International Holocaust Remembrance Day rings differently this year
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day rings differently this year

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day rings differently this year Enlarge this image toggle caption Wilfredo Lee/AP Wilfredo Lee/AP A small, sepia photograph of little boys standing in a synagogue, wearing prayer shawls and payos sits behind glass in the first gallery of the Holocaust Museum L.A. "I feel very lucky to have a photo of my grandfather as part of our core exhibit," says museum C.E.O. She says that work is especially salient on International Holocaust Remembrance Day this year, following the October 7th massacre of more than 1,200 and kidnapping of more than 200 in Israel. October 7th is a poignant reminder of life's fragility The United Nations General Assembly voted to create International Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2005 and set the day as January 27th, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Sponsor Message Which is why, Hirschhaut says, Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024 is even more poignant than usual.

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Auschwitz liberation anniversary should remind us of the ongoing battle against racism and intolerance
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Auschwitz liberation anniversary should remind us of the ongoing battle against racism and intolerance

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Watch: Auschwitz survivors return to camp on 80th anniversary of liberation
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Watch: Auschwitz survivors return to camp on 80th anniversary of liberation

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch as Holocaust survivors returned …

Auschwitz: Survivors mark 80th anniversary of liberation of Nazi death camp
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Auschwitz: Survivors mark 80th anniversary of liberation of Nazi death camp

CNN  

CNN — “It doesn’t do any good for your heart, for your mind, for anything,” said Holocaust survivor Jona Laks, 94, about her return to Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. “It’s necessary for the world to know.” Monday marks Holocaust Memorial Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz camp complex, where Laks spent more than a …

Auschwitz survivors warn of rising hatred on 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation
2 months ago

Auschwitz survivors warn of rising hatred on 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation

LA Times  

Survivors and relatives place candles near the Death Wall during a ceremony at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former Nazi-run concentration camp in Poland, on Jan. 27, 2025. Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred that they are witnessing in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders and European royalty on the 80th anniversary of the death camp’s …

After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission
2 months, 1 week ago

After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission

LA Times  

Naftali Fürst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on Nov. 3, 1944. “In Slovakia, we knew that people who went to Poland didn’t return.” Strokes of luck Fürst and his family arrived at the entrance to Auschwitz on Nov. 3, 1944 — one day after Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler ordered the cessation of the use …

After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission
2 months, 1 week ago

After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission

Associated Press  

HAIFA, Israel — Naftali Fürst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on Nov. 3, 1944. “In Slovakia, we knew that people who went to Poland didn’t return.” Strokes of luck Fürst and his family arrived at the entrance to Auschwitz on Nov. 3, 1943 – one day after Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler ordered the cessation …

The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy U.S. university presidents joined Holocaust …

The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war

Associated Press  

OSWIECIM, Poland — Holocaust survivors and survivors of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel were among thousands who took part Monday in the March of the Living, a yearly memorial march at the site of Auschwitz that honors the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and celebrates the state of Israel. This year, the mood at the march was …

Annual memorial march at Auschwitz former death camp overshadowed by Israel-Hamas war
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Annual memorial march at Auschwitz former death camp overshadowed by Israel-Hamas war

LA Times  

People walk through the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau as they attend the annual Holocaust remembrance event, the March of the Living, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Monday in memory of the 6 million Holocaust victims. U.S. university presidents joined Holocaust survivors and thousands of Israelis on Monday for the March of the Living, a yearly memorial march at the …

Netanyahu uses Holocaust ceremony to brush off international pressure against Gaza offensive
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Netanyahu uses Holocaust ceremony to brush off international pressure against Gaza offensive

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected international pressure to halt the war in Gaza in a fiery speech marking the country’s annual Holocaust memorial day, declaring: “If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone.” The message, delivered in a setting that typically avoids politics, was aimed at the growing chorus of world leaders …

A Holocaust survivor will mark that history differently after the horrors of Oct. 7
10 months, 3 weeks ago

A Holocaust survivor will mark that history differently after the horrors of Oct. 7

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy When Hamas fighters invaded southern …

Landmarks illuminated purple to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
1 year, 2 months ago

Landmarks illuminated purple to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Landmarks across the country have been lit up purple to …

Muslims and Jews in Bosnia observe Holocaust Remembrance Day and call for peace and dialogue
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Muslims and Jews in Bosnia observe Holocaust Remembrance Day and call for peace and dialogue

