Holocaust child survivors

Holocaust survivor, 92, makes aliyah to Israel nine decades after Kindertransport - interview

Charash was born Helen Hesse in Hamburg, Germany. From April 1933, her father, an attorney, was no longer allowed to practice law.

Helen Hesse (left) and her sister, Eva, on the streets of New York, circa mid-1940s.
Hanoch Shahar, 90-year-old Holocaust survivor presents items from the Holocaust in the northern Israeli city of Safed, April 23, 2025; illustrative.

Global Holocaust survivor population drops to about 196,000 worldwide, half in Israel, data shows

Tova Ringer (center), a Holocaust survivor who passed away in September 2025 aged 102, won Israel’s annual Miss Holocaust Survivor beauty pageant in 2018 at age 93.

When centenarian survivors die, their lucid wartime memories go with them

As survivors of the Holocaust begin to dwindle, two survivors confront rising antisemitism.

The last witnesses: Holocaust survivors confront rising antisemitism


Dayan: We are approaching a post-survivor era, Yad Vashem warns

Dayan criticized “Holocaust distortion” at the hands of governments amidst rising tensions between Israel and Poland on Holocaust Remembrance matters.

 Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan speaking at The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference on June 5, 2023.

Bobby Lax goes back to his roots in 'Back in Berlin' - opinion

The story of a British-Israeli Jew on a search to reconnect with his late father's tragic history remarks just how extraordinary stories of resilience can be.

 THE STOLPERSTEINE laid in memory of Edgar Lax and his parents Jacob and Amalia Lax, who were murdered in Auschwitz.

Yad Vashem to reach five million Shoah victims' name records

According to Yad Vashem expert estimates, in the coming years, some 200,000-300,000 names could be added to the Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names.

 SANDRA KRAIL (L) of the Netherlands seen during a ceremony at Yad Vashem honoring her grandparents Johannes and Jantje Keijl-Schoemaler as Righteous Among the Nations.

Eighty years on, Thessaloniki Holocaust survivor recalls cart of trampled bodies

Eighty-four-year-old Rina Revah from Thessaloniki is one of only 1,950 returned alive.

A man walks past a graffiti dedicated to the Holocaust in the northern port city of Thessaloniki

'Hidden child' Holocaust survivor lives how his father dreamed

Hidden child survivor Tswi Josef Herschel was given to a Christian family when he was four months old to escape the Holocaust.

 HIDDEN CHILD Tswi Herschel with daughter Natali, in Israel last year.

Holocaust survivors use AI imagery to keep stories alive

19 Israeli Holocaust survivors have been involved in a project to retell their stories via an AI service generating images that will leave an enduring record of their experiences.

Holocaust survivor Ehudith Bracha Serchook, 86, who was born in Odesa recalls a memory that is transformed into images using Midjourney, an artificial intelligence program that creates images from textual description.

Why does Israel fail to support Holocaust survivors? - opinion

When we learn about the Holocaust and its atrocities, we must remember that there are still survivors today. These individuals are not just historical figures.

 A MARCH takes place in Tel Aviv to raise awareness of the difficult living conditions of Holocaust survivors, in 2018. The large sign reads ‘Marching for Life,’ and carries the insignia of Aviv for Holocaust Survivors, a nonprofit organization.

Give to the Soul to Sole Campaign – Help preserve the children’s shoes at Auschwitz

Everyone can play an active part in preserving the memory of the Holocaust

 A child’s shoe at the Auschwitz Museum 

In those days at this time - opinion

The saving of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust.

A World War Two memorial of mass killings on the banks of the Danube River is seen in Budapest, February 11, 2014. A main Jewish group in Hungary has recently voted to boycott official Holocaust commemorations this year unless they more clearly show the role of local citizens in the Nazi deportation

Help Preserve Children’s Shoes at Auschwitz

Holocaust survivor Paula Lebovics asks the world to join the “Soul to Sole” campaign to preserve and restore 8,000 children's shoes that still remain in Auschwitz.

 Eitan Neishlos in Auschwitz