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Israeli director tackles film about a class trip to Poland

Saban said that the toughest task for him was to put aside his perspective as an adult and recapture the feeling of what it was like to be in Poland and at the death camps at age 17. 

 Courtesy Mike E. Dunne

This artist is fighting for a memorial for the 4000 killed in at Jungfernhof, a Nazi camp in Latvia

Over the last 17 years, Frostig has worked with a dogged determination to recognize the victims of Jungfernhof, a camp that’s not extensively documented.

By DEBORAH LYNN BLUMBERG/JTA
17/05/2024

Saying ‘Never Again is Now’ to European Jews is an insult

Never again? If European governments are not prepared or are unwilling to turn words into action, these important words will have just been a platitude. And an insulting one at that. 

By MENACHEM MARGOLIN
12/04/2024

'Secret Jew': Polish ‘countess’ saved thousands of concentration camp prisoners from the Nazis.

Janina’s story was nearly lost to history, disclosed in an unpublished memoir that slipped through three pairs of hands before White and Sliwa embarked on corroborating it and researching their book.

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
13/02/2024

Israeli man charged for inciting terror, rape, genocide of Palestinians

Noam Dayan, 34, was charged for inflammatory social media posts targeting Muslims and Gazan Palestinians in one of the most serious terror incitement cases of the Israel-Hamas War.

By YOAV ETIEL/WALLA
19/12/2023

98-year-old German man charged with accessory to murder at Nazi concentration camp

Despite his advanced age, because he was younger than 21 at the time of the crimes, the suspect is being charged under juvenile criminal law at Hanau Regional Court.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
02/09/2023

Sidney Taussig: The Holocaust survivor from Home One who saved history

Because of Sidney Taussig’s bravery in saving Vedem, his story and the stories of the other boys of Home One continue to be told.

By EVE GLOVER
01/09/2023

New virtual tours of Concentration Camps upgrade Holocaust education

A new project aims to preserve the memories of the Holocaust through virtual reality tours and experiences.

By YUVAL BAGNO/MAARIV
25/07/2023

German man who was oldest-ever person tried for Nazi crimes has died at 102

Schütz repeatedly denied the charges on him, but prosecutors presented evidence placing him at the camp and showing he killed Soviet prisoners of war.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
28/04/2023

Can social media become the new classroom for Holocaust education?

Studies show that millennials and Gen-Z do not know enough about the Holocaust, but social media could be a way to reach them with more knowledge.

By SHANNA FULD
18/04/2023
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