Posts Tagged: Holocaust survivors
An Urgent Crisis: Holocaust Education Is Fading in America
According to the US Millennial Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Survey, 63 percent of millennials in the United States are unaware that six million innocent Jews...
Report: 17,000 Israeli Holocaust Survivors Died in 2020, at Least 900 From COVID-19
i24 News - Nearly 17,000 Holocaust survivors died in 2020, with 900 of the fatalities being attributed directly to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a...
Leader of European Jewish Group Calls on EU Member States to Join Efforts to Vaccinate Holocaust Survivors Quickly
The president of one of Europe’s top Jewish organizations called on Monday for European Union member states to ensure Holocaust survivors are vaccinated for the...
Holocaust Claims Conference Says Germany Agrees to Give $662 Million to Survivors
JNS.org - The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany announced on Wednesday that after negotiations with the German government on behalf of Holocaust survivors,...
Jewish Federations Awarded $5 Million Federal Grant to Assist Holocaust Survivors
JNS.org - The US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living/Administration on Aging has awarded a $5 million grant to the Jewish...
State Department: ‘Much Work Remains’ to Provide Restitution to Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants
JNS.org - Property belonging to Holocaust survivors and their descendants that have yet to be returned to their rightful owners, in addition to restitution to...
US State Department Report Highlights ‘Urgent’ Need for Holocaust Restitution
The US State Department published a report on Wednesday on steps being taken by countries to provide restitution or compensation for property taken during the...
Texas Holocaust Survivor Celebrates 100th Birthday With Drive-By Car Parade
A Holocaust survivor in Texas was surprised with a parade of drive-by visitors on Sunday in honor of his 100th birthday. A procession of cars and...
A Holocaust Story of Leadership, Resilience and Survival
JNS.org - Mira Rosenblatt will never forget August 12, 1942. On that day, the teenager was among the 30,000 Jews living in the Sosnowiec Ghetto...
Let Us Remember What the Survivors Can’t Forget
JNS.org - Holocaust survivors do not need annual ceremonies to remind them of the Nazi atrocities that they endured or of the family members that...
Holocaust Survivors ‘Nothing Short of Living Heroes,’ Britain’s Prince Charles Says
Britain’s Prince Charles addressed the annual National Yom HaShoah UK Commemoration via video on Tuesday, saying that the story of the resilience of Holocaust survivors...
Coronavirus Lockdown Deepens Holocaust Survivors’ Loneliness
Elias Feinzilberg, a 102-year-old Holocaust survivor, had to commemorate Israel's annual memorial day for the six million Jewish dead on Tuesday separated from his family because of...
In Midst of Coronavirus Pandemic, Israel Remembers Holocaust Victims
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Israel paused on Tuesday to remember the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis on Holocaust Remembrance...
‘Unorthodox’ Star Shira Hass Calls Her Survivor Grandmother on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Israeli actress Shira Haas, the star of the new Netflix mini-series "Unorthodox," shared on Instagram a screenshot of her family's video call to her grandmother,...
