Holocaust survivors

Europian Jews who surviced the Holocaust.

Holocaust survivor remembers her real-life rescuer played by Anthony Hopkins in ‘One Life’

Hanna has seen “One Life” several times, including at the New York premiere in January, and says watching the film was not especially disturbing to her, but makes her emotional.

By STEVE NORTH/JTA
11/04/2024

Berkeley activists heckle Holocaust survivor, laugh at antisemitism story

Activists called out that she was lying when she brought up the tortures and rapes committed by Hamas on October 7. 

Nazi Germany

Hulu’s ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ uncovers a Jewish family’s buried past under the Nazis

“We Were the Lucky Ones” is distinguished from these and other Holocaust dramas by its wide lens.

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
27/03/2024

Photo Israel festival highlights Polish-Jewish life before the Holocaust

The exhibition is not just about delving into the pre-Holocaust past. Indeed, there are also photographs in there from the Warsaw Ghetto. 

22/03/2024
MARTIN GREENFIELD

Martin Greenfield, Auschwitz survivor and master tailor to American presidents, dies at 95

Greenfield would survive Auschwitz and Buchenwald, immigrate to the United States, and become a master tailor who dressed a series of presidents from Dwight Eisenhower to Barack Obama.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
22/03/2024

Henry Wuga, survivor and Holocaust educator, dies at 100

Wuga worked as a ski instructor for the British Limbless Ex-Servicemen’s Association, teaching veterans who had lost limbs how to ski.

18/03/2024

Holocaust survivors to Glazer: Shameful for using Auschwitz to bash Israel

A letter criticizing Glazer's comments in his Oscar acceptance speech was penned by Holocaust survivor David Schaecter and signed by numerous other survivors and the children of survivors.

  Tal Kantor

Israeli director Tal Kantor's 'Letter to a Pig' may take home an Oscar

It’s a haunting and beautiful look at a girl listening to a Holocaust survivor tell the story of how his life was saved during the war by a pig he hid behind.

Longtime Jewish wrestling promoter Paul Heyman to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame

For Heyman, 58, the self-described “schmuck son of two extraordinary human beings,” it’s an honor that’s been a long time coming.

By ELLIOT OLSHANSKY/JTA
07/03/2024
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