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Soprano Caroline Kennedy sings Chopin's Tristesse, conducted by Leo Geyer
The music played at Auschwitz is explored in two new films on television
By Jenni Frazer
Musicians, instruments and the tunes they played were part of the camp infrastructure
One of Britta Teckentrup’s illustrations for The House on the Canal
How does one tell children about the Holocaust?
By Jenni Frazer
IG Farben factory in Monowitz, near Auschwitz, 1941. German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild 146-2007-0057; photograph, o.Ang. Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 (Generic)
OPINION: Were your car’s tyres made in Auschwitz?
By Alex Hearn
The Anne Frank Trust annual lunch at the Hilton Hotel attended by HM The Queen. Photo by Ian Jones
Queen’s rallying cry: ‘Never forget Holocaust atrocities amid rising antisemitism’
By Adam Decker
Elon Musk delivers a salute at a Trump immigration rally. Inset: Musk's Holocaust joke post. (Screenshot)
January 24, 2025, 12:58 pm
Musk makes Holocaust jokes after Netanyahu defends him as ‘great friend of Israel’
The ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt blasted Musk’s Nazi jokes after remaining silent on his hand gesture
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
Marc Cave, director of National Holocaust Museum at National Holocaust Museum's new international touring exhibition THE VICIOUS CIRCLE’, exploring the recurring delusion behind the anti-Jewish pogrom ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day 27th of January 2025.
January 24, 2025, 11:36 am
New international touring exhibition explores anti-Jewish pogroms
The National Holocaust Museum initiative, 'The Vicious Circle', runs in central London until Tuesday 28th January
By Michelle Rosenberg
IG Farben factory in Monowitz, near Auschwitz, 1941. German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild 146-2007-0057; photograph, o.Ang. Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 (Generic)
January 24, 2025, 11:09 am
OPINION: Were your car’s tyres made in Auschwitz?
A recent explosion at a former Nazi chemical plant highlights its lingering ties to Holocaust-era industry
By Alex Hearn
The Anne Frank Trust annual lunch at the Hilton Hotel attended by HM The Queen. Photo by Ian Jones
January 24, 2025, 9:37 am
Queen’s rallying cry: ‘Never forget Holocaust atrocities amid rising antisemitism’
Addressing the annual Anne Frank Trust UK lunch, Camilla urged those gathered to “heed the warning” of survivor Marian Turski
By Adam Decker
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
One of Britta Teckentrup’s illustrations for The House on the Canal
January 22, 2025, 4:49 pm
How does one tell children about the Holocaust?
Two new books use simple visuals to help little ones understand what happened during WW2
By Jenni Frazer
Soprano Caroline Kennedy sings Chopin's Tristesse, conducted by Leo Geyer
January 15, 2025, 5:13 pm
The music played at Auschwitz is explored in two new films on television
Musicians, instruments and the tunes they played were part of the camp infrastructure
By Jenni Frazer
Antisemitic graffiti painted in a fenced-off area of Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Seattle, Washington, on April 16, 2023. (Courtesy of Rabbi Daniel Weiner)
January 15, 2025, 11:04 am
Nearly half the globe has ‘elevated levels’ of antisemitic beliefs, ADL survey finds
About 46% of the global adult population is projected to harbor heightened levels of antisemitic views
By Asaf Elia-Shalev (JTA)
Screenshot: IMDB
January 9, 2025, 8:51 pm
A respectful Holocaust film that contains jokes: Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘A Real Pain’
'The first generation is dying out yet art is still being created in relation to the Holocaust' says reviewer Darren Richman
By Darren Richman
Pic: Courtesy Family
January 9, 2025, 10:22 am
OPINION: My grandfather’s survival is testament to resilience of the human spirit
Ireland's Chief Rabbi pays tribute to beloved 'grandpa', Holocaust survivor Ivor Wieder who has died aged 93
By Yoni Wieder
Proposed design of Westminster Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens
January 6, 2025, 2:28 pm
Westminster Holocaust Memorial to be built in 2027, claims leading supporter
Leading US magazine questions why it has proven so difficult to build a Holocaust Memorial in London
By Lee Harpin
Lily Ebert with her great grandson Dov Forman
December 29, 2024, 5:42 pm
OPINION: Safta saw the vow of ‘never again’ falter but she refused to relinquish hope
Dov Forman reflects on how his great grandmother Lily Ebert's story is all the more poignant on Chanukah as he marks what would have been her 101st birthday
By Dov Forman
King Charles III with Holocaust survivor the late Zigi Shipper (seated, right) and his family, and the artist Jenny Saville (right) an exhibition at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, of 'Seven Portraits: Surviving the Holocaust', which were commissioned by the prince to pay tribute to Holocaust survivors. Picture date: Monday January 24, 2022.
December 16, 2024, 1:04 pm
King Charles to visit Auschwitz for 80th anniversary of liberation
Monarch to be guest at commemorations marking camp's liberation on 27 January
By Jenni Frazer
Dan Tomlinson MP, left with some of the participants in Holocaust stories project
November 28, 2024, 2:41 pm
Chipping Barnet MP hosts event showcasing hidden stories of the Holocaust
MP Dan Tomlinson said: 'It is imperative that young people in the UK and across the world know of the horrors that so many experienced'
By Lee Harpin
The site of the old cemetery in Pikelai (left) and the site of the town's old synagogue
November 28, 2024, 11:31 am
The Jews of Lithuania – book review: an enticing history of a once vibrant community
In a concise narrative backed by meticulous research Nick Sayers tells the story of the community his great-grandfather left behind when he emigrated to Cork
By Antony Lishak
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