Associated Press  

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Jews and Muslims from Bosnia and abroad gathered in Srebrenica on Saturday to jointly observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day and to promote compassion and dialogue amid the Israel-Hamas war. The gathering was organized by the center preserving memory of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust — the massacre in the closing months of Bosnia’s 1992-95 interethnic …

Remembering the horrors of Auschwitz, German chancellor warns of antisemitism, threats to democracy
1 year, 2 months ago

Remembering the horrors of Auschwitz, German chancellor warns of antisemitism, threats to democracy

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday called on all citizens to defend Germany’s democracy and fight antisemitism as the country marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau during World War II. On Saturday, as people in Germany put down flowers and lit candles at memorials for the victims of the Nazi terror, the …

What is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day? Here's all you need to know
1 year, 2 months ago

What is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day? Here's all you need to know

Hindustan Times  

January 27 is a global day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust. In November 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 as an "International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust". On January 27, 2006, the first worldwide International Holocaust Remembrance Day, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said: "There can be no reversing …

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day
1 year, 2 months ago

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day

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OSWIECIM, Poland — A group of survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony Saturday in southern Poland. Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the survivors were accompanied by Polish Senate Speaker Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska, Culture Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz and Israeli Ambassador to Poland Yacov Livne. …

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day
1 year, 2 months ago

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A group of survivors of …

Holocaust Memorial Day ‘difficult’ due to Hamas-Israel conflict – charity chief
1 year, 2 months ago

Holocaust Memorial Day ‘difficult’ due to Hamas-Israel conflict – charity chief

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust has said …

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day
1 year, 2 months ago

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day

LA Times  

Holocaust survivors and relatives arrive for a ceremony at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, on Saturday. A group of survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony Saturday in southern Poland. Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the survivors were accompanied by …

International Holocaust Remembrance Day has special significance for young people with Jewish roots in Poland
1 year, 2 months ago

International Holocaust Remembrance Day has special significance for young people with Jewish roots in Poland

Hindustan Times  

For ten years now, an empty streetcar has rolled silently through the streets of Warsaw on January 27. Of the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust, the vast majority were killed in occupied Poland, which is why many Jews continue to regard Poland as a large cemetery. Searching for their Jewish roots It is not unusual in Poland for …

Holocaust Remembrance Day rings different after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack
1 year, 2 months ago

Holocaust Remembrance Day rings different after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack

NPR  

Holocaust Remembrance Day rings different after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack Holocaust Remembrance Day comes annually, but this year it hits differently because of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. And so Holocaust Remembrance Day and her life's work are in part, for Kean, about proving them wrong, especially this year following the October 7 massacre of more than …

Pope says Holocaust Remembrance Day reminds world that war can never be justified
1 year, 2 months ago

Pope says Holocaust Remembrance Day reminds world that war can never be justified

Associated Press  

ROME — Pope Francis recalled the extermination of millions of Jews in calling Wednesday for the upcoming Holocaust Day of Remembrance to reaffirm that war can never be justified and only benefits weapons makers. Italy’s Jewish community has denounced a rise in antisemitic sentiment, including what leaders call the improper use of terms like “genocide,” following the Oct. 7 Hamas …

Israel president urges unity on Holocaust Remembrance Day
1 year, 11 months ago

Israel president urges unity on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel’s president appealed for national unity as the country marked the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday after months of mass protests that have roiled the nation. Yom Hashoah, the day Israel observes as a memorial for the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its allies in the Holocaust, is one of the most solemn …

Auschwitz anniversary marked as peace again shattered by war
2 years, 2 months ago

Auschwitz anniversary marked as peace again shattered by war

Associated Press  

OSWIECIM, Poland — Auschwitz-Birkenau survivors and other mourners commemorated the 78th anniversary Friday of the Nazi German death camp’s liberation, some expressing horror that war has again shattered peace in Europe and the lesson of Never Again is being forgotten. “Remaining indifferent is tantamount to condoning murder.” Russian President Vladimir Putin attended observances marking the 60th anniversary of the camp’s …

Israel protects itself by itself, Holocaust will never, ever, happen again: Benjamin Netanyahu
2 years, 2 months ago

Israel protects itself by itself, Holocaust will never, ever, happen again: Benjamin Netanyahu

Firstpost  

Jerusalem: On the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said such a situation will “never, ever, happen again” in the country as today “Israel protects itself by itself”. “Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and exactly 78 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "Today is International Holocaust Remembrance …

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: History, significance, and theme this year
2 years, 2 months ago

