Holocaust
“Every representative who has come here is a triumph of light for the Jewish people and a reminder that we are the victory of the spirit,” said Eli Sharabi, a former Israeli hostage who spent 491 days in Hamas captivity.
The U.S. Secretary of State said America “must ensure the history, and the facts, of the Holocaust are not denied or distorted.”
Troops observed a moment of silence in all combat sectors, in Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and Judea and Samaria.
The Israeli president joined Holocaust survivors and former Hamas captives in Poland to mark 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz.
Yaakov Biskowitz embodied heroism both as a Holocaust survivor from the death camp in Poland and later as an Israeli police officer.
The full text of the U.S. president’s proclamation marking Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025.
Some 13,000 survivors have died since last year’s Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day in May 2024.
The country came to a standstill during a two-minute siren honoring the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust; Netanyahu lays wreath in solemn tribute at Yad Vashem.
The full text of Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar’s address at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem.
Gad Fartouk, 93, prays for 59 hostages in Gaza before lighting a torch at Israel’s Holocaust memorial ceremony marking 80 years since Nazi defeat.
Yad Vashem called the decision to whitewash the late Herberts Cukrus a denial of historical justice.
Jews of all generations meet Merrill Eisenhower, the great-grandson of U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, at Auschwitz 80 years after its liberation.
