Warsaw ghetto uprising survivors

Nazi war criminal's chilling account of Warsaw Ghetto destruction reaches English readers

After decades of being translated into over 15 languages and adapted for the stage and screen, “Conversations with an Executioner” was published Tuesday for the first time in English.

AUGUST 19, 2026|BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

Jürgen Stroop watches his troops raze the Warsaw Ghetto.

Michael Smuss, last survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, dies at 99, October 23, 2025.

Last Warsaw Ghetto Uprising survivor Michael Smuss dies at 99

Michael Smuss was born on April 15, 1926, in Danzig, where his family lived until the rise of the Nazi Party.

OCTOBER 23, 2025|ByYOAV ETIEL

NEW IMMIGRANTS arrive at Haifa Port after World War II and are greeted by family and friends.

Israel’s future depends on embracing the lessons of Holocaust survivors - opinion

Just before International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we have an opportunity to learn from the spirit of those Holocaust survivors who arrived in Israel and draw inspiration from what they created.

JANUARY 27, 2025|ByYIGAL COHEN

A WOMAN LAYS daffodils during the commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, in front of the Warsaw Ghetto monument in 2021.

Studying Jabotinsky's ideas about Jewish pride - a way to honor Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - opinion

Holocaust Remembrance Day was created by the Israeli government to be near the anniversary of the uprising on the Jewish calendar was the correct choice.

APRIL 17, 2023|ByMOSHE PHILLIPS

80th anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The largest Jewish revolt - opinion

We remember the past and draw on historical experience to build a better future. But we do not forget those who died or were murdered.

APRIL 17, 2023ByPIOTR GLINSKI

Captured Jews pulled out of Warsaw Ghetto bunkers are led by German Waffen SS soldiers to 'Umschlagplatz,' the assembly point for deportation.

Grapevine August 28, 2022: Brazil's bi-centenary

Movers and shakers of Israeli society.

AUGUST 28, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

BRAZIL’S PRESIDENT Jair Bolsonaro takes part in a welcome ceremony for the urn with the heart of Portuguese monarch Dom Pedro I, who declared Brazil’s independence from Portugal 200 years ago, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, earlier this week.

Grapevine May 13, 2022: Listening to Warsaw Ghetto survivors

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 13, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

On this day 78 years ago, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising broke out

It was the first large-scale revolt by Jews during World War II.

APRIL 19, 2021BySARAH CHEMLA

JMU of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising to be added to Israeli curriculum

Many are aware of the Jewish resistance led by Mordechai Anielewicz, in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but few are aware of an additional group of fighters: the Jewish Military Union

APRIL 30, 2020ByCELIA JEAN

Jews held at gunpoint by Nazis during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Does Halacha approve of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising?

Are military actions likely to result in death 'brave', or should the preservation of life take priority?

NOVEMBER 15, 2019ByRABBI SHLOMO BRODY

Greek mayor to visit Ghetto Fighters Holocaust museum

Mayor Yiannis Boutaris of Thessaloniki is to pay tribute to the Greek Jews deported by the Nazis in World War II.

MAY 1, 2019ByBEN BRESKY

Members of a pioneer youth movement, shown in a Ghetto Fighter's House Musem exhibition.

Sarenka, unsung hero of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Anielewicz is not, however, the only central figure in the monument. Above him, a bare-breasted woman is holding a baby high up in her arms toward the heavens – perhaps as an act of rebellion.

JANUARY 26, 2019ByURI MILSTEIN