This is the Forward’s coverage of the Holocaust (also called the Shoah), the genocide of Europe’s Jews committed by the Nazis during World War II.
Holocaust
The Latest
-
News 91-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Killed by School Bus in Washington D.C. Suburb
A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor was struck and killed by a school bus as he crossed a street in a Maryland suburb of Washington. Elia Miranski was using a walker when the bus hit him in Silver Spring near Washington D.C. on Wednesday, the Silver Spring Patch news site reported. He died later that day in…
-
News 110-Year-Old Candymaker Now Stakes Claims as Oldest Holocaust Survivor
(Haaretz) — Alice Herz-Sommer, the Jewish pianist from London and survivor of Theresienstadt, died Sunday at the age of 110. After the passing of Sommer, whom the media described as the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, the unofficial title passes to Yisrael Kristal, an Israeli confectioner from Haifa, who celebrated his 110th birthday last September. Yisrael…
-
Israel News For Alice Herz-Sommer, Oldest Holocaust Survivor, Music Was a Religion
At 110 years old, Alice Herz-Sommer died too soon. As the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, Herz-Sommer, a noted musician, was limited in recent years in her daily existence. She lived alone in London in a tiny cocoon-like efficiency apartment. But she revered life and mused on its mystery and majesty. Where others saw a tree…
-
Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Sends Condolence Letter to Grandson of Alice Herz-Sommer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a condolence letter to Ariel Sommer, the grandson of Alice Herz-Sommer, who was the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor. Herz-Sommer died Sunday in London at the age of 110. With her death, Yisrael Kristal, an Israeli candy maker from Haifa who turned 110 in September, becomes the unofficial world’s oldest…
-
Fast Forward Iran Lawmakers Summon Foreign Minister Over Holocaust Condemnation
The foreign minister of Iran was summoned to a closed session of the country’s parliament to clarify public comments he made condemning the Holocaust. Some 54 hard-line lawmakers signed the petition summoning Mohammad Javad Zarif to the session, Reuters reported, citing the official Iranian news agency IRNA. The Holocaust was “tragically cruel and should not…
-
Fast Forward British Lawmakers Press Poland on Holocaust Restitution
A group of British parliamentarians is pressing Poland’s prime minister to follow through on a pledge to enact a restitution law for Holocaust victims. Poland was among 46 nations that signed a 2009 declaration committing to restitution legislation for Holocaust-era property seized by the Nazis, but it has not passed any restitution laws for private…
-
News The World’s Oldest Holocaust Survivor, Alice Herz-Sommer, Dies at 110
(Haaretz) — The world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, Alice Herz-Sommer, died Sunday at the age 110 in London. Herz-Sommer, a pianist, born in Prague, was the subject of a documentary “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life”, nominated for an Oscar this year. “Young people take everything for granted, whereas we, the elderly, understand…
-
Fast Forward Jews of Thessaloniki Are Suing Germany in Europe’s Human Rights Court
The Jewish community of Thessaloniki is suing Germany for the return of a ransom paid during the Nazi occupation of Greece. The papers were filed Friday in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, the community’s president, David Saltiel, told JTA. The move to the European court comes after a struggle of two…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News A pioneering Reform synagogue makes way for a booming Iranian Jewish community
- 2
News Hampshire College closure reverberates for alumni who treasured a Yiddishist hub
- 3
Opinion Who’s responsible for deadly antisemitism? Everyone will hate the answer
- 4
News Iran’s regime is obsessed with Jeffrey Epstein
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion Who’s responsible for deadly antisemitism? Everyone will hate the answer
-
Looking Forward Stumbling across Jewish history in a vintage store
-
Film & TV Remembering Siskel and Ebert’s great debate: Mel Brooks or Woody Allen?
-
News A Jewish gun club teams up with the NRA, in pursuit of self-defense
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
