Holocaust artifacts
Faith under persecution: Yad Vashem exhibit on keeping the Jewish calendar in the Shoah opens
Handwritten calendars, prayer books, and testimonies at Yad Vashem show how Jewish life and tradition endured during the Holocaust.
Nazi killer in infamous ‘Last Jew in Vinnitsa’ picture finally identified using AI
Germany halts Holocaust artifacts auction amid widespread criticism
German auction sells personal letters, Nazi records, and forced sterilization documents
Rare 1546 book looted by Nazis returned to family in Israel
The book was returned to the family as part of a German initiative to return Nazi looted heirlooms to their rightful owners.
5 amazing discoveries from trove of documents hidden during the Holocaust
The papers, which date from the mid-18th century through World War II, survived destruction attempts by both the Nazis and the Soviets.
Holocaust victim’s pendant unites dozens of relatives from around the world
"Perhaps it wasn't an accident that the pendant fell through the floorboards, maybe it was Karolina's purpose... that the discovery of the pendant would reunite the family."
Holocaust victim to be memorialized in November ceremony
The victim, an unnamed child, owned a pendant that was strikingly similar to one owned by Anne Frank.
Thousands of Jewish documents lost during the Holocaust discovered
Among the finds are letters written by Sholem Aleichem, a postcard by Marc Chagall, and poems and manuscripts by Chaim Grade.
Restored letter unearthed at Auschwitz details crematoria horror
Prisoner Marcel Nadjari wrote how he witnessed thousands of people stuffed into the gas chambers "like sardines" while the Nazis used whips to move as many people as possible.
Yad Vashem showcases handmade Yom Kippur prayer book from Holocaust
The book was written by a prisoner in an internment camp in 1940.
Auschwitz museum opens new textile warehouse to display prisoners' clothes
The new warehouse was created to better preserve the historically-significant artifacts previously worn by inmates of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp.
Argentina turns over tens of thousands of Holocaust documents to Israel
Digital copies of the documents — mainly letters, telegrams, newspaper articles, notes and reports — were delivered Tuesday in a box with five discs totaling 5 terabytes of information.
PIECING TOGETHER
Artwork holds answers to destinies of Holocaust survivors.
