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.

By Ron Kampeas September 3, 2023 11:31 am

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.

January 28, 2020 4:51 pm

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.

January 28, 2020 9:51 am

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)

Ukrainian parliament commemorates Holocaust for the 1st time

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 17, 2020 9:53 am

Mike Pence to attend Holocaust forum in Israel

By Ron Kampeas January 16, 2020 5:30 pm

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

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 10, 2020 10:28 am

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 10, 2019 10:05 am

Knesset speaker blasts Belgium’s Holocaust commemoration failures

January 26, 2018 5:56 am

The Beauty of the Bricks

By Sara Buklan March 3, 2017 10:49 am

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

January 31, 2017 8:47 am

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