How Much Did New Yorkers Really Know About The Holocaust?
How extensive was knowledge of the Holocaust in the United States? It’s a question that has long intrigued historians. Despite a flood of Jewish refugees to the United States,...
Yad Vashem Recognizes Dutch Couple for Hiding Boys During Holocaust
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Yad Vashem posthumously recognized a Dutch couple as Righteous Among the Nations for hiding two Jewish boys during the Holocaust.
A ceremony was held Monday at the...
Sausage Museum OK’ed on Grounds of Buchenwald Camp
A city in Germany has approved plans for a sausage museum to be built on the grounds of a former concentration camp.
The national Bratwurst Museum would be built in...
Poll in Canada Reveals Gaps in Holocaust Knowledge
New research shows that many people in Canada don't know what the Holocaust was, cannot name a concentration camp, and are unaware that millions of Jews died during World...
Test on Bad Surveys Includes Misleading Question on Holocaust
BY MARCY OSTER
(JTA) — A university in Chicago has removed a faculty member from a course after a marketing assignment included a question on whether the Holocaust happened.
National Louis University is...
92-Year-Old Former SS Guard to Stand Trial for Nazi Crimes
A 92-year-old former SS guard charged with helping murder 5,230 prisoners at a Nazi death camp in World War II will go on trial in October, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Bruno...
Schools Mark Yom HaShoah with Memorial Ceremonies
Yom HaShoah At SHS
In a moving Yom HaShoah Tekes, Shulamith High School commemorated and remembered the six million who perished in the Holocaust. The day’s program was both meaningful...
Poll: Many British Adults Don’t Believe Holocaust Occurred
Released in time for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a new poll commissioned by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust found that one in 20 British adults do not believe that...
Jewish News Wins 18-Month Legal Battle Against Polish Nationalist Group
BY KATARZYNA MARKUSZ
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — A London-based Jewish newspaper did not have to use the term “German Nazis” an appeals court in Warsaw ruled, upholding a lower court decision.
The...
Netanyahu Leads Heads of State Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led a plethora of world leaders observing International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday.
Netanyahu marked the occasion by welcoming three Holocaust survivors to his office, recounting...
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