A photographer walked the railroad tracks that led to Auschwitz and saw the ‘darkness of the past’
OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Oded Balilty started with the AP as a freelancer in Jerusalem in ...
Auschwitz survivors and world leaders mark 80 years since Nazi death camp's liberation
The solemn commemoration came amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the ...
Oświęcim’s sole Jewish resident reflects on modern antisemitism on 80th anniversary of Auschwitz camp’s liberation
Among 34,000 people in the town of Oświęcim is just one Jew – a young Israeli named Hila Weisz-Gut. It’s an interesting ...
At Auschwitz memorial, survivors see echoes of the past in rising antisemitism
Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred they are witnessing in the modern world as they ...
Holocaust Memorial Vandalized in Germany
This latest act of vandalism at the Ahlem Memorial in Hanover, Germany is the second instance at the memorial within two ...
Holocaust survivor shares her story
People all across the nation are participating in Holocaust Remembrance events this week. And here in Lexington, the ...
‘We are united’: NYC Jewish, Muslim community members commemorate Auschwitz liberation
The memory of the Holocaust reminds us that the seeds of hatred must be confronted wherever they appear,” CAM Chief ...
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A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films and a graphic memoir explore the contradictions of ‘dark tourism’
He is both impressed by the efforts made by the German curators to focus on “the nexus of German cruelty and Jewish suffering” (unlike the Polish guides at Auschwitz, where he learns “mostly ...
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EU Delegation and Yad Vashem Commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day at Beit Juliana
In a poignant ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the European Union Delegation to ...
Defaced Auschwitz survivor mural finds new home at Rome’s Shoah Museum
After multiple acts of vandalism, a mural of Italian Auschwitz survivors has been preserved by Rome’s Shoah Museum.