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Oskar Schindler
Rudolf Vrba (1924–2006) being interviewed in November 1978 in Central Park, New York, by Claude Lanzmann (1925–2018) for the documentary Shoah (1985).
June 23, 2022, 11:37 am
‘Auschwitz escapee is a hero but also a prophet whose warnings were ignored’
Jonathan Freedland’s new book tells the intriguing tale of Rudolf Vrba, the first Jew to flee the death camp
By Nicole Lampert
Quezon’s Game
January 15, 2020, 12:28 pm
Film about rescue of Jewish refugees to the Philippines will premiere in London
Quezon’s Game will air at the Troxy on 28 January as part of Holocaust Memorial Day, with the director hoping to 'reawaken collective memory about acts of moral courage'
By Stephen Oryszczuk
The Makofski family
April 1, 2019, 4:22 pm
Family of ‘Yorkshire Schindler’ in search for relatives of those saved
Researchers are looking to understand the impact of Leeds-based David Makofski, who arranged jobs for 700 people fleeing the Nazis
By Jewish News Reporter
The Makofski family
March 21, 2019, 3:50 pm
OPINION: Uncovering Yorkshire’s Schindler
Diane McKaye looks into her family history and tells the story of her relatives enabling nearly 700 young men escape from the Holocaust
By Diane Mckaye
A compass manufactured by Bezard/Gotthilf Lufft, said to have been used by Schindler and his wife Emilie while fleeing Russian troops in 1945 and a 1938 Sudetenland Medal awarded to Schindler, who had aided in the annexation and occupation of the Sudetenland as a spy for the German government
March 5, 2019, 12:47 pm
Oskar Schindler watch, compass and medal set to fetch £19K at auction
The lot under the hammer at RR Auction, Boston, also includes a rare Raoul Wallenberg blue and gold pass granting the Hungarian bearer immunity from deportation
By Francine Wolfisz
Steven Spielberg
December 7, 2018, 1:55 pm
Steven Spielberg: Genocide as possible today as it was during Holocaust
Oscar-winning director of Schindler’s List says 'when collective hate organises and gets industrialised, then genocide follows'
By JTA
Carl Lutz
February 16, 2018, 3:40 pm
Swiss honour diplomat who helped save 86,000 Jews
Room in the country's Federal Palace is renamed for Carl Lutz, who worked to save 86,000 Jews from the Nazis
By JTA
Survivors next to Schindler's grave. Credit Limmud FSU
February 8, 2018, 2:55 pm
Limmud FSU: Survivors honour Oskar Schindler in Jerusalem
Ceremony held in Israel to honour a man who saved the lives of Polish Jews during the Holocaust
By Jewish News Reporter
Emile Schindler's German passport and letter with Israeli stamps are among the archive.
November 10, 2017, 10:41 am
Letters to Oskar Schindler from Jews he saved to be auctioned
More than 70 letters from Jews saved from the Nazis by German businessman Oskar Schindler are to be auctioned off in London next week.
By JTA
Hero cop, Richard Burgess
July 12, 2017, 10:19 am
British policeman up for bravery award after saving Israeli from armed gang
Off-duty detective sergeant Richard Burgess was nearly killed after intervening in a violent assault against a Jerusalem resident by three Arab men
By Jenni Frazer
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
Author Paul Bogdanor has unearthed new documents that suggest Rudolf Kasztner collaborated with the Nazis
December 15, 2016, 3:31 pm
From Jewish hero to ‘Schindler in reverse’
Researcher Paul Bogdanor has unearthed new documents that suggests prominent Jewish leader Rudolf Kasztner collaborated with the Nazis
By Francine Wolfisz
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