Wife of Everest climber says he tragically died from altitude sickness Kellinu Portelli was described as an "extremely" fit climber who was "well prepared" for the trek, an inquest heard Manchester Evening News · Jan 27, 2023
'My dad survived Hitler - I found out his full story at 43 and it's my duty to share it' Maralyn Turgel spoke to the Mirror about what it was like growing up with a Holocaust survivor father and why it's paramount her family keep his story alive this Holocaust Memorial Day Daily Mirror · Jan 27, 2023
Watch live: Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp marks anniversary of liberation on Holocaust Memorial Day Watch live as the museum on the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp marks the anniversary of the liberation in 1945. The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023
Holocaust education requires more than noble mandates Most states don’t require that the Holocaust be taught. Even in states where it is mandated, the mandate usually just requires that it be taught, without specifics. Too many mandates are noble in principle, but ineffective in practice. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 27, 2023
Virtual reality brings Holocaust history to future generations For those who survived the Holocaust, the memories can never be erased, but their generation is dying out. Educators and historians are looking for new ways to keep their experience alive and connect to younger people. Reuters · Jan 27, 2023
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is now an opera – the case for adaptating the book that the Auschwitz Museum said 'should be avoided' Irish novelist John Boyne published his novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas in 2006. The protagonist, eight-year-old German boy Bruno, has no idea that his father is the kommandant of a concentration camp during the second world war. Bruno and his family are sent to live with their father… The Conversation · Jan 27, 2023
Calderstones mum never revealed her past fighting Nazis Sabine Specter was part of the resistance during the war, before she moved to Liverpool Liverpool Echo · Jan 27, 2023
Saved from the Nazis when her mother pushed her through a hedge, Anne spent the war as a 'hidden child' Anne Super survived the war years against the odds. On Holocaust Memorial Day she talks about the extraordinary moment her mother told her to ‘run’ Manchester Evening News · Jan 27, 2023
New audio series tells the story of forgotten piece of Holocaust history in the North East 'The Girls', the five part series from BBC Radio Newcastle has pieced together the story of a hostel in Tynemouth that housed over 20 girls who were fleeing Nazi persecution Chronicle Live · Jan 27, 2023
Light a virtual candle for the victims of genocide on Holocaust Memorial Day Friday marks the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Manchester Evening News · Jan 27, 2023
Susan Pollack OBE: Holocaust Survivor tells her story for memorial day A Nazi concentration camp survivor has urged people to end a culture of blame and instead learn from the past to put an end to atrocities we continue to see around the world. Marking Holocaust Memorial Day, Susan Pollack told The Standard: “Hate has a way of spreading. It isn’t… Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2023
Holocaust Memorial Day: Five survivors and the precious objects they smuggled to safety To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, five survivors recall their stories, and the item they still have that means so much to them as part of the Daily Mirror's #PeopleMove project Daily Mirror · Jan 27, 2023
Holocaust remembrance: we must beware of well-intentioned mythmaking as events pass out of living memory In ancient Rome, the saeculum, or “the age”, was the span of living memory, the telling of an event passed down from the oldest to the youngest. Recognising this profound idea, some have worried that the memory of the Holocaust will fade as the generation of those who survived it… The Conversation · Jan 27, 2023
78 years on, Jewish Holocaust rescuers want their story told Just before Nazi Germany invaded Hungary in March 1944, Jewish youth leaders in the eastern European country jumped into action: They formed an underground network that would save tens of thousands of fellow Jews from the gas chambers The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023
Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2023 Holocaust Memorial Day: Auschwitz survivor urges people to treat each other equally As world remembers atrocities, survivor Susan Pollack urges people to learn from the past and end culture of blame
Liverpool Echo · Jan 27, 2023 The bride and groom moved to Liverpool. Everyone else was murdered. "It’s like a big black hole... even the young children died."
AAP · Jan 27, 2023 Holocaust survivors call for salute ban Holocaust survivors are seeking a meeting with Victorian officials as they push for a ban on the Nazi salute after a spate of recent incidents.
The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023 Antisemitism rising because of a lack of Holocaust education, survivor says Vera Schaufeld fled Nazi-occupied Europe as a child and stressed the importance of continuing to speak out.
The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023 Social media ‘challenges preservation’ of Holocaust truth, says trust chief Karen Pollock, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, spoke about battling ‘ignorant’ Holocaust disinformation on social media.
The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023 Holocaust survivor urges people not to be silent over antisemitism John Dobai, 89, lived through the Second World War as a child in Hungary, but five of his family members were killed.
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023 UN chief: Exhibit of Nazi victims is call to fight cruelty U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the Nazis tried to rob millions of Jews of their names before killing them during World War II
Bangkok Post · Jan 26, 2023 Warsaw Uprising a lesson for all January 27 was designated by the UN as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day to commemorate the six million Jews that were murdered in the Holocaust. During World War II, the Nazi regime systematically and brutally annihilated, in cold blood, six million Jews, including one million children, together with another…
The Conversation · Jan 26, 2023 Disabled people were Holocaust victims, too: they were excluded from German society and murdered by Nazi programs When Dominic Perrottet admitted to wearing a Nazi uniform to his 21st birthday party, he apologised to Jews and veterans – but not to the other groups who were persecuted by the Nazis, including disabled people.
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023 Sajid Javid describes ‘anger’ at Andrew Bridgen’s Holocaust tweet Mr Bridgen lost the Conservative whip earlier this month for tweeting an article questioning the safety of the Covid vaccines.
Daily Record · Jan 26, 2023 Lanarkshire MP shares importance of marking Holocaust memorial day The annual commemoration day takes place on January 27