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Holocaust Remembrance Day: Honoring victims and celebrating Jewish resilience

On Yom Hashoah, objects, letters, and fragments of lives cut short remind us that the Holocaust was not only about death, but about vibrant life.

Remembering the Holocaust: A call to preserve Jewish memory
Two people stand at a plaque at the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial near Weimar, Germany, Jan. 26, 2018.

Pro-Palestinian activists are banned from Buchenwald, where survivors vowed to fight for peace

A visitor stands in front of a watchtower behind a fence on the grounds of the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar

Pro-Palestinian rally at Buchenwald memorial shut down by German authorities

A portrait of Friedrich Torberg, Jan. 1, 1970.

A lost novel from 1943 that predicted the Holocaust has been recovered


Polish foreign ministry summons Israeli ambassador over criticism

Holocaust education trips for Israeli students to Poland had been suspended earlier this year over the fact that armed guards accompanied the students on the trips.

Actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visits former Nazi German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, near Oswiecim, Poland, September 28, 2022.

Documentary ‘Four Winters’ recounts the hell and fury of Jewish partisans who fought the Nazis

Written and directed by Julia Mintz, the film recounts the story of several Jewish partisans: women and men from the ghettos who escaped Nazi roundups to the concentration camps.

 Jewish partisans shown in the documentary "Four Winters."

Serbian president reveals grandfather was murdered in Holocaust - exclusive

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he felt as if this part of history is almost buried and not discussed.

 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during an interview with Reuters in Belgrade, Serbia August 29, 2022.

On This Day: 79 years since Jews revolted at Nazi's Treblinka death camp

The revolt saw only a few Jews manage to escape the extermination camp, with only 70 surviving until the end of the war. But it crippled the camp in its final months.

Treblinka German death camp in Poland railway sign at Yad Vashem.

Holocaust survivor Rena Quint answers remaining questions - opinion

Rena Quint answered questions 77 years after being found among the dying and liberated in Bergen-Belsen.

 RENA QUINT (C) with a Taglit-Birthright group.

Serbia unveils plaque in memory of Belgrade concentration camp victims

Staro Sajmiste was operated between 1941 and 1945, where more than 17,000 people were killed.

 Staro Sajistmen concentration camp.

Germany tries two Nazis for wartime crimes

Despite the decades that have passed since the crimes were committed, it is still possible to hold Nazi perpetrators accountable for their crimes.

'Death Gate' at Stutthof Concentration Camp

The sad truth about Jewish informants during the Holocaust - opinion

Polish-born Belgian Jew Icek Glogowski was an infamous Nazi collaborator responsible for the deportation and death of hundreds.

DUTCH KING Willem-Alexander visits Anne Frank House in Amsterdam in 2018.

On This Day: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp, 6,000 Jews killed

The exact number of victims in the camp is unclear, with some numbers ranging from 35,000 to over 310,000.

 Detail of Memorial to Janowska Death Camp - Near Piaski Ravine - Lviv - Ukraine

German Nazi war crimes suspect, 96, who went on the run goes on trial

Irmgard Furchner is accused of having contributed as an 18-year-old to the murder of 11,412 people when she was a typist at the Stutthof concentration camp between 1943 and 1945.

Guard tower at Stutthof concentration camp