Holocaust survivors

WATCH: Daughter of Holocaust survivor robbed in Hadera, suspect arrested

Hadera Police have arrested a 30-year-old suspect, who was taken to the police station for questioning.

Israel Police vehicles; illustrative.
Polish-born Holocaust survivor Meyer Hack shows his prisoner number tattooed on his arm during a news conference at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem June 15, 2009.

Memory depends on truth: The stories of Holocaust victims must be preserved - opinion

 Tzili Wenkert, a holocaust survivor and the grandmother of Omer Wenkert who is held hostage by Hamas terrorosts in Gaza, attends an event at the "Hostages Square", outside the Art Museum of Tel Aviv, calling the Israeli government to act for immediate release of the hostages on October 28, 2023.

Shoah survivor says her grandson Omer Wenkert's Hamas captivity was a 'second Holocaust'

SYLVAN ADAMS addresses Krakow, Poland, before Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2026.

Sylvan Adams addresses pre-Holocaust Remembrance Day gathering in Krakow


WATCH: Survivor recounts how he held on to hope, as Knesset Speaker marks Holocaust Remembrance Day

The event took place as part of the Zikaron BaSalon framework, which provides intimate, home-based alternatives to formal Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremonies.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and Holocaust survivor Yeshayahu Foyer.

Volunteers step in to support aging Holocaust survivors in Tel Aviv, Jaffa - interview

The institute works with about 220 survivors living in the south Tel Aviv and Jaffa area, all of whom are elderly people referred by social services.

Jaffa Institute volunteers are seen supporting aging Holocaust survivors in low-income areas.

Netanyahu meets Holocaust survivors chosen to bear torches at Remembrance Day ceremony

"Every year, my wife and I make it a point to meet with the torchbearers," Netanyahu told the survivors. "It is an extraordinarily moving moment because you are giants of the spirit."

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara meet with Holocaust survivors chosen to light the torches during Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2026.

Global Jewish population is 15.8 m., almost half live in Israel, CBS reveals

In 1939, on the eve of World War II, the global Jewish population was 16.6 million, of whom 449,000 (3%) lived in Israel.

Women pray at the Western Wall.

Honoring courage in the face of evil and indifference - opinion

To date, Yad Vashem has recognized around 30,000 Righteous Among the Nations.

THE WALL of Righteous Gentiles at Yad Vashem.

March of the Living: Holocaust survivors stand tall against surge of worldwide antisemitism

Among the small group of elderly survivors, many of whom were children during WWII, ten were able to fly from Israel, despite Hezbollah still firing rockets at civilians.

Memory stones at the sole surviving Krakow Jewish ghetto wall.

Approximately 120 Holocaust survivors made aliyah during Gaza war, but numbers dropping

According to the Aliyah Ministry, the decrease in immigration of Holocaust survivors is due to the increasing difficulty in moving to the country at an advanced age.

People visit at the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 12, 2026, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Schindler in Persian: Iranian heroes who painted the Holocaust with light - opinion

Abdol Hossein Sardari and Hajji Yaakov Hay remind us of the immense power of the individual in the face of darkness.

ABDOL HOSSEIN SARDARI

Justice Ministry says legal aid opened nearly 2,500 cases for Holocaust survivors over past year

According to the ministry, roughly 1,500 of the cases concerned the realization of legal rights tied to stipends and grants available to Holocaust survivors, while about 1,000 involved civil matters.

SHOSHANA ILUZ, a Holocaust survivor who immigrated from Morocco, received assistance from the Justice Ministry’s Legal Aid Department in securing the benefits to which she was entitled.

Lighting the torch: The survivors at the heart of Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony

HOLOCAUST AFFAIRS: This year, eight survivors will take part in key roles in the state ceremony on Monday evening at 8 p.m.

THIS YEAR’S eight survivors carry within them an enormous sweep of Jewish history: ghettos, pits, forests, camps, cattle cars, shootings, hiding places, and then, after all that, lives rebuilt in Israel. Here, President Isaac Herzog stands beside the memorial torch at Yad Vashem.