International Holocaust Remembrance Day 

A message from the Leader of the Opposition, Peter Dutton. Read more

Nazi death camp survivors mark liberation anniversary at Auschwitz

A group of survivors of Nazi death camps are marking the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony in southern Poland. Read more

Fatal Amnesia

There are many contagious diseases to which humanity can succumb. Read more

A president’s personal Holocaust story

“Yehudit Berkovitch had just finished the first grade and was peacefully living with her parents and eight brothers and sisters in 1941 when the Nazis invaded her home country, Poland. Read more

Tearful Knesset Speaker to Bundestag: ‘Remember, Always Remember!’

Speaker of the Knesset Mickey Levy addressed the German Bundestag in Hebrew on Thursday on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more

What will happen when we wake up to the headline informing us that the last Holocaust survivor has just died?

My friends at the nonprofit organization “Zikaron B’Salon” are always grappling with the question, “what will happen when we wake up to the headline informing us that the last Holocaust survivor has just died”?…writes Tova Dorfman. Read more

The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

Yad Vashem will mark the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust through a range of events both in-person and online. Read more

Perth organisation takes part in overseas International Holocaust Remembrance Day event

The Perth-based WE ARE HERE! Foundation will join World ORT,  HAMEC – The Holocaust Awareness Museum and the Education Centre of Philadelphia in commemorating The International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more

‘Restoring My Lost Childhood’: How children’s homes revived the youngest Holocaust survivors

It’s been 75 years, but Yaakov Guterman can still recall nearly everything about the nine months he lived in Zakopane, Poland. Read more

How not to remember the Holocaust

While Israel and Jewish communities commemorate the Holocaust with a Yom Hashoah on the 27th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan (which this year falls on May 2), the rest of the world does so on Jan. 27, which marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945. Read more

#WeRemember

The World Jewish Congress has launched its second annual #WeRemember initiative to combat antisemitism and all forms of hatred, genocide and xenophobia.  Read more

Remembering is a tool for the future

Messages about the importance of remembering the lessons of the Holocaust dominated UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration in Auckland. Read more

Netanyahu: “We will never allow another Holocaust to take place”

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has  addressed the International Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Read more

Strength to Strength – International Holocaust Remembrance Day

‘Strength to Survive’, recounts the stories of Melbourne Holocaust survivors who did whatever they could to escape the atrocities surrounding them. Read more