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'My mother saved my life,' Holocaust survivor tells Euronews

As Israel remembers the victims of the Holocaust, one Belgian survivor recalls escaping from a train bound for Auschwitz

Israel

Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day

Two minutes of silence were observed nationwide in memory of the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during the Second World War

World News

The Bookkeeper of Auschwitz - Oskar Groening - dies

Oskar Groening was sentenced to four years for his role as an accessory to the murder of 300,000 of the Auschwitz concentration camp's roughly 1 million victims.

Germany

'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' dies before starting sentence

Oskar Groening, 96, has died in hospital – two years after being convicted for facilitating mass murder, Germany's Der Spiegel has reported.

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Poland

Polish #RespectUs campaign deploys trucks in Europe

The campaign comes weeks after Poland passed a law making it illegal to accuse the country of complicity in Nazi crimes during World War II.

Poland

Polish minister backs idea to create 'Polocaust' museum

Poland’s Deputy Culture Minister has proposed the creation of a ‘Polocaust’ museum to recognise Poles as victims of the Nazi regime, rather than co-perpetrators of their crimes.

Poland

Netanyahu berates Poland’s PM over ‘unacceptable’ Holocaust remark

The Israeli prime minister admonishes Mateusz Morawiecki for appearing to equate crimes committed by Poles during the war with those of Jews. Poland insists there was no intent to deny the Holocaust.

Poland

Defiant Poland rolls out #GermanDeathCamps campaign despite criticism

Videos posted to the social media pages of the Polish Prime Minister's Office include testimonies that concentration camps were "German from start to finish."

Israel

Dollmaker creates models of family who died in Holocaust

Her entire family was killed in the Holocaust, now she has created lifelike figures to feel closer to them.

Poland

Poland approves draft Holocaust law

Polish lawmakers have approved draft legislation penalising suggestions of complicity by Poland in the Nazi Holocaust on its soil during World War Two.

Poland

Controversial Holocaust bill is passed in Poland

The move to absolve Poles and the Polish state of any culpability in the atrocities now has momentum. The bill passed in parliament with 57 votes to 23.

Poland

Israel: Polish Holocaust law ‘is denial of history’

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the draft bill, which proposes fines or a prison term for anyone who suggests the country is responsible for Nazi crimes.

Poland

Poland marks Holocaust remembrance day

Poland's government shrugged off controversy regarding its row with Israel over a bill outlawing phrases as "Polish death camps"

Germany

Activists build Holocaust memorial replica outside German far-right politician’s home

Björn Höcke, a German far-right politician, has described the Berlin memorial as "a monument of shame"

Israel

102-year-old Holocaust survivor meets the nephew he never knew he had

Eliahu Pietruszka just had a teary first meeting with his nephew, whose father he thought died in the Holocaust

France

Pissarro returned to French Jewish art collector's family

A painting by French impressionist Camille Pissarro, that was looted by the Nazis during World War Two has been restored to the French Jewish family who once owned it.

Germany

Anne Frank train and football stickers spark controversy in Germany

A rail operator announced plans to name a high-speed train after Frank and anti-Semitic football stickers featuring the Jewish diarist were circulated online

USA

Halloween retailer pulls Anne Frank costume following backlash

HalloweenCostumes.com apologised for the "mistake in judgement."

Switzerland

Take a shower before swimming, hotel tells its Jewish guests

Controversial sign sparks diplomatic intervention.

World News

Roma victims of Holocaust remembered in Bucharest

An exhibition has opened in the Romanian capital, attended by Roma survivors and local and foreign officials