Tag: Holocaust
On the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilnius ghetto, Lithuania wants more recognition
Lithuania commemorates the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilnius ghetto on Friday September 22. During the period of Nazi occupation, from 1941 to 1944, the majority of the…
A first “pavement of memory” in Paris, in tribute to a woman victim of Nazism
On May 8, the anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. Report from Paris on a memorial stone. A few days ago a Stolpersteine, in other words a…
They are looking for stories and objects from the Holocaust
In June, Sweden’s Holocaust museum opens the first exhibition in the premises on Torsgatan in Stockholm. Right now the staff is on a fundraising tour and on Saturday they visited…
Antoine Ozanam and Marco Venanzi, on the trail of the lost children of the Holocaust
During the Second World War many Jewish children were entrusted to foster families in order to save them from the ignominy of the Holocaust. Based on historical facts, Antoine Ozanam…
Huron-Perth educators bring home lessons on hate from Holocaust education tour in Poland
News Local News Two Avon Maitland District School Board educators are using their experiences from a recent Holocaust education tour in Poland offered through the Friends of Simons Wiesenthal Center…
Killed because they were Jewish. Baarn commemorates victims of the Holocaust
Commemorating, that is and remains incredibly important, says Marjolein van Dijk, chairman of the Committee 4 and 5 May. “We notice that children here in Baarn are well informed. “In…
Holocaust memorial vandalized in Helsingborg
Last Friday, the memory of the Holocaust was commemorated all over the world. On Sunday, five quotes carved in stone will be inaugurated at Raul Wallenberg’s memorial site. The stones…
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Germany: the last trial in the history of the Holocaust is about to deliver its verdict
The trial of the “secretary of Stutthof” will undoubtedly be one of the last in the history of the concentration camps, if not the last. At the central office of…
Swedish Dolly searched for her roots – found a Holocaust hero
During the Second World War, up to 500,000 Roma were murdered in the Nazi concentration camps – about a third of the Roma people. Like Jews, Roma were registered in…