Holocaust survivors

Echoes of struggle: half of Holocaust survivors unable to afford food, medicine

The survivors, many of whom live alone, also reported loneliness and low quality of life since the war.

By ELI ASHKENAZI
02/05/2024
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How did starving as youngsters during the Holocaust affect survivors and their descendants?

The risk of falling and having a hip fracture and the prevalence of osteoporosis has been shown to be increased among men and women who lived under the Nazi regime or in a Nazi-occupied country.

Holocaust survivor teams up with Polish artist for new exhibit

The Life After All exhibition is getting a reprise here at the President Hotel Gallery in Jerusalem.

24/04/2024

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. 

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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
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