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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

Campaigners win High Court challenge over Holocaust memorial site

Campaigners have won their High Court bid to quash planning permission for a new national Holocaust memorial in a park outside Parliament. The London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust is opposed to a new UK Holocaust Memorial and ...

08 Apr 2022 at 11:55

Holocaust survivor, 98, ‘so touched’ to receive Hungarian national honour

One of the UK’s last living Auschwitz survivors has been presented with a national honour from Hungary at the country’s embassy in London. Lily Ebert, 98, was surrounded by her family as she was awarded the Knight’s Cross of ...

27 Apr 2022 at 13:55

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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 ...

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 ...

23 Apr 2022 at 12:25

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Israel halts for annual Holocaust day and honours six million murdered Jews

Sirens blared across Israel as the country came to a standstill in an annual ritual honouring the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust. Pedestrians halted and drivers got out their cars as people bowed their ...

28 Apr 2022 at 09:55

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

26 Jan 2022 at 19:25

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

US talk show host Whoopi Goldberg has offered her “sincerest apologies” after saying the Holocaust “isn’t about race”. The View presenter said Jewish people around the world have “always had my support” ...

01 Feb 2022 at 02:55

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 ...

01 Feb 2022 at 02:26

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