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German parliament honours survivor of Nazi camps killed in Ukraine

Germany’s parliament has paid tribute to 96-year-old Boris Romanchenko, who survived several Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War but was killed last week during an attack in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. The Buchenwald ...

22 Mar 2022 at 13:25

World

Survivors unite to deliver message on Holocaust remembrance

Holocaust survivors around the world have united to deliver a message on the dangers of unchecked hate and the importance of remembrance at a time of rising global antisemitism. In a video released on Thursday to mark Yom HaShoah – ...

28 Apr 2022 at 08:55

Inquiry into oligarch’s charity which donated to royal hospital

A Russian oligarch’s charity, which donated to a private hospital used and supported by the Queen and the royal family, has been made the subject of an inquiry following sanctions. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor had his assets frozen in ...

23 Apr 2022 at 12:25

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Poland’s president denounces Russian war in Ukraine at Holocaust event

Polish President Andrzej Duda denounced Russia’s war against Ukraine as he joined Holocaust survivors and people from around the world at an annual observance at the former site of Auschwitz. “We are here to show that every ...

28 Apr 2022 at 18:25

Building Holocaust memorial in park would have ‘irrevocable’ impact

Building a national Holocaust memorial in a small central London park risks impacting the green space “irrevocably”, opponents to the plans have argued. Campaigners gathered outside the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday ...

22 Feb 2022 at 17:25

Calls for Home Secretary to tackle delays in processing Ukraine refugees

Jewish leaders have called on the Home Secretary to tackle “delays” in helping refugees fleeing Ukraine amid reports of a 90-year-old holocaust survivor trying to reach her granddaughter in London. Marie van der Zyl, ...

09 Mar 2022 at 15:55

600 candles lit to remember victims of the Holocaust and other genocides

Faith leaders have gathered to light candles and remember all the victims of genocide ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day. Six hundred candles were lit during the event at York Minster’s Chapter House, forming the Star ...

26 Jan 2022 at 19:25

Whoopi Goldberg criticised for saying the Holocaust ‘isn’t about race’

US talk show host Whoopi Goldberg has drawn criticism after saying that the Holocaust was not “about race”. The presenter, who co-hosts The View on ABC, said the historic atrocity was about “man’s inhumanity to ...

01 Feb 2022 at 02:26

Holocaust Memorial Day: Speaker Hoyle urges people to call out intolerance

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle urged people to call out intolerance and work together to build a “happier future” at a special ceremony in Westminster to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. Candles were lit at the ...

27 Jan 2022 at 20:55

Derry News

Council holds minute's silence during monthly meeting for Holocaust Memorial Day

Derry City & Strabane District Council held a minute's silence during their monthly meeting in remembrance of those who died in the Holocaust. January 27 is Holocaust Memorial Day where the six million people,...

28 Jan 2022 at 13:35

Scotland

I have wept over horrors of Holocaust, says former Scottish Tory leader

Former Scottish Tory leader Jackson Carlaw has said he has wept over the horrors of the Holocaust. Speaking in a debate to honour Holocaust Memorial Day in the Scottish Parliament, Mr Carlaw asked “have we ...

27 Jan 2022 at 14:55

Holocaust survivor, 98, becomes a great-grandmother for the 35th time

A Holocaust survivor who spent four months at Auschwitz has celebrated becoming a great-grandmother for the 35th time. Lily Ebert, 98, was liberated by American soldiers in April 1945 when she was 20 and, ...

17 Jan 2022 at 16:55

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