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A group of Holocaust survivors transport a covered coffin with the remains of six unidentified Holocaust victims to be buried at the United Synagogue's New Cemetery in Bushey, England, January 20, 2019. (John Stillwell/PA via AP)
January 20, 2019, 8:11 pm
Remains of Holocaust victims found at UK museum finally brought to burial
‘We have been given the privilege to show you dignity here at your funeral,’ Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis says of the unidentified Auschwitz victims, 5 adults and one child
By Agencies and TOI staff
A ZAKA diver describes the search for remains of Holocaust survivors in the Danube River in Hungary to Interior Minister Aryeh Deri in January 2019. (Courtesy of ZAKA)
January 16, 2019, 6:38 pm
No remains of Holocaust victims unearthed in sweep of the Danube
Rabbi from Jewish search and rescue group says sonar scans of Budapest river find nothing; second scan planned
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: Three Stolpersteine, or 'stumbling stones,' dedicated to the memory of Josef Geer and to the Hauslauers -- a married couple who were Jehovah's Witnesses -- in Salzburg, Austria. (Noah Lederman/Times of Israel)
December 10, 2018, 5:48 pm
Plaques honoring Rome’s deported Jews reported stolen
20 of 200 gold memorials, known as ‘stumble stones’ for their ability to remind passersby of Holocaust victims, are apparently taken overnight; mayor condemns incident
By AP
Jacques Grishaver, chairman of the Netherlands Auschwitz Committee, inspects bricks being manufactured in 2016 in the Dutch city of Nijmegen that will bear Holocaust survivors’ names and be incorporated in a proposed Holocaust Names Monument in Amsterdam. (Marcel Molle/via JTA)
October 29, 2018, 10:17 pm
Why are people protesting Holocaust memorials in Holland and Belgium?
Despite significant grassroots interest in commemorating the genocide, recent initiatives are being met with mounting resistance by locals
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Artist Gunter Demnig lays four "Stolpersteine" (stumbling blocks) for Karolina Cohn and her family in Frankfurt, Germany, November 13, 2017. (Arne Dedert/dpa via AP)
August 29, 2018, 3:15 pm
Dutch city accused of plagiarizing Holocaust memorial cobblestones idea
German artist who set more than 50,000 plaques next to Jews’ former homes says decision by Apeldoorn municipality to do so independently is ‘not alright’
By JTA
Carolin Lange inspecting the back/the frame of an oil painting. (Landesstelle für die nichtstaatlichen Museen in Bayern)
April 25, 2018, 9:00 am
Jewish ghosts linger as German households still make use of stolen heirlooms
Launching a new, unique, confidential study, Dr. Carolin Lange is trying to find out if and why Germans continue to hold on to everyday items taken from Jews during the Holocaust
By Dina Gold
Ben Sales’ great-grandfather, Abba Sales, emigrated from Eastern Europe to the United States in 1921. His parents and other relatives were killed in the Holocaust. (Courtesy of Ben Sales)
April 13, 2018, 4:31 am
My ancestors died in the Holocaust. I just found out about it
A letter found folded into a Passover Hagaddah changes the family history we thought we always knew
By Ben Sales
In this Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, photo, Helen Radkey, a researcher of the Mormon church's massive genealogical database, is at her home in Holladay, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
December 21, 2017, 7:32 pm
Mormons defy church to again perform baptisms on Holocaust victims
Proxy baptisms, meant to offer the deceased a choice in the afterlife to accept or reject salvation, seen by many Jews as insulting to the memory of the dead
By BRADY McCOMBS
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio addresses the Anti-Defamation League annual National Summit at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC on May 9, 2017 (screen capture)
December 6, 2017, 7:58 pm
Senate committee advances restitution bill for Holocaust survivors
Sponsoring lawmakers Tammy Baldwin and Marco Rubio say JUST Act stronger on matters of Jewish communal, private and heirless property than an existing international pact
By JTA
Roses are laid on four "Stolpersteine" (stumbling blocks) for Karolina Cohn and her family in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
November 13, 2017, 6:51 pm
Kin meet to honor Jewish girl whose pendant was found in Nazi death camp
Commemoration of Karolina Cohn, who died in Sobibor, leads to memorial stones laid in Frankfurt and reunion of ‘broken-up, fragmented family’
By Kirsten Grieshaber and CHRISTOPH NOELTING
A pendant found at an excavation of the Nazi death camp in Sobibor, Poland, was identified as belonging to Karoline Cohn, a Jewish girl from Frankfurt, Germany, who is not known to have survived the war. (Yoram Haimi and Wojciek Mazurek/via JTA)
November 10, 2017, 6:04 am
Girl’s pendant found at Sobibor reunites Jewish family spread across the globe
Most of Karoline Cohn’s relatives didn’t know of her or each other’s existence; now they will gather together to dedicate a memorial to the child likely murdered in the death camp
By Toby Axelrod
Anne Frank (Flickr Commons via JTA)
November 5, 2017, 6:33 pm
New Dutch play about Anne Frank doesn’t mention Jews or Nazis
Story of teenage Holocaust victim set in modern times directed by Ilja Pfeijffer, who has history of controversial statements about Jews
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Hungarian Jews were marched down Wesselenyi Street in the heart of Budapest's Jewish Quarter, on their way to be deported to Auschwitz. (Bundesarchiv Bild)
October 26, 2017, 4:12 pm
Yad Vashem identifies 225,000 Hungarian Holocaust victims
The Holocaust museum’s specially trained team pored over pages of records, mapping forgotten victims no one cared to document on the way to their deaths
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
German WWII bunker 'The Odeon' in Alderney. The bunker is about three to four stories high and has an anti-aircraft emplacement at the back. Alderney is said to have been the most heavily fortified of the Channel Islands. (CC-SA-Tim Brighton)
October 16, 2017, 6:43 am
In Nazi-occupied Britain, graves at Alderney’s ‘Little Auschwitz’ may be defiled
A 137-mile project will connect British and French energy grids via the Channel Islands, but the route may bisect mass burials on the one-time concentration camp island
By Robert Philpot
Foxborough Regional Charter School High school students selecting stamps to use on two HSP stamps collages, “I Am the Last Witness” and “Books Cannot Be Killed by Fire.” (Courtesy of Charlotte Sheer/Holocaust Stamp Project)
October 3, 2017, 12:08 pm
School project to remember Holocaust victims surpasses goal of 11 million stamps
9-year-old Massachusetts project sought to memorialize 6 million Jews and 5 million other victims who perished at the hands of the Nazis
By Penny Schwartz
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