Holocaust survivors

Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg, who moved back to Germany in his 80's, dies aged 101

Weinberg, who was born in Rhauderfehn in 1925, passed away in the town of Leer, not far from his birthplace in northwest Germany.

Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg, 99, poses in inside his old classroom at the memorial at the former Jewish School before a discussion with foreign journalists a week before the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on January 20, 2025 in Leer, Germany.
Clinical psychologist, professor and author Edith Eger poses during an interview with AFP on May 7, 2019, in Lausanne.

Renowned psychologist and Auschwitz survivor Edith Eger dies at 98

Chef Alon Shaya uses food and memory to preserve Holocaust stories for a new generation.

When food becomes memory: Alon Shaya's culinary tribute to Holocaust survivors

A page in Calel Perechodnik’s original diary, which is now stored in Yad Vashem’s archives in Jerusalem.

'Am I a murderer?' Yad Vashem restores a Jewish ghetto policeman's Holocaust confession


Jewish Holocaust survivor beaten to death, nursing home roommate charged

Nina Kravtsov was from a small Ukrainian town. She was forced into a ghetto with several other family members when her town was invaded.

Kings County Supreme Court building. (illustrative)

Looking at the enduring inspiration of Leon Uris’s ‘Exodus’ - opinion

Sixty-five years later, would the book, the movie, and the music have been welcomed with such global approbation?

Alexander Smukler presents a samizdat copy of Exodus in Russian to author Leon Uris in Moscow, November 1989.

Holocaust Survivor and Educator David Schaecter Passes Away at 96

Schaector, who participated in several March of the Living journeys in Poland & Israel , leaves a legacy of witnesses to carry the torch of memory

Holocaust survivor and educator David Schaecter, March of the Living in Auschwitz 2023

86 Years since World War II Began

Holocaust Survivors Share Their Childhood Memories from Poland

Weiss family in 1939 Poland

March of the Living in Łódź honors the city and ghetto’s Holocaust victims

99-year-old Holocaust survivor from Łódź, Leon Weintraub: “Be sensitive to all manifestations of intolerance. I urge you to be vigilant and watchful.”

March of the Living in Łódź

Parashat Re'eh: The gift of mercy

This is our ancestral heritage, passed down through the generations, and rooted so deeply that it is part of our very nature.

COMPASSION & MERCY: Haredi soldiers from the IDF Hasmonean Brigade take part in a beret march after completing seven months of basic and advanced training, at the Western Wall, Aug. 6.

New US Postal Service stamp honors Holocaust survivor and humanitarian Elie Wiesel

Wiesel, who died in 2016 at the age of 87, is the 18th person to be honored in the USPS’ Distinguished Americans stamp series.

The United States Postal Service released a new series of stamps in honor of Elie Wiesel.

Holocaust survivor injured in Iranian missile attack succumbs to wounds

Olga Weissberg, 91, succumbed to her wounds she received during the 12-day war in June.

Wreckage from an Iranian missile impact in central Israel, June 22, 2025.

The Orenstein Project: Fighting hunger and building hope in Israel - opinion

The Orenstein Project fights hunger in Israel, fulfilling Henry Orenstein’s vision that no child or elderly person in the Jewish state is left behind.

 A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR holds a Torah as he arrives at the entrance to Auschwitz for the annual March of the Living marking Holocaust Remembrance Day in May.

Holocaust survivors meet with freed hostages, families of hostages still in captivity

"When we, Holocaust survivors, saw the images of Rom Brezlavski and Evyatar David - emaciated, frightened, barely clinging to life - we felt as if the air had been pulled from our lungs."

Holocaust survivors visited the Hostage Families Forum in Tel Aviv to offer support to the families of those still held captive on August 5, 2025.