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Auschwitz-Birkenau, near the town of Oswiecim, in what was then occupied Poland Auschwitz-Birkenau was a concentration and extermination camp used by the Nazis during World War Two. The camp, which was located in Nazi-occupied Poland, was made up of three main sites. Auschwitz I, the original concentration camp, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a combined concentration and extermination … Read more
Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper says he sees Kate Middleton as ‘a friend’ and claims she’s just ‘like a normal young lady’. The Duchess of Cambridge, 39, joined Zigi, 91, and his friend Manfred Goldberg, 90, whom he met as a teenager at the Stutthof concentration camp, for a video call last week. Kate, who is currently spending … Read more
When words failed him, one 15-year-old boy who survived three Nazi concentration camps instead set about drawing a series of remarkable sketches to tell his story of the Holocaust. The then 13-year-old Thomas Geve was imprisoned at Auschwitz, in Nazi-occupied Poland, from 1943 until 1945, and only survived the initial inspection by Hitler’s SS guards … Read more
Famous landmarks across the country lit up in purple tonight to remember the millions of Jewish people who died during the Holocaust. The London Eye, the Natural History Museum, the Palace of Westminster and the Millennium Bridge in Newcastle were among the buildings immersed in light on Holocaust Memorial Day. It came as the Prince of Wales spoke of the … Read more
The Prince of Wales has urged people to remember Holocaust Memorial Day today as he lead the royal family in tributes to victims and survivors. In a video shared on the Clarence House Twitter page, Charles, 71, asked people to ensure survivors’ stories are remembered forever amid the dwindling number of people able to bear first-hand … Read more
Holocaust survivor recalls the ‘cloud of horror’ she experienced when she learned her father had been murdered by the Nazis – and how she escaped Auschwitz because it was ‘too full’ on the day she arrived Nelly Ben-Or spoke about the ‘cloud of horror’ she remembered from Auschwitz She narrowly avoided the concentration camp as it … Read more
The world is marking Holocaust Memorial Day in the midst of the pandemic today as memorial events take place online and vulnerable survivors shield from the coronavirus on the 76th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation. The Auschwitz museum is holding a virtual event emphasising the fate of the 200,000 children who were murdered at the Nazi … Read more
Drunk airline passenger, 28, who gave Nazi salute and launched racist tirade in front of Holocaust victims’ ‘disgusted’ family on Wizz Air flight from Poland to Liverpool avoids jail ‘Clearly drunk’ Louis Mann, 28, gave a Nazi salute amid a tirade of racist abuse A passenger, who lost family to the Holocaust, said he was … Read more
Drunk airline passenger, 28, who gave Nazi salute and launched racist tirade in front of Holocaust victims’ ‘disgusted’ family on Wizz Air flight from Poland to Liverpool avoids jail ‘Clearly drunk’ Louis Mann, 28, gave a Nazi salute amid a tirade of racist abuse A passenger, who lost family to the Holocaust, said he was … Read more
A German court has fined an academic for claiming that a Jewish concentration camp prisoner had a lesbian relationship with an SS guard. Dr Anna Hájková, an historian at the University of Warwick, has been fined €4,000 (£3,700) for breaching an injunction that prevents her from naming the prisoner. The injunction was granted to the … Read more