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
How a Canadian comic set up a combination pop-up store/Holocaust museum
It all started back in 2015, when Fielder was still regularly wearing a jacket made by Taiga, a Vancouver-based sportswear company; he can be seen in it in many of his show’s early episodes.
Auschwitz temporarily closes after naked visitors chain themselves together
Immediately following the incident museum security secured the area and police were called.
Canadian family discovers heirloom on display at Yad Vashem
Powder compact was given by husband to his wife in Lodz ghetto.
Switzerland to launch Holocaust remembrance app
The app, called Fliehen vor dem Holocaust, or Escaping the Holocaust, allows users to learn about the fate of four individuals using multimedia tools.
The unlikeliest storyteller
‘We didn’t know anyone Jewish while we were growing up.’
Accessing Hitler’s archives
100 million records stayed sealed away in Germany for decades.
Historian Yaffa Eliach’s archives donated to Yad Vashem
The papers were meticulously organized and arrived from New York in 500 boxes weighing around a ton in total.
'Yolocaust' site taken down by creator
The site, which referenced the acronym for “you only live once,” had featured a dozen selfies taken at the Berlin memorial and shared on social media platforms.
The letter as testimony
‘Handwriting is very unique. It’s like a fingerprint.’
'Last letters from the Holocaust' displayed in Yad Vashem project
In a new exhibition launched online for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yad Vashem exposes the moving last words people in the Holocaust sent to their loved ones.