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Jonathan Freedland, Wiener Holocaust Library exhibition launch May 2026

May 21, 2026, 3:15 pm

Wiener Library launches Britain’s first exhibition on Nazi camp slave labour

Survivor Eva Clarke and writer Jonathan Freedland highlight individual stories from brutal slave labour system

By Michelle Rosenberg

May 18, 2026, 4:06 pm

‘Hitler, you didn’t win, I won’: Windermere Boy Harry Spiro dies aged 96

Tributes pour in for extraordinary Holocaust survivor with a life of 'unimaginable loss and remarkable resilience'

By Michelle Rosenberg

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January 27, 2026, 12:31 pm

Suitcase #681: Rare Nazi ghetto drawings in London Holocaust archive

Cache of almost 681 artworks by Czech Jewish artist and playwright, Peter Kien, created secretly while he was imprisoned in Theresienstadt

By Michelle Rosenberg

February 22, 2023, 4:06 pm

OPINION: What my grandson taught me about remembering the Holocaust

Alex Brummer writes that remembrance, no matter how difficult, can be an inspiration to a younger generation keen to learn more about the Shoah

By Alex Brummer

Vera Schaufeld, Credit: (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

January 27, 2023, 1:55 pm

Antisemitism rising because of a lack of Holocaust education, survivor warns

Vera Schaufeld believes it's important to continue talking about Nazi genocide to remind people of where antisemitism can lead.

By Jewish News Reporter

June 15, 2021, 4:35 pm

Play about lesbian Holocaust survivor to premiere at Brighton Fringe

Work about Margot Heuman, born in 1928, will be shown to an online audience later this month

By Jewish News Reporter

January 28, 2021, 12:06 pm

120 over 80: Our oldest and wisest

From rabbis and volunteers to Shoah survivors and political figures, here is part three of our celebration of the Jewish community's original social influencers!

By Jewish News

January 21, 2021, 10:39 am

120 Over 80 – meet our mentors!

Part two of our celebration of the Jewish community's oldest and wisest.

By Jewish News

July 21, 2020, 5:59 pm

Auschwitz Museum discovers six-year-old’s shoes with hidden inscription

Footwear belonging to ex-prisoner Amos Steinberg found by staff, which included six-year-old boy’s name, the mark of the transport and registration number on the list

Top left, Miriam Saxl, with her elder daughter Maya, Eva and Jan Rocek, on the right, Miriam's daughter Eva, and bottom left, the gold pendant necklace

June 29, 2020, 4:04 pm

Heirloom that survived Hitler and Stalin is lost in lockdown

It survived its brushes with history but the cherished gold pendant bearing Holocaust survivor Eva Rocek’s name went missing during the pandemic

By Mathilde Frot

May 7, 2020, 3:32 pm

OPINION: Marking VE Day as a Holocaust survivor – a very different story

As Britain remembers victory over Nazi Germany, Steven Frank remembers being starving in Theresienstadt as his British-born mother heard Winston Churchill announcing the end of war

By Steven Frank

January 29, 2020, 5:00 pm

Trauma handed down from parent to child

Sandy Rashty explores the transgenerational impact of the Nazi genocide on descendants of survivors

By Sandy Rashty

January 3, 2020, 11:02 am

Sir Ben ‘humbled and honoured’ by 90 messages for 90th birthday

Holocaust survivor turned Olympian presented with a card from Jewish News signed by five prime ministers, sporting legends and well-known names from the world of arts and media.

By Jewish News

Claudia Winkleman takes a selfie as she meets the Lionesses!

June 7, 2019, 3:46 pm

Seven Jewish fun facts about the 2019 Women’s World Cup!

There aren’t any Jewish players at this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, but there are still plenty of fun kosher facts about the tournament!

By Emily Burack (JTA)

April 29, 2019, 9:01 am

Currency used in Theresienstadt donated by Brit to Israel’s National Library

Six notes featuring a Star of David and sketch of Moses holding the Ten Commandments were received by the Israeli organisation from UK activist Ruth Brass

By JTA

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