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Hannah Senesh as a child in Hungary with her doll and Aunt Irma in the background. From the Senesh Family Archive at the National Library of Israel, courtesy of Ori and Mirit Eisen.
November 7, 2024, 2:22 pm
National Library of Israel unveils photographs of Jewish war heroine
On the 80th anniversary of paratrooper and poet Hannah Senesh’s execution, a newly released set of images reveal her world
By Michelle Rosenberg
April 30, 2024, 3:43 pm
Second World War hero receives new headstone with Star of David after 80 years
Until last week, Jewish military veteran Harold Devon had been buried under a cross in Hanover War Cemetery
By Candice Krieger
Frank Ashleigh at a ceremony last month and as a young man in 1944.
June 28, 2023, 11:31 am
Last British glider pilot of Second World War dies at 98
Sgt. Frank Ashleigh was taken as prisoner of war in 1944 by the Nazis and was later freed by Soviet soldiers at the end of the war.
By JN Reporter
A visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau, supported by the Holocaust Educational Trust. (Not related to this story).
June 27, 2023, 9:14 am
Team GB honours life of Sir Ben Helfgott on visit to Auschwitz
The Holocaust Educational Trust facilitated the tour and led the team through the Nazi death camp.
By JN Reporter
Bernard Levy, wearing his medals, meets the Queen at Bergen Belsen in 2015
June 10, 2022, 3:59 pm
British Jewish liberator of Bergen Belsen dies, aged 96
Bernard Levy was a 19-year-old corporal when he entered the Nazi concentration camp in April 1945. He returned in 2015 alongside the Queen for the 70th anniversary of liberation.
By Richard Ferrer
Norman Gorfunkle, left and his grave
January 10, 2019, 12:09 pm
New search for the Jewish dead of Bomber Command
No details about the religions of the 58,000 who lost their lives in the unit were recorded, so researchers are calling on Jewish families to detail stories of relatives they lost
By Jewish News Reporter
Air-raid shelter in London, 1940
August 29, 2018, 10:23 am
Newly-released files show UK ignored rise of anti-Semitism in Second World War
National Archive documents show British politicians blamed Jews for the rise of hatred and failed to act to stop it
By JTA
Lieutenant Colonel Mordaunt Cohen receiving his MBE from the Queen
June 4, 2018, 4:46 pm
Jewish war veteran, 101, receives MBE from the Queen
Sunderland-born centenarian Lt. Col. Mordaunt Cohen is 'deeply humbled' to be awarded the honour for services to education
By Jewish News Reporter
Kindertransport refugees
March 6, 2018, 11:27 am
Educational project to teach students at 120 schools about the Kindertransport
Holocaust Educational Trust launches its ‘Stories from Willesden Lane’ initiative to educate young people about children who fled the Nazis
By Jewish News Reporter
Frank Foley
January 30, 2018, 4:29 pm
Head of MI6 praises ‘tenacity and passion’ of spy who saved Jews from the Nazis
Sir Alex Younger honours the role of Frank Foley in smuggling out German Jews to save them from persecution
By Jewish News Reporter
Chris Baker putting on an exoskeleton suit Picture: Screenshot from ITN
November 14, 2017, 12:12 pm
Paralysed veteran to stand during Cenotaph parade thanks to Israeli technology
Royal Engineer Chris Baker will have the help of a robotic exoskeleton made with the latest technology from the Jewish state
Turing at Bosham in 1939 with two Jewish refugee boys he rescued from Nazi Germany (Rex Shutterstock)
October 24, 2017, 12:44 pm
Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing saved two Jewish refugees
World War Two genius who helped Britain crack Germany's 'impenetrable' code rescued Jews from the clutches of Nazi Germany
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Himmler (front right) beside a prisoner whilst visiting the Dachau Concentration Camp in 1936
August 24, 2017, 2:27 pm
Historian has ‘compelling’ evidence Himmler saved 300k Jews before end of war
Author of book about the architect of the Holocaust claims the Nazi leader tried to end the genocide early to pursue other negotiations
Hitler watching German soldiers marching into Poland in September 1939.
August 2, 2017, 3:29 pm
Poland may demand WW2 reparations from Germany
Parliament investigating whether to make claim against its European neighbour, for massive losses inflicted on the country between 1939-45
By Jewish News Reporter
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (July 2017)
July 18, 2017, 4:23 pm
Hungarian PM to Netanyahu: Collaborating with Nazis was ‘a sin’
Viktor Orban tells Israel's leader that Hungary 'made a mistake' when it failed to protect Jews during the Holocaust
By Jewish News Reporter
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