Holocaust child survivors

Global Holocaust survivor population drops to about 196,000 worldwide, half in Israel, data shows

New data shows the global number of Holocaust survivors has fallen to about 196,000, with nearly half living in Israel and most having survived as children.

|ByJAMES GENN
Hanoch Shahar, 90-year-old Holocaust survivor presents items from the Holocaust in the northern Israeli city of Safed, April 23, 2025; illustrative.
Tova Ringer (center), a Holocaust survivor who passed away in September 2025 aged 102, won Israel’s annual Miss Holocaust Survivor beauty pageant in 2018 at age 93.

When centenarian survivors die, their lucid wartime memories go with them

Centenarian Holocaust survivors carry memories forged in adolescence; their passing marks the fading of a rare, irreplaceable perspectiv

|ByRACHEL FINK
As survivors of the Holocaust begin to dwindle, two survivors confront rising antisemitism.

The last witnesses: Holocaust survivors confront rising antisemitism

They survived the Holocaust and spent decades warning the world. Now, from Jerusalem and Sydney, two women watch antisemitism return 

|ByCHANI KAPLAN
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’

The principal of the Brooklyn middle school MS 447, Arin Rusch, said that she believed that hosting survivor Sami Steigman’s presentation was not “right” for the school.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA

Bobby Lax goes back to his roots in 'Back in Berlin' - opinion

The story of a British-Israeli Jew on a search to reconnect with his late father's tragic history remarks just how extraordinary stories of resilience can be.

APRIL 15, 2023ByANDREA SAMUELS
THE STOLPERSTEINE laid in memory of Edgar Lax and his parents Jacob and Amalia Lax, who were murdered in Auschwitz.

Yad Vashem to reach five million Shoah victims' name records

According to Yad Vashem expert estimates, in the coming years, some 200,000-300,000 names could be added to the Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names.

MARCH 29, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
SANDRA KRAIL (L) of the Netherlands seen during a ceremony at Yad Vashem honoring her grandparents Johannes and Jantje Keijl-Schoemaler as Righteous Among the Nations.

Eighty years on, Thessaloniki Holocaust survivor recalls cart of trampled bodies

Eighty-four-year-old Rina Revah from Thessaloniki is one of only 1,950 returned alive.

MARCH 20, 2023ByREUTERS
A man walks past a graffiti dedicated to the Holocaust in the northern port city of Thessaloniki

'Hidden child' Holocaust survivor lives how his father dreamed

Hidden child survivor Tswi Josef Herschel was given to a Christian family when he was four months old to escape the Holocaust.

JANUARY 28, 2023ByEVE GLOVER
HIDDEN CHILD Tswi Herschel with daughter Natali, in Israel last year.

Holocaust survivors use AI imagery to keep stories alive

19 Israeli Holocaust survivors have been involved in a project to retell their stories via an AI service generating images that will leave an enduring record of their experiences.

JANUARY 26, 2023ByREUTERS
Holocaust survivor Ehudith Bracha Serchook, 86, who was born in Odesa recalls a memory that is transformed into images using Midjourney, an artificial intelligence program that creates images from textual description.

Why does Israel fail to support Holocaust survivors? - opinion

When we learn about the Holocaust and its atrocities, we must remember that there are still survivors today. These individuals are not just historical figures.

JANUARY 20, 2023ByNOAM FRUCHTER
A MARCH takes place in Tel Aviv to raise awareness of the difficult living conditions of Holocaust survivors, in 2018. The large sign reads ‘Marching for Life,’ and carries the insignia of Aviv for Holocaust Survivors, a nonprofit organization.

Give to the Soul to Sole Campaign – Help preserve the children’s shoes at Auschwitz

Everyone can play an active part in preserving the memory of the Holocaust

DECEMBER 14, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
A child’s shoe at the Auschwitz Museum 

In those days at this time - opinion

The saving of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust.

DECEMBER 8, 2022ByYUVAL ALPAN
A World War Two memorial of mass killings on the banks of the Danube River is seen in Budapest, February 11, 2014. A main Jewish group in Hungary has recently voted to boycott official Holocaust commemorations this year unless they more clearly show the role of local citizens in the Nazi deportation

Help Preserve Children’s Shoes at Auschwitz

Holocaust survivor Paula Lebovics asks the world to join the “Soul to Sole” campaign to preserve and restore 8,000 children's shoes that still remain in Auschwitz.

NOVEMBER 2, 2022ByINTERNATIONAL MARCH OF THE LIVING
Eitan Neishlos in Auschwitz

Holocaust survivor Hanna Pick-Goslar passes away at 93

Goslar and Anne Frank were best friends before the Holocaust separated them.

OCTOBER 28, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
HANNAH PICK remembers with a sad smile when Anne Frank saw her on their first day at kindergarten in Amsterdam. ‘She turned around and ran into my arms’