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: History, significance, and theme this year

Hindustan Times  

The United Nations designated January 27 as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in honour of six million Jews killed in the Holocaust and millions of other Nazism victims under the Hitler regime between 1933 and 1945. The United Nations designated January 27 as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in honour of six million Jews killed in the Holocaust. Read here: …

International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023: History, significance and theme
2 years, 2 months ago

International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023: History, significance and theme

Firstpost  

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked on 27 January each year by the United Nations. History The UN General Assembly adopted resolution 60/7 to declare 27 January as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 1 November, 2005. The first commemoration ceremony of International Holocaust Remembrance Day was conducted on 27 January 2026 at the UN Headquarters in New York. …

All You Need To Know About International Day Of Commemoration And Dignity Of The Victims Of The Crime Of Genocide And Of The Prevention Of This Crime
2 years, 3 months ago

All You Need To Know About International Day Of Commemoration And Dignity Of The Victims Of The Crime Of Genocide And Of The Prevention Of This Crime

News 18  

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION AND DIGNITY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE AND OF THE PREVENTION OF THIS CRIME: International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime is commemorated on December 9 of every year around the world. Here is all you need to know …

Survivors unite to deliver message on Holocaust remembrance
2 years, 11 months ago

Survivors unite to deliver message on Holocaust remembrance

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Holocaust survivors across the world have united to deliver a message on the dangers of unchecked hate and the importance of remembrance at a time of rising global antisemitism. In a video released Thursday to mark Yom HaShoah -- Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day -- 100 Holocaust survivors asked people to stand with them and remember the Nazi …

Survivors unite to deliver message on Holocaust remembrance
2 years, 11 months ago

Survivors unite to deliver message on Holocaust remembrance

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Holocaust survivors across the world …

Ushering in Holocaust day, Israeli PM warns of polarisation
2 years, 11 months ago

Ushering in Holocaust day, Israeli PM warns of polarisation

ABP News  

Jerusalem, Apr 27 : Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett delivered a stark message Wednesday as the country ushered in its annual Holocaust memorial day, warning Jews against letting internal divisions tear society apart. Speaking at Yad Vashem, Israel's memorial to the 6 million Jews slaughtered by the Nazis and their collaborators, Bennett also called on the world to stop comparing …

Ushering in Holocaust day, Israeli PM warns of polarization
2 years, 11 months ago

Ushering in Holocaust day, Israeli PM warns of polarization

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett delivered a stark message Wednesday as the country ushered in its annual Holocaust memorial day, warning Jews against letting internal divisions tear society apart. Speaking at Yad Vashem, Israel’s memorial to the 6 million Jews slaughtered by the Nazis and their collaborators, Bennett also called on the world to stop comparing the Holocaust …

Holocaust Memorial Day 2022: Books to read, from ‘The Volunteer’ to ‘Night’
3 years, 2 months ago

Holocaust Memorial Day 2022: Books to read, from ‘The Volunteer’ to ‘Night’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Holocaust Memorial Day – commemorated annually on 27 January …

World remembers the Holocaust as antisemitism rises during the pandemic
3 years, 2 months ago

World remembers the Holocaust as antisemitism rises during the pandemic

LA Times  

Dignitaries including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, stand in front of the Reichstag in Berlin in remembrance of the Holocaust. “I have lived in New York for 75 years, but I still remember well the terrible time of horror and hatred,” Holocaust survivor Inge Auerbacher, 87, told the German parliament. “It is a problem of our society — all of …

Politicizing the Holocaust dehumanizes us all
3 years, 2 months ago

Politicizing the Holocaust dehumanizes us all

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Mark Wilf is Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Federations of North America. Mark Wilf Courtesy Mark Wilf Just last week, the United Nations adopted a resolution by consensus against Holocaust denial, while Egypt commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day for the very first time, in an event Seventy-seven years after the end of the Second …

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, revisit NPR's stories from survivors
3 years, 2 months ago

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, revisit NPR's stories from survivors

NPR  

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, revisit NPR's stories from survivors Enlarge this image toggle caption Sean Gallup/Getty Images Sean Gallup/Getty Images Thursday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945. Sponsor Message Remembrance Day also aims to promote Holocaust education, an especially timely mission with antisemitic incidents and Holocaust denialism on …

