The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/majdanek/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:00:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Majdanek | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/majdanek/ 32 32 Halina Birenbaum survived the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. She saw heroism elsewhere https://www.timesofisrael.com/halina-birenbaum-survived-the-warsaw-ghetto-uprising-she-saw-heroism-elsewhere/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 09:05:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2997637 At 93, one of just a handful of living witnesses of the armed rebellion seeks to correct Jews' understanding of bravery during the genocide

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]]> Poland says Holocaust denier David Irving ‘not welcome’ on death camp tour https://www.timesofisrael.com/poland-says-holocaust-denier-david-irving-not-welcome-on-death-camp-tour/ Sun, 24 Mar 2019 11:33:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=2042662&preview=true&preview_id=2042662 After Israeli appeal, Warsaw says it won't allow British conspiracy theorist to 'present his opinions' during planned visit

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]]> Israel urges Poland to deny entry to British Holocaust denier David Irving https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-urges-poland-to-deny-entry-to-british-holocaust-denier-david-irving/ Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:36:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=2040370&preview=true&preview_id=2040370 Minister Naftali Bennett says Irving will offend survivors and stoke anti-Semitism if he is allowed to lead tour of Nazi death camps in September

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]]> British Holocaust denier David Irving to lead Nazi death camp tour https://www.timesofisrael.com/british-holocaust-denier-david-irving-to-lead-nazi-death-camp-tour/ Tue, 19 Mar 2019 07:06:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2039564 Publicity for the $3,650 trip calls the camps 'controversial' and describes Irving as a 'Hitler expert'

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]]> German court won’t try 97-year-old Nazi death camp suspect https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-court-wont-try-97-year-old-nazi-death-camp-suspect/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:35:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1983653 Former Majdanek guard, accused of supporting operation where 17,000 Jews were shot in ditches, deemed too sick to face court proceedings

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]]> Israeli student sent home after exposing buttocks at Nazi death camp https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-student-sent-home-after-exposing-buttocks-at-nazi-death-camp/ Mon, 13 Aug 2018 06:15:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1907431 Incident captured on security cameras at Majdanek during Holocaust education trip; second teenager also sent back early

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]]> In a concentration camp, a rabbi celebrates his grandson’s circumcision https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-a-concentration-camp-a-rabbi-celebrates-his-grandsons-circumcision/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 11:56:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1739437 Aryeh Hendler, unable to attend ceremony in Israel, connects via video link as he leads a tour at Majdanek in Poland

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]]> Ex-Nazi Majdanek guard, 96, charged with complicity to mass murder https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-nazi-majdanek-guard-96-charged-with-complicity-to-mass-murders/ Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:02:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1714441 Suspect, who has not been named, also said involved in 'Operation Harvest Festival,' in which at least 17,000 Jews were shot in November 1943

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]]> Holocaust survivor, 91, celebrates bat mitzvah in Argentina https://www.timesofisrael.com/holocaust-survivor-91-celebrates-bat-mitzvah-in-argentina/ Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:44:16 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1593666 Eugenia Unger, who was in the Warsaw Ghetto and Auschwitz, says ceremony was 'the culmination' of her life

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]]> Austria’s rising far-right seen as proof of failure to address Nazi past https://www.timesofisrael.com/austrias-rising-far-right-seen-as-proof-of-failure-to-address-nazi-past/ Fri, 02 Dec 2016 21:02:04 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1512473 With country on the verge of electing president from nationalist Freedom Party, experts blame Vienna's reluctance to confront its history

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]]> Polish town names square after Knesset deputy speaker’s family https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-town-names-square-after-knesset-deputy-speakers-family/ Sat, 07 May 2016 06:38:45 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1388262 Skulsk calls plaza after Hilik Bar's great-grandfather Yitzhak Kotowski, who perished in Majdanek concentration camp

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]]> There are still Treblinka survivors living. One tells his tale https://www.timesofisrael.com/there-are-still-treblinka-survivors-living-one-tells-his-tale/ Mon, 22 Feb 2016 18:33:52 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1344468 Now in Sweden, 89-year-old Leon 'Poldek' Rytz remains active in spreading his tale of survival in the face of genocide

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]]> No new building on mass graves, say Sobibor activists https://www.timesofisrael.com/no-new-building-on-mass-graves-say-sobibor-activists/ Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:08:07 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1133427 Gas chamber discovery at the Nazi extermination camp spurs calls to review museum project

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]]> Prisoner shoes stolen from Nazi death camp museum https://www.timesofisrael.com/prisoner-shoes-stolen-from-nazi-death-camp-museum/ Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:02:09 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1097405 Police launch investigation after footwear goes missing at Majdanek; hole discovered in display

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]]> Jewish founder of Brazil’s largest retail chain dies https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-founder-of-brazils-largest-retail-chain-dies/ Fri, 21 Nov 2014 20:16:11 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1095582 Business mogul Samuel Klein, who escaped from a Nazi death camp, passes away from respiratory failure

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