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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 592

Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation

'Honey Cake & Latkes: Recipes from the Old World by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Survivors' (Courtesy); Tova Friedman's kasha varnishkes (Ellen Silverman).
October 19, 2022, 3:18 am
Recipes in this Holocaust survivors’ cookbook nourished souls during and after WWII
All of the 110-plus dishes in the newly-released ‘Honey Cake & Latkes’ were provided by Auschwitz survivors who say discussing the recipes helped them live through their starvation
By Rich Tenorio
The director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Piotr Cywinski delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, January 27, 2020. (Markus Schreiber/AP)
January 26, 2022, 4:27 pm
Auschwitz foundation launches ‘Indifference Challenge’ to counter apathy to racism
Grant program will reward projects tackling racial prejudice, antisemitism and discrimination; chairman warns that bystanders facilitate bigotry
By AFP and ToI Staff
A picture taken on June 2, 2021 in Paris, shows the new French edition of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf", 'Historicizing Evil, A Critical Edition of Mein Kampf' (Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
June 5, 2021, 12:58 pm
New French edition of ‘Mein Kampf’ published to reflect ‘badly written’ original
Annotated translation includes criticism of Hitler’s manifesto; will be free for public libraries and sold for $122, a deliberately high price intended to limit its distribution
By AFP
Sol Graf exits through the barbed wire at the former site of Auschwitz-Birkenau, January 28, 2020. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
February 14, 2020, 5:24 pm
75 years after staring death in the eye, survivors seek closure in Auschwitz
A delegation led by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation brings back former prisoners following a massive January 27 event marking the camp’s liberation
By Yaakov Schwartz
Holocaust survivors walk below the gate with its inscription 'Work sets you free' after a wreath laying at the death wall at the memorial site of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz during ceremonies to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the camp's liberation in Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2020 (Janek Skarzynski/AFP)
January 28, 2020, 3:08 pm
US pledges $2 million for preservation of Auschwitz
More than 1.1 million Jews were murdered in camp during the Holocaust; contribution in addition to $15 million donated by the US for its upkeep
By ToI Staff and JTA
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, October 30, 2019. (Markus Schreiber/AP)
December 5, 2019, 10:42 pm
Merkel to pledge 60 million euros for Auschwitz museum during visit – report
Move, planned at ceremony marking 10th anniversary of memorial, will cement Germany as its largest donor
By ToI Staff and AP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel lays a wreath during a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on October 4, 2018 (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)
November 22, 2019, 3:57 am
Germany’s Merkel to make first visit to Auschwitz as chancellor
Trip reportedly to take place December 6 for 10th anniversary of Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation
By AP
'Through the Lens of Faith,' an exhibit running through 2020 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim, Poland. (Courtesy Daniel Libeskind)
June 30, 2019, 12:33 pm
At Auschwitz, an exhibit takes an unprecedented look at religion and survival
‘Through the Lens of Faith’ focuses on 21 survivors who discuss how their relationship with God and the divine evolved during and after their internment at the death camp
By Rich Tenorio
The main gate of the former Auschwitz extermination camp in Oswiecim, Poland, with the infamous sign reading 'Work sets you free.' (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images/via JTA)
December 17, 2017, 5:49 pm
Is Auschwitz ready for a peace center? A Vermont woman thinks so
Adjacent to the death camp’s gates, Nina Meyerhof aims to build a City of Hope to carry forward the grim experience and ‘make a difference in life’
By Jon Kalish
Pawel Sawicki guiding journalists through the so-called central sauna of Auschwitz-Birkenau, December 1, 2016. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
January 8, 2017, 6:03 pm
The Auschwitz museum has a Twitter account, and this ex-journalist runs it
Whether he’s engaging the misguided (he prefers not to) or tweeting historical facts, Pawel Sawicki sees his job as shielding the memory of the victims
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A porcelain Mickey Mouse figurine found by farmers near the Auschwitz death camp in Poland (AFP Photo/Ivo Kopijasz)
September 9, 2016, 7:21 pm
Mickey Mouse figurine resurfaces near Auschwitz
Head of Holocaust foundation says child who owned statuette likely died in gas chambers of the Nazi death camp
By AFP
Tourists at Auschwitz photographing the 'Arbeit Macht Frei' gate, July 2015. (Ruth Ellen Gruber/JTA)
January 4, 2016, 9:58 pm
Over 1.7 million visit Auschwitz, breaking annual record
Recent years have seen a dramatic rise in visitors at site of Nazi death camp, up from fewer than 500,000 in 2000
By JTA
Tourists at Auschwitz photographing the 'Arbeit Macht Frei' gate, July 2015. (Ruth Ellen Gruber/JTA)
September 10, 2015, 3:31 am
Auschwitz ‘showers’ highlight challenge of Holocaust tourism
The well-being of visitors and the integrity of the historical commemoration is a difficult balance for emotionally charged WWII sites
By Ruth Ellen Gruber
Railway tracks leading to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp in Poland. (photo credit: Serge Attal/Flash90)
October 3, 2013, 6:27 pm
Repair work to begin at Auschwitz despite deficit
International organization fell short of fundraising goal, but will start preservation efforts in 2014
By AP and Lazar Berman
Railway tracks leading to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp in Poland. (photo credit: Serge Attal/Flash90)
August 14, 2013, 12:24 pm
Russia to give $1 million for Auschwitz preservation
Donation offered in memory of Holocaust victims and Russian soldiers who died liberating Europe from fascism
By Stuart Winer
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