Remembering the Holocaust
3 years, 2 months ago

Remembering the Holocaust

The Hindu  

Marked by the United Nations each year on the 27th of January, International Holocaust Remembrance Day provides an opportunity to recount the atrocities of the Holocaust that resulted in the death of an estimated 6 million Jews. Holocaust distortion and denial As the Holocaust recedes in time, the forces of antisemitism, racial and religious intolerance, and discrimination and hate speech …

On Holocaust Day, Netanyahu issues warning about Iran
3 years, 11 months ago

On Holocaust Day, Netanyahu issues warning about Iran

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday urged the world not to revive the troubled international nuclear deal with Iran as he opened Israel’s annual memorial day for the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Speaking as world powers are launching a new effort to bring the United States back into the foundering 2015 deal, Netanyahu also …

Holocaust Memorial Day marks 76 years since Auschwitz liberation
4 years, 2 months ago

Holocaust Memorial Day marks 76 years since Auschwitz liberation

Daily Mail  

The world is marking Holocaust Memorial Day in the midst of the pandemic today as memorial events take place online and vulnerable survivors shield from the coronavirus on the 76th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation. GERMANY: A rose was left in tribute this morning on one of the blocks that make up the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, officially the Memorial to …

Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary online amid pandemic
4 years, 2 months ago

Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary online amid pandemic

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Other institutions around the world, including the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial …

Holocaust Memorial Day is not just for commemorating the past – it demands we interrogate the present
5 years, 2 months ago

Holocaust Memorial Day is not just for commemorating the past – it demands we interrogate the present

The Independent  

Antisemitism is ever with us. “Unfortunately,” lamented Vladimir Putin at the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem last week, “today the memory of war and its lessons and legacy often fall subject to the immediate political situation.” But that is precisely what Mr Putin was doing in that speech, in which he insisted that the Nazis weren’t solely to blame for …

Auschwitz was liberated 75 years ago. But politics are complicating the celebration
5 years, 2 months ago

Auschwitz was liberated 75 years ago. But politics are complicating the celebration

LA Times  

More than 1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered at the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that year, Poland lost a fifth of its population in World War II; 90% of Polish Jews were killed in the Holocaust. Putin called the Polish ambassador to Nazi Germany “a scum and an anti-Semite pig.” He …

Holocaust Memorial Day 2019: Three unsung heroes who helped Europe's Jews escape the Nazis
6 years, 2 months ago

Holocaust Memorial Day 2019: Three unsung heroes who helped Europe's Jews escape the Nazis

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On Holocaust Memorial Day, saying 'never again' is not enough – we must be constantly vigilant against the far right
7 years, 2 months ago

On Holocaust Memorial Day, saying 'never again' is not enough – we must be constantly vigilant against the far right

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. There were many low points in …

Holocaust Memorial Day: Survivor fears deniers are winning
7 years, 2 months ago

Holocaust Memorial Day: Survivor fears deniers are winning

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on Saturday, January 27. The rise of social media has left Holocaust survivors facing what Goldberg calls “a losing battle.” Manfred Goldberg now lives in London with his wife, Shary. William & Kate walk through the death gates at Stutthof concentration camp with survivors Zigi Shipper & Manfred Goldberg #RoyalTourPoland pic.twitter.com/mr3p5N2s6i — Rhiannon …

Holocaust survivors say Donald Trump's refugee ban 'tragically' similar to 1930s
8 years, 2 months ago

Holocaust survivors say Donald Trump's refugee ban 'tragically' similar to 1930s

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mark Hetfield, the chief executive of …

Reject Remembrance Day in face of rising fascism, Islamophobia: Activist
8 years, 10 months ago

Reject Remembrance Day in face of rising fascism, Islamophobia: Activist

NL Times  

Activist Christa Noella is calling for a boycott of Remembrance Day with the Dutch hashtag #geen4meivoormij on social media. According her, "Remembrance Day lost its value due to the hypocrisy of society" and May 4th is "meaningless we just let the rise of fascism and Islamophobia in the Netherlands take its course", she writes on Facebook. "I can not with …

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Obama honours American and Polish citizens who protected Jews
9 years, 2 months ago

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Obama honours American and Polish citizens who protected Jews

Firstpost  

President Barack Obama honoured four people on Wednesday for risking their lives to protect Jews, saying that an attack on any faith is an attack on all faiths. Washington: President Barack Obama honored four people on Wednesday for risking their lives to protect Jews, warning that anti-Semitism is on the rise and an attack on any faith is an attack …

Four genocides we should also remember on Holocaust Memorial Day
9 years, 2 months ago

Four genocides we should also remember on Holocaust Memorial Day

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