Holocaust survivors

Rob Reiner urges resilience in address for Holocaust survivor event, recorded weeks before murder

Reiner’s words carried added weight, having been recorded just weeks before he and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed in their home on Sunday.

Rob Reiner gives a posthumous address at the annual International Holocaust Survivors Night hosted by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany on Dec. 18, 2025.
Some 120 Holocaust survivors lit the fifth Hanukkah candle at the Western Wall, December 18, 2025.

Over 100 Holocaust survivors light fifth Hanukkah candle at Western Wall in ceremony of resilience

People stand near flowers laid as a tribute at Bondi Beach to honour the victims of a mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025.

Antisemitism allowed to fester in Australia, says daughter of wounded Holocaust survivor

Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann is photographed in his home on December 9, 2024 in New York.

NYC principal turns down Holocaust survivor’s talk over his ‘messages around Israel and Palestine’


New York Historical exhibition immerses listeners in Holocaust testimony

The recordings on which this exhibition is based contain interviews with survivors, perpetrators, and bystanders of the Holocaust

In 1979, Claude Lanzmann (right) interviews Tadeusz Pankiewicz, a Polish pharmacist who aided Jews in the Krakow ghetto, for the film "Shoah."

Manfred Goldberg: Holocaust educator par excellence - in memoriam

The family’s calm existence was shattered after Kristallnacht in November 1938. Manfred, still a primary school pupil, was forced with his classmates to sweep up the charred remains of a burnt shul.

Manfred Goldberg with wife, Shary.

Australia’s Jews face lurking antisemitism after October 7 in a once 'goldene medina'

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Zionist Federation of Australia president Jeremy Leibler on how Australian Jews were shocked by both the wave of antisemitism post-October 7 and the silence that followed.

Australian Jewry has been confronted by the reality that antisemitism never went away, Zionist Federation of Australia president Jeremy Leibler told the ‘Post.’ Here, protesters hold placards and flags during a rally against antisemitism at The Domain in 2024, in Sydney.

Jewish moderate Julie Menin claims victory as next New York City Council speaker

Manhattan councilwoman Julie Menin claims enough support to become New York City Council speaker, signaling a possible shift toward moderation under mayor-elect Mamdani.

Council member Julie Menin speaks during rally of 240 Holocaust survivors for 240 hostages kidnapped by Hamas during terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Rally was held at Museum of Jewish Heritage on November 1, 2023.

Holocaust, October 7 survivor Ruth Haran Herzman passes away at 90

Born in Europe, Haran Herzman survived the Nazi genocide and immigrated to Israel, where she dedicated her life to education, family therapy, and social work.

Ruth Haran Herzman, one of southern Israel’s most respected educators and community figures – and a survivor of both the Holocaust and the Hamas massacre at Kibbutz Be’eri – died on Sunday.

Gaza Holocaust narrative not just historical revisionism, it's a squandered opportunity - opinion

When survivors choose creation over destruction, education over indoctrination, and life over death, they can remake the world a better place. 

The writer (center) appears at the Knesset Immigration, Absorption, and Diaspora Affairs Committee.

Germany halts Holocaust artifacts auction amid widespread criticism

“For victims of Nazi persecution and Holocaust survivors, this auction is a cynical and shameless undertaking that leaves them outraged and speechless.” said Christoph Heubner.

A march to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp, April 6, 2025. Many of the items due to be auctioned at Felzmann auction house were from the camp.

Grapevine: Unstoppable!

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Rena Quint at home in Jerusalem, surrounded by her photographs.

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

Six months after the Claims Conference estimated that 220,800 Holocaust survivors remained alive, that number has dropped below 200,000, according to the group’s executive vice president.

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.

From Shattered Glass to Unbreakable Spirit

Remembering Kristallnacht and the Legacy of Eve Kugler

 Eve Kugler, Halle Synagogue - Germany, 2019

87 years after Kristallnacht: It could happen again, says 101 year-old eyewtitness - opinion

We must impress on future generations that until we have succeeded in destroying this destructive steamroller that is antisemitism, there will be little chance for Jewish life to be able to thrive.

RABBI SHMUEL AHARON BRODMAN speaks at a ceremony marking 85 years since Kristallnacht, at the Ohel Jakob Synagogue in Munich on November 9, 2023. After Hitler came to power, Jews were blamed for all the ills of society in Germany, the writer recounts.