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Kiss singer and bassist Gene Simmons on stage.
May 5, 2020, 4:14 pm
Kiss frontman Gene Simmons learns about his Holocaust survivor mother’s ordeal
Israel-born rock star presented with 100 pages of documents about his mother’s ordeal, including to mark the 75th anniversary of her liberation from Mauthausen
By JTA
Gate to the garage yard in the Mauthausen concentration camp. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Credit: Bundesarchiv, Bild 192-334 / CC-BY-SA 3.0
December 22, 2018, 3:42 pm
Germany won’t try 95-year-old accused of being ex-Mauthausen guard
Court says it doesn't see enough evidence to support charges of accessory to murder for the pensioner
Gate to the garage yard in the Mauthausen concentration camp. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Credit: Bundesarchiv, Bild 192-334 / CC-BY-SA 3.0
November 24, 2018, 10:34 am
Germany charges 95-year-old accused of being Mauthausen camp guard
Man known as 'Hans Werner H' is charged with more than 36,000 counts of being an accessory to murder
Alec Ward
April 9, 2018, 1:04 pm
Tributes to Holocaust survivor Alec Ward, who dies aged 91
Shoah educators reflect on a man who 'dedicated his life' to ensuring the Holocaust is remembered
By Jack Mendel and Francine Wolfisz
Speakers: The Lord Mayor, Laura Marks OBE, Ben Helfgott MBE, Olivia Marks-Woldman, Sir Eric Pickles and Hayley Carlyle (Lead Youth Champion)
January 22, 2018, 9:27 am
Holocaust survivors mark anniversary of their arrival in Britain
More than 150 refugees of Nazi persecution and subsequent genocides came together at ceremonial home of the Lord Mayors of London
By Jenni Frazer
Auschwitz's infamous train tracks and death gate
December 19, 2017, 4:21 pm
Nazi hunters recommend nine for prosecution in Germany and Austria
Germany’s Central Office for Investigation of Nazi Crimes has handed nine potential cases for ex-guards at concentration camps
By JTA
Auschwitz
June 19, 2017, 10:55 am
Destination Unknown: ‘Holocaust is something you cannot learn, only feel and hear’
Director Claire Ferguson worked with the first-hand accounts of 12 survivors filmed over 14 years
By Francine Wolfisz
June 13, 2017, 3:56 pm
Watch: Exclusive clip from Destination Unknown
New film, out in UK cinemas June 16, captures the pain which still haunts Holocaust survivors 70 years after liberation
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