An article in the American Historical Review questioned the record of Holocaust rescuer Chiune Sugihara and strongly criticized Yad Vashem for honoring him.
Itzchak Belfer shares his memories from the orphanage in pre-World War II Warsaw, where Dr. Yanusz Korczak treated children with dignity and dedication.
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah in Hebrew) is a national day of commemoration in Israel. This year, due to coronavirus, mass events will be virtual.
'We know well that words are not enough and that continuous action, heartfelt remembrance and vast education are needed,' wrote King Felipe VI of Spain.
World leaders, heads of state, and other dignitaries are coming to the Jewish state to commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz and commit to battle anti-Semitism in the 21st century.
'One shot will disrupt the ceremony and one dead body will cancel the ceremony,' claimed an op-ed in the Palestinian Authority's Al-Hayat Al-Jadida daily.
Watch live as the President of the State of Israel and the Prime Minister, dignitaries, survivors, children of survivors and their families, together with the general public mark the start of Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day in Israel.
'May the memories of Petr Ginz, astronaut Ilan Ramon and the six million victims of the Holocaust always remain in our thoughts,' said US Astronaut Andrew Feustel in Space.
Each year, Israelis pause from their routines to ponder the fate of the six millions Jews who perished in the Holocaust, vowing to never again allow such an atrocity to occur.
Yad Vashem seeks to preserve the memory and names of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust and the many European Jewish communities that were destroyed.
Israel's PM gives a moving speech at the unveiling of a new memorial in honor of foreign diplomats who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.
Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, stressed the significance of personal remembrance and survivor testimony at the annual Yom Hashoah ceremony.
Israel's main Holocaust museum showcased musical pieces composed by camp prisoners during their time in Terezin, a concentration camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia.
Pithy and false one-liners, spiteful singular comments, lack of concern for thought and/or the facts – this is all part of the present, possible maliciousness of an internet sound bite.
Looking to shed light on another aspect of sportsmanship and comaraderie in honor of the pending Rio Olympic Games, Yad Vashem launched two exhibits on pre-Holocaust athletes.
Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, the Romanian-born Holocaust survivor of Auschwitz, whose classic "Night" became a landmark testament to the Nazis' crimes and launched Wiesel's long career as one of the world's foremost witnesses and humanitarians, has died at age 87.