Posts Tagged: Bergen-Belsen

Britain’s Chief Rabbi Pays Tribute to Prince Philip: ‘I Could See His Deep Interest in Jews and a Particular Connection to the Holocaust’
Britain’s chief rabbi paid tribute to the late Prince Philip on Sunday, recounting how the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, who died on April 9,...

British World War II Soldier Who Liberated Bergen-Belsen Dies at 95
A World War II veteran who was one of the first Allied soldiers to enter the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at its liberation, and likely one...

Cannibalism Rampant in Bergen Belsen, Newly Unsealed Records Show
A trove of newly-released documents from the British National Archives reveal how some prisoners in the Nazi concentration camp of Bergen Belsen resorted to cannibalism...

Major British-Jewish Group Defends Buckingham Palace Over Footage of Queen’s Nazi Salute
The President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews Jonathan Arkush rejected criticism of the Queen after local tabloid The Sun revealed a 14-second clip showing...

Remembering Bergen Belsen, So That We Never Forget
So here I am again, moping around another Nazi concentration camp. Why do I keep taking these hellish trips? To Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau, Plaszów, and today...

Libyan Family’s Travails Provides Glimpse at Jews in Arab World During Holocaust
JNS.org - Although the commemoration of Yom HaShoah focuses primarily on the ghettoes and death camps in Europe, the persecution of Jews in North...

British Jew Honored for Rescuing Anne Frank’s Classmate From Bergen Belsen
Major Leonard Berney, 93, originally from London, was one of the first army officers of the British 11th Armored division to enter the Bergen Belsen concentration...

IDF General Meets Woman His Mother Saved During the Holocaust (VIDEO)
Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz visited with Bergen-Belsen survivor Esther Friedman Sunday as part of the project "Flower for a Survivor," where IDF soldiers and officers...

The Holocaust and ‘Hatikvah’: A Song of Hope in a Time of Despair
A national anthem written more than 50 years before the birth of the state for which it was composed, "Hatikvah" has served as a source...