a guiding voice
By Karen Pollock CBE
Windermere child Harry Olmer
January 15, 2026, 4:05 pm
Harry Olmer, Holocaust survivor and Windermere Boy, dies aged 98
Educator and Mill Hill figure rebuilt a Jewish life after surviving Nazi forced labour camps
By Annabel Sinclair
Josef Veselsky received an honorary degree from Trinity College Dublin in 2016. (Photo: Trinity College Dublin/Facebook)
January 6, 2026, 11:03 am
Holocaust survivor Josef Veselsky, Irish table tennis icon, dies aged 107
Resistance fighter who rebuilt Jewish life through sport, becoming Ireland’s oldest man and a national sporting figure
By Annabel Sinclair
Sheindy (Sara) Perez
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
Ike Alterman. Photo: The Fed
December 8, 2025, 2:38 pm
The light he carries still guides us: A tribute to Ike Alterman BEM
Holocaust survivor and Windermere Boy Ike Alterman BEM passed away last week aged 97. His friend Raphi Bloom delivers this eulogy
By Raphi Bloom
Ike Alterman with his daughters and granddaughters in Peel Square, Manchester
December 5, 2025, 4:39 pm
Holocaust survivor and Windermere Boy Ike Alterman BEM dies aged 97
UK Jewish leaders pay tribute to survivor-educator Ike Alterman, whose testimony shaped generations
By Annabel Sinclair
King Charles III speaks to Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg during a reception marking Holocaust Memorial Day at Buckingham Palace in London.
November 6, 2025, 1:09 pm
Holocaust survivor and educator Manfred Goldberg dies aged 95
Honoured by the King last year, he spent decades teaching British students about the Shoah
By Annabel Sinclair
The United States Postal Service released a new series of stamps in honour of Elie Wiesel. (USPS)
August 19, 2025, 3:37 pm
New US Postal Service stamp honours Holocaust survivor and humanitarian Elie Wiesel
Wiesel is the 18th person to be featured in the USPS’ Distinguished Americans Series
By Grace Gilson (JTA)
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