Just under 10,000 Jewish children fled to Britain from Europe from December 1938 to September 1939. Not much was known about their journeys, until recently.
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Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Is Stepping Up Efforts to Preserve Memories
With the survivor generation shrinking and antisemitism on the rise around the world, Israel’s Holocaust memorial is stepping up efforts to safeguard its vast collection of artifacts and testimony.
‘Crown Jewels of the Jewish People’: Preserving Memories of the Holocaust
With the survivor generation shrinking and antisemitism on the rise around the world, Israel’s Holocaust memorial is stepping up efforts to safeguard its vast collection of artifacts and testimony.
Netanyahu Asserts Israel’s Right to Fight Its enemies in Defiant Speech
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been steadfast in his goal of destroying Hamas. On Sunday, he defended Israel’s right to defend itself at a Holocaust remembrance event.
Germany Remembers Kristallnacht at a Fraught Moment
As reports of antisemitism surge in Germany and elsewhere, commemorations of the Nazi pogrom have taken on special resonance this year.
Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Criticized for Wearing a Yellow Star of David
Dani Dayan, chairman of Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem, said Israelis should instead display the country’s flag as a sign of strength.
Haim Roet, Who Kept Holocaust Victims’ Names Alive, Dies at 90
Since he first read the names of people murdered by the Nazis at a protest in 1989, the practice has become a part of memorial ceremonies around the world.
Solomon Perel, Jew Who Posed as a Hitler Youth to Survive, Dies at 97
His masquerade — a tale recounted in a memoir and in the film “Europa Europa” — saved his life. But “to this day,” he said, “I have a tangle of two souls in one body.”
After 90 Years, a Menorah That Symbolized Defiance Is Rekindled in Germany
A 1931 photograph of a menorah on a windowsill also showed a Nazi flag in the street outside. This Hanukkah the menorah returned to Germany.
Almost Safe, She Returned to Munich and Lost a Bronzino and Her Life
A portrait by Bronzino that Ilse Hesselberger once owned is coming up for sale, a reminder of the brutality, and twists of fate, that Jews confronted in the Nazi era.