Warsaw ghetto

'We will remember': IDF chief of staff issues statement ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day

In the letter, Zamir vowed to “remember the communities that were erased from the face of the earth; the voices of the boys and girls, the elderly and the young, who were led to the crematoria."

The Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 12, 2026, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Janusz Korczak motivated the children in his care by giving them jolly cards.

Ghetto Fighters’ House: World's first Holocaust museum keeping memory, message alive

Visitors tour an exhibition, ahead of Israel's national Holocaust memorial day at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem April 23, 2025.

Prominent Holocaust survivors die, including ‘librarian of Auschwitz,' last Warsaw Ghetto fighter

 THANK YOU, Selman Waksman, for isolating streptomycin.

This week in Jewish history: Miracle aids and antibiotics


Kiryat Yam Absorption Center renamed to honor Warsaw Ghetto Uprising hero

his is the second time that the absorption center in Kiryat Yam has been named after her in recognition of her contribution to the Zionist enterprise.

Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog and Mayor David Even Tzur naming the Zivia Lubetkin Absorption Center.

Jewish doctors in Warsaw Ghetto stopped epidemic in its tracks

Jewish doctors in the ghetto, it seems, enforced social distancing and put those infected in quarantine: much like today.

Jews held at gunpoint by Nazis during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

March of the Living program to air, giving hope in face of antisemitism

The program will feature notable celebrities, and will also commemorate the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the end of World War II.

 Actress Mayim Bialik arrives at the 21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California January 17, 2016.

JMU of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising to be added to Israeli curriculum

Many are aware of the Jewish resistance led by Mordechai Anielewicz, in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but few are aware of an additional group of fighters: the Jewish Military Union

Jews held at gunpoint by Nazis during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Does Halacha approve of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising?

Are military actions likely to result in death 'brave', or should the preservation of life take priority?

Captured Jews pulled out of Warsaw Ghetto bunkers are led by German Waffen SS soldiers to 'Umschlagplatz,' the assembly point for deportation.

Janusz Korczak remembered 77 years after his murder in the Holocaust

Yad Vashem will hold a special symposium and commemorative ceremony on Tuesday

The 'Janusz Korczak and the Children' sculpture by Boris Saktsier

Polish dance troupe recalls Warsaw Ghetto

The harshness and heroism that existed during the time of the Warsaw Ghetto will be on full display in Polish dance group KONTRA’s new theatrical dance performance “Righteous Among the Nations."

A SCENE from ‘Righteous Among the Nations.’

U.S. Military cadets visit Israel for educational tour

Young American military personnel can learn a lot from tourism their ally in the Middle East and discussing issues with their IDF counterparts.

US military cadets visit the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising memorial in Poland as part of 'Our Soldier's Speak' Israel Strategy and Policy Tour

Preserving the history of Poland Jewish community

The Warsaw Ghetto Museum opens in 2023

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder addresses a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on April 19, 2018

A letter from the historian of the Warsaw Ghetto

A secret central Yiddish archive was created under the innocent name of “Oneg Shabbos.”

Emanuel Ringelblum (1900-44)