Holocaust survivors

Approximately 120 Holocaust survivors made aliyah during Gaza war, but numbers dropping

According to the Aliyah Ministry, the decrease in immigration of Holocaust survivors is due to the increasing difficulty in moving to the country at an advanced age.

People visit at the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 12, 2026, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Schindler in Persian: Iranian heroes who painted the Holocaust with light - opinion

SHOSHANA ILUZ, a Holocaust survivor who immigrated from Morocco, received assistance from the Justice Ministry’s Legal Aid Department in securing the benefits to which she was entitled.

Justice Ministry says legal aid opened nearly 2,500 cases for Holocaust survivors over past year

THIS YEAR’S eight survivors carry within them an enormous sweep of Jewish history: ghettos, pits, forests, camps, cattle cars, shootings, hiding places, and then, after all that, lives rebuilt in Israel. Here, President Isaac Herzog stands beside the memorial torch at Yad Vashem.

Lighting the torch: The survivors at the heart of Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony


Holocaust survivor and Ireland's oldest man, Josef Veselsky, dies aged 107

Following the end of the war in 1945, Veselsky became the secretary to a minister in the Czech government, but fled the country in 1948 amidst the communist takeover.

Holocaust survivor and Ireland's oldest man, Josef Veselsky, dies aged 107

Eva Schloss, Auschwitz survivor and founder of Anne Frank Trust UK, dies at 96

"Her legacy will continue to guide and empower young people to build a world free from hatred and discrimination," Trust chief executive Dan Green said.

Anne Frank's friend and step-sister Eva Schloss celebrates her 90th birthday in London.

Vienna police rule out antisemitic motive after grenade found near police station, synagogues

According to a police statement, initial investigation showed the grenade was defunct, as it "contained no explosives, and the detonator was inoperative."

A police officer stands guard in front of Vienna Central Station, after it was closed due to an unspecified threat, according to the Austrian capital's police and national rail company OBB, in Vienna, Austria, March 3, 2025

Grapevine: Happy 90th, Rena Quint!

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Rena Quint at home in Jerusalem, surrounded by her photographs.

"We have to march this year—it might be our last chance"

This year’s March of the Living may be the last chance for young participants to walk alongside Holocaust survivors and bear witness to their stories.

Holocaust survivor Nate Leipciger

Jaffa police reunite 85-year-old Holocaust survivor with lost dog

The 85-year-old survivor's home in Jaffa had been broken into the previous week, and several items were stolen. During the theft, the woman's dog, Charlie, went missing.

A HOLOCAUST survivor reunites with her lost dog, Charlie, in Jaffa, December 28, 2025.

Voices of October 7: Yosef Weiner spoke to photojournalist Chen Schimmel

"I escaped the flames of the Nazi beasts... But then on October 7th, 2023, evil struck again"

My Hands Grasp at Nothing, Auschwitz 2024

Yad Vashem races to preserve Holocaust artifacts as survivors dwindle

As the number of first-hand witnesses dwindles, artifacts from the Holocaust are being carefully collected and preserved to continue telling the story

The documents discovered by Peled’s daughter in Krakow before undergoing conservation work.

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

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.

Raised with survivors: A journalist's journey to uncover her family's past

‘The Jerusalem Post’s’ Greer Fay Cashman recalls growing up surrounded by Holocaust survivors and her visits to Poland with Israeli leaders.

Placards with hand written messages on them line train tracks during The International March Of The Living at Auschwitz- Birkenau.