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Holocaust & Holocaust Survivors

News about Holocaust survivors, financial reparations and history pertaining to World War II and the Holocaust

Henri Borlant speaks of his experiences in 2004. Credit: Shoah Memorial/YouTube.

Only survivor of 6,000 Jewish children deported from France dies, aged 97

On July 20, 1942, Henri Borlant, together with his brother, sister and father, were crammed into cattle cars with 824 others and deported to Auschwitz.

David Isaac

Dec. 5, 2024

Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann at his trial in Jerusalem, 1961. Credit: Israel Government Press Office.

Hangman who executed Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann dies

Israel Prison Service guard Shalom Nagar's identity was kept secret for three decades for fear of reprisal.

JNS Staff

Dec. 1, 2024

A World War II cattle car exhibit teaching lessons of the Holocaust is being shown throughout the United States. Credit: Courtesy of Hate Ends Now.

Why Holocaust education isn’t enough to combat antisemitism today

We must reframe Jewish history from one of victimhood to one of strength, agency and contributions to global society.

Steve Rosenberg

Nov. 26, 2024

Library and Archives Canada. Credit: Padraic Ryan via Wikipedia.

Canada to keep censoring names of 900 alleged Nazi war criminals who entered country post-war

The federal Canadian government recently notified organizations that it denied their requests for freedom of information access to the documents.

Dave Gordon

Nov. 19, 2024

Holocaust Museum Director Michael Rothwell and British Ambassador to Portugal Lisa Bandari speaking to schoolchildren at the Holocaust Museum of Porto, Nov. 7, 2024. Credit: Holocaust Museum of Porto.

Only Shoah museum in Iberia commemorates ‘Night of Broken Glass’

“Kristallnacht is not part of history but happening today. The way to fight antisemitism is to educate the youth.”

JNS Staff

Nov. 11, 2024

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Photo by Menachem Wecker.

Missing in action: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

To support the struggle against resurgent Jew-hatred, it must confront the old-new roots of anti-Zionist antisemitism.

Eric Rozenman

Oct. 22, 2024

The Austrian Parliament building in Vienna, Austria, on April 4, 2024. Photo by Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images.

Austrian Parliament to house Holocaust exhibition

The exhibition, titled “Torn from Life: The Fate of Austrian Jews After the Anschluss in 1938," comes amid a surge of antisemitism in Europe.

Etgar Lefkovits

Oct. 14, 2024

Cluade Monet and his gardens scanned from “Monet” by DuMont, Köln 1985. Credit: Wikipedia Commons.

Rediscovered Monet artwork stolen by Nazis is returned to Jewish family

Helen Lowe and Francoise Parlagi received “Bord de Mer,” a 7x11-inch pastel by Claude Monet dated approximately 1865.

Oct. 10, 2024

Lily Ebert at her London home in January 2024. Photo by Adam Lawrence/March of the Living U.K.

Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert dies at age 100

In recent years, Ebert's accounts on TikTok and other online platforms garnered more than two million followers.

Oct. 9, 2024