The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/buchenwald/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:19:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Buchenwald | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/buchenwald/ 32 32 How an oath by Buchenwald survivors is being used to fuel anti-Israel protests https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-an-oath-by-buchenwald-survivors-is-being-used-to-fuel-anti-israel-protests/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:58:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3801329 As the pro-Palestinian group 'Kufiyas in Buchenwald' is blocked from demonstrating outside the notorious Nazi concentration camp ahead of Yom Hashoah, a debate about the site’s history resurfaces

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]]> German court upholds ban on protest against Israel’s ‘genocide’ at Buchenwald memorial https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-court-upholds-ban-on-protest-against-israels-genocide-at-buchenwald-memorial/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:30:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3799573 Sunday vigil by anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian activist group 'Kufiyas in Buchenwald' will instead be held in the nearby city of Weimar

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]]> Germany bans planned rally against Israel’s ‘genocide’ at Buchenwald former Nazi camp https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-bans-planned-rally-against-israels-genocide-at-buchenwald-former-nazi-camp/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:48:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3793819 Organizers appeal move in court; Jewish leader has slammed 'perfidious attempt to relativize the murder of over 11,000 Jews... by comparing it to Israel’s actions in recent Gaza war'

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]]> Anti-Zionist group’s planned protest of keffiyeh ban at Buchenwald memorial sparks outrage https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-zionist-groups-planned-protest-of-keffiyeh-ban-at-buchenwald-memorial-sparks-outrage/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:55:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3760999 A German court has ruled that the former concentration camp may refuse entry to visitors wearing the traditional Palestinian headscarf, which has been adopted by pro-Palestinian protesters

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]]> German court rules Nazi camp memorial can bar visitors wearing keffiyeh https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-court-rules-nazi-camp-memorial-can-bar-visitors-wearing-keffiyeh/ Wed, 20 Aug 2025 20:55:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3624780 Woman wearing scarf was refused entry to 80th anniversary event at former camp, petitioned court

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]]> At Buchenwald, former German president warns of ‘radicalization,’ far-right threat https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-buchenwald-former-german-president-warns-of-radicalization-far-right-threat/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:27:56 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3519610 Christian Wulff, speaking at ceremony marking 80 years since concentration camp's liberation, says far-right German party's ideology creates 'breeding ground' for fear

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]]> Rose Girone, world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 113 https://www.timesofisrael.com/rose-girone-worlds-oldest-holocaust-survivor-dies-at-113/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 07:43:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3490564 Born in Poland, her family moved to Hamburg; in 1939 she fled Nazi Germany for Shanghai, where she credits knitting as helping save her family before they moved to the US

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]]> Searching for his mother, photojournalist Eric Schwab exposed horrors of Nazi camps https://www.timesofisrael.com/searching-for-his-mother-afp-photojournalist-eric-schwab-exposed-horrors-of-nazi-camps/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 04:39:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3460909 The Jewish former fashion photographer became a war correspondent after Paris was liberated, documenting the depravity of the Holocaust while on his deeply personal quest

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]]> Buchenwald memorial chief ‘upset and depressed’ over election win by far-right AfD https://www.timesofisrael.com/buchenwald-memorial-chief-upset-and-depressed-over-election-win-by-far-right-afd/ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:44:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3368401 'Maybe we will have to re-install a police station,' worries Jens-Christian Wagner, after local victory by Alternative for Germany party raises specter of hate crimes, funding cuts

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]]> Swastikas painted on signs at Buchenwald concentration camp memorial site https://www.timesofisrael.com/swastikas-painted-on-signs-at-buchenwald-concentration-camp-memorial-site/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:34:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2861804 Foundation that runs memorial at former Nazi camp in Germany condemns 'an abhorrent attack on the dignity of the Nazis' victims and on our work'

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]]> Memorial at Buchenwald concentration camp site vandalized twice in a week https://www.timesofisrael.com/memorial-at-buchenwald-concentration-camp-site-vandalized-twice-in-a-week/ Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:44:56 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2805512 Nine beeches toppled or damaged in 'cowardly act'; premier of German state of Thuringia vows to replant two trees for every one damaged

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]]> Trees dedicated to Holocaust victims chopped down at Buchenwald camp https://www.timesofisrael.com/trees-dedicated-to-holocaust-victims-chopped-down-at-buchenwald-camp/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 08:43:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2803446 'Appalled at the deliberate attack on remembrance,' memorial foundation says seven beeches were severed, one of which commemorated children killed at the Nazi camp

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]]> Buchenwald Nazi camp memorial says Russian officials unwelcome at ceremony https://www.timesofisrael.com/buchenwald-nazi-camp-memorial-says-russian-officials-unwelcome-at-ceremony/ Wed, 30 Mar 2022 05:23:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2735988 Organizers cite death of camp survivor in shelling in Ukraine; invitations to go instead to civil society representatives for annual liberation remembrance next month

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]]> 96-year-old Holocaust survivor killed in Russian shelling of Kharkiv https://www.timesofisrael.com/96-year-old-holocaust-survivor-killed-in-russian-shelling-of-kharkiv/ Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:49:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2729600 Boris Romantschenko, who was not Jewish, survived four concentration camps including Bergen-Belsen and Buchenwald

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]]> Holocaust survivors condemn Putin’s ‘denazification’ claim in Ukraine https://www.timesofisrael.com/holocaust-survivors-condemn-putins-denazification-claim-in-ukraine/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 08:12:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2714363 Signatories to statement say Russian leader's unacceptable justification of invasion as action against Nazis and alleged genocide only serves to 'tarnish' the words

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