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Thomas Gould VC. PIC: AJEX
February 19, 2026, 9:49 am
AJEX presented with Jewish submariner hero’s framed medals
Thomas William Gould was one of three Jewish recipients of the Victoria Cross in the Second World War
By Michelle Rosenberg
Marwan Elfallah
January 28, 2026, 11:54 am
University lecturer and Redbridge local election candidate backed ‘peace deal with Hitler’
Marwan Elfallah is lecturer in the University of East London's Department of Education, and is standing for the Redbridge Independents at local elections in May
By Lee Harpin
Jasmina Griffoul presents archival photographs during a Limmud Festival session exploring the morally complex story of a Nazi occupation official who helped save a Jewish family.
January 2, 2026, 1:27 pm
Tracing a Nazi official who helped save a Jewish family
A Yiddish survivor testimony led two researchers to uncover a story of rescue, power and moral ambiguity
By Annabel Sinclair
Prince Charles meeting members of JLGB
May 2, 2025, 12:10 pm
JLGB to join national VE Day 80 events as UK honours war heroes
Young leaders to march past Buckingham Palace and attend Downing Street street party as part of historic commemorations
By Annabel Sinclair
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
The Zone of Interest
January 24, 2024, 10:31 am
FILM REVIEW: The twilight zone between evil and ignorance
Our capacity to ignore what’s under our nose if it offends our eyes and ears ­– if it lies outside our zone of interest – is tested to breaking point and beyond in Jonathan Glazer’s unflinching new film about the commandant of Auschwitz, writes Richard Ferrer
By Richard Ferrer
Yitzchak von Schweitzer and his wife Rivka at Limmud in Birmingham and (left) as a member of the Hitler Youth and of the Waffen-SS
December 29, 2023, 11:16 am
From Hitler Youth to Judaism: Yitzchak von Schweitzer tells his story at Limmud
The 97-year-old former Waffen-SS officer who lives in the UK after a long period in South Africa has spent the past 40 years as an Orthodox Jew
By Beatrice Sayers
The Danish embassy brought together Danish Holocaust survivors, historians, students and the First Lady of Israel for a special event in Tel Aviv/Yafo, to celebrate and commemorate the history of the community. Credit: Yossi Zeliger.
December 15, 2022, 7:57 pm
Danish Jews celebrate 400 years of existence: A story of tolerance and antisemitism
The embassy in Israel brought together Danish Holocaust survivors, historians and the First Lady of Israel for a special event in Tel Aviv.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Pedestrians viewing a Jewish-owned store in Berlin damaged during Kristallnacht, November 10, 1938.
September 25, 2022, 11:16 am
Compensation schemes for confiscated Second World War assets to end
After nearly a quarter of a century, the government has announced the end of two schemes aimed at helping people who had assets confiscated under Nazi occupation.
By Jenni Frazer
July 18, 2022, 11:06 am
Macron: It is false to claim French leaders did not collaborate in the Holocaust
France's president warns against revisionism and rising antisemitism in landmark speech to mark 80 years since the country's Jews were rounded up
By Michael Daventry
From the WebJune 16, 2022, 10:42 am
Jewish News Podcast: Did the pope ignore the Holocaust?
The Vatican says new papers released in recent years go some way to absolving Pius XII, but historian David Kertzer tells Michael Daventry there was much more he could have done
By Jewish News Podcast
Pope Pius XII (Photo: REUTERS/Osservatore Romano)
June 16, 2022, 10:39 am
The pope who put his church first — even with the Holocaust on his doorstep
Historian David Kertzer on how the hotly anticipated opening of the Vatican's wartime archives failed to absolve Pius XII over his failure to act
By Michael Daventry
Proposed design of Westminster Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens
February 21, 2022, 9:18 am
Bid to block plans for Westminster Holocaust Memorial to be considered by High Court
London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust expects judges to review their appeal against the proposal next to Parliament, with campaigners calling it the 'right idea in the wrong place'
By Lee Harpin
Jan Grabowski and Barbara Engelking (Photo: Claims Conference)
August 16, 2021, 9:36 pm
Polish judge throws out apology claim against Holocaust historians
A lower court had ordered Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski to apologise to the family of a man they identified as a Nazi collaborator
By Michael Daventry and Reuters
Thomas' sketch of the selection on the ramp was chosen to be etched onto a memorial wall at Auschwitz
January 28, 2021, 12:26 pm
The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz: How one child survivor saw the Holocaust
Thomas Geve was just 13-years-old when he entered Auschwitz and began making sketches of the inhumanity he witnessed
By Francine Wolfisz
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