Polish President Andrzej Duda took part in nationwide observances Friday to honor Poles who risked — and often lost — their lives trying to save Jews from the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation of Poland. Duda spoke at a memorial site
Shlomo Perel, who survived the Holocaust through surreal subterfuge and an extraordinary odyssey that inspired his own writing and an internationally renowned film, died on Thursday in central Israel. He was 98. Perel was born in 1925 to a Jewish family in
Seven people have been killed with more injured in a shooting at a synagogue in Jerusalem, according to an ambulance service in Israel. The gunman was shot and reportedly killed and a large police presence was at the scene in the Jewish
UNITED NATIONS – Jan. 27 marks the remembrance of the Holocaust, with world leaders reiterating their commitment to the words, “never again” even as scholars and survivors raise concerns about the growing prominence of antisemitism. “First robbed of their names, then of
u Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked Holocaust Memorial Day and the 78th liberation anniversary of the Auschwitz concentration camp by reminding the world that “indifference kills.” “We know and remember that indifference kills along with hatred. Indifference and hatred are always capable of
King Charles and Camilla met with two genocide survivors – one from the Holocaust and another from Darfur – at Buckingham Palace this morning. After speaking with the two survivors, the royal couple lit a candle to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, which
An 87-year-old Holocaust survivor was tricked out of $2.8 million in a romance scam by a woman he met on a dating website, according to federal prosecutors. Peaches Stergo, 36, is alleged to have lived a “life of luxury” after swindling the enormous sum, buying
The United Arab Emirates will begin teaching about the Holocaust in history classes in primary and secondary schools across the country, the country’s embassy in the United States said. The embassy provided no details on the curriculum and education authorities in the
US Representative-elect George Santos of New York is under investigation by Long Island prosecutors, after revelations surfaced that the now-embattled Republican lied about his heritage, education and professional pedigree as he campaigned for office. Despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold