Yad Vashem

A poster advertising an exhibition in Luxembourg on the actions of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. (Courtesy of the government of Luxembourg)

Portuguese diplomat who rescued 10,000 Jews to be honored with monument at famed Lisbon site

The recognition for Aristides de Sousa Mendes will go in the National Pantheon, which recognizes the country’s greatest figures.

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 23, 2020 10:49 am

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Andrey Sheptytsky in Lviv in the 1930s. (Odessa Review)

A Ukrainian priest who saved Jews during the Holocaust has never been honored by Yad Vashem. New research could change that.

In addition to hiding Jews in monasteries, the Hebrew-speaking Andrey Sheptytsky risked his life to tell Pope Pius XII about Nazi atrocities.

May 1, 2020 3:24 pm

Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day torch-lighting at Yad Vashem held without audience

Six torches representing the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust were lit at Yad Vashem in honor of six living survivors.

April 20, 2020 11:42 am

Yad Vashem to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day with global name-reading from home initiative

By Marcy Oster April 6, 2020 7:25 am

Yad Vashem: Blame us, not Russia, for ‘unfortunate’ video at Israel’s Holocaust event

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 10, 2020 5:51 pm

Yad Vashem apologizes for ‘unfortunate errors’ in films screened at Auschwitz commemoration

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 3, 2020 5:55 pm

BBC slammed for allegedly linking Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to Holocaust complex

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 23, 2020 11:55 am

Selma van de Perre, right, being interviewed about her book at the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Jan. 9, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

As number of Holocaust survivors dwindles, educators assess the impact of living testimony

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 22, 2020 5:00 pm

Following Poland’s lead, Lithuania proposes a controversial Holocaust law

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 14, 2020 2:48 pm

Jonny Daniels, third from left, with the Bicaku family in their home in Durres, Albania on Dec. 11, 2019. (Courtesy of From the Depths)

Jewish group to repair earthquake-struck home of Albanian Muslim whose father saved Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 18, 2019 9:57 am

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