For the 7,000 prisoners remaining—more than 60,000 had been forced to undertake a death march in the weeks before Allied troops arrived—liberation came as a bitter relief, overshadowed by the harrowing murder of 1.
The Holocaust famously teaches us that what makes mass atrocities possible isn’t only the agency of the powerful — it’s the silence of everyone else.
This year has been marked by numerous World War II-related “80th Anniversary” celebrations, keyed to 1944 as the penultimate and most decisive year of the war. D-Day has been commemorated, and Anzio,
The museum has many disturbing reminders of the deadliest conflict in human history, but none are more haunting than those in the Holocaust exhibit.
Survivors of the Nazi's notorious Auschwitz death camp are taking center stage at the memorial service to mark 80 years since its liberation by Soviet troops.
I feature my mother’s testimony in my teaching because it gives my students a direct link, through me, as my mother’s son, to the genocide that was the Holocaust, writes Menachem Z. Rosensaft.
Survivor of the Holocaust and October 7 reflects on his survival and anti-Semitism today Paula Newton speaks to Zvi Solow, who survived both the Holocaust and the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. Survivor of the Holocaust and October 7 reflects on his survival and anti-Semitism today
During this week of International Holocaust Remembrance, Resistance: They Fought Back, an important new Holocaust documentary is on PBS. A discussion I led is on YouTube
A unique Holocaust art exhibition opened this week in New York’s City Hall. In “The Wandering Jew,” a 1947 oil-and-canvas painting by Dutch artist Eliazer Neuberger, a barefoot man wearing torn garments gazes forward while behind him an elderly mysterious figure who evokes the prophet Elijah raises his hand in blessing.
While commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day on Jan. 27, the Prince of Wales spoke to Holocaust survivors and remarked there was “a lot of history at this table”
King Charles and the Prince and Princess of Wales attended various events to observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day.