Holocaust memorial day

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Holocaust Survivors Refuse to Be Silenced. This Year They Will March on the March of the Living Against Antisemitism

Auschwitz, Poland
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Kazbek Kokov, head of the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria, in Moscow, Russia December 16, 2025.

Putin establishes Soviet genocide memorial day, erasing Jewish victims of Nazis

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Rabbi Menachem Margolin EJA Chairman in a tour of Auschwitz.

'It can happen again,' former UK PM Boris Johnson says at Birkenau

Blood-red hands  graffiti on the Paris Holocaust memorial, May 14, 2024.

French court explores Russian involvement in antisemitic graffiti at Paris Holocaust Memorial


'Never forget', says UK's Queen Camilla at Holocaust remembrance event

Camilla said it was crucial to remember the Holocaust given anti-Semitism was at its highest level for a generation.

 Britain's Queen Camilla, patron of the Anne Frank Trust, lights a candle during a reception for Holocaust Memorial Day at the Hilton Park Lane in London, Britain, January 23, 2025.

Starmer vows to fight 'poison of antisemitism' ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day

Starmer and his wife, Victoria Starmer, attended a reception on Downing Street to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

 Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a book as he sits beside Holocaust survivor Renee Salt, right, during a reception in Downing Street to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in London, Britain, Jan. 22, 2025.

British Islamic org. calls for boycott of Holocaust Memorial Day

The IHRC said it was "morally unacceptable" that Gaza was not considered a "genocide" alongside the Holocaust.

 Visitors tour an exhibition ahead of Israel's national Holocaust memorial day, at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem

The Holocaust in Latvia: Remembering Simon Dubnow - opinion

His work, initially in Russia, includes one of the first comprehensive descriptions of Jewish history in the context of world history.

 THEN-LATVIAN PRESIDENT Egils Levits speaks to members of the media at the Malmo International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism, in Malmo, Sweden, in 2021. The writer cites that 70,000 – three quarters – of Latvia’s Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.

80 years since deportation of Hungarian Jews: 'We stood by and didn't do enough'

One Hungarian politician, a resident of Paks, discussed the importance of the parade for recognition of the Jewish community, both past and present.

 Residents of Paks, Hungary reflect on the community's lack of action during Jewish deportation in WWII.

Commemorating ‘Sayfo’: The untold genocide of the Aramean Christians

“In my view, we must cultivate and strengthen our community’s sense of collective identity not to seclude ourselves, but to fit in and take part in our societies,” says Khalloul, Aramean activist.

  'I am Aramean' T shirt with Aramean Eagle and Flame Symbol

'Don't conflate legitimate protest with hate speech' MK Rothman says at Holocaust memorial event

MK Rothman spoke on the Jewish struggle in the Diaspora and the dangers of enabling terror incitement under the guise of protest following the wave of demonstrations across campuses in America.

 Simcha Rothman Columbia University Holocaust Memorial Service May 2024.

'Ma Nishtanah' this Independence Day from the others?

It's been a while since Israelis have been so morally challenged on the eve of the nationwide commemoration days.

 Dr. Haim Ben Yakov, Director General, Euro-Asian Jewish Congress

Holocaust cattle car exhibit stops in Washington amid growing antisemitism, unrest

Organized by the nonprofit Hate Ends Now, the traveling exhibit included a 20 minute immersive presentation alongside a rare collection of original Holocaust artifacts.

 A cattle car, used to carry Jews to Auschwitz, on display at the site of the Drancy internment camp in France, 2006.

The Jewish Zionist story is one of rebirth - opinion

The survivors had every reason to lose hope and give up. But they did exactly the opposite. At this lowest point they found the best opportunity for rebirth – the establishment of the State of Israel

 PARTICIPANTS WAVE Israeli flags at the annual International March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau, on Holocaust Remembrance Day last year.