Holocaust commemoration

US officials call for Yad Vashem’s ‘independence’ amid reports that Netanyahu plans to fire Holocaust memorial’s director

The statements came from the U.S. State Department officials charged with combating antisemitism and Holocaust denial.

As Holocaust revisionism grows in Europe, Israel steps up commemorative efforts

Auschwitz has undeniable power as a place of remembrance, but some survivors still prefer to commemorate the Holocaust in the Jewish state.

Brazilian governor at remembrance ceremony calls Holocaust ‘humankind’s day of shame’

The event featured a painting exhibit by non-Jewish teens from a juvenile correctional institution who reinterpreted poems and paintings from that era.

Joel Lion, Israel's ambassador to Ukraine, left and other dignitaries commemorating the Holocaust at the Ukrainian Parliament on Jan. 16, 2020. (The Assembly of Nationalities of Ukraine)

Global

Ukrainian parliament commemorates Holocaust for the 1st time

United States

Mike Pence to attend Holocaust forum in Israel

Stones glowing in the "Light of Life" Holocaust memorial display of Daan Roosegaarde in the Netherlands. (Overijssel Viert Vrijheid)

Global

Dutch artist’s Holocaust display shines light on stones to commemorate murdered Jews

Global

2 last remaining Jews of Bitola, Macedonia, attend Holocaust commemoration

Global

Knesset speaker blasts Belgium’s Holocaust commemoration failures

New York

The Beauty of the Bricks

Israel

Yad Vashem statement stresses Holocaust was ‘unprecedented genocide of six million Jews’

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