The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/bergen-belsen/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:51:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Bergen-Belsen | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/bergen-belsen/ 32 32 Albrecht Weinberg, who survived several camps during Holocaust, dies at 101 https://www.timesofisrael.com/albrecht-weinberg-who-survived-several-camps-during-holocaust-dies-at-101/ Tue, 12 May 2026 18:26:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3822105 Weinberg returned to Germany 14 years ago after living in New York, shared his experience with high school students; Israeli envoy to Germany pays tribute to 'bridge' with the past

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]]> Born in a concentration camp, a Holocaust survivor tells her story for the first time https://www.timesofisrael.com/born-in-a-concentration-camp-a-holocaust-survivor-tells-her-story-for-the-first-time/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:52:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3742264 Ilana Kantorowicz Shalem, one of the youngest living survivors, opens up about the romance her parents shared in captivity, and her miraculous birth and survival

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]]> ‘Librarian of Auschwitz’: Holocaust survivor Dita Kraus dies at 96 https://www.timesofisrael.com/librarian-of-auschwitz-holocaust-survivor-dita-kraus-dies-at-96/ Sun, 19 Oct 2025 06:54:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3668474 Kraus survived Terezin Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen before moving to Israel in 1949; book published in 2012 brought story of concentration camp's secret library to wider audience

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]]> Holocaust survivor dies 2 weeks after great-grandson killed in Gaza as she visited Nazi camp https://www.timesofisrael.com/holocaust-survivor-dies-2-weeks-after-great-grandson-killed-in-gaza-as-she-visited-nazi-camp/ Sun, 11 May 2025 13:45:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3546432 Asaf Cafri died in Strip while great-grandmother Magda Baratz and his father visited Bergen-Belsen; her son says death of Asaf was 'very hard' for her

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]]> Clothing historian stitches together Holocaust history by focusing on ‘women’s work’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/clothing-historian-stitches-together-holocaust-history-by-focusing-on-womens-work/ Wed, 23 Apr 2025 04:59:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3519905 Nonfiction 'Four Red Sweaters' tells wartime stories of four young Jewish women while examining larger questions such as Nazis' circular economy and perpetrator psychology

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]]> Anne Frank statue in Amsterdam park vandalized again with pro-Palestinian graffiti https://www.timesofisrael.com/anne-frank-statue-in-amsterdam-park-vandalized-again-with-pro-palestinian-graffiti/ Sun, 04 Aug 2024 15:03:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3347168 Police say memorial defaced for second time in less than a month

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]]> Office that manages Holocaust memorial sites in Germany has windows shattered https://www.timesofisrael.com/windows-shattered-at-office-that-manages-holocaust-memorial-sites-in-germany/ Wed, 16 Aug 2023 23:58:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3074104 Police looking for witnesses of vandalism at Foundation for Memorial Sites in Lower Saxony, which oversees memorials at Bergen-Belsen and Wolfenbüttel Prison

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]]> Newly found video shows moments US troops saved thousands of Jews from Nazi train https://www.timesofisrael.com/newly-found-footage-shows-moments-us-troops-saved-thousands-of-jews-from-nazi-train/ Wed, 02 Aug 2023 20:12:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3064087 Researcher finds archived video of liberation of Bergen-Belsen camp prisoners near Farsleben in 1945; survivors identify themselves in clip

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]]> Holocaust survivor who escaped Tree of Life synagogue massacre dies at 84 https://www.timesofisrael.com/holocaust-survivor-who-escaped-tree-of-life-synagogue-massacre-dies-at-84/ Thu, 29 Sep 2022 20:32:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2845738 'Only people like me can bear witness': Judah Samet survived the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, served in IDF, and lived through 2018 attack on Pittsburgh synagogue

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]]> From concentration camp to DP camp: Why activist associates Bergen-Belsen with life https://www.timesofisrael.com/from-concentration-camp-to-dp-camp-why-activist-associates-bergen-belsen-with-life/ Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:28:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2832670 Holocaust remembrance activist Menachem Rosensaft says site's transformation allowed his parents to again be treated as human beings who could 'dream rather than endure nightmares'

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]]> Ending Germany trip, Herzog visits concentration camp his father helped liberate https://www.timesofisrael.com/ending-germany-trip-herzog-visits-concentration-camp-his-father-helped-liberate/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 17:55:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2831740 'In this terrible place, we remember the imperative that is binding on us all: the imperative of life,' president says at Bergen-Belsen after meeting survivors, high schoolers

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]]> Survivor of Holocaust and Munich Olympic attack visits Germany for memorial event https://www.timesofisrael.com/survivor-of-holocaust-and-munich-olympic-attack-visits-germany-for-memorial-event/ Sun, 04 Sep 2022 07:42:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2829802 Shaul Ladany was able to escape before Palestinian terror group captured him in 1972 massacre; shows family where he was previously held at Bergen-Belsen camp

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]]> Survivor Olga Kay passes Holocaust education torch to youth to keep fighting denial https://www.timesofisrael.com/survivor-olga-kay-passes-holocaust-education-torch-to-youth-to-keep-fighting-denial/ Tue, 26 Apr 2022 19:38:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2749263 Ahead of participation in state Yom Hashoah ceremony, 96-year-old who beat Auschwitz and two other camps says, 'We must tell our story and keep memory alive'

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]]> Sexually explicit memoir of women’s abuse in Nazi camps finally sees light https://www.timesofisrael.com/sexually-explicit-memoir-of-womens-abuse-in-nazi-camps-finally-sees-light/ Sat, 10 Oct 2020 06:24:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2384984 Second-generation trauma expert Helen Epstein publishes late mother Franci Rabinek Epstein's manuscript, initially rejected in mid-1970s for being ahead of its time

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]]> Long-silent Auschwitz cellist finds her voice in fight against fascism https://www.timesofisrael.com/long-silent-auschwitz-cellist-finds-her-voice-in-fight-against-fascism/ Sun, 10 May 2020 08:20:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2302433 For years, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch could not talk about her time playing music a few meters from the crematorium, but now she's speaking out against rising dangers of anti-Semitism

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