The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/holocaust/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:03:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Holocaust | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/holocaust/ 32 32 Sealed files on Nazi ‘Angel of Death’ Mengele to be opened, Swiss intel agency says https://www.timesofisrael.com/sealed-files-on-nazi-angel-of-death-mengele-to-be-opened-swiss-intel-agency-says/ Sat, 16 May 2026 08:40:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3824564 Josef Mengele, who fled to Argentina, was never prosecuted for sadistic Auschwitz experiments despite possibly visiting Zurich after West Germany issued arrest warrant against him

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]]> Author tracing family’s Holocaust survival finds partner’s ancestors took same path https://www.timesofisrael.com/author-tracing-familys-holocaust-survival-finds-partners-ancestors-took-same-path/ Sat, 16 May 2026 01:09:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3824323 Daniela Gerson says that like her grandparents, most of the 300,000 Polish Jews who lived through the war were not in camps, ghettos or forests, but in the mountains of Siberia

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]]> Abraham Foxman laid to rest, in elegy for last generation of Holocaust survivors https://www.timesofisrael.com/abraham-foxman-laid-to-rest-in-elegy-for-last-generation-of-holocaust-survivors/ Wed, 13 May 2026 10:31:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3822468 Former ADL chief, who was hidden as a child in Poland by his Catholic nanny, said his life's work combatting antisemitism was a duty to the children who perished, grandson recalls

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]]> 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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]]> Art looted from Jewish collector hanging in home of Dutch SS leader’s family, sleuth says https://www.timesofisrael.com/art-looted-from-jewish-collector-hanging-in-home-of-dutch-ss-leaders-family-sleuth-says/ Mon, 11 May 2026 08:19:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3820794 Discovery made when descendant of Nazi collaborator revealed 'Portrait of a Young Girl' by Toon Kelder was displayed in relative's hallway; theft has passed statute of limitations

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]]> As new Holocaust memorial stone laid in Berlin, relative says plaque serves as substitute for grave https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-new-holocaust-memorial-stone-laid-relative-says-plaque-serves-as-substitute-for-grave/ Thu, 07 May 2026 10:23:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3818199 Project initiator Gunter Demnig places 'stumbling block' for Nazi victim Johanna Berger; great-nephew says memorial 'brings the family history to a certain conclusion'

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]]> Polish town’s new ‘information center’ denies murders of Jews by local Poles in 1941 https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-towns-new-information-center-denies-murders-of-jews-by-local-poles-in-1941/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:58:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3804641 Family of Jewish man who survived the Jedwabne massacre is trying to get the new installation removed: 'We call it a denial museum, because that’s what it is'

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]]> Joan Nathan knew her Catholic relative died in the Holocaust. A new project added detail https://www.timesofisrael.com/joan-nathan-knew-her-catholic-relative-died-in-the-holocaust-a-new-project-added-detail/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:19:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3802554 The renowned Jewish cookbook author’s family history is uncovered in Histories and Mysteries, an initiative of the Ackman and Ziff Family Genealogy Institute in Manhattan

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]]> Netanyahu claims to have prevented an Iranian-wrought second Holocaust. If only we could be so sure https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-claims-to-have-prevented-an-iranian-wrought-second-holocaust-if-only-we-could-be-so-sure/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:53:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3802538 In his Holocaust Day address, the PM asserted that his pledge to ensure the regime in Tehran does not develop nuclear weapons had been fulfilled. He of all people should be more circumspect

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]]> US college that pioneered Holocaust studies set to close https://www.timesofisrael.com/college-that-pioneered-holocaust-studies-and-birthed-yiddish-book-center-to-close/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:02:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3802406 Hampshire College cites declining enrollment, mounting debt as reasons it will shutter at the end of 2026 after 61 years; closure will not affect nearby Yiddish Book Center

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]]> ‘Echoes the dark times’: Recent deadly antisemitism features heavily at March of the Living https://www.timesofisrael.com/echoes-the-dark-times-recent-deadly-antisemitism-features-heavily-at-march-of-the-living/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:43:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3802380 'My father didn’t make it because he was a Jew,' says daughter of man killed in Bondi Beach attack, as survivors of contemporary massacres join those who survived the WWII genocide by Nazi Germany

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]]> My grandfather, the Nazi: A German historian helps families unravel forebears’ crimes https://www.timesofisrael.com/my-grandfather-the-nazi-a-german-historian-helps-families-unravel-forebears-crimes/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:44:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3800907 After discovering his own patriarch's role in the Holocaust, scholar Johannes Spohr offers workshops that confront uncomfortably specific truths amid a wider culture of remembrance

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]]> In parliament, Polish MP calls Israel ‘new Third Reich,’ waves Israeli flag with swastika https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-parliament-polish-mp-calls-israel-new-third-reich-waves-israeli-flag-with-swastika/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:28:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3802147 Far-right Konrad Berkowicz prompts outrage from fellow lawmakers with display, as he accuses Israel of 'genocide' in Gaza; Israel embassy pans 'antisemitic horror'

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]]> With no one to say Kaddish for many children killed in the Holocaust, a US synagogue steps up https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-no-one-to-say-kaddish-for-many-children-killed-in-the-holocaust-a-us-synagogue-steps-up/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:12:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3801952 Dozens of families at Temple Beth El in West Palm Beach have 'adopted' child victims to memorialize as their own, in a form of remembrance some laud for its continuity

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]]> How the sewers under Nazi-occupied Ukraine gave rise to unexpected Holocaust heroes https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-the-sewers-under-nazi-occupied-ukraine-gave-rise-to-unexpected-holocaust-heroes/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:58:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3763380 Ignacy Chiger died half a century ago, but his newly published war memoir raises complicated questions of Judenrat's Jewish communal responsibility versus allegations of complicity

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