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Historians uncover new details of how thousands of Jewish children fled Nazis
By Louisa Walters
Kindertransport records found in archives at Yad Vashem shed light on the backgrounds of 9,000 Holocaust escapees
January 15, 2025, 12:48 pm
Historians uncover new details of how thousands of Jewish children fled Nazis
Kindertransport records found in archives at Yad Vashem shed light on the backgrounds of 9,000 Holocaust escapees
By Louisa Walters
USC Shoah Foundation
October 21, 2024, 11:07 am
OPINION: A force of nature – remembering Holocaust scholar Yehuda Bauer
A longstanding advisor to Yad Vashem and one of the key authors of the 2000 Stockholm Declaration: in memory of the eminent professor who lived his long life in defence of truth about the Shoah
By Associate Professor Ruth-Anne Lenga
May 10, 2024, 2:38 pm
German sports figures mark Yom Hashoah in Israel
World Jewish Congress organisers unique delegation to mark Holocaust remembrance and meet hostages' families
By Jenni Frazer
March 4, 2024, 12:33 am
Who, What & Where? Fawlty Towers’ new Jewish star and more
John Cleese honouring the late Andrew Sachs is just one of the must-reads in Life magazine this March
By Brigit Grant
Documents on the pontificate of Pope Pius XII are seen at the Vatican Secret Archives in Vatican City, Vatican, February 27, 2020. The Vatican Apostolic Library opened the Holy See’s wartime archives on the pontificate of Pope Pius XII between the years 1939 to 1958. (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
September 8, 2023, 9:28 am
Newly-discovered document lists 3,000 Jews the Catholic Church sheltered from Nazis
Jewish historian of the Vatican urges caution as the papers have not yet been released to the public for closer inspection
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
June 15, 2023, 11:13 am
It’s never too late to visit Israel for the first time
A long-awaited tour of the 'must-see' sights takes in Masada, Yad Vashem, Caesarea and of course the Western Wall
By Neil Silver
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, left, meets with Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau in Warsaw, March 22, 2023. (Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
April 11, 2023, 10:58 am
Yad Vashem denounces Poland’s demanded additions to Israeli student trips as ‘inappropriate’
Leading historians have condemned the development, arguing that the new trip rules advance what they call Poland’s track record of obscuring its Holocaust record.
By Gabe Friedman (JTA)
Sajid Javid, with Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely. Pic Shai Dolev
March 30, 2023, 4:11 pm
Former home secretary praised for ‘standing on the front line’ in Israel’s defence
Tzipi Hotovely calls Sajid Javid "a very special friend" at Conservative Friends of Israel Parliamentary reception
By Stephen Oryszczuk
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February 3, 2023, 5:07 pm
Russian missiles hit historic synagogue in southeastern Ukraine
Jewish leaders condemn "bombardment" of 113-year old building in city of Huliaipole
By David I Klein (JTA)
Yad Vashem's Hall of Names
January 24, 2023, 8:45 pm
Holocaust ‘Book of Names’ to be inaugurated at the UN underscores the individual identities of six million
Monumental installation containing the names of some 4,800,000 victims of the Shoah – 500,000 additional names – to be made public in New York.
By Renee Ghert-Zand (JTA)
Yoel walked to Netanya from Tel Aviv, in 7 hours.
January 19, 2023, 6:54 pm
Fitness trainer embarks on epic 212-mile walk for Holocaust Memorial Day
Yoel Levy, 23, is trekking from Manchester to London to raise funds for Yad Vashem UK.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Nazis remove Jewish prayer books from a shul for burning during Kristallnacht in 1938. Credit: Yad Vashem
November 10, 2022, 1:01 pm
Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum releases rare photos of Kristallnacht
91 Jews were killed in attacks between November 9-10 in 1938, while 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and later sent to concentration camps
By Jotam Confino in Israel
David Lammy
July 29, 2022, 12:22 pm
David Lammy visits Israel, during three day Middle East ‘fact-finding’ trip
Labour's shadow foreign secretary visited Israel, Jordan and the West Bank during unpublicised visit last week
By Lee Harpin
Joe Biden meets Holocaust survivors at Yad Vashem
July 14, 2022, 11:23 am
‘Never had fun in Yad Vashem before’ — Biden bends knee to meet Holocaust survivors
The US president dispensed both with social distancing and the chair laid out for him to meet 86-year-old Rene Quint and Giselle Cycowicz, 95
By Michael Daventry and JTA
Joe Biden speaks to Holocaust survivors Giselle Cycowicz, right, and Rena Quint, left, during a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, July 13, 2022. (Debbie Hill/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
From the WebJuly 14, 2022, 12:05 am
Biden kneels to meet with Holocaust survivors during visit to Yad Vashem
He spoke with the two women for about seven minutes, hours after arriving in Israel for his first trip as US president.
By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA)
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