Germany to give $US1.4 billion to Holocaust survivors globally in 2024
Berlin, GermanyAP The organisation that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis said Thursday that Germany has agreed to extend another $US1.4 billion overall for Holocaust survivors around the globe for the coming year. The compensation was negotiated with Germany’s finance ministry and includes $US888.9 million to provide home care and […]
Lifestory: New memoir by Anne Frank’s girlhood friend reveals “life outside the attic”
‘My Friend Anne Frank,’ by Hannah Pick-Goslar, details the girls’ friendship before the Holocaust and their brief reunion inside a Nazi concentration camp. MICHELE CHABIN, of Religion News Service, reports…
Wow!: German artist nearing 100,000 cobblestones to mark victims of Nazis
TILMAN BLASSHOFER, of Reuters, reports on Gunter Demnig’s efforts to commemorate those who died in the Holocaust…
Wow!: Holocaust survivors, descendants join forces on social media
KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, of Associated Press, reports on the new digital campaign ‘Our Holocaust Story: A Pledge to Remember’…
Israeli President urges nation to unite on Holocaust memorial day
JerusalemReuters President Isaac Herzog called for unity during Israel’s annual Holocaust commemorations on Monday as the nation remains deeply divided over plans by the far-right government to implement a judicial overhaul. The President’s office has been engaged in talks between Israeli opposition members to broker a compromise with the governing coalition over planned judicial changes […]
Lifestory: Warsaw Ghetto uprising survivor honoured on 80th anniversary
ILAN BEN ZION and AMI BEN TOV, of Associated Press, report…
Eighty years on, Thessaloniki Holocaust survivor recalls cart of trampled bodies
Athens, Greece Reuters Eighty-four-year-old Rina Revah was nearly four when she was sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany with her parents in 1943. She would spend the next two years of her childhood there and witness events that would stay with her forever. “I never had a toy, I never had a […]
Race against the clock for Germany’s top Nazi hunter
Ludwigsburg, GermanyReuters Germany’s top Nazi hunter, Thomas Will, is hopeful of securing further convictions over the Holocaust even as the remaining suspects, many now in their late 90s, die. Will told Reuters that he has handed over five cases to local prosecutors in Germany that he believes still have a chance of going to trial. […]
Almost a quarter of young Dutch deny Holocaust or think it’s exaggerated – survey
Amsterdam, The Netherlands Reuters Nearly a quarter of Dutch people born after 1980 believe the Holocaust was a myth or that the number of its victims was greatly exaggerated, a survey published on Wednesday showed. The Netherlands is one of six countries surveyed on Holocaust awareness by Claims Conference, a non-profit organisation that works to […]
Pope condemns Holocaust denial as Australia mulls Kanye West visa
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned Holocaust denial, as Australia came under pressure to refuse a visa to American rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, because of his history of anti-Semitic remarks. Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience at the Vatican, on 25th January, 2023. PICTURE: Reuters/Yara Nardi The Pope spoke about […]