Posts Tagged: Holocaust survivors
100 Holocaust Survivors Ask World to ‘Remember’ in ‘100 Words’ Video Project
One hundred Holocaust survivors from around the globe have asked the world to stand with them and mark Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day in a multilingual...
‘March of the Living’ Resumes After 2-Year Hiatus: ‘Almost the Last Opportunity to March With Holocaust Survivors’
The International March of the Living will resume its annual pilgrimage to the remains of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps in Poland this month following a...
Holocaust Survivors Team Up With Songwriters to Turn Their Stories Into Music in PBS Special
PBS will premiere next month a one-hour special about four Holocaust survivors who collaborated with songwriters to turn their personal stories of survival during World...
Portraits of Seven Holocaust Survivors Go on Display at Buckingham Palace
The portraits of seven Holocaust survivors that were commissioned by the Prince of Wales have gone on display at Buckingham Palace in honor of International...
More Than 15,000 Holocaust Survivors Passed Away in Israel Last Year
JNS.org - Over the past year, 15,324 Holocaust survivors died in Israel, according to data published on Wednesday by the country’s Social Equality Ministry. According to...
Holocaust Survivors to Receive $200 Million in Emergency COVID-19 Relief Funds From Germany
JNS.org - Germany will distribute a total of $200 million in emergency funding to approximately 150,000 Jewish victims of Nazi persecution to help them cope...
NY Banks Urged to Waive Transfer, Processing Fees for Holocaust Reparation Payments
JNS.org - The New York State Department of Financial Services has asked state-chartered financial institutions to waive wire transfer and processing fees for recipients of...
German Government Allots Another $767 Million for Holocaust Survivors
JNS.org - The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) announced that an additional $767 million have been secured to help Holocaust survivors...
Film Debuts About True Story of Holocaust Survivors’ ‘Revenge’ Plot Against 6 Million Germans
A new film that premiered on Friday on digital platforms is based on the true story of a group of Jewish Holocaust survivors who planned...
Meeting an Unstoppable Jewish Immigrant
I just finished reading "Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig's Astonishing Journey From Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend." It's an amazing must-read book...
After Months of Pandemic Isolation, 150 Holocaust Survivors Gather in Celebration at New York Concert
Around 150 New York-based Holocaust survivors attended on Monday afternoon a concert that honored their lives and drew attention to the struggles they faced during...
How the Holocaust Survivor Community Fought 1961’s ‘Battle of New Orleans’
The conventional view is that Holocaust survivors came to the US as a relatively young immigrant community, uncertain about how to “fit in” to their...
Ahead of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Survivors Share Stories of Surviving the Pandemic
As Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day began on Wednesday night, four survivors told Israeli news site N12 about their experiences facing the COVID-19 pandemic — telling...
Israeli Study Finds Holocaust Survivors More Susceptible to Comorbidities Decades After Liberation
i24 News - A recently published long-term study has shown that the effects of psychological and physical trauma can have echoes and repercussions even decades...
