Delet | Holocaust

Train Commemorates Jewish Deportations

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0200

A special train was dispatched from Poprad railway station to Auschwitz, Poland on Friday in anticipation of the 70th anniversary of the first transport of Jewish women from Slovakia to the Nazi concentration camp on March 25, 1942

Slovaks with Righteous among Nations Award

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Another 17 Slovaks will be awarded with the title 'Righteous among the Nations', which is given to non-Jews who helped save the lives of Jewish people during WWII, the Israeli Embassy informed media.

50 Million Pages of Nazi Records in ITS Bad Arolsen Archive Made Public

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

After 60 years of being hidden away from the public, Nazi records about the 17.5 million people - Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, mental patients, handicapped and other undesirables – they will be open to the public.

Israeli choir sings at Nazi Dachau death camp

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

An Israeli student choir was set to sing Hebrew songs in the former Nazi concentration camp of Dachau - standing on soil that many older Jews regard as forever cursed.

Winton's Trains at Liverpool Street station

Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Events will be held at London's Liverpool Street Station during the period 21 May - 21 June to commemorate the kinderstransport operation in 1939, which involved the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.

German court convicts then frees Nazi guard Demjanjuk

Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200

A German court convicted John Demjanjuk for his role in the killing of 28,000 Jews in the Sobibor Nazi death camp, then set the 91-year-old free because of his age.

Holocaust Survivor Compensation increases

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Berlin and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany have agreed Germany will increase funding allotted to Holocaust survivors by almost $50 million in the next three years

Yad Vashem museum puts Eichmann trial on YouTube

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Marking the 50th anniversary of the trial of Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann, videos as well as information and descriptions in Hebrew and English of the landmark trial were put online.

Movie about Nicolas Winton from slovak director is worth to see

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100

A new drama-documentary on the story of Nicholas Winton, the British man who saved houndreds jewish children, from occupied Czechoslovakia had premiere in Prague.

Nazi 'most wanted' Sandor Kepiro accused of massacre

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Hungarian prosecutors have charged former military officer Sandor Kepiro with a notorious 1942 massacre in the Serbian city of Novi Sad.

World marks today Holocaust Memorial Day

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) has been held in the UK since 2001 and the United Nations declared this an International event in November 2005.

Yad Vashem wishes to educate Iran about Holocaust with Farsi YouTube channel

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

YouTube channel aims to educate Iranians about the Holocaust, as Iranian President Ahmadinejad reiterates his belief that the Holocaust is a myth.

Nazi-hunters give low grades to 13 countries

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Germany becomes first country besides US to receive 'A' grade from Simon Wiesenthal.

Swede jailed for Auschwitz sign theft

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Anders Högström to serve rest of jail term in his native Sweden after stealing 'Arbeit macht frei' sign from former death camp

4 million Shoah victims identified

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority announced that it has collected the names of 4 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.