Robert Rinder and his mum Angela Cohen receive MBEs at Windsor Castle The TV personality and his mother were both awarded for their services to Holocaust education Evening Standard · Mar 30, 2022
Holocaust museum to open along Boston’s Freedom Trail: ‘A game changer in Holocaust education’ BOSTON -- A new Holocaust museum will be opening in the city, as reports of antisemitism are on the rise across the region and country. Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2022
Editorial: As Holocaust teaching expands in Missouri, racial discussion is being muzzled A bill requiring that Missouri teach its schoolchildren about the Holocaust is moving through the Legislature with strong bipartisan support. Aren’t these lawmakers worried that this topic is too divisive? Or that it will make kids of German ancestry “feel bad about themselves”? St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Mar 29, 2022
‘Tell Putin: who are you liberating us from?’ Ukraine’s Holocaust survivors brace for Russian forces Odesa has been a centre of Jewish life for hundreds of years. Members of the community there tell Bel Trew of their anger and terror as Vladimir Putin – who claimed to want to ‘denazify’ Ukraine – bombards the coast The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022
Holocaust survivors flee from Ukraine to Germany for safety As the war in Ukraine sees increased Russian attacks on cities and towns, Jewish organizations are trying to evacuate as many of the 10,000 Holocaust survivors living there as possible The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2022
Frederick David obituary Other lives: Holocaust refugee who settled in London and trained as an economist The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2022
Antisemitic crimes spike in NYC as state senator pushes for Holocaust education in schools ‘We won’t tolerate that’, Democratic senator, who is Jewish, tells The Independent amid spike in hate crimes The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022
Boris Johnson says killing of Holocaust survivor Boris Romantschenko an ‘appalling tragedy’ Boris Johnson has labelled the killing of a Holocaust survivor in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv an “appalling tragedy”. Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2022
Holocaust survivor, 96, killed after Russian attack on Kharkiv Boris Romantschenko survived four camps during the Second World War Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2022
Wollongong Art Gallery investigates donor Bob Sredersas for Holocaust links The Wollongong Art Gallery is grappling with shock revelations a prize donor with a gallery named after him was likely a Nazi collaborator before emigrating to Australia in 1950 from Lithuania. ABC News · Mar 22, 2022
WWII Holocaust survivor killed in Ukraine's Kharkiv He survived the Nazi Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II. He survived the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp in the same war. And the Bergen-Belsen camp. Reuters · Mar 22, 2022
Russian attack on Kharkiv kills Holocaust survivor, 96 Boris Romanchenko died after rocket hit building where he lived in Ukrainian city The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2022
Holocaust survivor, 96, killed by shelling in Ukraine after surviving four concentration camps Boris Romanchenko was killed by a missile in Kharkiv 77 years after the end of the Second World War The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2022
100-year-old Holocaust survivor finds parallels in Russia’s Ukraine invasion Ella Blumenthal was just 18 when her happy life in Poland turned into a nightmare most people only learn about in history books. Tribune News Service · Mar 21, 2022
Al Jazeera · Mar 21, 2022 US declares Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya Antony Blinken says evidence shows military had ‘clear intent’ to commit genocide in Myanmar.
The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2022 Zelenskyy evokes Holocaust as he appeals to Israel for aid Ukraine’s president has called on Israel to take a stronger stand against Russia in an emotional appeal that compared Russia’s invasion of his country to the actions of Nazi Germany
The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2022 ‘I am Bob. Just Bob’: could a Wollongong folk hero have had a Nazi past? The steel city knew him as a migrant made good who contributed a great gift to the arts. But one man has been digging into the true identity of Bob Sredersas
The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022 Grassroots groups help rescue Holocaust survivors in Ukraine Several grassroots groups and volunteers as far away as Los Angeles are working to extricate elderly Holocaust survivors from Ukraine
The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022 EXPLAINER: Why Putin uses WWII to justify war with Ukraine Vladimir Putin has again painted his enemies in Ukraine as “neo-Nazis,” even though the country has a Jewish president who lost relatives in the Holocaust and who heads a Western-backed, democratically elected government
Los Angeles Times · Mar 18, 2022 Commentary: Watching bombs fall on Kyiv, the place I used to call home As the Russian invasion moves in on Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, bombs are hitting close to the places I once called home. When I first heard that a missile struck a TV tower close to Babyn Yar in Kyiv, I thought: “That used to be my park.” Because of this attack,…
The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2022 Imperial War Museum in London to keep donation from Roman Abramovich Museum says decision to retain funding for Holocaust Galleries complies with UK sanctions against Russian oligarch
The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2022 Auschwitz survivor Leon Schwarzbaum dies at 101 in Germany Leon Scharzbaum, a survivor of the Nazis’ death camp at Auschwitz and lifelong fighter for justice for the victims of the Holocaust, has died
Reuters · Mar 14, 2022 Weary refugees from Ukraine find shelter near Auschwitz A youth education centre near Auschwitz dedicated to preserving memories of World War Two and the Holocaust has opened its doors to help refugees fleeing war in the present.
Tribune News Service · Mar 14, 2022 Living history: New Spielberg project anticipates questions to Holocaust survivors DANIA BEACH, Fla. -- Ask Stella Sonnenschein anything.
Reuters · Mar 10, 2022 Zelenskiy to address Israeli parliament, asks to speak to Holocaust centre Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address Israel's parliament about the Russian invasion of his country and has asked to deliver remarks by video to its main Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, officials said on Thursday.