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Prince Charles succeeds Queen Elizabeth as patron of Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
The Prince of Wales has succeeded his mother, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, as the new patron of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. Queen Elizabeth has been patron of the organisation since its inception ten years ago. She has visited the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 2015 and frequently hosts Holocaust survivors at Buckingham Palace. When the […]
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Monsey Rabbi Apologizes for Erroneous Holocaust Claims in Video
After generating controversy for his assertions that only one million Jews perished during the Holocaust, while the other five million may not have been considered Jews according to halacha due to rampant assimilation and pervasive intermarriage, Rabbi Yossi Mizrachi, an incredibly inspirational kiruv rabbi and lecturer issued an apology. The video in which he made […]
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Holocaust Memorial Group organise special event
A GROUP of young people have organized a special event to highlight the devastating impact of the Holocaust and the lessons which should be learnt from it. Since it was formed three years ago, the ‘Holocaust Memorial Group – Hartlepool’ – a group of 14 young people aged 13-19 – has been working to commemorate […]
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Holocaust survivor brings horrors of history to life for pupils
Students learning about the atrocities of the Second World War were visited by a holocaust survivor. Uri Winterstein gave a talk to A-level history pupils at Whitburn Academy, in Shanks Road, yesterday. The 71-year-old grandfather was just a baby in the last two years of the war, but he survived the horrors along with his […]
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Dallas Holocaust Museum Presents “Anne Frank – A History for Today” International Exhibit
Beginning on January 14, Yahad-In Unum’s exhibition on “The Holocaust by Bullets” will be on display at Centro Sefarad-Israel in Madrid, Spain. The exhibition’s objective is to pay homage to Holocaust victims and to educate visitors in the hopes of preventing genocide and mass violence in the future. This exhibition is free and open to […]
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Holocaust survivor pays emotional visit to Aberdeen school
A holocaust survivor has made a poignant visit to a north-east school to honour the memory of those whose lives were lost and to teach the lessons of those who survived. Harry Bibring, 90, shared his heartbreaking story with students at Albyn School in Aberdeen yesterday thanks to a programme organised by The Holocaust Educational […]
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BBC to broadcast Holocaust Memorial Day
BBC Two will broadcast the Holocaust Memorial Day UK ceremony in January. The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust announced that the public broadcaster would be showing the 2016 ceremony, which is held on January 27 each year. Chief Executive of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust Olivia Marks-Woldman said: “On Holocaust Memorial Day hundreds of thousands of […]
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Architecture Tells its Own Story at the Illinois Holocaust MuseumArchitecture Tells its Own Story at the Illinois Holocaust Museum
Detail of the museum’s “light” side (Chloe Riley) Like Star Wars, the space we’re currently standing in has physical “light” and “dark” sides, says my tour guide, a petite blonde who grew up in Chicago and “geeks out” over all things architecture. She’s referring to a critical component of the overarching design of the Illinois […]
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Yad Vashem Shares Holocaust Photos from Month of January
Yad Vashem is starting the New Year with an act of remembrance to those lost in the Holocaust. The Shoah memorial and trust, which is located in Jerusalem, shared images from its archives of events that occurred in the Holocaust during the month of January. The events include the liberation of Auschwitz, which happened in January […]
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New Holocaust Center exhibit honors French Jewish children
The Holocaust Memorial Center will host an opening program for its newest exhibit, “A la Mémoire des Enfants Déportés,” at 7 p.m. on January 27. The exhibition, which includes calligraphic artwork honoring the 11,400 French Jewish children deported and, for many, murdered from 1942 to 1944, will remain on display through May 15. Approximately 300 of the plaques […]
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