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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


The Jewish-Zionist story is also a story of rebirth - Opinion

History of the Jewish People is not one of expulsions and terror, but rebirth after these events, rising from the dust and hoping for better times to come.

 Ifat Ovadia-Luski, KKL-JNF Chairwoman

Waze unveils map marking 'Zikaron Basalon' Holocaust survivor testimony events nationwide

Waze said that the project was in joint cooperation with Zikaron Basalon.


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.

 A HOLOCAUST survivor examines foodstuffs she received from a nonprofit aiding impoverished survivors, in Beit Shemesh.

Holocaust Remembrance Day is still about the Holocaust - opinion

While the use of Shoah language has been common in the intervening months, we risk diluting the importance of the day if the rhetoric and images employed become overly influenced by recent events.

 A Holocaust survivor and family member light the torch during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. April 17, 2023.

UK officials cover London Holocaust memorial over vandalization fears

The Holocaust memorial in Hyde Park, London, was covered by officials in fear that it might be vandalized by pro-Palestinian protesters.

 A woman and a child stand next to the Holocaust memorial in Hyde Park, covered by a tarpaulin, on the day of a march in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in London, April 27, 2024.

Argentinian President Javier Milei due to meet Herzog in Israel

Argentina’s recently elected president, Javier Milei has been very vocal in his condemnation of Hamas and his support for Israel in the current war.

Argentine president-elect Javier Milei addresses supporters after winning Argentina's runoff presidential election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 19, 2023

2,000 children in Portugal visit Porto's Holocaust museum to mark Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day

Among the exhibits at the site are a reproduction of sleeping cells from the Auschwitz death camp, artifacts and documents that belonged to survivors who fled the Nazis to Porto. 

  Portuguese teenagers visit the Holocaust museum of the Jewish community in Porto on to mark International Holocaust Day

Remembering the Holocaust on screen

This year, following the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust on October 7, which led to the outbreak of war, Tel Aviv Cinematheque is showing movies throughout the day to mark the day.

Polish Actor Kamil or Andrzej Tkacs is one of the identical twins who play the true-life role of Holocaust survivor Israel Fridman in the new movie by German director Pepe Danquart.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the shadow of Oct. 7th

Holocaust doesn't seem so far after all, not for those who survived it twice.


Holocaust memorial vandalized with swastika in Philadelphia

The footage of the incident was captured by a nearby surveillance camera. However, the perpetrator wore a ski mask and has been unable to be identified. 

Swastika painted onto an Australian road.