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


German government pledges record $1 billion in funding for Holocaust survivor home care

Although the survivor population has dramatically decreased over the years, the needs among the remaining population are much greater and require additional funding.

Stuart E. Eizenstat speaks during the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC.

An embrace across generations

When Holocaust survivors and survivors of October 7 walked together at the March of the Living, a bridge was formed between past and present.

Holocaust survivors, freed Israeli hostages and family members

Couple hides Holocaust survivor mother's body to maintain compensations

A Karmiel couple buried a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor in her yard to keep receiving her benefits. Police found her remains 3 meters deep a year and a half later.

Police car at night

Holocaust survivor and 'Librarian of Auschwitz' Dita Kraus dead at 96

In her 96 years Dita Kraus has been an artist, a librarian, a guide and an inspiration.

Dita Kraus 'Librarian of Auschwitz'

Holocaust survivor and member of group plot to kill six million Germans dead at 105

Yehuda 'Idek' Friedman, a Krakow-born Holocaust survivor and member of Nakam, has died at 105. He recounted the group's revenge plots in later interviews.

Yehuda "Idek" Friedman

Holocaust survivors son against Francesca Albanese: "She's obsessed with my mother"

"Evidently, Albanese had not read my mother's words in which she states that she feels repulsion for the Netanyahu government and the fascist and racist right-wing in power today in Israel," he said.

Italian Senator Liliana Segre attends the opening of the first International Summit on Children’s Rights at the Clementina Hall on February 03, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican.

Scarlett Johansson and the Jews: Top star’s directorial debut is Holocaust survivors film

When Scarlett Johansson first read Tory Kamen’s script, she told the Hollywood news site Deadline in an interview, 'I cried, and that almost never happens.' 

DIRECTOR SCARLETT JOHANSSON stands on the red carpet with ‘Eleanor the Great’ cast members June Squibb (center) and Erin Kellyman at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, in May 2025.

Holocaust survivor Rita Zohar brings lived history to Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut film

“Eleanor the Great,” Johansson’s directorial debut, stars 95-year-old Jewish actress June Squibb as she seeks connection in New York City following the death of her best friend Bessie.

Director Scarlett Johansson and cast members June Squibb, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Erin Kellyman pose during the red carpet for the film "Eleanor The Great", as the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) returns for its 50th edition in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 8, 2025.

Holocaust survivor passes away at a Swiss clinic specializing in voluntary assisted death - report

Ruth Posner was a talented actress and dancer who survived the Treblinka extermination camp as a child.

Ruth Posner, Holocaust survivor and talented actress, dancer, and author

Aron Bell, last of the Bielski brothers whose famed brigade saved 1,200 Jews, dies at 98

Bell, who later changed his name from Aron Bielski, was born in 1927 in Stankiewicze, part of present-day Belarus, as the youngest of 10 brothers and two sisters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Aron Bell pose for a photo at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow, Russia on June 4, 2019.